Support real climate legislation! Sign the 1Sky pledge:
http://www.1sky.org/allies/become-an-ally

1Sky is a national campaign to get our federal government to real action to curb global warming. Groups across the county are rallying around three climate solutions- the 1Sky platform. The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (www.chesapeakeclimate.org) is leading the local push for 1Sky.

The solutions are:

• Create 5 million green jobs and conserve 20% of our energy by 2015.
• Cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% by 2050.
• Stop the creation of new coal plants and invest in renewable energy and efficiency.

Show you support for these goals by taking the 1Sky pledge! You can sign individually, and your businesses, faith community, or other organization can also endorse the pledge.  

Public Listening Sessions around the State for You!
You can help chart the future of growth in your community.
Your ideas will guide Maryland’s State Development Plan.
Attend and be heard.
Share your thoughts on growth in your community.

Come to any or all of the following Listening Sessions:

All Listening Sessions start at 6:30 p.m.
Directions and additional information can be found at: www.mdp.state.md.us/listeningsessions.htm

Hosted by:
The Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development in Maryland
The Maryland Department of Planning
Martin O’Malley - Governor · Richard E. Hall, AICP, Secretary MDP · Jon Laria – Task Force Chair
For special accommodations, contact Sharon Reichlyn 14 days prior to the Listening Session you will attend at (410) 767-4512;
sreichlyn@mdp.state.md.us

Leader/s: Liz Stoffel, American Chestnut Land Trust Land Manager

Date/s: 8/16/08 Training Day

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Please call the ACLT Office to register and verify time.) Lunch will be provided for pre-registered participants.

Description: Non-native invasive plants are a threat to our forests and wildlife!

ATTENTION: LOCAL ARTISTS ...You're Invited to Join in a New Art Show, Sale and Fundraiser....using Recycled Materials!

NEW ART FROM OLD TREASURES....

First Annual Show and Sale by Local Artists Working With Recycled Materials....

BENEFITING Three Notch Theater - Sept 27-28, 2008

Guidelines for participation are as follows:

Seeking artists working with recycled and sustainable materials...whatever your medium... wearable art, jewelry, pottery, wood products, toys, art or decorations for home or garden, toys, etc, etc. All Artwork, 2D, 3D, jewelry, apparel, decorative or functional, must be made from re-cycled or sustainable materials.

SPONSORS NEEDED
RiverFest 2008

** 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM ** Saturday, September 27 **
at Historic St. Mary's City

** Family Fun - Children's Hour at Noon featuring Magpie **

** Exhibits, Demonstrations, Live Music, Kayak & Skipjack Rides **

Plus a Whole Lot More!!

Second Public Meeting Scheduled
6-8 PM, Wednesday, September 3
Southern Maryland Higher Education Center

Erik Torvald Jansson, an environmental activist and local preservationist, died Friday, June 27, at his residence, Mulberry Fields.

Yeatman, Jesse. "Jansson, Environmentalist and Preservationist, Dies at 67" The Enterprise
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
http://somdnews.com/stories/07022008/entemor161936_32178.shtml

Friends remembered the quiet, unassuming man this week, and wondered whether some of the organizations he was so much a part of could continue on after his death. Jansson would have turned 68 on July 26. 

Cardin, Mikulski, 2 Va. senators call for federal aid

Associated Press. "Disaster Status Urged For Crabs" Baltimore Sun
Thursday, June 26, 2008
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bay_environment/bal-md.crabs26jun...

Maryland and Virginia's U.S. senators say there's no time to waste in declaring the decline of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs a federal disaster. 

On Monday, July 14, the steering committee for the St. Mary's River Watershed Restoration Action Strategy will meet from 10:00 AM until noon in room A at the Lexington Park Library. For more information call 301-862-3517 or visit www.SMRWA.org.

The "Local Flavor, Local Fare" event will be held Tuesday, June 24 at 5:30 on the square in Leonardtown. Stroll the square from 5:30 – 7:00 pm and enjoy the flavors of fresh ingredients grown or harvested here in Southern Maryland. Proceeds from the event will go toward supporting the programs of Patuxent Habitat for Humanity.

In preparation for the “Buy Local Challenge” Week (July 19 – 27) several award-winning local restaurants, caterers and wineries are teaming up to offer a sampling of dishes and wines all prepared with ingredients fresh from area farms, waterways and vineyards. Participating restaurants, retailers and wineries to be featured include:

Blue Wind Gourmet; Brome Howard Inn; Café de Artistes; Corbels; The Good Earth Natural Food Company; J.T. Daugherty Conference Center; Morris Point Restaurant; Perigeaux Vineyards & Winery; The Tides Restaurant; Solomons Island Winery; Quality Street Catering.

Started here in Southern Maryland, the Buy Local Challenge is one of many programs created by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMDAC) to boost the local farm economy and to highlight the flavor, nutrition, health and environmental benefits local products can provide. The Challenge is now a state-wide initiative, and in July, the Buy Local Challenge Week www.buy-local-challenge.com will ask all residents across Maryland to participate by taking this challenge: “I pledge to eat at least one item from a local farm every day during Buy Local Week.” Buying from local farmers, not only means fresher, more nutritious and better tasting food on the table, it also helps to keep the Chesapeake farm region vibrant.

Tickets are only available in advance with a $25.00 donation to Patuxent Habitat. To get your ticket, call/email out offices at 301-863-6227 or info@patuxenthabitat.org. Also, tickets are being sold at the Brewing Grounds Coffee & Tea on Fenwick Street in Leonardtown!