This month's Southie Trees meeting will take place on Thursday, September 29 at the Seapoint Restaurant on E. 8th St. from 5:30-6pm.
Come discuss grants, past BHA meetings, and the tree rescue mission with good food and great people. Bring your friends!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
New Planet Southie Meeting Location
Planet Southie Monthly Meetings
Every 4th Thursday of the month, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Distillery Building*, 516 East 2nd Street.
Next Meeting is 9/22.
Everyone is Welcome at Planet Southie!
*If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it. The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Every 4th Thursday of the month, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Distillery Building*, 516 East 2nd Street.
Next Meeting is 9/22.
Everyone is Welcome at Planet Southie!
*If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it. The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Green Academy Opens this School Year
Welcome to the neighborhood! The Green Academy, in the South Boston Educational Complex on G Street, is one of Boston’s two new in-district charter schools opening this school year. Along with a customized academic atmosphere, the school is concentrating on sustainability and preparing students for a “green” economy.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Planet Southie in the News
Please check out this article about Planet Southie and our goals for the future.
Are you interested in a local green issue that is not currently a major focus of Planet Southie? Consider coordinating a Planet Southie Action Team to mobilize support for that issue. Come to our monthly meeting and share your ideas! Some ideas for new Action Teams: Energy efficiency, toxics, public transportation, biking, walking, asthma prevention, climate change, environmental justice, safe Rx disposal, neighborhood clean-ups and more. Action Teams can be short or long-term. You don't have to be an expert!
Are you interested in a local green issue that is not currently a major focus of Planet Southie? Consider coordinating a Planet Southie Action Team to mobilize support for that issue. Come to our monthly meeting and share your ideas! Some ideas for new Action Teams: Energy efficiency, toxics, public transportation, biking, walking, asthma prevention, climate change, environmental justice, safe Rx disposal, neighborhood clean-ups and more. Action Teams can be short or long-term. You don't have to be an expert!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Plug in Southie: Planet Southie's Update
The Fight to Save Old Colony's Trees:
Help Spread the Word! Southie Trees has teamed up with TechBoston to save many heritage trees in the Old Colony Housing Development that could possibly be cut down due to the ongoing construction. Click here to learn more about what you can do to help!
Don't forget! The South Boston Farmer's Market is Mondays from 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. The market features fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs and dairy all from local farmers.
Are you a Southie bicyclist? Join Southie Bikes to help advocate for bike paths and better biking conditions for South Bostonians. Please email paul.ryan@me.com for updates and information about meetings. All are welcome!
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, August 22 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting: Monday, September 12 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: TBD. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
Help Spread the Word! Southie Trees has teamed up with TechBoston to save many heritage trees in the Old Colony Housing Development that could possibly be cut down due to the ongoing construction. Click here to learn more about what you can do to help!
Don't forget! The South Boston Farmer's Market is Mondays from 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. The market features fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs and dairy all from local farmers.
Are you a Southie bicyclist? Join Southie Bikes to help advocate for bike paths and better biking conditions for South Bostonians. Please email paul.ryan@me.com for updates and information about meetings. All are welcome!
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, August 22 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting: Monday, September 12 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: TBD. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Plug in Southie: Planet Southie's Update
Join South Boston Grows 7/28 at 7:30 p.m. for the 2011 summer party at The Seapoint (376 E. 8th Street) to learn how to help grow food in our neighborhood. Fresh, local dishes will be featured. Tickets are available at the door for $20, or $15 if you donate a used garden tool. All proceeds from the event help fund youth programming.
Walk/Ride Day is 7/29. The Green Streets Initiative celebrates and promotes the use of sustainable, active transportation. On these days, people everywhere are invited to first, Go Green (walk, bike, use public transit, skate, canoe, etc.) and also Wear Green! South Boston Running Emporium (343 W Broadway) offers 10% off purchases to people who wear green and mention that they are participating in Walk/Ride Day. Blue Tierra Chocolate Cafe (258 West Broadway) is giving away a free piece of handmade gourmet chocolate to walk/ride day participants.
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, July 25 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting:
Monday, August 8 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Seapoint Restaurant, 367 East 8th Street. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
Walk/Ride Day is 7/29. The Green Streets Initiative celebrates and promotes the use of sustainable, active transportation. On these days, people everywhere are invited to first, Go Green (walk, bike, use public transit, skate, canoe, etc.) and also Wear Green! South Boston Running Emporium (343 W Broadway) offers 10% off purchases to people who wear green and mention that they are participating in Walk/Ride Day. Blue Tierra Chocolate Cafe (258 West Broadway) is giving away a free piece of handmade gourmet chocolate to walk/ride day participants.
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, July 25 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting:
Monday, August 8 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Seapoint Restaurant, 367 East 8th Street. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Plug in Southie: Planet Southie's Update
South Boston Grows is looking for volunteers to help transplanting and harvesting at the following locations:
70 Devine Way, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
George Berlandi Garden (located on E 8th Street off of Mercer), Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Later this summer, a new garden will be ready for planting in the West Broadway Housing Development. Meetings to discuss what to grow here are held Wednesdays at 6:30 at 115 Orton Marotta Way. For more information call 617-939-6541.
