Upper Darby Environmental Advisory Committee

The Naylor's Run POLLINATOR Garden was all a BUZZ yesterday! Stop down for a visit soon! 🐝

Wait...before you throw your glass bottle in your recycling bin....or the trash (yes, some people do this still 🙂) the PRC is bringing the Traveling Glass Bin back to Delco! Haverford Township is hosting this event which benefits all the people in Delco! Why? How? Yes, we have single stream recycling....but if we could take glass out and give it to the PRC....our township would pay less in recycling costs. Recycling costs are determined by weight, and of all the things we recycle...glass weighs the most! So come on....save up your glass bottles and take them to the Traveling Glass Bin! Here are the details!

Haverford Twp Office, lower parking lot, 1014 Darby Rd, Havertown, PA 19083
If you want a higher quality glass recycling option than typical curbside programs or if your community has stopped recycling glass, you can be sure that glass deposited into this bin meets the highest standards and can be fully recycled. This program is brought to you by PRC and this stop is funded by Haverford Township. For information on how to bring the traveling bin to your community, visit PRC at https://prc.org/workshops-collection-events/collection-events/glass-recycling/traveling-glass-bin/.

Why recycle glass? Glass can be endlessly recycled but many townships have stopped collecting it or their “single stream recycling” provider has been bringing glass to landfills to use as daily cover. PRC’s objective is to promote permanent glass recycling options in our region. Please consider your miles traveled and carbon emissions and deliver glass most efficiently during this monthlong period. You can partner with family and neighbors, use an electric vehicle, run it on renewable power, make it a stop on another trip to the area … so many ways to keep it green and clean in Delco.

Thank you Tree Tenders of Upper Darby for a WONDERFUL afternoon of SHIBORI in The PARK. We crimped, we twirled, we ROCK n' ROLLED all afternoon TOGETHER in the RAIN at NAYLORS it was...EPIC!! 🤩 😎

What a great opportunity to learn about composting and get a FREE backyard Composter! The Pennsylvania Resource Council, sponsored by the Upper Darby Environmental Advisory Committee, will present a workshop on composting and provide 30 lucky people with backyard composters. You must register to attend! Register here: https://prc.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/prc/event.jsp?event=1050
If you receive a waitlist response to your registration, you can still attend but you may not receive a compost bin. Hope to seee you there.

Do you have your walking shoes on? Your bike tires pumped? Hope to see you on the trails in Upper Darby! Here are the details. Scan the code for more information and maps or click on this link http://tiny.cc/7n7vxz

What a beautiful day to go out and celebrate the Earth! And there are some awesome things to do inside too! Here are a few:

JOIN WEBINAR MON @ 6
Learn to RECYCLE RIGHT!
PRC hosts free statewide recycling webinar TODAY -- Mon, April 22
Today we join with individuals around the world in celebrating Earth Day, which annually encourages individuals, communities, organizations, and governments take action to protect the planet.

“According to the EPA, an average person creates 4.4 pounds of waste each day. There are easy ways to reduce this number and to recycle much of what we can’t avoid wasting,” according to PRC Executive Director Darren Spielman.

IT'S EASY TO TAKE ACTION ON EARTH DAY!

1) LEARN TO REDUCE WASTE & "RECYCLE RIGHT" by taking part in PRC's free statewide webinar providing practical tips for simplifying your life.

RECYCLING & WASTE REDUCTION WEBINAR -- features live Q&A with a PRC recycling expert

Mon, April 22, @ 6 p.m. CLICK HERE https://us02web.zoom.us/s/82056716508 at 6 pm to JOIN WEBINAR LIVE

Wednesday, April 24, Pollinator Workshop See Below for details!
https://www.dcva.org/event-5629587

Let's Make Every day EARTH DAY!

TWAS the NIGHT before EARTHDAY... :)

Join us next weekend as we HIKE, BIKE and ROLL!!!

