Category: Green Fair

Save the Date! – Living Local Expo on March 28th

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The 8th Annual Living Local Expo is in the planning stages!

Sourcing food locally is an essential part of sustainability efforts. Visitors to the 8th annual Living Local Expo in Lawrence on March 28  will have the opportunity to discover the many food resources we have right here in our community. The free Expo will showcase more than a dozen local farm businesses and chefs. The farmers market, the first of the spring season, will feature local fruits and vegetables, meat, cheeses, food and food products.

Visit the farmers market to talk with local farmers about the coming season. Have a locally prepared lunch, soup, chili, bread, cider, fruit and more from local farms and food businesses. Find out about local cheeses, jams and jellies, pickled peppers, desserts, and wonderful flowers. Cooking demonstrations and samplings by local chefs will be offered all afternoon.

After your visit to the market you can check out a presentation on fuel efficient cars and electric bikes.  Area residents with fuel efficient cars will also have their vehicles on display. Walking and biking is the ultimate sustainable transportation, and as a bonus you get your exercise too. At the Expo you can find out about bike trails and walking paths throughout the area.

Newly organized by the Mercer County Sustainability Coalition, a  partnership of sustainability organizations from Ewing, Hopewell, Lawrence, Princeton, Trenton and the Mercer County Office of Economic Development and Sustainability, this year’s Expo will feature hands-on workshops, displays from 90-plus local businesses and non-profits, and the “Ask your Neighbor” table where visitors can hear how homeowners and businesses completed successful energy-efficient projects. Speakers will be on hand to discuss a variety of sustainability issues ranging from local farms, school gardening & projects, to the future of transportation and recycling in Mercer County, and more.

Ask your neighbors about their experiences in green remodeling and energy efficiency projects. Get to know the inside scoop and the incentives that you can still get from New Jersey Clean Energy.

Donate your old bike to The Trenton Bike Exchange, or donate gently used medical equipment to Goodwill Home Medical Equipment, a non-profit that sells affordable medical equipment like wheelchairs, walkers and canes.

This year we are trying to “green” our Green Fair, so don’t forget to bring your travel mug for your drinks.

Stay tuned for more info soon.

Trifecta of Green Team Sustainability Events – Saturday March 23rd

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Saturday, March 23rd promises to be a busy day for environmental causes in Ewing.  The day starts out early with the Ewing Community Gardens Cleanup at Whitehead Road Extension.   At midday, the Ewing Green Team will co-host the Living Local Expo with Sustainable Lawrence, the Hopewell Valley Green Team and the Mercer County Office of Economic Development and Sustainability, a green fair at Lawrence High School Commons.  We will top it off in the evening with participation in Earth Hour where individuals and communities around the globe turn off their lights from 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. as a symbolic gesture of support for planet.

Ewing Community Gardens

Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: Whitehead Road Extension, Ewing

Community GardensTownship staff has been hard at work this week preparing the community gardens for the spring gardening season.  The expansion of the gardens has begun and the amount of land available for gardeners will be almost doubled.  [Don’t forget to sign up for a plot ASAP to ensure that you get one.]  Truckloads of wood chips have been delivered to the site for use on the site paths, courtesy of Mercer County and Britton Industries.  Township staff is also busy preparing to install the new water line and outlining the site fencing.

On Saturday the gardeners will be joined by a cohort of young volunteers from the College of New Jerey for the spring site clean up.  The cleanup will run from 8 – 4 and cleanup from last year will be undertaken along with setting out and mulching the paths for the coming season.  All gardeners are invited.  Be sure to wear sturdy and washable footwear.  [The geese have visited!]

Living Local Expo

Time: noon – 4 p.m.
Location: The Commons at Lawrence High School, 2525 Princeton Pike Lawrenceville

livinglocallogoThe 6th Annual Living Local Expo, organized by Sustainable Lawrence in partnership with the green teams from Lawrence, Ewing, Hopewell, and the Mercer County Office of Economic Development and Sustainability, will run from noon  until 4 p.m. at the Commons at Lawrence High School.   It will feature  hands-on workshops, displays from  40-plus local businesses and non-profits, and the “Ask your Neighbor” table where visitors can hear how homeowners and businesses completed successful energy-efficient projects. Speakers will discuss a variety of sustainability issues ranging from local farms, school gardening & projects, to the future of transportation and recycling in Mercer County, and more.  It promises to be an exceptional event.

Admission is free.

Earth Hour 2013

Time: 8:30 – 9:3o p.m.

EH_60+_LOGO_EPS_LARGEMarch 23rd is also the date that the world unites to take a stand against climate change.  Earth Hour is a global movement that endeavors to unite people around the world in making a commitment to save the planet.   It has been held annually at the end of March since 2007.   Its goal is to unite communities from across the world celebrating a commitment to the planet by switching off lights for one designated hour wherever you are in the world.  Turning of the lights is the symbolic gesture.  Organizers ask individuals, communities, schools, businesses and governments to couple that with pledges of positive actions toward a sustainable future.

What green initiatives can you undertake as part of your stand against climate change?

Sixth Annual Living Local EXPO

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When: SATURDAY, MARCH 23rd 12 PM – 4 PM
Where: Lawrence High School Commons, 2525 Princeton Pike, Lawrence Twp. 08648
FREE Admission

 This year’s 6th Annual Expo, organized in cooperation with the sustainable communities in Mercer County: Ewing, Lawrence and Hopewell Green Teams, the Lawrence Township School District and the Mercer County Office of Sustainable Development, promises to be better than ever with the inclusion of electric cars, local farms and cooking demonstrations, hands-on workshops and the “Ask your Neighbor” table. Enjoy a full Expo floor and schedule of presenters and demonstrations throughout the afternoon.

Highlights

  • Several car dealers will bring their high efficiency models to see and test drive Ebikes, electric cars and more.
  • Cooking demonstrations by local chefs. Learn about vegetable gardening and organic lawn care.
  • Buy a freshly prepared, delicious lunch and get to know your local farmers at our
    farmer’s market area.
  • Ask your neighbor about their experiences remodeling and performing energy efficiency projects. Get to know the inside scoop and the incentives that you can still get from NJ Clean Energy and other sources.
  • Meet local schools and organizations to learn about projects, new biking paths and walking trails, and community projects.
  • Donate your old bike to The Trenton Bike Exchange. Donate gently used medical equipment to Goodwill. They will have a drive in the parking lot. Learn where to recycle Styrofoam and other “unrecyclables”.

Exhibitors and presenters will show us many ways of conserving energy and the advantage of becoming sustainable.

  • The Home & Energy Expo provides information and resources on everything local.
  • Over 40 exhibitors and presentations, plus local food and games for children of all ages.
  • Compare offers from many installers, auditors, service providers and more.
  • Explore new eco-chic appliances, a green dry cleaners, a re-store and much more.
  • Presentations include local school gardening and science projects, the Future of Transportation, MCIA about recycling in Mercer County, Mercer County Master Gardeners, Terracycle, Mrs Gs Appliances cooking demonstration.
  • Learn about the new businesses moving into the area: Capital Health System, Frontier Airlines, Philly Ebikes…