Project green energy: The Woodstock Green Energy Commission, along with the town and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, will celebrate the installation of the town’s newest solar panel system on Friday. The 24-panel, 4-kilowatt installation is at Woodstock Middle School. For more on this story, visit: Woodstock plans to cheer installation of solar panels –
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  Middle School Students from Global Communications Academy and Preschoolers from the Community Renewal Team Program try their hand at stocking fish in preparation for Opening Day Buy your fishing licenses on-line now at www.ct.gov/deep/fishinglicense Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Daniel C. Esty, Hartford’s Mayor Pedro Segarra and Hartford public school
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Friday & Saturday, March 30-31, 2012 The 30th National Pesticide Forum ~ Healthy Communities: Green solutions for safe environments Two days of talks and workshops, hosted by Beyond Pesticides and co-sponsored by Audubon Connecticut. Kroon Hall (on Prospect Street, near Sachem Street), Yale University, New Haven, CT. Friday (daytime): Farm Tours  / Friday (night) Keynote
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The Museum will explore the natural history of New Haven in the following series: March 28, 6 pm–Branford resident Richard Radune discussing his new book Sound Rising: Long Island Sound at the Forefront of America’s Struggle for Independence. April 11, 6 pm–Tom Andersen presents “Exploration, Discovery, Mutiny and Money: Captain Adriaen Block and the 400th
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Avalonia Land Conservancy and the Groton Public Library have organized a five-part series of programs over the next four months to highlight the importance of water and water protection. All indoor programs will take place at 7 p.m. at the library. The first program will be Feb. 28, when Judy Preston, Connecticut Outreach Program Coordinator
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Some of you noticed the lack of events on the events calendar in the past few weeks and wrote in that you missed being able to find out what was going on in the community with regard to environmental events on the Environmental Headlines Events Calendar page. Well, between watching the snow fall and our
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The 16th annual family festival, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice is a free 2-day festival that takes place on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, from noon to 4:30 p.m. and Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. Click on this environmental headline for more on this great event!

Below is some information on attending or presenting at the Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale.  For those interested in presenting, Yale is currently accepting social enterprise pitch abstract submissions for oral presentation. Tell them you read about it in Environmental Headlines. Thanks! Presented by Unite For Sight, 9th Annual Conference Yale University, New Haven,
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Burn off those extra holiday calories and join CFPA and REI for outdoor fun as we explore the winter landscape in the forest behind the CFPA office. Get inspired to transform classroom teaching into effective and exciting place-based education. This professional development workshop with Project Learning Tree CT is for educators of grades 5 through
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The Rivers Alliance of Connecticut annual meeting takes place at 5 p.m. Dec. 12, 2011, at the Hartford Club. Open to members, friends, family, and would-be members, there will be light refreshments, awards and will be followed by a benefit dinner and cabaret show celebrating the 96th birthday of Frank Sinatra. You can attend the meeting and the dinner-cabaret separately or together. Click on this environmental headline for more about the meeting and benefit show.

350 Connecticut is putting together a weekend-long organizer training with 350.org staff on December 10th and 11th, and we’re currently accepting applications to participate.* Space is limited, so please make sure to*send us your application <http://350ct.org/training/> by Wednesday November 23rd. Apply to be part of the Training <http://350ct.org/training/> Trainings like this are unique and important
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Environmental organizations, clean energy suppliers, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund approved installers, growers of organic gardens, and The New Economics Institute will address solutions to today’s economic and environmental challenges in Hartford, Saturday, Nov. 19.

This year’s Summit promises engaging debate on key environmental issues to expect in 2012, legislative insights from top state leaders and advocates, and plenty of networking opportunities in a new location.

The Rockfall Foundation will recognize Karl J. Wagener for his lifetime of service at the foundation’s 2011 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. at the deKoven House Community Center. For more on this story, visit: Wagener to be recognized by Rockfall Foundation – The Middletown Press : Serving Middletown, CT.

The Rockfall Foundation Annual Meeting & Awards Celebration Thursday, November 17, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the deKoven House Community Center, Middletown Open to all members and friends. Certificate of Honor Recipient & Featured Speaker Karl J. Wagener, Executive Director CT Council on Environmental Quality Certificates of Appreciation for Margot Burns, Regional Planner CT
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The Friends of Edgewood Park will be having its annual meeting, at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, 630 at the Ranger Station, (near Edgewood Ave. and Hobart St.). We will be welcoming new board members and electing officers.  Slate of officers: Semi Semi-Dikoko, President (C), Greg Dildine, Treasurer (C), Stephanie FitzGerald, Secretary (C). Slate
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The Norwalk Land Trust is very pleased to invite environmental community and open space supporters to a special benefit concert “An Evening with Lucie Arnaz” on Saturday October 29th at 7:30 pm at the Norwalk Concert Hall, City Hall, 125 East Ave. She is the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and was the Executive Producer of the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary TV Special.

Friday, Oct. 28, Sound meeting — Save the Sound and the Long Island Sound Study will hold the Long Island Sound Citizens Summit at Housatonic Community College, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The summit will focus on the SoundVision Action Plan for restoring and preserving the Sound. Information/registration: lisoundvision.org. For more on this story, visit: Spotlight: Check
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The town will host a meeting on a preliminary master plan for the Farmington River in Collinsville on Thursday night. The plan includes recommendations for the town to pursue in the future, including fishing areas, artificial habitat, traffic calming measures, public boating and swimming access and additional trail opportunities. Canton Patch reports.

Doug Fine is passionate about having fun while living as free of oil addiction as possible, eating as locally as possible and powering his modern lifestyle with renewable energy. He plans to share his adventures pursuing a carbon-neutral lifestyle Tuesday night at the penultimate event of this year’s One Book, One Community program. His book,
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