NOURISH
Growing performance sculpture in Charles Village Parade—
finishing at Festival in Wyman Park Dell on Saturday, May 31, Noon to 4 pm
Trees are the ultimate living art installation— now’s your chance to become apart of our growing tree canopy in Baltimore!
Join us in Wyman Park Dell as part of the Charles Village Festival and literally be apart of the sculpture. 200 people/tree ambassadors receive 2 shades of large green dots bearing tree-related words. Beginning before, during the Parade and at the Festival, the dots will be handed out. We will ask pedestrians to pledge to preserve Baltimore’s trees and to live more sustainably. At 4 pm, we will convene in The Dell for a 5 minute Tree Ceremony. With the dots, we will recreate the Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project logo (shown above). Watch the sculpture grow as more people join us and see our canopy take over the lower lawn of the Dell!
Call for Participants
The Urban Forest Project is seeking 200+ participants on Saturday, May 31. Meet up at 9 am at the start of the Charles Village Parade to walk with the dots and hand out through out the route. Throughout the day participants will collect names of people that are pledging to live more sustainably. We are asking that each dot have at least 5 names— showing a 1,000 people that have pledged. At 4 pm we will convene in the lower lawn of The Dell and have the Tree Ceremony; positioning the dots around the brown branch structure. This will create the larger tree canopy. The dots will remain in place until 6 pm and then will be available for take away by the community.
Dot = tree canopy
Brown = tree structure
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Baltimore Sustainability Master Plan
Tuesday, May 27th
Starting at 6:30 p.m.
417 E. Fayette St., 8th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Baltimore City has formed a new Commission on Sustainability that will be working over the next six months to develop a Sustainability Master Plan for Baltimore City. The kickoff for public involvement in the Sustainability Master Plan is a public meeting on Tuesday, May 27th, 6:30 p.m. at 417 E. Fayette St., 8th Floor (photo ID is required to enter the building). At the meeting attendees will find out about the new Commission and be encouraged to get involved with the Working Groups that will focus on the following six topics:
• Air & Energy
• Water
• Waste
• Green Infrastructure
• Built Environment
• Transportation
The Sustainability Master Plan is a great opportunity to help shape City policy in a variety of ways to making our city more environmentally friendly and a better place to live.
http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/planning/downloads/0508/051508%20KickOffSustainability2.pdf