Over 2000 people sent a message to the rest of Long Island last saturday May 21, 2011 in Long Beach in whats being called "The Best event to kick off the Summer 2011". Greenfest awakened the minds of people who attended and gave them an extra piece of advice for Green: Do it now! Honorable Denise Ford, spoke on the impact "our garbage is doing to hurt sewage treatment plants, cut down waste by composting and giving back to the earth what the earth has given back to us" She encouraged all of us t...

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Operation Splash & Sludge Stoppers will host The Reynolds Channel Clean up on Saturday May 21st from 9-11am at the Long Beach boat ramp. It is an Operation Splash, Sludge Stoppers, Green Fest event. Volunteers need to be at the ramp at 8:30am. This is the first time a group of environmentalists will travel to our waterways to clean up the marsh lands across from the channel and bring back debris to our shores for cleanup. Thank you to both organizations for doing this. One of The Green ...

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