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, July 25 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting:
Monday, July 11 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Seapoint Restaurant, 367 East 8th Street. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
Read this week's newsletter to learn more!
70 Devine Way, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
George Berlandi Garden (located on E 8th Street off of Mercer), Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Later this summer, a new garden will be ready for planting in the West Broadway Housing Development. Meetings to discuss what to grow here are held Wednesdays at 6:30 at 115 Orton Marotta Way. For more information call 617-939-6541.
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, July 25 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting:
Monday, July 11 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Seapoint Restaurant, 367 East 8th Street. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
Read this week's newsletter to learn more!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
This week's update: Plug in Southie!
Save Money with Renew Boston
Renew Boston is a limited time City of Boston initiative that provides eligible Boston homeowners and renters with $3500 in no-cost home energy efficiency improvements that will help residents and landlords to lower their energy bills, increase comfort within the home, improve indoor air quality and lower their home's carbon footprint!
Learn More About Renew Boston!
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, June 27 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting:
Monday, July 11 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Seapoint Restaurant, 367 East 8th Street. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
View newsletter
Renew Boston is a limited time City of Boston initiative that provides eligible Boston homeowners and renters with $3500 in no-cost home energy efficiency improvements that will help residents and landlords to lower their energy bills, increase comfort within the home, improve indoor air quality and lower their home's carbon footprint!
Learn More About Renew Boston!
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, June 27 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: South Boston Public Library, 646 East Broadway. Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Next Southie Trees Meeting:
Monday, July 11 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Seapoint Restaurant, 367 East 8th Street. All our welcome so branch out and invite your friends!
View newsletter
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Next meeting is May 23. Learn about energy savings opportunties!
Next Planet Southie Meeting:
Monday, May 23 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Tech Networks of Boston, 1 Wadleigh Place in South Boston, right behind the Andrew Square T stop. (Not the library this month).
Max McCarthy from the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation will come share about free and discount Renew Boston Energy Savings opportunities.
Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Monday, May 23 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Tech Networks of Boston, 1 Wadleigh Place in South Boston, right behind the Andrew Square T stop. (Not the library this month).
Max McCarthy from the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation will come share about free and discount Renew Boston Energy Savings opportunities.
Everyone is welcome at Planet Southie!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
How Do You Like Them Apples?
5/12 - Tree Planting Ceremony at No Man's Land/Dorchester Heights
All are invited for a tree planting ceremony at No Man's Land (behind the high school) in South Boston on Thursday, May 12, 5:00 p.m., Rain or Shine.
The trees, Roxbury Russett Apple Trees, will be planted in the Dorchester Heights Native Species Garden. The ceremony is part of Medicine Wheel Productions’ program Our Common Path, Moving beyond Diversity to Inclusion, Building Community From the Inside out, Using Art as the Threshold. This is part of a long time collaboration between Medicine Wheel Productions and the Boston National Historical Park funded in part by the National Park Foundation and The New England Grassroots Environment Fund.
For more information:
Phone: 617-268-6700
Email: mdowling@mwproductions.org
5/14 - The Boston Tree Party at the Paraclete Academy
On Saturday, May 14 at 2:00 pm, the Paraclete Academy at 207 E Street will be celebrating the planting of two Boston Tree Party Trees donated by Tech Networks of Boston. The Boston Tree party is a city-wide effort to plant pairs of Roxbury Russets by neighborhood “delegations”. At this event, youth and families will be bobbing for apples, drawing pictures of the apple trees throughout the seasons, and having a “Longest Apple Peel” Competition. Prizes will be awarded (including treats from Blue Tierra Chocolate Cafe)
How Do You Like Them Apples?
All are invited for a tree planting ceremony at No Man's Land (behind the high school) in South Boston on Thursday, May 12, 5:00 p.m., Rain or Shine.
The trees, Roxbury Russett Apple Trees, will be planted in the Dorchester Heights Native Species Garden. The ceremony is part of Medicine Wheel Productions’ program Our Common Path, Moving beyond Diversity to Inclusion, Building Community From the Inside out, Using Art as the Threshold. This is part of a long time collaboration between Medicine Wheel Productions and the Boston National Historical Park funded in part by the National Park Foundation and The New England Grassroots Environment Fund.
For more information:
Phone: 617-268-6700
Email: mdowling@mwproductions.org
5/14 - The Boston Tree Party at the Paraclete Academy
On Saturday, May 14 at 2:00 pm, the Paraclete Academy at 207 E Street will be celebrating the planting of two Boston Tree Party Trees donated by Tech Networks of Boston. The Boston Tree party is a city-wide effort to plant pairs of Roxbury Russets by neighborhood “delegations”. At this event, youth and families will be bobbing for apples, drawing pictures of the apple trees throughout the seasons, and having a “Longest Apple Peel” Competition. Prizes will be awarded (including treats from Blue Tierra Chocolate Cafe)
How Do You Like Them Apples?
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