Annapolis Green Progress Report


Tuesday, June 11
5:30-7:30 p.m.

The Westin Annapolis Hotel
100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis
Theme:
2013 Maryland Green Registry Leadership Awards
Sponsoring Organization
Maryland Green Registry

We will join Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Robert Summers as he presents the 2013 Leadership Awards and announces the total annual environmental results and cost savings as reported by all Maryland Green Registry members.
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Thanks these businesses for hosting and sponsoring our May Green Drinks event!
Host

Brian Boru Restaurant & Pub
Theme: Lighting & Energy Efficiency
Sponsoring Organization

Thank you!
Support our supporters! Patronize the companies that have hosted Green Drinks and sponsored our email blasts!

A green infrastructure is more important now than ever. Support wind power and Annapolis Green. You have a choice! Select Clean Currents, a power provider that gives back -- as a B-Corp -- for your home and business. It won't cost you any more to be forward-thinking and power yourself with clean energy! Click here.

Thank you, Green Life Chiropractic & Wellness, for naming Annapolis Green a Community Champion!

Want to know more
about Annapolis Green?
See our video!
Our Green Foodie Challenge:
Green Sails as Green Sells
Local restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, etc.,
tell us how they are Going Green!
We've taken the pledge to Think Outside the Bottle and take back the tap.
We're not going to use bottled water at our events nor at home. Click on the image to learn more. Be sure to watch the video!
Friends of Annapolis Parks
Are you eligible for a Stormwater Management Tax Credit from Anne Arundel County? Read more.
Why It's Important to Shop Local... All Year
Information about the effects of Marcellus Shale fracking on the environment
Exposed Soil = Pollution: A new approach for substantially improving construction site erosion control compliance. Report it!
Welcome to the New Normal
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Commercial Recycling Awards
The 2013 Flagship Class of Leadership Anne Arundel has launched its inaugural R3 Commercial Recycling awards -- to be presented in June.
The public is invited to nominate a business that stands our for its commitment to recycling and a waste hauling company. Deadline is May 17. Details were presented at the April Green Drinks gathering. The nomination form is available here.
Hike the Restoration of Cabin Branch

Saturday, May 18, 2 p.m.
Hike the Cabin Branch of the Severn River
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Rainscaping Garden Tour

Sunday, May 19, 2 - 5 p.m.
in and around
Annapolis/Edgewater area
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Stormwater planters are good
for ducks too!

A family of mallards has decided that one of the stormwater planters the Spa Creek Conservancy installed at Annapolis Hyundai at 935 West Street is a good place to bring up their ducklings. Hyundai employees say they are doing all they can to ensure that the famliy is not disturbed.
BiodiversiTREE

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is seeking volunteers to plant an experimental forest called "BiodiversiTREE." The project site is on Cumberstone Road, about ten minutes from the SERC campus and Reed Center. SERC is in the process of planting 24,000 trees on 31 acres, the first large-scale experimental tree plantation in North America. SERC is measuring the impact of tree species diversity on forest structure, with side experiments measuring water quality, carbon sequestration, soil organisms, effects of herbivory, etc. Contact Whitney Hoot, 410-224-4715 as soon as possible to sign up for this opportunity and contribute to the start of a 100-year experiment at SERC!
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The 6th Annual Maryland Day
Grew a Little Greener This Year
Maryland Day is a collaborative event sponsored by Four Rivers Heritage Area including Annapolis, London Town & South County. From historic sites and cultural activities to natural resources and conservation, Maryland Day offers something for every member of the family over this annual weekend celebration of all things "Maryland."
This year, Annapolis Green and our sponsor, Chesapeake Eye Care and Laser Center, took steps to make Maryland Day Grow a Little Greener… by providing our eco-stations for recycling and providing best practices recommendations to all the Maryland Day sites. Read more

See an environmental problem or violation in the City of Annapolis? Here's how to report it.
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FIND OUT HOW TO
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BECOME A MEMBER OF
THE FOUNDING ONE HUNDRED
- Charlie Birney
- Infrared Tools Energy Services
- Gene Singleton & Maureen McEnerney
- Keith & Helen Drewett
- Doug Lashley/GreenVest
- Elvia Thompson
- Lynne & Mark Forsman
- Ralph Gleason
- Shelley & Eric Rubin
- Boatyard Bar & Grill
- John Nicklin
- Cohen Community Fund
- Towne Park
- Eastport Civic Association
- Galway Bay Irish Pub
- The Brick Companies
- Delegate Steve Schuh
- Severn Savings Bank
- Paul Murphy
- Hannah Studios, Inc.
- Joe Budge & Sharon Kennedy
- PNC Wealth Management
- K&B True Value
- Betty & Jim Davis
JOBS & CAREER TRAINING
Looking for a Green job? Check out the MARC Green Works Job Portal
Blogs
Read Elvia's blogs in Annapolis Patch
and
Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Conference & Visitors Bureau
Chesapeake Bay Action Plan
"After decades of effort, the voluntary, collaborative approach to restoring the health and vitality of the Chesapeake Bay— the largest estuary in the United States—has not worked and, in fact, is failing. A diverse group of 57 senior scientists and policymakers have joined forces to save the Bay. This is our plan."
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