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Beach Cleanup May 2009

Sand Sifters Beach Cleanup  "Be Green, Start Clean, Don't Litter!"

SandSifters groupBeach Cleanup & 3rd Annual Turtle Talk and Dig!
Saturday May 2, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Oceanfront Park
6415 N. Ocean Blvd. (A1A)
Ocean Ridge, FL

Just north of the Ocean Avenue Bridge.
Meet at the pavilion in the lower parking lotseaturtle

Join the Sand Sifters and Jacey Biery, an Environment Analyst with Palm Beach County. 

  • Learn about lighting and other types of pollution and its effect on sea turtles
  • View a sea turtle nest
  • Community service hours awarded

Bring your own water, sun screen and hats.

Visit: http://www.sandsifters.org/

Pre-Registration Requested: 

email: GSolomon@SandSifters.org  |  Phone: (561)734-9128.

Sponsors:

  • The Sand Sifters
  • City of Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks Department
  • Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners
  • Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department
  • Town of Ocean Ridge
  • www.DavidWagnerRealtor.com
  • www.RecipeExchange.com
  • Print Basics, Inc.,Rod and Kathy Silverio
  • www.LePetitPainFrenchBakery.com 

Highlights
Join the Sand Sifters!
They have a monthly beach clean-up on the first Saturday of each month beginning at 8:00AM in the lower lot of Oceanfront Park located at 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge, FL

For more information, please go to their website at www.sandsifters.org.

Department of Energy Awards $250,000 for Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy


The City of Boynton Beach received $250,000 from the original $658,900 allotment from DOE to hire a consultant that will write an Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy for the City, as well as complete the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and assist with the long-term Climate Action Plan.  On Oct. 6th the City Commission approved Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) as the consultant for the project.  The remaining allotted funds have been awarded by the DOE for an energy effiency retrofit of the Ezell Hester Jr. Community Center


ICLEI News: Boynton Beach mentioned as example of good EECBG networking.  Read the article (PDF)!
 
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