Heads Up!
Applications for this spring's 1,000-tree giveaway for Rhode Islanders opens on April 8 at 12am. If you are interested, apply as soon as possible on April 8. Very popular program and trees go FAST! One tree per registrant.
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Featured Environmental Events and News
for the Ocean State
March 29, 2019
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Free Trees Heads Up, Owls, Fish Count,
Wastewater Treatment Open Houses,
Self-driving Cars and RI Master Transit Plan,
Environmental Education Forums,
Coastal Futures & RIMTA Environmental Conferences
Friday
- Wastewater Treatment Open Houses - East Providence, Westerly, & Woonsocket
Saturday
- Horticultural Yard Sale
- Save the Bay Community Cleanup Leader Training
- Watershed Watch New Volunteer Classroom Training
- Buckeye Brook Fish Count
- Wastewater Treatment Open House in Bristol and Warwick
- Owl Program in Westerly
- RIWPS Annual Meeting & Lecture: Ecology of Forests
Sunday
- RI Envirothon Fundraiser
- Southern RI Farms of Historic New England
Next Week and Following
- Little Rhoady Pilot Program (self-driving cars) Info Session
- Environment Council of RI Meeting
- Untemyer: A Garden for the World
- Film: Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
- Environmental Education Advocacy Forum
- Measuring Racial Equity
- Free Wednesday Morning Bird Walks
- Coastal Futures Conference
- Eco-Depot - Johnston, April 6
- RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission Conference
- RI Marine Trades Association 1st Environmental Conference - April 9
- Environment Council of RI's Earth Day at the State House
- Timberdoodle Citizen Science project
- Urban Agriculture Kickoff
- Earth Day!
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Little Rhoady Pilot Project Update
Find out about self-driving vehicle testing in Rhode Island
(This is not an April Fools joke!)
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RI Environmental Education Association is holding several community forums to discuss the advancement of environmental literacy and education efforts in Rhode Island and how they support various sectors.
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Timberdoodle Project Training
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Quick Links
What Grows On in RI lists events from dozens of RI environment-related groups, and more than one thousand people get this newsletter. No one wants to be on dozens of email lists and see everything. Everybody has different interests. So that makes this general newsletter
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But ProvGardener has subcalendars that go directly to the sections that interest you most. Just click to see:
EVENTS BY TYPE
- Art & Photography ~ Lectures, Workshops (Exhibits are in Ongoing)
- Celebrations, Expos, Fairs, Festivals, Open Houses, Shows
- Children's Activities
- ***Classes, Courses, Demos, Lectures ~ Seminars, Workshops, Cleanups, Surveys, Workdays
- **Conferences, Conventions, Forums, Symposiums
- **Deadlines, Grant Applications, Comments, Registrations
- **Films ~ Books ~ Plays
- **Fundraisers, Donations
- Hearings, Public Meetings, Rallies/Protests, Legislative, Regulatory
- Information Services
- Media, Webinars, Podcasts, Radio, TV
- **Meetings, Dinners, Awards ~ Annual/Monthly/Weekly
- ***Nature/Outdoors ~ Walks, Hikes, Paddles, Bike Rides
- *Networking, Planning & Leadership Development
- **Sales ~ Farmers' Markets, Plant Sales & Exchanges
- Tours & Field Trips
EVENTS BY TOPIC
*Each week I star the subcalendars that a lot of folks probably would want. The more stars, the more there is of interest to more Rhode Islanders. For instance, some weeks there are no films or conferences, but right now there are some films to see and several conferences with open registration. As Earth Day approaches, the Cleanups calendar will have lots of stars!
You can also go straight to the whole Calendar, see Featured Events, and Recent Additions.
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The Ongoing Calendar ...
... lists events that are months-long or many consecutive days or occurring frequently in irregular patterns. They would overwhelm the main calendar, so they are separate.
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Photo Credit: Save the Bay
- Seal Tours
- Save the Bay Cleanups
- Art Exhibits - at Brown, Audubon, Newport
- RI's Recreational Resources Survey
- Nature Center & Aquarium Winter Hours
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Did You Know?
Many of the hearings and other public meetings are recorded - either in audio or video. If we are concerned about an issue or how our tax dollars are spent, it's important for more of us to watch what our public officials are doing.
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Congratulations to the
Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association
on its designation as a
Wild and Scenic River system!
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Add More Events!
Every worthwhile event is not in this Calendar (yet!) Any event about the environment of interest to Rhode Islanders can be in What Grows On in RI. See the Scoop on the Scope for guidelines.
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- It's time to register the kids for Save the Bay Summer Camps
- Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium
- Sensational Seals at Save the Bay Exploration Center and Aquarium during February - Newport
Photo credit Hope Foley.
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RI Master Transit Plan Update
- Community Cleanup Leader Training
- Watershed Watch New Volunteer Classroom Training
- Pyansky Workshop
- The Memory of Trees and Insights on the Ecology of Forests
- Owl Program with Born to Be Wild Nature Center
- Soil, Plant, and Farm Methodology Course
- Waves of Blue, Waves of Green: The Southern RI Farms of Historic New England
- Little Rhoady Pilot Project Info Session
- Untermyer: A Garden for the World
- Sea Glass Jewelry
- Timberdoodle Project
- Private Well Water Workshop
- There's A LOT more!
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- Environmental Education Forum - Apr 2 & 4
- Coastal Futures - Apr 4
- Preservation, Recreation and Sport - Apr 6
- Southern New England Marine Industry (RIMTA) Environmental Conference - Apr 9
- Local Environmental Action Conference - Apr 27
- Climate: Peril or Promise, The Choice is Ours - Apr 27
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Citizens, Let Your Voice Be Heard!
The Hearings Calendar lists a wide range of ways to influence legislation, regulation, and other government activity in Rhode Island. At the moment, here are some options:
- RI General Assembly committees are holding hearings frequently through early June. Environment-related hearings are in the Calendar.
- Last day to comment is Sunday, March 31! DEM has developed a public survey to gauge current and future demand for recreational need.
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Networking
The Environment Council of RI, founded in 1972, is a coalition of organizations and individuals that serves as an effective voice for developing and advocating policies and laws that protect and enhance Rhode Island's environment.
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Films:
- Wasted! The Story of Food Waste - Apr 1
- The Gardener - Apr 12
- Generation Zapped! - Apr 26
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Outdoor Activities
- Free Wednesday Morning Bird Walks
- Walks in South Kingstown and Neutaconkanut Hill in Providence
- Shoreline Restoration Walking Tour at India Point - Apr 13
- Cottontail Scavenger Hunt
- Free Audubon Bird Walks nearly every day in May
- Narrow River Road Race - May 18
- Open Hours for RI Nature Centers and Aquariums
- Frequently Repeating Seal Tours, River cruises, Lighthouse Tours with irregular schedules
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