Going Green!

The sixth annual Gardening for the Bays Native Plant Sale is set for Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the James Farm Ecological Preserve in Ocean View (off of Cedar Neck Road). Five nurseries will offer thousands of native plants; trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses and flowers, along with advice and expertise.

With the majestic Atlantic Ocean as the backdrop, at the tip of the Great Dune at Cape Henlopen State Park, John Carney – Democratic candidate for Congress and former lieutenant governor – stood with friends and fellow politicians on May 6 to demand the federal government stop any plans to explore for oil and gas off the coast of Delaware.

Moviegoers can help kick off the farmers’ market season with what organizers called “a thought-provoking movie that illustrates the dangers of a food system controlled by powerful corporations who don’t want you to see, to think about or to criticize how food is made”: “Food Inc.”

The adult great horned owl with wide yellow eyes looked extremely small in the brown box on the floor in the back room of the Bethany Beach Nature Center. He had been found on the edge of a field in Berlin, Md., and was in the process of being transported by a relay team of volunteers to the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research facility on Possum Hollow Road in Newark, Del.

Under a cloudless sky, with glaring sun and near-perfect temperatures, Brownie Troop 1126 got a tour of Good Earth Market and Organic Farm last week and even got to pot their own tomato plants, in an effort to extend Earth Day festivities beyond a single day.

Last week was the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day, in 1970. Few serious environmental campaigners have much interest anymore in Earth Day, which is mostly now celebrated by big polluters “greenwashing” themselves. But it is still a good time to reflect on where we are and how we arrived.

Soaking up the sunshine late last week, the Barefoot Gardeners Club of Fenwick Island Communities, had a tree planted at Phillip C. Showell Elementary School in Selbyville, in honor of Arbor Day.

Property owners living in a community or development in Sussex County who want to learn more about how to maintain stormwater ponds are being encouraged to attend a free two-hour workshop being offered Wednesday, May 26, at 6 p.m. at the Millsboro Fire Hall.

The Milton Public Library will be host a public presentation, “Making Solar Electricity Affordable” on May 19 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tom Collucci of Eastern Energy in Milford will be discussing solar panel technology, and how state and federal rebates and tax credits can make systems affordable for homeowners.

In a world full of technology and choices, sometimes taking a step back and looking at the big picture of birth can do more wonders than any cocktail of drugs available. At the end of the day, babies know when to come, and mothers have an inherent skill in giving birth.

The energy needs of the entire human population could potentially be met by converting wind energy to electricity. While offshore wind power resources are abundant, wind turbines are currently unable to provide steady power due to natural fluctuations in wind direction and strength.

Sometimes, it takes seeing things done the wrong way to really drive home that there is a better way to get things done. For Ryan and Shane Murphy of Berlin, Md., becoming a “green” company was sort of a natural step.

It seems everyone is talking about it these days: healthcare. It’s on the news, in the papers, on the Internet. It’s taking over Facebook. It’s everywhere.

The case for the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to stop sitting on a delayed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) coal-ash site contamination rule is even stronger than it first appeared to be, according to a major new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) and Earthjustice.

Forty years ago, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin shared his idea for a nationwide teach-in day on the importance of preserving the environment. His proposed action was conceived after traveling to Santa Barbara, Calif. soon after a horrific oil spill off the coast in 1969. Nelson’s outrage surrounding the devastation targeted political irresponsibility, and he pushed for a grassroots effort at college campuses nationwide. The idea was readily accepted and April 22, 1970, came to be known as the first Earth Day.

Want to get rid of the mounds of paper in the house and the tax returns from 1980? Afraid the hoarding shows on television are hitting too close to home? Well, what better way to celebrate Earth Day and the weeks surrounding it than to get rid of all that trash in an environmentally-friendly way?

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s (DNREC) Energy Office and the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility’s (SEU) Energize Delaware are teaming up at this year’s Delaware Great Green Expo on Saturday, March 20 to provide Delawareans with energy-saving information, programs and solutions to help them save energy and money. The Expo will be held from 9 a.m.

Environmental enthusiasts, families and students are being encouraged to volunteer for Delaware’s annual beach grass planting event from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 20, at beach locations along the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean.

Gallery One in Ocean View this announced their new show, “Going Green,” the first show for 2010, which features 16 local artists displaying their interpretation of the show’s title.

Gallery One in Ocean View this announced their new show, “Going Green,” the first show for 2010, which features 16 local artists displaying their interpretation of the show’s title.