Dear Friends, We'd like to invite you to our third annual Greenery Day -- you can cut your own tree or greenery -- on Saturday, December 13, at Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in Newfield, NY. We're thinning some young red pine trees from a future burial area, and you can help us by taking home a tree.
Though the red pines haven't been shaped as Christmas trees, they're pretty nice. Or if you don't need a tree, pine boughs are a lovely touch around the house for the holidays. If you like long-needle trees, these are right for you. We'll start at 11 a.m. and go until 2:00 p.m.--snow, rain, or shine. (Directions follow.) We'll serve hot coffee (donated by Buzz Coffee Drive-thru), hot ginger-lemon tea, hot cider, and brownies. Though it's by no means required, we'll gratefully accept donations for trees. Dress warmly! It can get windy on Irish Hill. Bring your work gloves and a bucksaw if you have one. We have twine for tying the trees. News from Greensprings: we've nearly finished recording a wonderful series of radio PSAs -- public service announcements -- that we'll send to stations all through the Finger Lakes. Tracey Craig, host and producer of WVBR's Nonsuch on Sunday mornings, along with our own Dick Cahoon, are the voices you'll hear, while Greensprings member Lang Elliot furnished the lovely bird songs that underlie each. (Listen to samples of his work at http://www.naturesound.com/) Thanks, Tracey, Dick, and Lang! Next on the docket? Maybe a TV PSA. Also ... we've recently been certified by the National Wildlife Federation for our Wildlife Habitat. Help us help others It's deeply satisfying, being part of the Greensprings team. Care to join us? Whether it's helping us table at events like the Ithaca Festival or with outreach and work parties (think of that break for stunning views from our overlook) or putting your marketing or clerical savvy to such good use, we'd enjoy the pleasure of your company. >From our to-do list: Job title, description: Book compiler: Create book of readings -- poetry and prose, spiritual and secular -- families may, if they wish, use in simple graveside services. Organize broadly in sections (with table of contents and perhaps an index) that families can flip to depending on their affiliations (or lack of). and skill set needed: Capable, self-starter. Able to seek material from many sources and organize it well. Sets own schedule. We look forward to seeing you. Please don't hesitate to forward this invitation to your friends. Take care, the Greensprings team Carl Leopold, Dick Cahoon, Jennifer Johnson, Joel Rabinowitz, John Rogers, Mary Woodsen, Matt Pearson, Priscilla Quirk, and Susan Thomas Directions to Greensprings: From Ithaca: Take Route 13 (Elmira Road) south 4.5 miles from city limits. (Follow sign for Elmira--right lane--where route 34&96 split off.) At sign for Newfield, turn left. You will be on Main Street. Go all the way through the village. After post office sign (on right), bear left on Van Kirk Road. Continue south 4 miles. Where Van Kirk bends nearly 90 degrees to left, slow down, then go straight onto Irish Hill Road. Continue 1 mile. You'll see our blue canopy on the right, just as you top the hill. -- Mary M. Woodsen 607 272 4034 home 917 842 0987 cell 607 255 7783 work (science writer, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University) 132 South Danby Road Willseyville, NY 13864 Member: Society of Environmental Journalists National Association of Science Writers Society for Conservation Biology _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
