UMass Amherst is partnering with Co-op Power(Co-op Power)to host the fifth annual Sustainable Energy Summit! The timely theme of the 2009 Sustainable Energy Summit is "This is the Year! Now is the Hour!"

UMass Amherst is partnering with Co-op Power(Co-op Power)to host the fifth annual Sustainable Energy Summit! The timely theme of the 2009 Sustainable Energy Summit is "This is the Year! Now is the Hour!"

Wake Up the Earth Festival Dear Spontaneous Community, The flowers are blooming and the sun is shining, it's once again time to... WAKE UP THE EARTH! This year's festival will include dancers, stiltwalkers, drummers, music, storytelling, popular theatre, holistic health workshops, food vendors, crafts, youth stage, children's activities and more.

BNB presents Present BILL MCKIBBEN Activist, Environmentalist, Best Selling Author McKibben is one of the most important voices helping to inform and catalyze the local and international movement for environmental sustainability. A resident scholar at Middlebury College, he is an activist beyond his writing.

Toxic Traffic Forum Join us for a forum presented in collaboration with the Cambridge Public Health Department. Get the facts about the risks of cardiac and respiratory disease from motor vehicle pollution, listen to the perspectives of others, and consider some options that local officials might take to reduce health threats to both to the general public and to the populations who are most at risk.

Bring your issues with our public transit system to the ones who run it! Every month, TRU members attend the MBTA Board of Director's Meeting and express the opinions and feelings of our members on how the T can provide first class service to all our communities.

If you care about Global Warming, and want to make a real impact in fighting it, please join us and hundreds of other students and teachers at Youth CAN's 3rd Annual Global Climate Change Summit.

We need YOUR help to pull this off. Can you come to an event training and volunteer for event set-up and production the day/night of the event? Tuesday, May 12 Friday, May 15

The MBTAwill be holding three public meetings and one hearing to solicit input regarding the Draft Program for Mass Transportation. Please plan to attend one of these meetings to give us feedback on this important plan, which defines the 25-year vision for public transportation in eastern Massachusetts.

The MBTAwill be holding two morepublic meetings and one hearing to solicit input regarding the Draft Program for Mass Transportation. Please plan to attend one of these meetings to give us feedback on this important plan, which defines the 25-year vision for public transportation in eastern Massachusetts.

We need YOUR help to pull this off. Can you come to an event training and volunteer for event set-up and production the day/night of the event? Friday, May 15 Monday, May 18

The MBTAwill be holding one morepublic meetings and one hearing to solicit input regarding the Draft Program for Mass Transportation. Please plan to attend one of these meetings to give us feedback on this important plan, which defines the 25-year vision for public transportation in eastern Massachusetts.

Living Green Festival:Presented by Somerville Climate Action FREE Admission!Step up your sustainability through amazing hands-on workshops and demonstrations. Saturday, May 16

With recent revenue projections plummeting by over $1.5 billion, there will be massive new cuts in the Seante budget unless significant new revenue is raised. In order to rebuild our economy, we need a balanced approach. Be there to tell the Senate!

We need YOUR help to pull this off. Can you come to an event training and volunteer for event set-up and production the day/night of the event? Monday, May 18 5:00pm-7:00pm

Public comment periods at begining and end of meeting. Monday,May 18 5:00pm-7:00pm Transportation Building 10 Park Plaza 2nd floor Conference Rooms 1,2,3 REMEMBER TO BRING PHOTO ID

The Urban Land Protection Forum 4 builds on three forums held in Lowell (2004), Boston (2006) and Lawrence (2007). This year’s event will bring together practitioners from the public and private sectors to share success stories, develop strategies, partnerships, and address the following topics:

Old Bedford Village Development will hold a Board of Directors and community informational meeting.Topics to be covered grants/fundraiser, Green Collar Jobs updates including United Front, Regency, downtown Hotel,Fairhaven Mills projects, New Bedford Harbor/Aerovox, Andre McCoy Field, Morse tools and community/yard gardens and clean-up projects, all are welcome.

Wednesday,May 20 3:00pm-4:30pm State House Contact Dave Jenkins for more info

Close to Home, a domestic violence prevention initiative in Dorchester employs youth community organizers that educate, raise awareness and encourage others to take action to prevent dating, domestic and sexual violence. Close to Home has been working with TIP to offer our insight and expertise on this issue.

Join the campaign to improve BPS school lunch. Through socially conscious art and education, Critical Breakdown provides safe and nuturing opportunites for people of all ages to think critically, express themselves creatively and develop artistically in order to heal and strengthen our communties.

All organizations and supporters are called to the State House to make CORI Reform the top priority after the budget is complete. Please save the date! Tuesday,May 26

Join us for a general meeting of the Commonwealth CORI Coalition. All CORI Reform Campaign Endorsers are encouraged to attend. The meeting is for staff and constituents of endorsing organizations.The main meeting topics include planning for CORI Speak Out & Street Theater on June 3rd and a mass Press Conference & Lobby Day on June 30th. The meeting will include a short training on understanding the proposed CORI bills, plans to lobby policy makers, and strategies for

Public Meeting on Bus Rapid Transit along the #28 corridor. Thursday,May 28 6:00pm-8:00pm Mattapan Public Library 590 Adams Street Dorchester,MA 02122 613 reads – more info