Events

Start 2010 off with the next installment in the Life in the Balance series, Part 1 "The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project" film screening on Friday, January 22 (snow date Jan. 24) from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.

On Saturday January 30th (snow date 2/06/10) the Concord Raiders Softball program will be collecting small items like cell phones, computers, TV’s and VCRs and large items like refrigerators and washing machines in the Raider Electronics Recycling Challenge. Location is 300 Baker Ave. (the old GenRad Building) parking lot. The goal of the Challenge is to help local residents recycle their unused electronics equipment. The Raiders will ask for a small, tax deductible contribution for this service to assist their program’s fund-raising needs.

Do you want to clean up your house and help someone in need? Start
collecting your donations for "Home Drop-off Day" at First Parish on
Saturday, January 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.!

We will be collecting donations for Household Goods Recycling of

From Delia Kaye, Natural Resources Director:

Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:30pm in the Chapel at Concord Academy.

Dr. H. Bradley Shaffer, this year's Hrdy Fellow at Harvard's Department of
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, will be speaking about "Making
Population Biology Relevant to Conservation".  Turning basic research in
ecology, evolution and genetics into concrete conservation management is one
of the more elusive goals of conservation biology.  Dr. Shaffer will be
speaking about this in relation to his studies of the California Tiger
Salamander.

You are invited to a Powering the Future public forum, “Our Community  and Tomorrow’s Energy,” on Friday, February 5, 7-9 pm, at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St., W. Concord, MA. (Snow date: Feb. 7.) 

Learn how to enjoy eating locally year round at Mass Audobon's Drumlin Farm for the Winter Harvest Dinner, Friday February 5th at p:00 pm. The menu will include homemade cheese from local milk, Tuscan Kale Soup, vegetarian frittata, Drumlin Farm meat and roasted winter vegetables. Fresh baked pubpkin pie with fresh homemade whippped cream will complete the winter feast.

Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord MA.

Friends of Minute Man National Park Winter Lecture presented by Peter Alden of W.Concord.

February 25:  Ecological Landscaping Association’s 16^th Annual Conference and Eco-Marketplace: “Expanding the Ecological Landscape”:  at the Mass Mutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield - registration fee varies by the day attended - for more information, call ELA at 617-436-5838 or visit www.ecolandscaping.org

Thursday, Feb. 25th 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Would you like to see healthier lunches offered at school? 

 Would you like to support local food and farms? 

Are you interested in school gardens? 

If so, please join a presentation and discussion sponsored by the PTGs of the three elementary schools and led by the Nutrition Coalition. 

Connect with people who care about sustainability, spirituality and social justice, the biggest challenges and opportunities of our time. Registration is from 8:30 - 9:00.

First Parish, 20 Lexington Rd., Concord, MA. Registration: $5.00 requested at the door.

ConcordCAN is co-sponsoring this Symposium with the Concord Clergy-Laity Group. We feel that it has special value as a way of presenting climate change and sustainability issues to our community.