Monday, January 3

Bordentown City Planning Board (Reorganization)

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, January 12 (Canceled due to snow storm)

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Monday, February 7

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, February 9

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Monday, March 7

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, March 9

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 pm

BCEC Earth Talk: Screening of Gasland

Come see the Academy-Award nominated documentary film that everyone is talking about!

The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown. FREE. Discussion to follow. Location: Carslake Community Center, 209 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown City. Sponsored by the Bordentown City Environmental Commission (BCEC) www.bcec.us

Monday, April 6

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, April 13

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Arbor Day Tree Planting (Date TBA)

Help plant shade trees throughout Bordentown City. Bring a shovel and gloves. Meet at City Hall, 324 Farnsworth Avenue.

Sponsored by the Bordentown City Shade Tree Committee

Tuesday, April 26, 7:00 pm

BCEC Earth Talk: WILD NEW JERSEY Presentation and Author Signing

Wild New Jersey is a description of David Wheeler's whirlwind year-long tour of the most ecologically diverse state for its size in America. Along with the expert guidance of charismatic wildlife biologists and local conservationists, he explores mountains, valleys, beaches, pine barrens, caves, rivers, marshlands, and more-breathtaking landscapes and the state's Noah's Ark of fascinating creatures. This isn't your ordinary ride on the Jersey Turnpike. Fasten your seatbelts and join Wheeler as he...

        -Kayaks through the Meadowlands under the watchful eye of the Empire State Building,

        -Pans for cretaceous fossils in a hidden brook once home to mastodons and giant sloths,

        -Rides a fishing boat in the frigid snows of winter on a high-seas quest for Atlantic puffins,

        -Trudges through the eerie darkness of a bog on a mysterious night hike,

        -Dogsleds across the windswept alpine slopes in the haunts of the porcupine and bobcat.

With Wheeler's compelling narrative, in-depth background details, and eye for revealing the offbeat, you can count this as the first nature book to paint the extraordinary picture of New Jersey's unlikely wilderness in all its glory. Come along for all the adventure and insight in Wild New Jersey!

FREE. Mr. Wheeler will talk about and sign copies of his book, which will be for sale (cash only). Free raffle for cool wildlife prizes!  Location: Carslake Community Center, 209 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown City. Sponsored by the Bordentown City Environmental Commission (BCEC) www.bcec.us

Monday, May 2

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday May 11

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22

Bordentown Street Fair

Stop by the BCEC table to enter a free raffle and check out the latest environmental initiatives in Bordentown City.

Tuesday, May 24, 7:00pm

Monday, June 6

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, June 8

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Saturday, June 11

2nd Annual BORDENTOWN CITY GREEN FAIR

10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Carslake Community Center, 207 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown City

Come learn about local and regional environmental organizations and issues, and how to adopt sustainable practices in your home, workplace and community. Highlights include exhibitors, vendors, presentations, food, historic and garden walking tours, electric car demonstration, musical acts, children's activities, free raffle for cool eco-prizes, and more...!

Monday, July 4 (subject to rescheduling due holiday)

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, July 13

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Monday, August 1

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, August 10

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Monday, September 5 (subject to re-scheduling due to Labor Day holiday)

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, September 14

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2

Bordentown Cranberry Festival

Stop by the BCEC table to check out the latest environmental initiatives in Bordentown City Free raffle for cool eco-prizes..

Monday, October 3

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, October 12

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Monday, November 7

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, November 9

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Monday, December 5

Bordentown City Planning Board

7pm, Carslake Community Center

Wednesday, December 14

Bordentown City Environmental Commission

7pm, Carslake Community Center