Feb 07 - Full Moon Snowshoe Walk at Prescott Farm

928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia, NH 03246

Join your friends at Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center for walk in the snow under the winter's full moon. Our environmental educators will guide you on an hour long walk along PFEEC's trails and encourage you to use your senses to explore. Learn to identify several constellations in the night sky and discuss the habits of nocturnal animals. Plus, learn about the history of Prescott Farm and its surroundings! Hot cocoa, coffee, and tea will be served after the walk. Snowshoes will be provided as needed. Be sure and dress warmly!

For the general public, cost is $7 for individuals or $24 for a family. Green Alliance and PFEEC members pay $5 for individuals or $18 for a family. PFEEC is a Green Alliance member. Green Card holders pay the same rate as PFEEC members on all programs! Reservations required. Call (603) 366-5695 to save your spot!

Feb 08 - New Hampshire Energy Programs - Increase Your Energy Efficiency and Your Bottom Line

Webinar

Energy costs are on the rise and putting pressure on the bottom lines of businesses throughout New Hampshire. Find out how energy efficiency programs can greatly reduce your energy costs by as much as 50% and create a more comfortable enviroment for customers and employees. 

To learn more on how you can potentially save thousands of dollars a year on energy, register for the free webinar here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/559010138

Feb 10 - The Children's Museum Family Valentine's Day Dance!

The Children's Museum 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH 03820

One of our green business partners, The Children's Museum, is hosting their first ever family Valentine's Day Dance. Parents and grandparents are invited to come dance with their little loved ones. But this is more than your average Valentine's ball, its an extravaganza! 

Guest will be invited to participate in a number of hands-on activities. The Childrens Museum will be alive with love this night, with fruit plattters, Hershey Kisses, efervescent punches and even a photo booth where guests are invited to pose inside a giant heart-shaped frame for a complimentary 4” x 6” taken by Pixie Studios of Dover. 

The cost is $10 per person for museum members and $15 per person for non-members. For more information, please visit www.childrens-museum.org or contact Heidi Duncanson by calling 603-742-2002 or emailing her at hduncanson@childrens-museum.org

Feb 11 - Parent/Child Puppet-Making Workshop

Children's Museum of New Hampshire

As a part of the Create Together: adult/child workshops with real artists, the Children's Museum will be welcoming Pat Spalding; storyteller, writer and pupeteer. Pat will be teaching an entertaining 90 minute workshop where each adult/child pair will create their own original felt puppet and learn simple manipulation techniques in order to perform!

The workshop is limited to 12 adult/child pairs and all materials are included. Cost is $25 per adult/child pair for museum members and $35 per adult/child pair for non-members. The workshop is recommended for children ages 7-10. Register by calling the museum at (603) 742-2002. For more info about the museum visit www.childrens-museum.org.

Feb 13 - Organic Food Champion and Farmer Jim Gerritsen Speaks at Food and Health Forum

Blue Moon Evolution, 8 Clifford Street, Exeter, NH

The Food and Health Forum is featuring farmer and food visionary Jim Gerritsen on Monday, February 13 6:30 p.m. at the Blue Moon Evolution in Exeter, New Hampshire. Jim has been voted one of Utne Reader's "25 Visionaries Who Are Changing our World" for his work spearheading a lawsuit against corporate agriculture giant Monsanto on behalf of 270,000 family farmers, gardeners, and consumers who are suing to keep some food crops free of genetic modification.

The Food for Thought dinner seminar includes three-course locally sourced dinner and a glass of wine. The cost for the dinner and seminar is $70. For information or to register go to www.foodandhealthforum.com or register at the Blue Moon Evolution at 8 Clifford Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. For more information call 603-380-1080.

