Calendar of Meetings and Events
August 15, 2009
34th Annual Clearwater Festival, !!Free!! 11am-7pm, Sunset Park, Main St & Sunset Ave, Asbury Park NJ---------Due to the economy and reduced sponsorship; ONE DAY ONLY!!!--------Family Fun, Great Music, and Environmental Awareness! Come Support A Great Cause!
July 12, 2009
NJFC General Membership Meeting--Prime focus Festival.
July 1, 2009
Clearwater Festival Meeting: Every Wednesday:July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; August 5, & 12. Help Make it Happen!
June 29, 2009
NJFC BOD Meeting, 7:30pm, Eatontown Public Library, Broad St.
June 20, 2009
THE GREAT HUDSON RIVER REVIVAL --June 20, 21--10am-Dusk-- Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY:::Pete Seeger, Ritchie Havens, Taj Mahal, Susan Tedesco, Arlo Guthrie, and More. Click: http://www.clearwater.org/festival/performers.html
June 7, 2009
General Membership Meeting, Sunday June 7, 2 PM Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad St., Eatontown, NJ. Our major agenda item is a workshop on the upcoming Clearwater Festival. All are urged to attend this important meeting.
June 6, 2009
Sloop Clearwater is Flagship of Hudson Quadricentennial Flotilla In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson exploring the region and the river that bears his name, NJ and NY have organized many activities including a flotilla of ships and boats which will trace Hudson’s route up the Hudson River. As co-flagship Sloop Clearwater and the replica of Hudson’s Half Moon will lead the flotilla upriver to Albany. The “River Days” events will commence on Saturday, June 6 with the initial leg of the journey starting at the Statue of Liberty and ending at Tarrytown, NY with an on-shore celebration. N The flotilla will be greeted at each port of call (Beacon 6/7, Poughkeepsie 6/9, Kingston 6/10, & Rensselaer 6/13) by on-shore celebrations. For more information on how you can join the sails and events, click: http://www.clearwater.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=564&Itemid=1
June 4, 2009
Pete Seeger Tribute Concert (FREE) Thursday, June 4, 7:00PM Pier A Park First Street and Frank Sinatra Drive, Hoboken Bring blanket or lawn chair; Clearwater sloop will be docked at the NJ Transit Erie Lackawanna Train Plaza Info: 201-420-2207
May 26, 2009
NJFC BOD Mtg, Jim Franchi`s Home, 82 Main Street (Rt 520), Holmdel NJ
May 20, 2009
Festival Meeting, 7:30pm at Chrissie's apartment, 500 Park Ave, Apt A, Freehold, 07728. If you need directions please let her know. 732-299-4549.
May 17, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 9AM, Environmental Committee Meeting, BBQ Picnic Area, Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook-- Directions: Bear to the right after entrance to Fort Hancock. The BBQ area is on the left side before you reach James Howard NOAA Building. Click: http://www.njmsc.org/Education/Teacher_Packet_Directions.htm Follow on activity, if desired, will be Marine Sciences Consortium's Ocean Fun Day on the Parade Ground in front of the MSC Building #22.
May 17, 2009
Marine Sciences Consortium's Ocean Fun Day on the Parade Ground in front of the MSC Building #22.
May 3, 2009
Next General Membership Meeting, Sunday March 3, 2 PM Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad St., Eatontown, NJ. Our Guest Speaker will be Patrick Woerner, NJDEP, Endangered and Nongame Species Program will speak on the NJDEP Landscape Project which maps the habitat of Endangered, Threatened, and Nongame Species using GIS.
May 3, 2009
Clearwater: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders hosts a benefit concert in celebration of Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, 5:00 p.m. Madison Square Garden, New York, NY FEATURING: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, DAVE MATTHEWS, EDDIE VEDDER, JOHN MELLENCAMP, EMMYLOU HARRIS, JOAN BAEZ, JUDY COLLINS, JUANES, ARLO GUTHRIE, ANI DIFRANCO, AND MICHAEL FRANTI AMONG OVER 40 ARTISTS PERFORMING FOR A ONE NIGHT ONLY CONCERT American Express Pre-Sale Monday, March 23 at 9:00 a.m. EDT at americanexpress.com/entertainment Tickets On Sale Monday, March 30 at 9:00 a.m. EDT at ticketmaster.com Tickets range in price from $19.19 (the year Pete was born) to $250, with the majority of seats at $90 to honor Pete's 90th birthday. Clearwater Legacy packages will also be available. Stay tuned for more on those. Every ticket purchased includes a one-year membership to Clearwater (new members only).