Tree Tenders of Upper Darby is partnering with the Upper Darby Environmental Advisory Committee and Friends of Upper Darby Trails on a wonderful Earth Day Celebration. Upper Darby Hike, Bike, Roll Trail Challenge will be held on both Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 from 9 - 1 Volunteers will be at selected Trails (see flyer) to greet you with maps, directions and information. Hope you can join us!

Hey Friends of Mother Earth, did you know you can bring things like batteries, toner and ink cartridges to STAPLES to be recycled? And you will get a $10 off coupon for your efforts! Sounds like a WIN WIN! Follow the link for more info. :)

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As we all know EVERY day is EARTHDAY but tomorrow April 22nd is the CELEBRATION of Earth Day. So to get you ready here are some interesting EARTHDAY FACTS you might enjoy. :)

10 Surprising Facts About Earth Day For Earth Day on April 22, interesting facts including who invented it, why it's on that date, and how it turned into a global movement.

EARTH DAY is Everyday and Teamwork with the TreeTenders of Upper Darby makes the DREAM work! 🤩 Join our Earth Day celebrations NEXT weekend as we put the final touches on a great weekend of EVENTS! 🌱😎

Grab your friends and your kids and anyone looking for a FUN event! Not to mention you will be supporting a GREAT cause. Sign up today!!

Tree Tenders of Upper Darby is holding their 2nd annual Shibori in the Park fundraiser at the Hunt Tree Nursery at Naylors Run Park on Saturday, May 18th from 10:00-3:00. Come to the park with your cotton t-shirts, tote bags, and fabric and we'll provide everything else to help you turn them amazingly beautiful indigo dyed works of art. Last year was a blast and this year is sure to be one too. It's just $15/person. Some white t-shirts will be available for purchase for dyeing. Click on this link to register. https://forms.gle/XfFBdc3Kf4nzKK6U8

Well, if you were a TREE at Gillespie Park in Clifton Heights, Upper Darby, you were feeling the LOVE today! Thank you to everyone who came out to JOYOUSLY dig in the dirt on this BEAUTIFUL Sunday! :) 😍

Calling anyone interested in REALLY COOL STUFF! Set your phone, tell a friend, and get outside with proper eyewear to see the TOTAL ECLIPSE in DELCO. According to scientists, the SUN is in a MAXIMUM state which makes for some interesting observations tomorrow! All of us at the EAC are so excited. The next time we will witness such an extraordinary event will be 20 years from now. :)

Volunteers Needed - Every bag of recycled shells restores local shorelines. You CAN make a difference.

Calling all volunteers! Come hang out with us on April 20 and May 18 at our public shell bagging events. You bring yourself, and we'll supply the tunes and the oyster shells. Every bag of recycled shells restores local shorelines. You CAN make a difference.

Sign up through https://bit.ly/WLM-Spring24 for the Wilmington event and https://bit.ly/PHL-Spring24 for the one in Philadelphia.

Just a reminder of the beauty of watersheds all across the US and why they need to be protected and preserved.

Let's Protect our Drinking WATER! Pennsylvania has launched this program aimed at improving the health of waterways that supply drinking water in Pennsylvania.

📣Nonprofit Grant Opportunity📣
One month until applications for Aqua’s “Protect Your Drinking Water” Grant Program are due. Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Aqua Pennsylvania have launched this program aimed at improving the health of waterways that supply drinking water in Pennsylvania.

The Protect Your Drinking Water program will award grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 for watershed protection and education projects in the Chester, Ridley, Crum watersheds that address pollutants of concern to public water supplies, such as fertilizer runoff, road salts and bacteria.

Interested? Visit PEC’s Submittable webpage to view the application. Applications are due April 15th, 2024 at 5:00 pm: pennsylvaniaenvironmentalcouncil.submittable.com/submit

Got an hour? Tree Tenders of Upper Darby of Upper Darby can use your help on Sunday,April 14 any time from 9 - 3 to help with tree maintennce at Gillespie Park. Scan the QR code to volunteer sign up here https://forms.gle/HXwXcEdpc6S9HpgL8

Our friends the Tree Tenders of Upper Darby are doing their Spring Tree Planting. Make Upper Darby greener, cleaner and more beautiful! Get a FREE Tree!

