Saturday May 2nd All Day | ECO-Action River or Lake Clean-up At the Central Florida Earth Day celebration we'll be picking up thrash in the morning & again in the afternoon. You will find the ECO-Action booth at the waterside just south of the band shell. Lake Eola Directions: These directions below are for the Earth Day 2009 event. You will need to find parking during the festival day and meet the team at the ECO-Action booth. Take Interstate 4 until exit 84 Colonial Drive. Exit I4 then turn left onto Colonial Drive. Continue east a couple blocks until you see Orange Avenue, the next traffic light. Turn right onto Orange and continue south about four blocks until you see Robinson Street. Turn left onto Robinson and continue east about two blocks until you see Palmetto Ave. Turn right onto Palmetto and continue about two blocks until you see Washington Street. Turn left onto Washington and continue east until you arrive at the lake. |
Monday May 4th 3 - 6 PM | Watering the Trees We will be hand watering the 25 trees we planted on Earth Day at the 18th Street Park in Sanford. Please bring water in any type container you have as we do not have a workable hose connection close enough to make use of so we will probably have to refil our containers a few times from someone in the neighborhood. Call Mike Barr to RSVP or for questions, 407-234-7283 |
| Friday May 8th 3 - 6 PM | Watering the Trees We will be hand watering the 25 trees we planted on Earth Day at the 18th Street Park in Sanford. Please bring water in any type container you have as we do not have a workable hose connection close enough to make use of so we will probably have to refil our containers a few times from someone in the neighborhood. Call Mike Barr to RSVP or for questions, 407-234-7283 |
| Sunday May 10th 3 PM Mother's Day | ECO-Action River or Lake Clean-up Directions: From the west: Take State Road 50 east to Dean road and turn left. Continue forward until you see the park entrance on the right side of the road, just before the first bridge. Turn right on Blanchard trail and continue down the road until you see a large YMCA building on the left. Park in the parking lot and on the left side of the building, walk to the back of the building. You should find the ECO-Action canoe trailer, near the arrow indicated on the map below. From the east: Take State Road 50 west to Rouse road and turn right. Continue forward until you see the park entrance on the left side of the road. Turn left on Blanchard trail and continue down the road until you see a large YMCA building on the right. Park in the parking lot and on the left side of the building, walk to the back of the building. You should find the ECO-Action canoe trailer, near the arrow indicated on the map link below. Google Map
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| Saturday May 16th 8 - 11 AM | Adopt-A-Road The Libertarian Party Wekiva Springs Road Cleanup Meet at the corner of SR 434 & Wekiva Springs Road by Publiz. Bring sun screen and gloves. Call Sean Concannon for more information at 407-625-6839 |
Saturday May 16th 9 - Noon | Anti-Invasive Plant Effort At the Seminole County Environmental Studies Center 2985 Osprey Trail Longwood, FL 32750 Off SR 419 accross from Soldiers Creek Park We need volunteers to lead teams to help remove non-native invasive plants and pick up litter. Please RSVP to Jerry Czopp, (407) 330-9093 if you'd like to help in that manner. We can always use more people to help clear invasives ~ they are completely taking over. You should bring sun screen, bug spray, drinking water, a hat and anything else you need to be comfortable for three hours in the woods partially in the sun. |
Sunday May 17th 3 PM | ECO-Action River or Lake Clean-up Directions: Exit I4 at 101 C drive East until you reach Hwy 17 & 92. Turn left on 17 & 92 until you can make a right turn onto West Seminole Boulivard to Palmetto Avenue. The Sanford Marina is at Palmetto & Seminole in beautiful historic downtown Sanford. |
Wednesday May 20th 8 AM until 7:00 PM |
Green Cities: The Best Investment to Grow Business, Save Money and Enhance Community! Florida stands on the cusp of a tremendous emergence in clean technology, water conservation, green building, innovative business growth and wise land use planning. New legislation and executive orders from Governor Crist mandating CO2 reductions are driving Florida's need for reen education and preparing the way for green jobs. This is the year to focus on best practices to save money, conserve resources and balance the economy. Join Florida's Business, Government and community leaders at the conference event focused on sustainable practices and design. The Green Cities™ conference will demystify 'sustainability' and provide you with tools, steps and resources from top experts and educators. You will walk away with green strategies that will transform the way you think, live, manage business and govern in Florida. For a Keep Seminole Beautiful 50% discount call Mike Barr at 407-234-7283 | When: | May 20-21, 2009 |