April 17, 2009
Saturday, May 17, 9AM, Environmental Committee Meeting, BBQ Picnic Area, Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook--Directions: Bear right after entrance to Fort Hancock. The BBQ area is on the left side before you reach James Howard NOAA Building. Click: http://www.njmsc.org/Education/Teacher_Packet_Directions.htm Follow on activity, if desired, will be Marine Sciences Consortium's Ocean Fun Day on the Parade Ground in front of the MSC Building #22.
April 5, 2009
Water Testing with Macroinvertebrates Training by AmeriCorp Liaison. It will be an indoor/outdoor, hands-on event April 5 starting at 11:30am at Eatontown Community Center, Broad St., Eatontown. Dress appropriately for 12:30pm outdoor field session at Bliss Arboretum Huskey Brook Bridge, at end of Byrnes La. near Cliffwood Ave, Eatontown. We will hold this event in conjection with the Monthly General Membership Meeting
April 4, 2009
Register For NJEF's 23rd Annual Conference: Clean, Green, and Working== 8:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Rutgers University School of Law, Center for Law & Justice, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ Join New Jersey Environmental Federation at our 23rd Annual Conference. Learn new skills and facts; sharpen those that you already possess. Together, we can protect America's waters and natural resources, build healthy and sustainable communities, and make democracy work for all of us. == The day features Governor Jon Corzine as our invited keynote speaker, engaging workshops on critical environmental issues facing New Jersey and the nation, grassroots environmental leadership awards to NJEF member groups and local activists, a plenary on Grow Green, Grow Smart at New Jersey Ports, and breakfast, lunch, and reception with key environmental and political leaders. == To learn more and to register go to: http://www.cleanwateraction.org/njef/
March 30, 2009
7:30 - 9:00 MCFC BOD Meeting Eatontown Library, Broad St, Eatontown Last Monday of Every Month
March 28, 2009
SPRING SAILBOAT PREPARATION: The Environmental Sail Program (ESP) will hold its annual Spring Fit Out preparation of the Garvey Adam Hyler every Saturday 11am to 2pm through the first Saturday of June. A special note for April 4th as being the boat flip day. The fun will be done at Jim Franchi`s home at 82 Main Street (Rt 520), Holmdel NJ. Questions? Write or call Jim at jrfranchi@comcast.net or 732-772-0709. See the story on NJFC News webpage for further details.
March 23, 2009
Environmental Committee Meeting, 7pm, Cobblestone Restaurant, Eatontown
March 18, 2009
Festival Meeting, 7:30pm, Borders Book Store, Eatontown
March 16, 2009
Membership Meeting, 7:30pm, 232 Liberty St, Long Branch
March 1, 2009
General Membership Meeting, Sunday February 1, 2 PM, Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad St.
February 23, 2009
CoNJ BOD Meeting, 7:30pm, Location: Cobblestone Restaurant, Rt 35 and Clinton Ave
February 18, 2009
Festival Meeting, 7:30pm, Borders Book Store, Eatontown
February 1, 2009
General Membership Meeting, Sunday February 1, 2 PM Guest Speaker: Jennifer DiLorenzo, Monmouth University, Urban Coastal Institute Liaison will make a presentation on Sustainable/Resilient Coastal Communities. Meeting will be held at the Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad St., Eatontown.
January 27, 2009
LNG Protest, 6-8pm, Sheraton Hotel, Eatontown.
January 26, 2009
CoNJ BOD Meeting, Eatontown Public Library, 7 PM
January 19, 2009
Environmental Committee Meeting, Cobblestone Restaurant, 7pm
January 18, 2009
!!!Pete Seeger at the Obama Inauguration Concert!!! If you have HBO and didn't catch the Inaugeration Concert "We Are One" on January 18, Pete, his grandson Tao Rodriguez Seeger, and Bruce are leading a rendition of This Land is Your Land. Pete's set is the penultimate one just before the America the Beautiful. Familiar sight at the Lincoln Memorial and the crowds. If you dont have HBO, heres a German news version of the set: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg0wiOHc9tI
January 17, 2009
MCFC Budget Meeting!!, 1pm-3pm, Saturday, Jan 17; Location: TBD
January 12, 2009
HRSClearwater Board Meeting 7:15pm Clearwater Office, Poughkeepsie, NY
January 10, 2009
**Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) Open House** January 10, 2009 !!Fort Monmouth Gibbs Hall, Tinton Ave, Eatontown!! The Quarterly RAB meeting will be held which will be accompanied by an Open House. The Open House will be open to the public from 10am to 3pm on Saturday January 10th at Fort Monmouth (FM) Gibbs Hall on the Suneagles Golf Course on Tinton Ave in the borough of Eatontown. The meeting will be followed by displays of the newly identified, potential contaminated FM parcels presented in the Phase 2 Environmental Condition of the [FM] Property (ECP) Report, published in August 2008. The displays will locate the sites and identify the contaminants of soil, groundwater, surface water, and stream sediment. Members of the RAB, the FM DPW, NJDEP, and Monmouth County Health Department will be on hand to discuss the findings and answer questions. No special access is required.