We like to celebrate Earth Day everyday...but we are partnering with the Tree Tenders of Upper Darby and the Friends of Upper Darby Trails to take 2 special days to celebrate the trails in Upper Darby! Join us on this fun, healthy and eye-opening Bike, Hike and Roll Trail Challenge - April 27 and 28!

Darby Creek Valley Association, Eastern Delaware County Stormwater Collaborative and Hav-a-Rain Garden are sponsoring a FREE Rain Garden Workshop

Saturday, March 02, 2024

9 am-12 pm

Haverford CREC - 9000 Parkview Drive, Haverford

Advance registration required.

Learn how to build and maintain a rain garden for yourself or in your community. Later, you will have the opportunity to hone your skills by joining our rain garden builds or apprenticing (i.e., assessing potential locations and designing rain gardens).

Presented by Darby Creek Valley Association, Eastern Delaware County Stormwater Collaborative and Hav-a-Rain Garden who have designed and built more than 80 rain gardens in the region at parks, libraries and private properties.

Register Here!

Darby Creek Valley Association - Events DCVA events are always free. Donations are appreciated to support our work to preserve and protect our watershed, but are not required

Birding Club of Delaware County (BCDC) Bird Walk, led by Lynne and Jamie." A sign of a healthy environment is the presence of birds. Really...they are so integral to a thriving ecosystem in so many ways. Come learn about birds and their niche in a healthy environment from two Upper Darby residents, Lynne Rabchuk and Jamie Watts! Here are the dates of upcoming bird walks:
Sunday March 24th, 8am in Gillespie Park (Meet on Sycamore Ave)

Sunday April 21st, 8am in Beverly Hills Recreation Area (Meet at Garrett Rd trail entrance)

Sunday May 19th, 8am in Naylors Run Park (Meet in first lot)

Sunday June 16th, 8am in Arlington Cemetery (Meet at Toppitzer. We have permission.)

Free! All ages. We expect to see about 20-30 different species of bird each time. Each walk will take about 1.5 hours and we'll walk 1-2 miles. Wear comfortable shoes and prepare for mud. Bring your own binoculars. If you've never been on a bird walk, all you need is a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, and a sense of curiosity.

Industry & Philadelphia Water Department Embark on a Misinformation Campaign to Sacrifice the Sturgeon!

The Philadelphia Water Department and industrial operators in the Delaware Estuary have embarked on a wildly off base misinformation campaign in order to stop EPA from strengthening and finalizing regulations that will prevent the Atlantic Sturgeon of the Delaware River from going extinct and help a multitude of other species, including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill sunfish, green sunfish, American shad and others that are important to our communities and our River system.

Other municipalities and industries around our region have put in place the operations that will address their pollution contributions to the problem – why shouldn’t the Philadelphia Water Department have to do the same?

By mischaracterizing the science and the impacts of what is being proposed, the Philadelphia Water Department and industry are trying to overwhelm the record with comments that oppose improving and protecting the water quality of the Delaware River that is essential to all of our lives. The Philadelphia Water Department and industry have spent untold amounts of money on high priced lawyers and misinformation in order to avoid taking responsibility for the damage they have done.

Let’s not let them get away with it.

Please join us in standing with all of the communities of the Delaware River, including the sturgeon.

We need you to take a few minutes – Right Now, Today – to submit a public comment.

The Atlantic Sturgeon are on the brink of extinction with less than 250 spawning adults left. Stronger water quality standards and dissolved oxygen levels are essential if we are to restore these majestic creatures to full population health, and to provide critical protections to other fish that are important to the river system and support recreational and commercial fishing. Any and all comments are important in this decision making process.

We need to be sure that EPA hears from the people to whom this River belongs, not just the PWD and industries that view our river as a waste receptacle to be sacrificed if it means more profit.


The public comment period is currently open and closes on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024.

