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PHILADELPHIA (April 22, 2010) – At a signing ceremony today, the Philadelphia Zoo, America’s first zoo, joined EPA’s Sustainability Partnership, a voluntary program that helps organizations reach their environmental goals.

EPA’s mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin, and Dr. Andrew Baker, Chief Operating Officer for the Philadelphia Zoo were on hand for the signing.

“We’re pleased that the Philadelphia Zoo is collaborating with EPA to become more sustainable. The zoo has a tremendous plan in place already, and we look forward to working with them as they implement additional measures to help make Philadelphia a more sustainable city,” said Garvin.

“The Philadelphia Zoo is thrilled, on this 40th anniversary of Earth Day, to team up with the EPA to celebrate and strengthen our outreach about environmental awareness,” said Dr. Baker. “Whether implementing green practices on site and encouraging our million plus visitors to do the same, replanting forests or rescuing amphibians and other species from extinction, the Zoo is committed to being a leader in global conservation, and working together with the EPA will only strengthen those efforts.”

Today’s signing ceremony took place at the zoo’s PECO Primate Reserve next to the Orangutan and Creatures of Habitat exhibit to highlight a new carbon-offset program called FootPrints. When some people travel, they choose to buy carbon credits to off-set the greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emitted by their travel. These funds, through FootPrints, go to reforestation to maintain the orangutan habitat in Borneo. FootPrints is a Philadelphia Zoo program that EPA is promoting to regional transportation partners.

In joining EPA’s program, the zoo has committed to finding more ways to help the environment. Zoo officials have already completed a sustainability audit and implemented several environmental awareness programs.

Since 2008, the zoo has reduced its overall water usage by more than 50 percent and continues to integrate water reuse systems and sound storm water management practices on its site. The zoo has tripled its recycling capacity in the past year and is keeping more than four tons of material out of landfills each month through this program.

A food composting program is being developed and will be unveiled later this summer. The zoo’s next major construction project will strive for the US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification and has a LEED accredited professional on staff.

Zoo staff strives to help its more than 1.2 million annual visitors understand why it is important to preserve wildlife and the environment we share.

In addition to the signing ceremony, over the course of three days of Earth Day celebrations at the zoo, 80 EPA employees will join 20 other Philadelphia-area organizations presenting special activities, exhibits and hands-on demonstrations for zoo visitors.

For information on the Sustainability Partnerships Program go to: www.epa.gov/region3/green.

Type: Causes – Fundraiser
Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010
Time: 6:30am – 11:00am
Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art / Eakins Oval
Street: Ben Franklin Parkway
City/Town: Philadelphia, PA

Get Involved! 20 year anniversary! Come on out for a great cause!
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Mastercraft Painting & Finishes provides comprehensive, professional house painting, commercial painting, interior and exerior house painting, surface coating and refinishing contractor services in Montgomery County PA, The Main Line, Bucks County PA, and Center City Philadelphia PA including Abington Township, Upper Dublin Township, Lower Merion Township, Ambler, Fort Washington, Horsham Township, Flourtown, Erdenheim, Oreland, Springfield Township, Glenside, Mount Airy, Chestnut Hill, Wyndmoor, Wyncote and Hatboro.

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Amerom Industries Inc. is a family owned business, located in Downingtown in Chester County Pennsylvania. We import the highest quality marble and granite from all over the world and process it in our own facilities with state-of-the-art equipment.
Our kitchen and bathroom vanity countertops are fabricated with the utmost precision and quality and offered to you at affordable prices. We service a large area of Southeastern PA, Northern MD, NJ and DE.

At Amerom Industries we offer a wide range of granite, marble and quartz products made from natural stone and engineered stone. We take pride in the quality of our customer service and have numerous satisfied customers throughout the North East US.

Things that make us different from our comtetition:

• No project to small – no project to big – all projects get the same treatment by our
  highly skilled staff who handles every step of the process of all projects including sizing, fabricatiing, edging and installation.

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• All our under-mounted sinks are anchor-bolted to the countertops (our competitors just glue their units, which leaves them at risk of collapsing in time).
• Every installation is done to full customer satisfaction.
• We are proud of the many referrals and repeat business that we have thanks to all our satisfied customers over the years.

Our showroom/warehouse is open to the public Mon-Fri 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sat 9:00am to 5:00pm. Please click here for driving directions.

If you have any questions or would like to speak with a consultant, please do not hesitate to contact us by form or call 610-873-4500. We look forward to assisting you with your next new kitchen or bathroom project.

