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Harbor Watch

 

 

  formerly The Nature Center
  for
 Environmental Activities

 

 

 

Green Earth Fair
Earth Festival & Green Living Expo
Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 2007
Our 5th annual family fun day about nature and the environment
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Endangered wildlife expert Andrew Simmons

 

Lorrie Schumacher and Brett Burchetta of Talons! A Bird of Prey Experience

 

 

 

Green Living Expo

Vendors and Exhibitors included: 
CL&P CEEF, Myers Motors, Goatboy Soaps, Mercury Solar Systems, Recycline,
Natural Neighborhood LLC, Measure for Measure, Smart Energy Inc., Tag Team Earth, Our Green House,
Stillman Organization Ltd., CT Friends

 

Sean and Deirdre Murtha
Lively, toe-tapping Celtic folk music

Harbor Watch/River Watch at Earthplace
The water quality monitoring efforts of HW/RW were showcased under a tent sponsored by Norm Bloom Oyster and Clams of Norwalk.  HW/RW Director Dick Harris and Earthplace Senior Naturalist Pete Fraboni, along with their dedicated crew of senior adult and high school volunteers, helped visitors identify and learn about the creatures found in Long Island Sound.

Guest speakers included:

Paul Piorek, meteorologist for Cablevision Channel 12
Leslie Huston of the Backyard Beekeepers Association
Dan Olson, a representative from Smith Barney
Matthew Mandell, co-director of the Partrick Wetland Preservation Fund (PWPF) and a District 1 Westport RTM member
The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters (CTLCV) Education Fund
Del Orloske, an 2005 alumni of the Conway School of Landscape Design
Sherri Brooks Vinton, noted “real food advocate” and the author of “The Real Food Revival” 
Robert Stillman, a principal in The Stillman Organization, a
Manhattan based design and construction company, and Vice President of Riverbank Geothermal, LLC
Lisa Agee of Goatboy Soaps
Professor R. Laurence
Davis, professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New Haven
Craig Weinstein, a representative from HSBC Securities
Erin Buckley and Jonathan Tuminski, owners of Measure For Measure, LLC – The Center for
Green Building
Dick Harris, Director of Harbor Watch/River Watch (HW/RW)
Jim Motavalli, editor of E Magazine
Brendan Hanrahan, Executive Officer of CT EarthNet

Sam Vail, of Smart Energy
Rocco Frank, owner of ComputerFox
Jeff Helfand, of Combating ID Theft

Vendors and Exhibitors included:  CL&P CEEF, Myers Motors, Goatboy Soaps, Mercury Solar Systems, Recycline, Natural Neighborhood LLC, Measure for Measure, Smart Energy Inc., Tag Team Earth, Our Green House, Stillman Organization Ltd., CT Friends, LizzieTotes, The Solar Center

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