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Eco-Factoid

Most plants do best if the soil is allowed to partially dry out between waterings. A loss of shine or footprints remaining after you walk across the lawn indicates that it's time to water. Vegetables and other annuals should be watered at the first sign of wilting, but tougher perennials (plants that live several years) need water only if they stay droopy after it cools off in the evening.

Source: www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/rrr
/greenscapes.com

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Eco-Factoid

Whenever you purchase something packaged, think about how you can reuse the packaging, return it to a shipping store for reuse, or try to otherwise recycle it.

Source: www.planetgreen.discovery.com

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Eco-Factoid

To reduce ink use and save money, the University of Wisconsin Green Bay's IT department has changed the default font for Outlook to Century Gothic, which it says requires 30% less ink in printouts than Arial, the most commonly used default font. Ink accounts for about 60% of the cost of a printed page, the IT unit says.

Source: Harvard Business Review: The Daily Stat

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LEED is a voluntary certification program that can be applied to any building type and any building lifecycle phase. It promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in key areas:

Sustainable Sites
Water Efficiency
Energy and Atmosphere Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality Location and Linkages Awareness and Education Innovation in Design
Regional Priority

Source: www.usgbc.org

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Geothermal heat pumps take advantage of the earth’s constant temperature to provide extremely efficient heating and cooling. While standard air-source heat pumps use the outside air temperature to heat and cool a home.

Source: www.ctsavesenergy.org

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If you have less than 12" of insulation in your attic, consider adding more.

Source: www.ctsavesenergy.org

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Run your dishwasher during off-peak times (after 8 p.m.).
Choose the light wash setting, which uses less water and runs for less time. Air dry your dishes instead of using the heat drying option and only run full dishwasher loads. Don't rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher - scrape the food into the garbage.

Source: www.ctsavesenergy.org

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Do two dryer loads in a row to best utilize the generated heat. Use your washer and dryer during off-peak times (after 8 p.m.) or on weekends when energy use is lower.

Source: www.ctsavesenergy.org

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Eco-Factoid

At the office, turn off PCs, monitors, printers and copiers nightly and on weekends. If possible, use laptop computers - they use 90% less energy than desktop computers. Use inkjet instead of laser printers - they use 90% less energy. Purchase ENERGY STAR® equipment.

Source: www.ctsavesenergy.org

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Eco-Factoid

Recycling a ton of 'waste' has twice the economic impact of burying it in the ground. In addition, recycling one additional ton of waste will pay $101 more in salaries and wages, produce $275 more in goods and services, and generate $135 more in sales than disposing of it in a landfill.

Source: Recycling: Good for the Economy, Good for the Environment

The Green Team

Special thanks to all the volunteers helping the day of the Festival:

Richard Bertkau, Jean Boero, Natcha Boonkrong, Hannah Brown, Kelsey Brown, Doug Bunnell, Paul Burnham, Hal Clark, Louise Delaney, Mary Delisi, Steve Desloge, Dagny Eason, Ellen Essman, Rita Garland, Katlyn Geiger, Kate Gluckin, Kevin Houska, Katie Hunsberger, Peter Hunsberger, Bob Kelso, Stefanie Lash, Stefanie Lauricella, Gail LaVielle, Gary Leeds, Kathy Leeds, Mike Lindberg, Paula Lindberg, Hui Lu, Stephanie Lucia, Wendy Lynch, Molly Macauley, Lauren McLaughlin, Elissa Moses, Wendy Nadel, Don Offinger, Eileen Rice, Gary Rice, Ted Riegel, Kathy Rosenbaum, Patrick Russo, Donya Sadeghi, Larry Schloss, Charlotte Stack, Lynn Stack, Emma Stewart, Halli Stewart, Kace Stewart, Viv Stewart, Patricia Svoboda, George Taylor, Bonnie Tremante, Jeff Turner, Peggy van Acker, Callie Webb, Matthew Webb, Maura Webb, Karen Williams, Judy Zucker, and thanks to Kevin Meehan for setting up the Ambler Farm tents and to Ambler Farm for providing them.

Festival Steering Committee

Jana Bertkau
Festival Co-Chair
Transportation Team Chair
Logistics Team Chair

Becky Bunnell
Festival Co-Chair
Marketing Team Chair
Sponsorship Team Chair

Kristen Begor
Woodcock Nature Center
Waste/Recycling Team Chair

Ann Bell
Ambler Farm
Food/Land Management Team Chair

Paula Byrdy
Wilton Garden Club
Wilton Energy Commission
Energy/Building Team Chair

Sally Gemmill
Wilton Library
Arts and Music Chair

Patrice Gillespie
Wilton Conservation Commission
Watershed Team Chair

Neil Gluckin
Ambler Farm
Writing and Communications Strategy

Bruce Hampson
Wilton Energy Commission

Jim Lucey
Wilton High School

Dona Pratt
Wilton Energy Commission Chair
Web Design and Site

Tracy Taylor
 Wilton Family Y
Family Fun Team Chair
Logistics

Professional Services Donated

CERT
 Safety and Traffic Control

Conscious Decisions
Event Consulting

Dona Pratt
 Web Design and Site

Julie Kennedy, Eileen Rice
 Public Relations

Neil Gluckin
 Writing and Communications Strategy

Paul’s Prosperous Printing
Printing

Troy Ellen Dixon
Promotional Oversight

Ultimate Ink
 T-shirt Printing

Willa Ratner Graphic Design
 Logo and Design

Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps
 Emergency Medical Care

Festival Teams

Energy/Building Team
Paula Byrdy (Chair)
Bruce Hampson

Food/Land Management Team
Ann Bell (Chair)
Paula Byrdy
Neil Gluckin

Transportation Team
Jana Bertkau (Chair)
Neil Gluckin
Gail Lavielle
John Papa
John Sohikian

Waste/Recycling Team
Kristen Begor (Chair)
Jenn Fascitelli
Dave Hapke



Watershed Team
Patrice Gillespie (Chair)
Pat Sesto

Family Fun Team
Tracy Taylor (Chair)
Michele Bennett
Maura Byrnes-Casey
Maura Connolly
Kimberly Johnson
Beth Lambert
Cory Lee
Joanna Lepore
Anna MacDonald
Lisa Mannix
Wendy Nadel
Kathy Rosenbaum

Arts and Music Team
Sally Gemmil (Chair)

Logistics Team
Jana Bertkau (Chair)
Lieutenant Stephen Bartek (Town)
Louise Delaney
Jenn Fascitelli (Town)
Mary Ann Mendola Franco (Library)
Sally Gemmill
Debbie Hunsberger (Event Day Coordinator)
Joanna Lepore (Stroller Derby)
Jose Marquez (Library)
Rich McArdle (Town)
Lynn McNulty (Library)
Bob Nerney (Town)
Dave Palmieri (Library)
T.G. Rawlings (CERT)
Pat Sesto  (Town)
Sarah Taffel (Town)
Tracy Taylor
Reva Walker (Town)

Marketing Team
Becky Bunnell (Chair),
Karen Birck
Chris Bunnell
Troy Ellen Dixon
Neil Gluckin
Julie Kennedy
Willa Ratner
Eileen Rice

Sponsorship Team
Becky Bunnell (Chair)
Doug Bunnell, Ph.D.
Phyllis Dinucci
Amelia Nichol
Rich Nichol