Huntingdon Valley Kennel Club Dog Show
Friday, June 4TH, 2010
Saturday, June 5TH, 2010
Sunday, June 6TH, 2010

Join us for 3 days of dog shows with a a new winner each day. Over 1,500 dogs compete in conformation, obedience and rally. These are all breed shows. Judging begins at 8:30 AM and ends around 4:30 PM when we crown a best in show winner.

Vendors will sell food & all items for the dog lover. Free tours available at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM. Come meet the breeds & talk to the exhibitors. This is a wonderful fun family event!

Join us for a celebration of dogs and dog lovers!

Location:
Middletown (Bucks County) Grange
576 Penn’s Park Road
Wrightstown, PA
INFO-Kathy Taras (215)297-8568

C3A (Coatesville Area Arts Alliance) and Brandywine Hospital’s Healthy Woman Program present:
Let’s Get Dirty!
The Basics of Organic Gardening for Spring
Saturday, May 15th – 10am to Noon
at eARTh
120 Reservoir Rd., Wagontown, western Chester Co. PA 19376

Had enough winter? Time to think Spring, Gardening, and Dirt!
Learn in an inspiring, beautiful environment with 3rd generation gardener Deborah Kates,
who will share a lifetime of experience to help you Grow your own food–
So you can dig on fresh taste and nutrition ~ saving money ~ exercise ~ feeding your soul

Selecting Seeds ♦ Choosing a Site ♦ Transplanting ♦ Raised Beds ♦ Building the Soil & more!

Deborah will be joined by Brandywine Hospital GI physician Dr. Eva Sum, who will explain the benefits of high fiber diets and organically grown food

Brandywine Hospital’s Healthy Woman Program offers interactive, fun and free monthly programs for all women that cover a variety of health & wellness issues. Let’s Get Dirty attendees are required to join just by filling out a membership form at no cost to you.

You must RSVP to attend. Please call 610-383-9000

Arrange a private gardening workshop for your group that combines gardening, learning and fun, and You choose the date and time, at your place or mine. Contact Deborah at 610-384-2535.

C3A ~ where Art means Business ~ www.CthreeA.org

Fellow Recyclers,

The next collection of #5 plastics will be this Saturday, April 17th, from 10am to 1pm.

We will also be collecting egg cartons for a local chicken farmer, so please also bring any reusable and CLEAN egg cartons that you don’t want.

The collection will take place at our usual location: the garage of the Weavers Way Co-op, at 542 Carpenter Lane, Mt. Airy Philadelphia
which is across the street and a bit further down the block from the Big Blue Marble bookstore.

There are a few work shifts open for this Saturday’s collection. You can sign up on the Weavers Way Work Calendar or by replying to this email. Experienced helpers are especially needed.

As always, please review the guidelines for the plastic materials collected below.

See you Saturday!

Stevik
- for the Weavers Way Environment Committee

Gimme 5 Collection Guidelines

The #5 plastics category includes most yogurt cups, sour cream containers, hummus tubs, some medicine bottles, and more. Your recyclables must be clean and dry to be accepted. Impurities of any kind compromise the recycling process and can lead the recycling facility to discard an entire batch. Exclude any lids unless they are clearly marked #5.

We ask recyclers for a small donation to cover postage costs of mailing the recyclables to the Gimme 5 processing facility in New York state.

Before bringing your #5s to the collection, be sure that they meet the requirements for Gimme 5:

* All items must be CLEAN and DRY. If they contained food or any oily or dirty product, make sure they have been washed, not just rinsed. Items stacked when wet tend to stay wet, so allow washed items to dry fully before stacking or packing.
* The #5 stamp needs to be visible on each item. Lids are separate items. Don’t assume lids are the same number plastic as the container; sometimes they are but usually they are not. Check to make sure there are no other materials (labels, paper, other number plastics, metal) on the items you bring in.

Brita filters are also welcome! Let them air dry for several days to make sure they are completely dry.

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THE “PHILLY HOME HOP” – OPEN HOUSE BUS TOURS

The next Home Hop tour will be April 11, 2010, from 11:45-4:00pm.
We will be taking a 28-person charter bus tour of condominiums and townhouses for sale. SPACE IS LIMITED so sign up now!

The Home Hop will take place from 11:45am to 4:00pm, but you can leave the tour at any time.

The price range of the next Home Hop will be $199,000 to $699,000.

For more information call or email:
Mary Genovese @ 215.806.1500, or mary@maryonthesquare.com
Margaux Genovese Pelegrin @ 215.205.2400, or margaux.pelegrin@gmail.com