Thursday, May 6, 2010
Several Wilton schools show off their waste management skills at the Go Green Festival.
Teachers from several Wilton schools love to talk trash– be it paper, plastic, cans or crayons. From Middlebrook School to the Children's Day School, Wilton schools showed their environmental acumen during Sunday's Go Green Festival. Booth after booth showed how students and parents alike could cut waste. At Children's Day School students gathered broken and worn down crayons. They melted them and molded them to look like globes. "It's the perfect trash to treasure," said Kirsten Peterson of the school. And a project one could do at home on a rainy afternoon. Teachers at the day school were on hand Sunday to sell reusable snack and sandwich bags, by Resnackit.com. "They save on paper and they're convenient," Peterson said. "At $7 a pouch…
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Middlebrook School
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Sunday, May 2, 2010
Residents turn out in force for the first Go Green Festival.
Kermit the Frog was wrong: it is easy being green, as long as people do it one step at a time. Wilton held its first Go Green Festival on Sunday. The town-wide energy fair featured more than 60 exhibits, lectures and family activities from talks at the Wilton Library to fishing and wading in the Norwalk River. "We wanted to help educate the community about energy," said Dona Pratt, chair of the Wilton Energy Commission. "It grew from one of those 'Gee wouldn't it be nice to have a fair' to this. It's just a phenomenal day." The energy commission wanted to expand the Earth Day observance into an event that reflected its mission: to advise Wilton on ways to reduce energy usage while promoting the use of alternative and sustainable forms of …
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Woodcock Nature Center
56 Deer Run Rd, Wilton, CT
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25 Cannon Rd, Wilton, CT
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Wliton's first Go Green Festival comes to town.
Wilton will be turning green for a day and that's a good thing. The town's first Go Green Festival will take place on Sunday, May 2 with events split between the Town Green and the library. The festivities begin with a 5k at the Woodcock Nature Center at 8:30 a.m. and bike rides of varying length shortly after at 8:45 a.m. at the Town Green. The rest of the events start at 11 a.m., with around 80 exhibitors presenting environmentally attuned ideas and products. Some of the highlights will include a child yoga class at 11:30 a.m, a number of movies and the day's keynote speaker at 1 p.m. The weather forecast looks generally good, with a few occasional showers possible but not likely to overwhelm the day. According to organizers, the …
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Woodcock Nature Center
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Wilton Library
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
The town is designated as a "Tree City USA," one of only 17 municipalities in the state to earn the honor, and is planning a ceremony to celebrate.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Recognizing the town's proactive approach to tree management in 2009, the Arbor Day Foundation has designated Wilton as a Tree City USA 2009, one of only 17 Connecticut municipalities to be so honored. To find out about this honor and kick off Wilton's first-ever Go Green Festival, Wilton residents are invited to attend "Celebrate Wilton: Tree City USA," on Sunday, May 2, at 11:00 a.m., immediately following the festival's opening ribbon-cutting. The celebration will be held in the Brubeck Room at the Wilton Library. This celebration, which ties into the festival's themes of energy conservation and sustainable living, features a short talk by Patricia Sesto, the town's Director of Environmental Affairs, entitled "My Trees are Worth …
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
With the Go Green Festival right around the corner, here's how you can help.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
To the Editor- Over the last few months, you may have heard some buzz about the Wilton Go Green Festival to be held Sunday, May 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout Wilton Town Center. Hosted by the Wilton Energy Commission, the Festival will be a fun way to learn about energy conservation and sustainable living – the small things that you can do every day to make a big difference. Many of the exhibits and hands-on activities will be housed at the Wilton Library, and we plan to have tents for outside activities. As you will see from our Web site, we already have a wide variety of enthusiastic partners—nine Wilton organizations and the Wilton Public Schools—as well as exhibitors, sustainability vendors, and organizations from all over the …
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Wilton Go Green Festival announces Alex S. MacLean, noted aerial photographer and author, will be the keynote speaker at the May 2 event.
Alex MacLean, pilot and photographer, has flown his plane over much of the United States documenting the landscape. Trained as an architect, he has portrayed the history and evolution of the land from vast agricultural patterns to city grids, recording changes brought about by human intervention and natural processes. His powerful and descriptive images provide clues to understanding the relationship between the natural and constructed environments, including the causes and effects of climate change. MacLean's photographs have been exhibited widely in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia and are found in private, public and university collections. He has won numerous awards, including the 2009 CORINE International Book Award, the …
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The environmental awareness festival is scheduled to be held May 2 and is currently in the planning stages.
To the Editor: In early May, the Town of Wilton will have its first community-wide event to explore and encourage Sustainable Living. The "Wilton Go Green Festival" will take place on Sunday, May 2nd from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout Wilton Town Center. The Wilton Library will host many of the exhibits and activities, and we plan to have tents for outside activities. We will also invite our local merchants to join us in supporting portions of the Festival. Individuals, families and businesses from Wilton and neighboring towns are invited to attend and participate. Professionals with expertise in green products and practices will share ideas that save both dollars for now and our planet's valuable resources for tomorrow. Sponsoring …
Cathryn J. Prince
10:38 am on Friday, May 7, 2010
correction: The ReSnackIt is not lined with vinyl. It is lined with food safe un-dyed nylon that does not contain lead, BPA, phthalates or vinyl (PVC). more ›