Our May Newsletter ishere! See some highlights to this year’s Porchfest and ways you can get involved! Dark Skies needs help passing a bill to reduce light pollution! Find out more!
The Living Landscapes committee of the West Chester Green Team has a volunteer opportunity to share with you! Join us on Saturday, May 11 as we plant another pollinator garden in West Chester. We plan to extend the pollinator garden located in the green space between the curb and sidewalk, also called the “hellstrip”, on East Chestnut Street between the Chester County History Center and the Oscar Lasko YMCA. Please bring your own tools, including shovels and spades. Bring your own garden gloves but we will have some extra if needed. With your help, we can continue to beautify our community and provide important pollinator habitat in our public spaces! Join us, and RSVP at this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B45ADAD2CA20-49083484-native or here!
Start the countdown to West Chester Porchfest!
West Chester Porchfest is organized by the West Chester Green Team to promote community building, foster connections and celebrate the return of spring and the beginning of summer! Join us on May 18th between 1-7pm! This free, family-friendly, feel-good event allows attendees to stroll from home to home, relax, and enjoy local musicians performing on the historic porches of West Chester. For tons of more information, check out our sister site: https://westchesterporchfest.com/ or check out our page for the lastest updates here!
Children Activities and “Green” Porches at Porchfest! For a more detailed schedule and descriptions about the events, head over here!
See future events in the calendar farther below
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Building community through events oriented to earth and arts. Our membership in Transition US underlies all our initiatives, including PorchFest, begun in 2022. her
Reducing toxic chemicals in our daily lives, including in public programs, agriculture, and the home… and what drifts to our property across the fence.
Reducing single-use plastics especially plastic bags and straws, which pose a worldwide problem of pollution, litter, overuse of fossil fuels, and harm to people and other species,n including from ingesting microplastics.
Protecting species from disruptive light pollution at night. Unnecessary lighting disturbs bird migration, confuses insects and amphibians, threatens human sleep, and of course wastes energy,
If you’d like to help on these ongoing or upcoming initiatives, or have additional ideas, please let us know by emailing us at westchestergoesgreen@gmail.com.
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