January 4, 2009
General Membership Meeting Sunday, 2 PM Rescheduled Guest Speaker__Julia Millan Shaw__Alaska Wilderness League! Special presentation at Sundays Clearwater Meeting In the far northeast corner of Alaska lies one of Americas great natural treasures, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Its nearly 20 million acres comprise one of the last places on earth where an intact expanse of arctic and subarctic lands remain protected. Critically important in its own right, whether to drill the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge for oil or protect it as Wilderness is also a defining environmental issue of our time. Our guest speaker, Julia Milan Shaw, will present a slideshow detailing the Arctic Refuge and give a legislative update of the current threats to this special place. Julia Millan Shaw is the NJ Field Organizer for the Alaska Wilderness League. As a child in Anchorage, Alaska, she learned to love the natural beauty that surrounded her and is happy to be working to actively protect such a special place. She has worked with the League for 3 years in both PA and NJ protecting Wild Alaska. Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad Street.
January 1, 2009
NOTICE: We have just confirmed that our meeting places for the entire Calendar Year 2009 will be: --Board of Directors: Eatontown Library, 33 Broad St, Eatontown, NJ, 7pm on the last Monday of every month --General Membership: Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad St, Eatontown, 2pm on the first Sunday of every month. Please check these webpages for any late announcements.
January 1, 2009
Water Testing with Macroinvertebrates Training by AmeriCorp Liaison. It will be an indoor/outdoor, hands-on event April 5 starting at 12 noon at Eatontown Community Center, Broad St., Eatontown. Dress appropriately for 1pm outdoor field session at Bliss Arboretum Huskey Brook Bridge, at end of Byrnes La. near Cliffwood Ave, Eatontown. We will hold this event in conjection with the Monthly General Membership Meeting.
December 22, 2008
Deadline for submitting articles to the MCFC/CNJ Newsletter. Submit copy to newsletter@mcclearwater.org
December 22, 2008
Environmental Committee Meeting==7pm, Cobblestone Restaurant, Eatontown
December 17, 2008
CoNJ/MCFC Fundraising Committee Meeting, Wednesday 7pm, Ben Forest's home, 16 Locust Ave, Red Bank.
December 15, 2008
MCFC Board of Directors Meeting. Tuesday, 7pm-9pm, 25 Peters Place, Red Bank
December 14, 2008
PLEASE NOTE DAY/TIME/LOCATION CHANGE: Membership Appreciation Luncheon & Board of Directors Election! 12 noon-2:30 pm; ---Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad St.--- Guest Speaker, Andrea Spahn of Americorps, will discuss water quality monitoring using macroinvertebrates & visual assessment. Andrea works with Monmouth Cty Planning Board and will be available to help MCFC this year.
December 9, 2008
Sea Level Rise Workshop: How Prepared Are You for Rising Waters? The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JCNERR), in cooperation with the Maryland and Virginia Chesapeake Bay NERRs, will be presenting the workshop. Planning for Sea Level Rise: Regional and Local Considerations for Coastal Areas. The event will be held at the: Jacques Cousteau Coastal Center, 130 Great Bay Blvd., Tuckerton, NJ 08087. Register at: http://www.jcnerr.org/coastal_training/register/ctp_register.htm For more details, including agenda, see attached agenda at http://www.mcclearwater.org/docs/JCNERR Climate Change Workshop invite.jpg
November 25, 2008
MCFC Board of Directors Meeting. Tuesday, 7pm-9pm Please Note: Venue Changed to Joellen Lundy's home, 25 Peters Place, Red Bank
November 17, 2008
Please Note Change: 7:30 - 9:00 Environmental Committee Meeting The Dutch-Treat Coffee & Dessert MCFC Environmental Committee (EC) is Monday evening 11/17 at Cobblestone Restaurant at Rt 35 & Clinton Ave, Eatontown.
