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Earth Day Cleanups 2006
Saturday, April 29
From the morning until 12pm
Earth Day Festival 2006
Saturday, April 22, 10am-4pm
EcoTarium
For more information go to:
http://www.recworcester.org/eday/index.html
Earth Day Cleanups Dinner
Thanks to all the Cleanups volunteers who came to this event!
Moms of toddlers: Join our study
The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT) is a coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, workers and educators seeking preventative action on toxic hazards.
AHT is currently recruiting volunteers (moms with children ages 2 to 4) for a new investigation of the levels of chemical fire retardants known as PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) in the bodies of women and their young children from around the country.
Please consider volunteering for this study which is ongoing now until August 2006
For more information contact:
Cindy Luppi
Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow at 617-338-8131 x 208
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Garden Season Kicks off in Worcester
Telegram & Gazette Article, April 3, 2006
Alyssa Smith, a sophomore at University Park Campus School, operates a booth for Toxic Soil Busters, a youth-run program affiliated with the Worcester Roots Project, at Saturday's annual spring garden forum sponsored by the Regional Environmental Council. Members of the Toxic Soil Busters, ages 15 to 16, test soil in community gardens and backyards for lead. "If there's lead, we plant geraniums and sunflowers, which suck up the lead from the roots," she explained. The REC event included information booths, live music and seed sharing for members of the Worcester Seed Exchange Network, local farmers who trade seeds among themselves every growing season. An organic farmer was there to answer questions. Gardening is "a source of healthy food for low-income families," said Casey Burns of REC, a nonprofit that addresses urban environmental issues through gardening. "It also promotes positive activity in vacant lots."
(T&G Staff / JIM COLLINS)
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Assistant Youth Coordinator
Start date: June 1, 2006
The Regional Environmental Council’s UGROW Program is seeking a part time summer Assistant Youth Coordinator to work with and mentor youth participants (ages 14-16) as part of the YouthGROW Summer Program. YouthGROW is a summer program that teaches young people farming and leadership skills through work on an organic urban farm located on Oread Street in Main South, Worcester. The program emphasizes environmental justice, community organizing, and sustainable agriculture.
For more information go to:
http://www.recworcester.org/jobs.html
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