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Portsmouth Green Drinks
No green beer here. Green Drinks is a great opportunity to meet new people and catch up with old friends. Each month the event is hosted by a new guest speaker who leads a discussion on a social or environmental issue. People from a wide variety of backgrounds attend including non-profit, for-profit, government, law, finance, writing, publishing, fund raising, graphic design, business, academia, energy, the arts…the bottom line is that everyone is welcome! So make a note in your calendar and invite friends along. The purpose of Green Drinks is primarily FUN, but the events also enable people to: share new ideas, develop inspired solutions, learn about opportunities to work for change and to make a difference, discuss the state of the world…Green Drinks can be whatever you want it to be. So come and meet like-minded individuals who share your interest in building a sustainable society and planet. To learn more about the history of Green Drinks visit www.greendrinks.org.
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No Green Drinks in November & December

In lieu of getting together during the busy holiday season, we're taking a break and asking your for help in designing the next generation of Portsmouth Green Drinks. Please take a moment to fill out this short (just five questions) survey about your experience with green drinks and what you'd like to see it become in 2010. Portsmouth Green Drinks Survey.

Portsmouth's Eco-Friendly Martini Bar

Portsmouth Green Drinks has its green home at 2 Ceres Street. Owners of Poco's Bow Street Cantina, John and Marlisa Golumb, used low-VOC paint, a compressed cardboard counter top for the bar, and a cork floor in the construction of this hip new martini bar. They also serve a selection of organic and locally brewed beer.

Featured Organizations to Date

October 15th: Sustainable Portsmouth. Introduction to developing a sustainbility plan for Portsmouth.
September 17th: Women Sustainability Leaders. Sarah Brown with the Green Alliance, Julia Dundorf with the NH Carbon Challenge, Michelle Veasey with the NH Sustainable Lodging and Restaurant Program, and Andrea O’Brien with the NH Small Business Development Center.
August 20th: Blue Drinks: NH Coastal Protection Partnership. http://www.nhcoast.org
July 16th: Climate Ride, a 300 mile bike ride from NYC to DC to raise awareness of climate change. http://www.climateride.org/
June 18th: Acorn, an eco-friendly full service salon in Dover, shared information on chemicals in common beauty products and why it's important to switch to eco products.
May 21st: ReSTORE, a program of Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity, provided information on the services available including used and new building materials and deconstruction.
April 16th: Green builders from the seacoast area participated in a panel on building green homes.
March 19th: Eco Real Estate expert Hillary Gaynor provided insight on how green home improvements affect home values.
February 19th: Portsmouth Green Drinks and the Green Alliance hosted a green business networking event at the Portsmouth Brewery. Over 100 people participated and learned about the growing green business community in the Seacoast.
January 15th: Eva Christensen with Earthtenders discussed opportunities for seacoast businesses to incorporate composting into their waste management.
(2008) December 18th: Sustainable Development and Energy Systems
November 20th: Richard Novak, owner of Cevon, provided the 411 on the process for converting diesel engines to run on veggie oil.
October 16th: David Loehwing from Pax World Mutual Funds and Mark Wilson from Granite Bay Wealth Management discussed the principles of sustainable investing and the impacts consumers have when they invest in sustainble funds.
September 18th: Seacoast Buy Local provided information on the importance of independent businesses to the local economy and environment. http://www.seacoastlocal.org/
August 21st: Michelle Moon from Slow Food Seacoast introduced concepts of the slow food movement and discussed opportunities to get involved with supporting local growers and food producers. http://slowfoodseacoast.blogspot.com/
July 17th: Green Alliance provided information on its member businesses as well as how to join the co-op. http://www.greenalliance.biz/
June 19th: Seacoast Energy Alternatives (aka the Sea Solar Store) presented information on solar thermal systems. www.seasolarstore.com/content/
May 15th: Purely Organic Lawn Care provided an introduction to green lawn care products. www.purelyorganiclawncare.com/
April 17th: John Demos with the Alaska Wilderness League presented a beautiful slide show and facts about Alaska. www.alaskawild.org/
March 20th: Andrew Kellar, founder of Simply Green Biofuels, discussed biofuel options for the Seacoast. www.seacoastbiofuels.com/
February 21st: Portsmouth Magazine editor Sara Hamilton highlighted the upcoming Green issue. www.portsmouthmag.com/
January 17th: Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative co-founder Bert Cohen discussed the organization and opportunities for Seacoast residents to get involved. www.thepsi.net/
(2007) December 19th: Canceled due to snow. Carbon Coalition. www.carboncoalition.org/

Be Our Guest Speaker

  • Every month Green Drinks Portsmouth will feature a local business, organization, or a dynamic individual involved in some aspect of sustainability.
  • Around 6:30pm the guest speaker will address the GD crowd for 5-10 minutes, possibly teaching us something and/or providing some discussion topics for the evening.
  • There are many incredible things happening in our community that relate to sustainability. We try to bring in people who are informative on issues we care about.
  • Examples of people who have been featured or might be in the future include; the Carbon Coalition, the Piscataqua Sustainablity Initiative, an expert on residential solar power, an expert on wind energy, a member of the press, an employee from our local waste management facility, a local politician, a green business owner. . .you get the idea. We're very open to ideas.
  • If you would like to be our guest speaker or if you have a recommendation please email the GreenDrinksPortsmouth crew at joeharrison415@gmail.com.

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