Week of Sept. 1st to Sept. 5th

Robert Chambers, co-founder and president of Bonnie CLAC (car loans and counseling) will be the keynote speaker at the FertileGround Conference 08: The Mystery of Sustainability on September 22-23 at the Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

The creators of Zoey’s Room, a program operated by Platform Shoes Forum, have launched a new online demo for children ages 9 to 12 intended to motivate them to make better nutritional choices and to get outside and be active.

ReCycle North’s deconstruction team is at it again.  This time a four-person crew is taking apart a building to make way for a middle school basketball court….On a related note, the organization’s building materials will be used to construct a mini-golf course for the “South End Art Hop” this coming weekend in Burlington, VT….And meet Anna Urban, a 2007 Wesleyan University graduate who now designs and builds home products from recycled, used and trashed material for Waste-Not-Products, a ReCycle North program.

Triangle, Inc. will hold its 16th annual Golf/Tennis Classic on September 11th.  The event helps raise awareness for Triangle’s many services and programs.