Hi all! For those of you that want to plan ahead and get these meetings on your calendar for 2010, here are the first 4 meeting dates and places:
Regifting is the theme of this month’s meeting and cocktail party at G Green Design. What is regifting? ReGifting is when unloved, unwanted gifts get new life through a creative, recycling program.
Here’s how it works. You stop into the showroom with unused items that you have received as gifts or bought but never gave as a gift, that you have no need for. Instead of it collecting dust at the bottom of your closet, it might have a future as a gift for someone who will absolutely love it!
Then we help you determine it’s price range, and give you a coupon to select someone else’s gift item of the same value. If you want something in another price class, we can easily arrange for that. Everyone wins when you ReGift!
The program will run through December 31st. All items not swapped will be taken to a local pantry to be given away.
Also, in the spirit of recycling we wanted to remind you that ‘g’ is here as your local recycling center – we can accept your CFL bulbs and other mercury-containing items (in conjunction with Barnstable County Cooperative Extension), as well as cell phones and rechargeable batteries.
I want to thank Jen Villa, owner of Little Beach Gallery, for hosting our meeting this month. She has some fantastic items in her shop. I saw a lot of people purchasing holiday gifts items…..I was one of them. We enjoyed some delicious local and organic wines, food from 586 Bistro, music from the Buena Vista Club and the company of new and die-hard green drinks fans!
November’s meeting will be held at the Little Beach Gallery in Hyannis. Come join us for a drink, some networking and a chance to peek at some fantastic local artists!
November 18th 6-8:00!
The weather was howling, the rain came down in sheets and yet a fair number of hearty souls arrived at Cape Cod Beer, potluck food in hand, ready to meet new people and reconnect with those they had met before. Gotta love hearty New Englanders!
I’d like to extend a warm thanks to Cape Cod Beer for hosting our meeting last night. It’s impressive, to say the least, all the things CCB has done to keep their operation “green and clean.” It proves that a little leg-work can reap some great benefits financially for your business (remember Beth mentioned they cut their utility bill $300 after their energy audit). Todd and Beth have also leveraged their creative sides–reusing old restaurant windows in their office–to help save money and at the same time keep one less item out of our local dump. Great combo!
Finally, I also want to thank Cape Cod Fire Log (Pat, Wayne and the grill crew–who grilled in the monsoon) for grilling some fantastic, tasty chicken over their fire logs last night. CCFL is another great example of a local, creative business that has developed such a unique product. Check out their site, www.capecodfirelog.com, for more information and where you can purchase these little nuggets!
For those of you that plan ahead…November’s meeting will be on the 18th, 6:00-8:00 at The Little Beach Gallery (thelittlebeachgallery.com) in Hyannis on 539 South St. December’s meeting will be in Mashpee on December 16th, 6:00 – 8:00 at G Green Design (www.ggreendesign.com).
More details on both meetings will be posted soon!
Beth Marcus, owner of Cape Cod Beer, has graciously opened the brewery to Green Drinks for our October 28th meeting. This meeting will have a homey touch too! What’s better in the fall then beer and food? I mean we will all be hibernating soon so it’s time to fatten up! This will be a meeting/potluck dinner combined. Bring a salad, crock pot dish, desert or something you bought at the store and we will network and eat from 6-8:00 ish. Beth will be giving a tour of the brewery at 7:00 and a free tasting. It’s a great chance to make some new friends, see a local green business in full operation and eat some good food!
I hope you all had a fantastic summer and are now ready to get your networking, green sharing shoes on! If you are looking to build your business through referrals,and meet other green conscious people, this is the place to be! This month we will be meeting at Heritage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich. We will hear about the “green” changes they have made and a have a chance to enjoy one of the Cape’s truly beautiful natural museums. Please note we change our meeting times to 6:00!
Green Drinks Background: Meet us each month on the last Wednesday of every montth, to share fine food, drinks and conversation!
The gatherings attract several dozen people each month, including environmentally-interested people from all walks of life, basically anyone interested professionally or personally in things green. Folks hail from advocacy-oriented and academia, green businesses, and government, and they come from all over Cape Cod and Plymouth. Through this network, people exchange information and ideas, develop professional and personal friendships, find jobs, develop synergies, help with others’ projects, become more involved through community volunteering, and have lots of fun!
We have our gatherings at a different venue each month. Occasionally there is a featured speaker but usually it’s just networking in a casual way. Every month there are always lots of new faces so stop by and just introduce yourself! People come and go between 6-8 pm, although some stay much later.
PLEASE BRING A FRIEND AND HELP US BUILD THIS GROUP THIS YEAR!
Thanks to all that attended the Wednesday night get together at The Wine List. Our next meeting will not be until Sept. where we will be meeting at the Hertiage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich. Have a great summer all!
This month’s networking meeting will be at The Wine List in Hyannis. Our focus: drinking green. You will be greeted at the door with a delicious glass of organic wine and tasty nibbles to eat, then get out there and mingle! At 6:30 Tracy Anderson, one of the Wine List’s owners, will conduct a 15 minute organic wine class, and tasting of 4-5 wines. The Wine List is extending, to all Green Drink members that attend, a discount on wine purchases that night too!
The cost for this is $20.00 at the door, per person. I encourage you all to bring a friend and kick the summer off with us.
This will be our last Green Drinks meeting until our September get-together at Heritage Museum and Gardens. Our meeting in October will be at Cape Cod Beer and November at “G” Green Design in Mashpee.