Feb 15 - Reconnecting with the Earth

Rye Public Library, 581 Washington Road Rye, NH 03870

 Rye Public Library in partnership with Rye Energy Committee and the Northwest Earth Institute present "Reconnecting with the Earth" a six day course that explores personal knowledge and apprecation for the natural world. The subject matter ranges from topics such as 'Wild Nature' to Ecopsychology. Hosted at the Rye Public Library, more information as well as a sign up sheet can be found at the main desk of the library. Space is limited. The required text for the course is $15.00, but the course itself is free. For more information contact Susan Anderson, sorazi3@comcast.net. Course dates: February 15, February 22, March 7, March 14, March 21, March 28

Feb 17 - Cuzin Richard Entertainment Associates Comedy XXtravaganza

The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH

In association with Cuzin Richard Entertainment Associates, comedian Mike McDonald returns to host the 11th annual Comedy XXtravaganza at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH. Each year McDonald gathers a lineup of talent guaranteed give your gut a better workout than the pilates class you never go to, anyway. 

Customers of Eastern Propane in attendance are eligible to win up to $1000 of oil. A portion of the proceeds from the show will be donated to the Seacoast Family Food Pantry and the Green Alliance. To buy tickets click here.

Feb 18 - Winter Fest at Prescott Farm

928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia, NH 03246

It's Winter Fest at Prescott Farm and you're invited! There will be lots to do for families and friends and all can enjoy a hot cup of cocoa by the bonfire after a nice snowshoe hike or another activity, including bonfire and s'mores, sleigh rides, face painting, crafts, sledding, snow sculpture contest, snowshoeing and cross country skiing. Plus a Storywalk and Silent Auction! Bring your own skis and sleds - limited snowshoes available for the borrowing.

The event is free for all PFEEC and/or Green Alliance members! General public pays just $3 per person or $10 for families with 2 or more kids. Kids ages 3 and under also get in free. 

Feb 22 - Green Business Learning Series, Session 2

Green Alliance Headquarters, 75 Congress St. Suite 304, Portsmouth, NH

Join the Green Alliance for a series of workshops about growing your green business. Topics will include employee engagement, building a sustainable company culture, brand development and strategy, understanding your market and customer, and creative differentiation: brand execution. These 2-hour intensive workshops are free for Green Alliance Business Partners, and $25 for Green Alliance Green Cardholders. Wine and snacks will be provided, along with the opportunity to network, socialize, and discuss specific issues with other green business owners. Learning sessions will take place on the fourth Wednesdays of January, February, and March, from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Green Alliance headquarters in Portsmouth, 75 Congress St. Suite 304. Attendees must be GA Business Partners or GA community members; all attendees must RSVP to sarah@greenalliance.biz. Space is limited.

The second session in the Green Business Learning Series, the February 22nd workshop will focus on Effective Brand Development and Strategy with Bridget Sprague of Be Good Branding. Topics will include creating a brand that works, knowing your market and what your customer wants, and building a business and brand that evokes a strong positive response!

For more info on the Learning Series or to join the GA to attend the series visit www.greenalliance.biz, email Sarah@greenalliance.biz or call 603-817-4694 to RSVP.

Feb 28 - February Vacation Songwriting Camp

Children's Museum of New Hampshire

The Children's Museum of New Hampshire will be partnering with songwriter Rick Lang in a new pilot day camp for kids! The program is for any child interested in learning the basic elements of songwriting, melody, rhythm and how to organize and record song ideas. Campers will be introduced to American Folk music, and use the museum's Cochecosystem exhibit and the river right outside our door as inspiration for a song! The final project will be a group song that the campers will receive in electronic form, and will be shared with future visitors and school groups that come to the museum.

If you want to hear the piece Rick and fellow musicians created for this workshop, visit www.youtube.com/watch, and to learn more about Rick Lang, check out his website at haleyannamusic.com/.

The camp will run from February 28 to March 1 and is for ages 8 to 10. The class limit is 12 students. Cost is $40 for members, $45 for non-members. Call the museum at 603-742-2002 to register for the program. For more info on the Children's Museum visit www.childrens-museum.org.