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.

Download our event flyer

Will Allen in an agriculturalist from Milwaukee, WI and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2008 for his approach to urban gardening. He is the CEO of Growing Power, an organization dedicated to providing local, affordable communities and building relationships in the community through local urban farming.

Youth A.C.T. has recently opened up our gallery at the First Paris in Malden, MA to showcase all the artworks from the local artists that participated in our Urban Art Competition back in June. Our gallery opening held on October 5th was also covered in an article by the Malden Observer.

Join the organic revolution with this amusing short from FreeRange Studios.

All art work form the Urban Art Competition will be on display in an exhibit at the First Parish in Malden, MA. This event will take place on October 5, 2008 at 2 PM. All the pieces are hung, and a meditation session will be held for guests before inviting them in view the art pieces. Guests will be asked to bring a recyclable item for admission to the exhibit. All admission pieces will be used to create an environmental art piece later. Our event is also on Facebook so feel free to invite anyone to attend.

Urban Art Exhibit

Ann Cooper is a “renegade lunch lady” whose goal is to revolutionize the way kids are eating in our schools by promoting healthy eating and serving fresh, regional, organic sources for meals. Her website, Lunch Lessons, is her mission to change the way our kids eat.

Workshops will begin on Wednesday, September 17 and run for about four weeks. The workshops will most likely take place at the First Parish in Malden, but may take place at Malden High School as an alternative. More information will be posted once details are worked out. We have about 10 artists so far for the mural project as well as those from the Urban Art Competition who are interested as well.

Title: Harvest Moon Festival
Location: Malden, MA
Date: 2008-09-20

Youth A.C.T. will be in Malden, MA for the Harvest Moon Festival where we will have a table with information and activities focusing on healthy eating. We will also have a “Youth A.C.T.” banner made out of recyclable materials plus a timeline of our youth farm and the results of it.

The first place winners from our Urban Art Competition will be in Lincoln Commons tomorrow (August 17, 2008) in Malden from 2PM - 5PM to help contribute to our backdrop/mural for the upcoming “This Is Art” show. Please feel free to stop by and bring friends to watch these talented artists share their creativity with the community.