November 16, 2008
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (Inc.) Board of Directors Meeting and Business Retreat Listening Rock Farm 78 Sinpatch Rd, Wassaic, NY 12592. This is an important Board retreat to discuss Board governance and the future of Clearwater. Please arrive by 9:45AM. The retreat will convene at 10AM. We will break for lunch at noon, then reconvene and conclude at 4PM.
November 15, 2008
GREEN TEAMSthe power behind municipal sustainability Monmouth County Cool Cities Partnership Present GREEN TEAM TRAINING: BUILDING A GREEN TEAM Presentation on Saturday, November 15, 2008, 9:00 am noon at the Monmouth County Agricultural Building, Kozloski Road, Freehold. The Featured Speaker is Jim Polos, Freeholder Middlesex County. He is Responsible for the GoGreen/Save Green Campaign making Middlesex a cleaner, healthier, more financially efficient county. Some Questions to think about: What does a Green Team look like? Who is on it? What does it do? What resources in my town are most important to protect? What green decisions can save us money? How do we get started? READY? SET? GO GREEN! To register please contact Marie Savoia, MCCCP Chair 732-741-1482 or mjsavoia@comcast.net
November 10, 2008
Service for Rich Chrobocinski is scheduled for 9:30 AM Monday November 10 at Holy Trinity Church here in Long Branch.
November 3, 2008
++Environmental (Commission) Partnership Monthly Mtg++---6:30-8:30pm---++Location: Room 107, McGill Commons, Monmouth University++ Agenda: 1. Urban Coast Institute Mission--Prof John Tiedemann++ 2. Whale Pond Watershed Plans--Laura Bagwell, Sierra Club++ 3. Cool Cities Green Team Training--Marie Savoia, MCCCP 4. Green Building & Enviro Sustainability in Municipal Planning--Mary Kinslow, EP
November 2, 2008
2pm; Monthly MCFC General Membership Meeting: "Enough Hot Air on Global Warming. We need Action!" == Guest Speaker Jeff Tittel, Director, NJ Sierra Club Chapter. Eatontown Public Library, 47 Broad St., Eatontown
October 28, 2008
MCFC BOD Mtg--7pm Ed`s House. Email for directions info@mcclearwater.org
October 25, 2008
Join us for a visit to the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center on Saturday, October 25, at 10 AM. The visit will be followed by an optional Nature Walk on the shores of the reservoir. The Environmental Center, located on Georgia Tavern Road in Howell, is a gem of the Monmouth County Parks System with interactive exhibits, multi-media presentations, educational activities, and wildlife observation areas. For information and directions call 732 870-2232 or e-mail bjcharlton2@verizon.net
October 18, 2008
8am - 8pm Saturday; 8am-6pm Sunday !!! Tuckerton ESP Event Environmental Sail Program==@==Tuckerton Seaport Festival / New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge!!! (http://www.tuckertonseaport.org), Tuckerton Seaport, Tuckerton, NJ ---VOLUNTEERS WANTED!---
October 13, 2008
TEF Training at Brookdale Community College, Ft Hancock, Sandy Hook at 4:30pm. Contact George for details.
October 13, 2008
MCFC BOD Meeting Ed's House Eatontown
October 10, 2008
--Environmental Justice Fundraising Reception and Clearwater Sail-- An EJ fundraiser reception and sail will be held at the 79th St Boat Basin Cafe and Sloop Clearwater at 5pm, featuring Alec Baldwin and Richard Webster of the Eastern Environmental Law Center. The purpose of the fundraiser is to support Clearwater's legal EJ contention on Indian Point Nuclear Power plant that relicensing and its continued leaks will further affect the children and poor of IP region. Board members Natalie Patasaw, Ed Dlugosz and EA staff Mannajo Greene and others will provide background to attendees.
September 28, 2008
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Annual Membership Gathering-- 9am-5pm--- 724 Wolcott Ave, Beacon, NY,-- (former University Settlement Beacon Campus) For agenda & directions: http://www.clearwater.org/annual08-cw.html
September 27, 2008
12:00 - 4:00 ==Home Depot Green Day== Tabling Event @ Hazlet Home Depot Rt 35, Hazlet NJ POC: Tim Johnson, mcfcexpenses@gmail.com