Social Actions: Eco-Fairs, Race Talk, Seed/Plant Swap, Author Talk, Climate Lobby
Sarah Klepner
Saturday, April 23 10 am - 3 pm Ocean Township Library 701 Deal Road, Ocean
As a certified Sustainable Jersey© Municipality, Ocean Township Environmental Commission invites you to attend this FREE event focused on creating excitement, knowledge, and enthusiasm for a healthier world and healthier lifestyle for it’s residents.
The Ocean Township Library is the place to celebrate and learn about our planet,
our interaction with its other important inhabitants, and our ability to maintain a healthy planet for future generations.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
See Tomorrow’s Transportation, Today!
Ocean Township resident Per Kirstensen shares his fully electric Tesla Automobile with the community. Take a peek inside and get a look at transportation’s electric future, today!
10:30 am - Spring Into Spring
Spring into Spring with the Ocean Township Intermediate School Chorus as they delight us with the melodic sounds of the season.
11:00 am - 11:30 am - The Energy Hog STRIKES AGAIN!
This foul friend makes ANOTHER visit to the Ocean Township Library Children’s Room and he STILL has a lot to learn. Please, kids, come out and teach him how to be a friend to the Earth!
11:30 am - 12:00 noon - The Buzz on Beekeeping with Ray Pogwist
Join an interactive session and discussion with Beekeeper and Ocean Township Environmental Chair Ray Pogwist, on the time-honored tradition of Keeping Bees.
What does it entail? How is the activity a critical component for the future of our planet? What can we learn from Beekeeping at the local level?
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm - Safe Routes to School Bike Rodeo**
Yee Haw! Round up the kiddos for Ocean Township’s and Safe Routes to School/Meadowlink/EZRide’s Bike Rodeo!
Bring your wheels and your helmet for a safety, size, and fit inspection by a Bike Mechanic and a Nurse,
while an OT Police Officer coordinates the rider wrangling with useful instruction. Learn basic road-riding skills on the rodeo’s
challenge course. Bring your helmet for sizing, or meet with the Bike Rodeo Staff to get fitted for a FREE one
(while supplies last) before you ride off into the sunset. (PROGRAM INTENDED FOR PROFICIENT BIKE RIDERS).
**Registration required for participation. Stop by the library’s Reference Desk to fill out
and submit the required waiver form and submit prior to the Rodeo.
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm - Discussion on - This Changes Everything, by Naomi Klein Ocean resident Eugene Tyrell will lead a discussion on this crucial issue and pivotal book about climate change’s relationship to everything economic, environmental, cultural, and more.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - How to Install a Rain Garden at your Home
This informative demonstration, lecture, and how to session will be brought to the Ocean Township Library by the Whale Pond Brook Watershed Association.
3:00 pm - Take A Tour
Take a tour of Ocean Township’s Community Garden at the Middlebrook Apartment Complex
(THIS IS AN OFF-SITE program at 816 Deal Road, Ocean Township, Middlebrook Apartments).
The Middlebrook at Monmouth Apartment Complex provides the locale for the community to come together
and keep this rich garden growing. See where more than 1,000 pounds of produce are grown yearly and
donated to our local Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Tables and Ongoing Programs, running for the full-length of the Green-Fest Include:
Anti-Idling Informational Table, Whale Pond Brook Watershed Association, AmeriCorps, Ocean Township Department of Public Works,
Demos by Ocean Local Solar Company-Sea Bright Solar, Monmouth County Park System, and more...
Ocean Township Public Library
A branch of the Monmouth County Library system
Telephone: 732-531-5092 www.monmouthcountylib.org
Contact wanama...@yahoo.com for more info
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Red Bank Library's Let's Talk About Race series continues..
Wed. April 27 7 pm
Red Bank Library, 84 West Front Street, RB
This month's discussion focuses on Race Amity (friendship) and Healing, with videos and a presentation, followed by a discussion. Hosted by Red Bank resident Patty Whyte. Registration requested, 732-842-0690 x111
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Seed and Plant Swap
Sunday May 1 2-6 pm
Convention Hall Arcade, Asbury Park Boardwalk
1300 Ocean Ave, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Join us for a Seed and Plant Swap.. Bring seeds you've saved, and plants you've started, to share..
Join us regardless of whether you have anything to share. There will be no exchange of money, just swap stories and information.
Contact ibiker...@gmail.com for any questions.
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Environmental Author Talk with Seamus McGraw