Cleanup talks include ways to reduce runoff

By Meredith Cohn, meredith.cohn@baltsun.com

February 28th, 2010

Years of attempts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay have fallen short and there is continuing opposition to tougher regulation, but a panel of environmental activists that included the Obama administration’s point man for bay cleanup said Saturday there is still reason to hope that anti-pollution efforts will succeed.

The group gathered at the Museum of Industry in Baltimore, once the site of an oyster-packing plant, to discuss ways that community groups and individuals could improve water quality in the nation’s largest estuary – which sustains not only thousands of wildlife species, but recreational opportunities and a slice of Maryland’s economy….

To read more check out the Baltimore Sun website.

March 4, 2010, 6:30-10 p.m.

Pier 5 Hotel, 711 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202

Speaker: Tony Geraci, Food Service Director for Baltimore City Public Schools

Help us to kick off National Nutrition Month!

The Health Care Food Leadership Council of Maryland and DC are hosting a dinner celebration on Thursday, March 4 to highlight hospitals that have taken the Balanced Menus Challenge, a commitment to permanently reduce meat purchasing (i.e. beef, pork and poultry) by 20% over a 12 month period, and increase sustainable meat purchasing.

For more information click here.

Hope for the Bay panelist John Campagna was featured in the Baltimore Business Journal today! Read the article here.
Don’t forget to RSVP for the Hope For The Bay Light Brunch and Panel Discussion on February 27th, 10am to noon. For more information or to register, click here

February 18, 2010

5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Abbey Burger Bistro, 1041 Marshall Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.

We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you’ll be made welcome. Just say, “are you green?” and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It’s a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.

Hosted by Teris Pantazes of Seven Seas Energy.

For more information, go to Baltimore Green Drinks.

February 8th – Building Community with Better Communication is cancelled.

Check out the spring schedule for upcoming events.