Youth A.C.T.

The Malden River Festival will be held this Saturday on June 19, 2010 from 11am to 3pm. It is a FREE community celebration of the tri-city parks and will happen rain or shine. There will be many family activities, information tables, local performances by groups from the area, and a free barbeque.

The festival will be held at River’s Edge Park on River’s Edge Drive/Commercial Street in Medford. The exact location is between the Wellington T station and Medford Street.

For more information about the festival, contact Nick Cohen at (781) 322-4125 or ncohen@tri-cap.org. Hope to see you all there.

In addition, we will having a third annual Urban Art Competition at the River Festival this year! Stay tuned for more information about the competition.

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The Environmental Malden Art Project (EMAP) is now underway with Tri-CAP. One meeting has already been held, and a blog has been created to document the various watersheds in the area such as the Mystic and Malden rivers.

Stay tuned to the blog at http://emapyouth.wordpress.com/ for more updates!

Youth A.C.T. will be hosting a workshop on Saturday April 3rd from 1 PM to 2:30 pm at Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy on 124 Ferry St in Malden for an envrionmentally friendly booking making activity. The workshop will be run by members of the Creative Arts in Learning Division at Lesley University Graduate School of Education. Please spread the word to your friends! Refreshments will be provided. If you can, please bring your own scissors and some old magazines. We hope to see you all there.

About the Workshop:
This workshop will teach participants a new technique that incorporates a wide variety of materials, including but not limited to recycled paper, ribbon, candy wrapper foil, coins, strips of tree bark, seashells, etc. For this hands-on, eco-friendly project, participants are encouraged to experiment and use their own styles. The goal of the workshop is to allow the participants to think about the environment through creating their own book. Participants will be introduced to a new and enjoyable art-making activity, which may be shared with their families and friends.

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Youth A.C.T. will be hosting a workshop with Tri-CAP (Tri-City Community Action Program) this Saturday, March 20 @ 2pm at 124 Ferry Street in Malden. The workshop we are planning will be a watershed-building activity lead by Nick Cohen of Tri-CAP. The event will  also be the kick-off for a mural project at the Cyber Cafe in Malden regarding the river, the community, and the environment.

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Kevin Surace talks about EcoRock, a type of drywall that is clean, recyclable, and energy-efficient to reduce the carbon footprint generated by construction and manufacturing of buildings.

Youth A.C.T. encourages all to join the global movement and turn off your lights from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM in your local time for Earth Hour. Vote for the Earth and leave your lights off to combat against global warming. Unite with everyone in the world and make your voice heard.

Kamal Meattle describes an arrangement of three houseplants and their effect in creating fresh air.

Check out Volume 9 of Craft Magazine which is focused on green crafts and projects. It features eco-friendly projects that use recycled, reused, and repurposed materials and companies and crafters who are promoting environmentally friendly practices.

Feel like everyone knows about eco-friendly topics but you? NewScientist has published an article with all the dumb eco-questions you were afraid to ask. The article covers topics such as energy use, recycling, and environmental issues.

Title: Environmental Art Workshop
Location: 2 Elm St. Malden, MA 02148
Description: An interactive workshop designed for young people to explore and support the environmental art movement.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2008-11-22
End Time: 16:00

Come join Youth A.C.T. to explore this new art movement on November 22 facilitated by Dr. Young Song, a professor from the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences at Lesley University. The event will take place at the First Parish in Malden (accessible by the MBTA Orange Line at the Malden Center Stations. This event will also close out our Urban Art Gallery at the Parish. We look forward to seeing you there. RSVP on Facebook and feel free to invite others.

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