Apr 02 - Third Annual Local Energy Solutions Conference

Merrimack Valley High School, Penacook, NH

Organized by Clean Air – Cool Planet in partnership with the Local Energy Committee Working Group, this one-day conference designed for local energy committees, facility managers, municipal and school staff/volunteers and citizens. This conference will focus on maximizing energy projects and energy with discussions in project planning, financing, practices and much more.

Apr 03 - Made in NH "Try It & Buy It" Expo

Radisson Hotel Expo Center, Manchester, NH

Come to the made in New Hampshire expo to support NH entrepreneurs and try and buy locally made products. Tickets are available at the door: $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $3 for children. For more information go to www.eventsNH.com or call 603.626.6354.

Apr 07 - Green Eggs

Manchester Community College (TBA)

Save the date for the New Hampshire Green Building Council's Green Eggs event. NHGBC is a new organization and needs your support! The program includes a hot breakfast and networking beginning at 7:30am and the seminar will begin at 8:00am, featuring a senior development team member who will introduce LEED building and answer questions. For more information, visit the NHGBC's website. 

Apr 09 - Our Island Earth

Trinity Lutheran Church, Newington, NH

To all who love our Earth - our shared lifeboat in space - and hope to protect and preserve it. The Community Chorus at South Berwick (CCSB) is preparing a Spring Concert titled Our Island Earth, wholly dedicated to our planet. A highlight will be the premier performance of This Fragile Blue Orb, written for this occassion by CCSB Music Director and Conductor, Dr. Harry Moon. Tickets are 8 dollars in advance and for seniors and students, and 10 dollars at the door. For more information, click here, or call 207-384-7059.  

Apr 10 - Trash 2 Treasure Fundraising Banquet

Granite State Room - Memorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire

The UNH Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) is concerned about the amount of trash that UNH students put into landfills.  Students who live on campus throw away around 25 tons of trash per month during the school year and 105 tons during the move-out month of May.  To help combat this waste at year's end SEAC is initiating a program called “Trash 2 Treasure.”  SEAC will collect usable items that otherwise would end up in landfills, store them over the summer, and hold a 3 day yard sale as students return to campus in late August.  This sale will take place on August 26^th, 27^th, and 28^th, 2011.  Items will include furniture such as desks, side tables, chairs, couches as well as lamps, microwaves and small dorm size refrigerators.

To help get “Trash 2 Treasure” off the ground SEAC is hosting a fundraising banquet in the MUB at UNH on April 10th.  The event will include food from local vendors, a silent auction of goods donated by local environmentally minded businesses. There will also be presentations by Green Alliance Project Director, Sarah Brown, and Kelly Cullen, a UNH professor who furnished her entire home using only used items as well as a showing of Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff.

Come and support this grass-roots project reduce waste in the Seacoast.

For more information on this event and UNH SEAC email it's organizer at banker.lauren@gmail.com or visit the organization's Facebook page.

Apr 11 - Waterline Alternative Energies Facebook giveaway

Online

If adults can have cool eco-friendly toys like hybrid cars and bikes, why can't kids?

On April 11th, Waterline Alternative Energies will hold a drawing, where one lucky winner will win an Eco Racer race car, which can be powered by solar, wind, or hydro-electricity!

The catch? You have to be a fan of Waterine Alternative Energies on Facebook to be entered to win. Click here to become a fan of one of New Hampshire's most succesful and innovative green technology companies, and have a chance to win a cool green gadget for the youngster in your life!

Apr 12 - Seacoast Green Building Coalition (SGBC) networking event

Jewett Farms Studio, Newburyport MA

April SGBC Meeting: There will be casual networking and our featured speakers, Dan Ottenheimer, Terry Duffy and Rob Sarmanian from Oakson, Inc. They will be presenting their drip dispersal, water re-use and wastewater products. Rainwater Capture and re-use can be an important part of any building project. Learn more about this time-tested concept with modern technology so you can make your next project sustainable.

Apr 13 - Planning Meeting for the 2011 Portsmouth Sustainability Fair

Portsmouth High School Library

Join Sustianable Portsmouth in planning their Sustainability Fair on the second Wednesday night of each month from 7 to 9pm! This year, they will be adding a Sustainability Film Festival, and they hope to expand and improve their educational exhibits, commericial vendors, art exhibit, sustainability tour, local foods, buy local specialty recycling and all of the other terrific activities that have become part of Portsmouth Sustainability. The fair will be held May 14th, but the planning must be done in advance, and they'd like to call on businesses and individuals to share their green ideas.

Apr 16 - Newmarket Farmer's Market

Carpenter’s Olde English Greenhouse, 220 South Main Street, Newmarket

Come to the first winter farmer's market in NH to buy delicious local food, and see your friends & neighbors. Shop for the freshest fruits and vegetables, dairy products, locally raised meat and NH grown wines! For more information, click here!