Public comments should be directly submitted through this special EPA portal:
https://go.delawareriverkeeper.org/e/176172/enton-EPA-HQ-OW-2023-0222-0001/2k43gs/419071181/h/vOwx-jcwR3F_E5plcA1gVECtKM3OwkVzNSdbDTVyujk

For background information, guidance, and suggested text, visit:
bit.ly/SavetheSturgeon

Comment to Save the Critically Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon | Delaware Riverkeeper Network Comment to Save the Critically Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon Submitted by admin on Wed, 2024-01-10 06:33 PM Image: Body: MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT TO SAVE THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ATLANTIC STURGEON OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AND OTHER OXYGEN SENSITIVE SPECIES (i.e. Shortnose Sturgeon, American Shad, Atlantic...

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What do Orcas, trees and you have in common? They all need each other to survive! That's right....the endangered Orcas need trees for their food and trees need you to plant them. Read about this fascinating connection here:
https://www.arborday.org/stories/killer-whales-need-trees.cfm?utm_term=6657&utm_campaign=08768&utm_content=E0138701&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20240213 and then get a free tree from Tree Tenders of Upper Darby by signing up here: https://forms.gle/kRPi3dxx514tLQQK7

Wait, Killer Whales Need Trees? | Stories at arborday.org The endangered southern resident orcas are in trouble. Their population has dwindled to 73. Their food source is scarce. They need help. That’s why efforts are underway to support this mammal, and one important part of the plan is tree planting. Yes, you read that right — trees.

More 'Making Upper Darby Beautiful' with some help from our NEW Mayor Mr. Ed Brown! Over the weekend wildflower seeds were planted along the front entrance of Naylor's Run Park on Garrett Road. Wildflowers support pollinators such as bees and butterflies, which in turn help provide food sources for both wildlife and people! Stay tuned for more happenings with the Upper Darby EAC!

Did you know.....the United States Postal Service fleet is going all electric! Great letter from Penn Environment Director, David Masur.

The U.S. Postal Service just unveiled their first electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for their new fleet of delivery trucks.1

This is exciting progress after we won our campaign to electrify the Postal Service fleet. And it wouldn't have happened without the support of people like you.

Along with our national network, PennEnvironment generated over 100,000 actions calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to commit to all electric mail trucks.

And now the rubber meets the road as the new electric postal trucks start rolling out.

It'll help make a dent in global warming pollution -- the Postal Service has the largest federal government fleet, and EVs will zero out tailpipe pollution that warms our planet and pollutes our air.

We're looking forward to a bright future of electric mail trucks in every neighborhood.

The new chargers are juicing up Postal Service trucks near Atlanta. And in 2024, hundreds of new EV charging hubs will be built around the country as the Postal Service prepares for 66,000 new EVs.2

Every night, the trucks will fuel up for the next day of delivering mail. These charging hubs will lay the foundation for the nation's largest fleet of electric vehicles.

The transition is happening quickly, in part thanks to our advocacy. In addition to convincing the Postal Service that EVs are a good long-term investment, we helped convince Congress to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which included $3 billion to electrify the Postal Service. With the combination of federal funding and our voices, USPS agreed to go all electric.

We're winning concrete solutions to climate change, getting gas-guzzling vehicles off the road, promoting clean energy and more.

Read more here:

PennEnvironment Statement: President Biden unleashes billions for clean energy Newly signed Inflation Reduction Act aims to reduce U.S. climate emissions by 40%

Are you interested in Delaware County's SUSTAINABILITY PLAN?
The Delaware County Sustainability Plan’s vision is to create
a sustainable and resilient Delaware County that protects
the most vulnerable residents from the impacts of climate
change. In alignment with the pillars of sustainability, this
plan also supports a robust green economy while protecting
and preserving natural resources.
Four guiding principles were identified as the central values
of this Plan, including: economic sustainability, education,
governance, and equity, inclusion, and justice.
CLICK THE LINK TO FIND OUT MORE!https://delcopa.gov/sustainability/pdf/SustainDelcoPlan.pdf