http://galacommunity.org Thu, 17 May 2012 12:18:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1763 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1763#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:18:58 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1763 There are still several open volunteer slots for the season’s first Solar Raiser this Saturday in Wolfeboro!  RSVP today by visiting our Facebook Page or with the contact info below! No prior experience necessary, just a willingness to lend a hand and share a smile!  Come along and learn some handy skills, make new friends, and help [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1763/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1760 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1760#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:12:18 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1760 Come join G.A.L.A. volunteers at the Wolfeboro Food Pantry Garden this morning to help prepare the beds for planting next week! Volunteers are needed for a couple of hours this morning (Wednesday, May 16) from 9.30am to noon to help add compost to the series of raised beds. If you can, bring along a wheelbarrow, [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1760/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1752 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1752#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 16:17:56 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1752 Tomorrow is the day to celebrate the annual  Bike & Walk to Work/School Day in Wolfeboro!  So pump up your bike tires, lace up your walking shoes and join your fellow “townies” in getting some fresh Spring air and reducing pollution! Avoiding those clunky cars for your commute to work or school is a great [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1752/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1733 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1733#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 15:47:41 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1733 By Izzy Woods We live in what seems like an increasingly disconnected world. Many of us yearn for the community spirit our grandparents so often talk about, but with so many people immersed in their virtual communities, and with the rise in commuter lifestyles, it feels like the times of befriending and supporting your neighbors [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1733/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1725 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1725#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:34:23 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1725     Paul Amadio has been a part of the G.A.L.A. family for some time now, volunteering his time and expertise on the recently created Development Team.  It is with great enthusiasm that Paul is officially welcomed “on board” as a guide and mentor for G.A.L.A.’s exciting future. Paul is the Director of Business Development and [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1725/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1719 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1719#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:11:57 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1719  Thanks to all those volunteers who came out on Saturday, May 5th to help with the annual Curbside Cleanup Day organized by the Wolfeboro Solid Waste and G.A.L.A.  Together volunteers, with the help of town employees, filled over 100 blue bags with roadside trash – what an impact!!  Folks met at the Town Garage to pickup [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1719/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1676 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1676#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:43:43 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1676 Don’t miss G.A.L.A.’s last contra dance of the season Saturday, April 28th, 7pm, at the Ossipee Town Hall Gymnasium. Our last dance will feature Beverly Woods and Seth Austen playing lively reels, jigs and waltzes on fiddle and hammered dulcimer. They will be joined by some of their students and friends on fiddle, guitar, banjo, [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1676/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1661 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1661#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:00:14 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1661 Made by international award-winning documentary maker David Sington, The Flaw tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash.  In October 2008 a humbled Alan Greenspan admitted to the US Congress that he had been mistaken to put so much faith in the self-correcting power of free markets, and that he had failed [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1661/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1650 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1650#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:48:47 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1650 We’re offering another great way to support sustainable community building - participate in our TOOL-RAISER! Help G.A.L.A. replenish our “tool shed” as we gear up for the 2012 Sustainable Home & Yard Makeovers!  Between April 1st and 21st, consider donating your old or extra tools* to G.A.L.A.’s “Tool-Raiser”.  Check the “wish list” below and drop [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1650/feed 0 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1630 http://galacommunity.org/archives/1630#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:39:44 +0000 http://galacommunity.org/?p=1630   Global l Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A.), Wolfeboro Energy Committee, and Maxfield Real Estate in conjunction with UNH and the Office of Energy and Planning will sponsor a “Button Up NH” advanced weatherization workshop in Wolfeboro at the Wolfeboro Public Library on Tuesday April 10th, 6:30-8:30pm. “Button Up N.H.” workshops are taught by certified energy professionals [...]]]> http://galacommunity.org/archives/1630/feed 0