Apr 16 - Go Green Fair

Windham High School, Windham, NH

Windham High School is putting on a Go Green Fair to encourage environmental awareness and sustainability in and around their community.  Join these progressive youths in promoting a greener world. Table space is free, so help spread the word about leaving a smaller carbon footprint, and even sell your merchandise! The event will include raffles, games, speakers, debates, and a lot to learn. We can make a difference one community at a time. 

Please Contact kfgaea@aol.com for more info

Apr 19 - "Spring" Into Summer Job Fair

Kittery Community Center at Frisbee Common, Kittery, ME

Join the Kittery Recreation Department for the Kittery Job Fair. Kittery area employers will be on hand to interview and hire potential employees for the upcoming summer season. Potential employees should dress appropriately and have resumés and experience with them. Green Alliance business partners Kennebunk Savings, Bob's Clam Hut, and Roberts will be there! As an added feature, there will be Application Writing and Interviewing Tips will help you to get the information you may need to set yourself apart from other candidates. They will hold this special session from 12:30 to 1:00pm on that day. For more information, email info@kitteryrecreation.com. 

Apr 21 - SENH Habitat for Humanity Open House

Federal Savings Bank, 633 Central Avenue, Dover, NH

Please come and join the Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity during their Open House to learn more about Habitat, their organizational needs and how you can become a part of their fulfilling projects. RSVP by Friday, April 15 to admin@senhhabitat.org or call the Habitat office at 433-9555.

Apr 22 - Earth Day at Frisbie Memorial

Frisbie Memorial Hospital's Community Education & Conference Center

Celebrate Earth Day at Frisbie Memorial Hospital! Come gather information about "green" products and services. Also enjoy free trade seedlings, and raffles. For more information, call Michelle at (603)330-8986, or email at M.Landry@FMHospital.com. 

Apr 22 - Earth Day Wildcard Movie

Portsmouth Music Hall

Celebrate Earth Day with a film festival this year! The Portsmouth Music Hall is hosting the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, a collection of short environmental and adventure films. The festival brings together a selection of short films to document the splendor of, and the challenges facing our planet in addition to the work communities are doing to protect our environment. More more information, email Chris at ccurtis@themusichall.org, or call 603-433-3100. 

Apr 23 - Monadnock Earth Festival 2011

Ashuelot River Park, 257 West St, Keene

Antioch University New England (AUNE) will be celebrating Earth Day by showing the initiatives Keene is taking to improve the environment and build a stronger community. The theme will be Healthy Communities, Health Planet. During the week leading up to Earth Day, AUNE will host service projects such as community gardening, trail and river clean-ups and much more which will culminate in the Monadnock Earth Festival on Saturday April 23. For more information, contact Jan Fiderio at 603-283-2107 or at jfiderio@antioch.edu.

Apr 23 - Winter Farmer's Market

315 Epping Road, Exeter, NH

Come to Exeter High School for the Winter Farmer's Market and continue to eat delicious, fresh, local food all year round! Each market will be filled to the brim with the locally grown foods of 40+ farmers, fishermen, and food producers. There will be live music to entertain everyone and this year we will be featuring cooking demonstrations at many of the markets in the New Year.

For more info click here!

Apr 26 - Public forum on Energy and the Environment

Portsmouth Public Library (Levenson Community Room), 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH

Come join the Executive Director of Conservation New Hampshire tomorrow for a public forum on “What's Happening in the New Hampshire Legislature with Energy and the Environment.”

The event is free and open to the public. Other panel members will include Catherine Corkery, Sierra Club NH Chapter Director; State Representative Robin Read (Portsmouth); and former State Representative David Borden (New Castle).

For more information, contact Community Outreach Coordinator John Greene by calling (603) 228-1970, or (603) 620-0654

Apr 28 - Just Us Chickens Jewelry Fundraiser for Kittery PTA

9 Walker St., Kittery ME

Join Just Us Chickens for a fundraiser that benefits the Kittery PTA! They'll be featuring various styles of jewelry, dichroic glass, work beads, beach pebbles and rocks, sterling silver, and other items great for proms, Mother's Day, graduations, and more. Wine and hors'd'oeurvres. will be served, and Green Alliance members receive 10% off all merchandise!

Apr 29 - Blood drive at Waterline Alternative Energies

7 London Lane, Seabrook, NH 03874

Waterline Alternative Energies will be hosting a blood drive at their corporate office to help provide aid to those affected by the massive earthquake in Japan.

All are welcome. Anyone who is interested and would like to sign up should visit www.redcrossblood.org and put in the following code: NH9658

Apr 30 - Open House at SEA Solar Store in Dover, NH!

SEA Solar Store, 187 New Rochester Rd, Dover NH

Join Jack Bingham and his crew at the SEA Solar Store in Dover at their open house this Saturday! This event will include a demonstration of the WoodMaster Flex Fuel furnace (a great alternative to fuel oil), as well as the fantastic WoodMaster Pellet Grill! Food will indeed be cooked, right from the Pellet Grill!