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April 12 Earth Day Celebration
Time(s) of Event: 8:30 am - noon
Event Location: South Church, 19 Pleasant St., Concord, NH
Event Sponsor: The Spirituality & Earth Stewardship Committee of the NH Conference of the United Church of Christ
Event Description: “Greening Our Hymns, Liturgies & Sermons” with Dr. John Hart, professor, Boston University School of Theology. Dr. Hart is the author of “Sacramental Commons: Christian Ecological Ethics.”
Contact Person: Roger Burkhart
Contact Phone/Email: 652-4324; rburkhart@metrocast.net
April 19 Earth Day 2008 Celebration
Time(s) of Event: 8am - 1pm
Event Location: Nashua Recycling Center, Four Hills Landfill, 840 West Hollis St., Nashua, NH
Event Sponsor: Nashua DPW Solid Waste Dept.
Event Description: Displays and demonstrations by environmental groups and recycling vendors, tours of landfill, kids activities, refreshments, and entertainment by "The Technocrats" from Nashua High, and free "Nashua Recycles" t-shirts & pencils (while supplies last).
Contact Person: Sally Hyland, Recycling Coordinator
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 589-3413; hylands@nashuanh.gov
April 19 Manchester 4th Annual Earth Day Celebration
Time(s) of Event: 9 am – 3 pm
Event Location: Veterans Park, Elm St., Manchester, NH
Event Sponsor: Student Conservation Assoc.
Event Description: Day begins with Adopt-A-Block service project throughout Manchester. Then noon to 3pm enjoy speakers, music, kids' activities, information, and more in Veterans Park. Guest speaker Jan Pendelbury from the Pew Environmental Group will be speaking on sustainable energy and environmental health. For more information or to volunteer, please call (603) 485-2287 or email.
Contact Person: Kylie Hudson
Contact Phone/Email: manchesterearthday@gmail.com
April 19 Earth Day Recycle Tuftonboro Town-wide Yard Sale Event
Time(s) of Event: 10am - 3pm
Event Location: Tuftonboro Town Offices & Town-Wide
Event Sponsor: Tuftonboro Agriculture Commission
Event Description: Town-wide yard sale to promote recycling and environmental awareness. Commission will have a map of all yard sales in town; a community site will be at the Town Offices on Middle Road (Route 109A), Tuftonboro.
Contact Person: Annette Cram; Robin Hunter; Florence Perkins
Contact Phone/Email: 544-3901; 569-5910; 569-2041 respectively
April 19 Earth Day Cleanup Events
Time(s) of Event: 10am - noon; 1pm - 3pm
Event Location: South Mill Pond (morning); Peirce Island (afternoon), Portsmouth
Event Sponsor: Blue Ocean Society, NH Coastal Program & others
Event Description: In the morning join the cleanup at South Mill Pond, Portsmouth. Or, join the 5th Annual Cleanup at Peirce Island in the afternoon; meet near the parking lot just past the Portsmouth City Pool. Individuals, families, large and small groups all welcome. Cleanups will be held rain or shine. Many activities planned for Peirce Island event.
Contact Person: Blue Ocean Society
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 431-0260; info@blueoceansociety.org
April 19 Portsmouth Sustainability Fair
Time(s) of Event: 10 am - 4 pm
Event Location: Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, NH
Event Sponsor: City and Schools of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Listens, and Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative
Event Description: Indoor/outdoor event with films such as "the Life Cycle of a Sneaker," educational exhibits and an educational scavenger hunt; recycling of cell phone, ink cartridges, DVDs, eyeglasses, clothing, books; vendors providing green services/products; yard sale; farmers market; food; music. Everything will be reusable, recyclable or compostable. Let's make it a zero waste event!
Contact Person: msalmon@seacoastonline.com
April 19-26 Monadnock Earth Week Celebration
Time(s) of Event: varies
Event Location: varies
Event Sponsor: Monadnock Earth Festival Committee
Event Description: The theme of this year's celebration is "Building Sustainable Communities." A full array of activities for all ages and interests is scheduled throughout the week. Please see attached for more information.
Contact Person: Christina Oliva
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 847-9639; christina_oiva@antiochne.edu
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April 20 Earth Day Cleanup Events
Time(s) of Event: 1pm - 3pm
Event Location: Rye Harbor State Park
Event Sponsor: Blue Ocean Society, NH Coastal Program & others
Event Description: Meet at the Rye Harbor State Park pavilion for a cleanup of Ragged Neck and the surrounding area. There will be musical entertainment, refreshments, and more.
