Transition Towns Ashland - Introduction (Earth Day/Spray) - Events

Apr 1, 2010 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm UTC-07
Location: Peace House
Latest Activity: Nov 8, 2022

Transition Town Ashland invites you to our next Introduction meeting, where you can learn about this exciting, community-based movement to create a sustainable future. The meeting will be held on this coming Thursday, April 1, at 7 p.m., at Peace House, 543 S. Mountain, just above SOU, in Ashland.We host these Introduction meetings on the First Thursday of every month. On the Third Thursday of every month, we host Community Action Planning meetings. The next Action Planning meeting will be held on Thursday, April 15, at 7 p.m., at the Ashland Library, downstairs in the Gresham Room. We recommend that you attend an Introduction meeting before you come to an Action Planning meeting.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------EARTH DAYLast year, Earth Day in Ashland was a lively, colorful event that drew big, cheerful crowds. Check out our online photo album. Transition Town Ashland was there, and we had some excellent conversations with people who visited our booth.The official calendar date for Earth Day is April 22, but here in Ashland, the big celebration will be held on Saturday, April 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the grounds of ScienceWorks, 1500 East Main St. Here's the Ashland Earth Day Website: http://www.parks.ashland.or.us/earthday/We'll be there again this year, and we're inviting people in the community to get involved. We'd be glad of some help with setting up and taking down the booth, and you might have ideas about activities or other offerings you might add. If so, please let us know at ttacontact@gmail.com.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ASHLAND PESTICIDE POLICYMany citizens of Ashland are concerned about the extensive chemical spraying that is currently taking place in Ashland parks and school grounds. On the Links Page of our Website, you can view» background information (including info from the City and the Daily Tidings)» a guide to citizen action and public meetings» a map of spray sites at schools and parks in 2008--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please visit our Website at http://transitiontownashland.org/, where you'll find info on Transition Towns, Permaculture, and The Great Unleashing, access to our Action Groups, to local CSAs, to the Sustainability Inventory, to our Multi-Media and Links Pages, opportunities to share ideas, and much more.Please join us on Thursday, April 1, to learn more, and to connect with your neighbors in this vital and exciting enterprise. And bring a friend!Please share this information with friends and associates who are interested in local sustainability.Thank you.

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