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| Where: | The Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL |
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| What: | An innovative sustainability conference for business, government and community |
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Two-day conference experience offers:great networking with businesses and government inspiring and accessible speakers professional development in the green sector insight into environmental jobs and opportunities pragmatic training with electronic tool kit checklists and relevant resources solutions showcase and theatre meeting community and national partners in education
Our educational conference tracks offer:Some other event highlights:Detailed analysis of Florida’s share of the stimulus package and best practices for Florida business and government utilization Professional and social networking opportunities Green Cities™ Showcase of sustainable products and services May 20th 5:45pm Opening Celebration for the new Climate Change Education Center at OCCC May 20th 9am Ribbon cutting ceremony and official “Flipping the Switch” for the new 1 MW Solar Electric System atop the Orange County Convention Center
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| Thursday May 21st 8 AM until 5 PM | Green Cities™ Florida 2009 See above |
Saturday May 23rd 10 - 2 | 18th Street Park Earth Day Tree Planting follow-up At the 18th Street Park in Sanford at the corner of 18th Street & Hwy 17-92. We'll be checking on the twent five trees KSB & Fairwinds Credit Union planted on Earth Day 2009. Bring water, gloves and sunblock - a family day! For Details call Mike Barr, 407-234-7283 |
| Sunday May 24th 1 - 3 | Check on Jim Logue's Way The trail system at the Black Hammock Wilderness Area consists of one main loop trail (4.5 miles round trip) blazed in blue. There are many unmarked trails (fire lines) on this property. Please stay on the marked (blue) trail system for your safety. These trails take you on a boardwalk over a mixed hardwood swamp, through pine flatwoods and finally, sand pine scrub. In an effort to protect the resources of this relatively small wilderness area, the trail system is limited to hikers, bikers and local equestrians. Please note that for the safety of equestrians and other users, horses are not permitted on boardwalks. For details call Mike Barr, 407-234-7283 |
| Thursday May 28st 4:30 to 7:00 PM | AGENDA for Keep Seminole Beautiful's Board Meeting At the City of Winter Springs, City Commission Chambers, 1126 E. State Road 434, Winter Springs, FL 32708, Lake Mary 32746 Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:30 to 5:30 PM 4:30 Call to order 4:30 Approval of Agenda 4:35 Self-Introductions 4:45 Introduction of staff 4:50 Secretary’s Report 4:55 Treasurer’s Report 5:00 Executive Director’s Report 5:10 Membership Report 5:15 New Business 5:25 Calendar, Announcements 5:30 Adjourn
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Awards, Second KSB Anniversary Refreshments provided courtesy of: Whole Foods Market
For more information please call Mike Barr, Executive Director 407-234-7283 Mike@KeepSeminoleBeautiful.org
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| Friday May 29st 8:00 to 10:00 AM | Layer Elementary School Rich Brock, a contractor selected by Home Depot through Northland church, will be building a boardwalk over a creek. This is part of the outdoor educational program be developed at Layer. For more details call Mike Barr, 407-234-7283 |
Sunday May 31st @ 3 p.m.
| ECO-Action River or Lake Clean-up
Directions:
Take Maitland exit off I4 east until turn for 17-92 south (right lane exit after Maitland intersection light). Turn right at the traffic light onto 17-92 and drive through the downtown area. After passing Lake Lily on the right and at the next light, take a right onto Lake Avenue and drive about a half mile. On the right should be an Audubon sign. Turn right onto East Street and drive until the stop sign. Turn left there and an immediate left again into the parking lot. Across the street in the driveway on the left side of the Audubon Birds of Prey center you should find the ECO-Action vehicle with the canoe trailer, near the arrow indicated on the map below.
Anyone wishing to join must RSVP by
phone 407-695-5050 or email beth@eco-action.net or the sign-up form on eco-action's website. Thank you!
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Sunday May 31st 10 to 2
| Lake Mary Chiropractic Center Corporate Clean up Event
Keep Seminole Beautiful and business member Lake Mary Chiropractic Center are teaming up for a river clean up. Thank You to Martha Carswell with Wekiva Adventures who will be providing the kayaks and location for our clean up! Call Kristie Ryan for details, 407-459-5688 |