Contact Person: Blue Ocean Society
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 431-0260; info@blueoceansociety.org
April 20 Earth Day Vegetarian Potluck
Time(s) of Event: 4 pm - 6 pm
Event Location: Community Church, Durham, NH
Event Sponsor: NH Animal Rights League
Event Description: Dinner, cooking competition and presentation about the link between global warming and animal agriculture with Louisa Dell'Amico and Lindsey Fong. Free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required for a count of attendees. Register at www.nhanimalrights.org. View prizes and the recipes submitted so far, too!
Contact Person: Louis Dell'Amico
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 466-3021
April 22 Arbor/Earth Day Celebration
Time(s) of Event: 9am
Event Location: Broad Street School, Nashua, NH
Event Sponsor: City of Nashua
Event Description: Tree planting ceremony beginning at 9am.
Contact Person: Nick Caggiano
Contact Phone/Email: CaggianoN@nashuanh.gov
April 22 UNH Stormwater Center Workshop/Tour
Time(s) of Event: call for time
Event Location: UNH Stormwater Center
Event Sponsor: Great Bay Nat'l Estuarine Reserach Reserve's Coastal Training Program
Event Description: This Earth Day, learn how to help solve the #1 water quality problem in the Great Bay Watershed! On April 22, the Great Bay Nat'l Estuarine Reserach Reserve's Coastal Training Program is hosting a group of developers, engineers and landscapers to participate in the the UNH Stormwater Center workshop. Tour the research facility where UNH studies the performance of stormwater management systems. Staff will explain the state-of-the-art center and will up-date participants on performance data of stormwater systems. Meet researchers/engineers who study these devices; network with peers about stormwater management. Call or email for more information.
Contact Person: Steve J. Miller
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 778-0015, ext 305; Steve@greatbay.org
April 24 Electronics Collection & Recycling
Time(s) of Event: 10am - 2pm
Event Location: NHTI Learning Center, Concord, NH
Event Sponsor: NH Technical Institute/Work Waste
Event Description: Fourth annual electronics recycling/collection event.
Contact Person: Ruth Heath or Margaret Averill
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 271-7722; rheath@ccsnh.edu or (603) 423-0000; maverill@workwaste.com
April 26 Discover WILD NH Day
Time(s) of Event: 10 am - 3 pm
Event Location: 11 Hazen Dr., Concord, NH
Event Sponsor: DES and NH Fish & Game Dept.
Event Description: Over 35 outdoor and conservation organizations; family activities, including casting, archery, live animal exhibits. Also "Ways of the Woods" traveling museum, "Forever Locked" battling moose exhibit; air monitoring station tours; and more! Free admission. For more info, go to www.WildNH.com.
Contact Person: Fish & Game
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 271-3211
April 26 Earth Day Vernal Pool Field Trip
Time(s) of Event: 1 pm - 4 pm
Event Location: Nottingham, NH
Event Sponsor: Bear-Paw Regional Greenways
Event Description: Mark West, Bear-Paw board member and biologist, will lead folks on an exploration of vernal pools on a property permanently protected by a conservation easement. Learn about these ephemeral pools that offer critical breeding and foraging habitat to many of N.H.'s frogs, salamanders and other species. Also learn to identify aquatic insects and amphibian egg masses. Kids are welcome! Program is free and open to the public. Please pre-register.
Contact Person: Daniel Kern
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 463-9400; info@bear-paw.org
April 26 & 29 Alstead Earth Day/Arbor Day Events
Time(s) of Event: N/A; 2pm
Event Location: Town-wide; Alstead Primary School
Event Sponsor: Town of Alstead
Event Description: Alstead is celebrating Earth Day on April 26 with a town-wide road cleanup. Blue bags are available at the town office and the transfer station; residents may sign up for a specific road. Arbor Day will be celebrated April 29 at the Primary School.
Contact Person: Joy Nalevanko
Contact Phone/Email: (603) 835-2564; joynalevanko@aol.com
"DES provides this list of events as a service in recognition of Earth Day. DES does not necessarily endorse nor support the activities of the groups represented herein."
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