CHEARS, the CHeseapeake Education, Arts and Research Society, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the health of all who share the Chesapeake watershed environment. We are a tribe of friends and volunteers, natural and social scientists, artists, educators, and families who are learning together and empowering others in ecology, stewardship, and artistic expression for the Cheseapeake Bay Watershed and its major drainage basins -- the East-Shore-MD, East-Shore-VA, Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahannock, Susquehanna, West-Shore-MD, and York basins. We take inspiration from all cultures that recognize the inter-connectedness of all organisms and places within the web of life. We have a special focus on the cross-species, cross-place, and cross-time linkages. We explore linkages between our homes in urban, suburban and rural areas in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Equally important to us are the temporal linkages, as we look to connect our past heritage and our future visions for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and our relationship to the past, current and future worldwide Earth community. [Learn more about our Projects, our People, and how to Join.]

Stone Soup Project is Launched! September 28, 2008 — Pictured here are Richard and Michael McMullin, performing at the first Stone Soup Equinox Music Festival held in Greenbelt MD on September 21. The Stone Soup Project celebrated the Equinox 2008 with a 9-lives yard sale goods exchange on Saturday to raise money for the Greenman Festival musical program and held a music festival on Sunday both in Roosevelt Center. Stone Soup became a project of CHEARS in August of 2008. Stone Soup Chef Richard McMullin hopes to organize periodic music, arts, and craft festivals to help celebrate the changing of seasons to build community and replenish our hope and purpose. On Sunday October 5, Stone Soup is sponsoring a Harvest Festival. More on this Image Image of the Week Archives

A time to Harvest, A time to Celebrate!
October 5, 2008 — The Fifth Annual Harvest Festival, sponsored by CHEARS, will take place on Sunday October 5, 2008, from Noon to 8 pm in the Roosevelt Center city park in Greenbelt, MD. The event will include arts, crafts, and live music, featuring Transcendent Third, The Gliders, Jack Couldn’t Make It, The Druthers, CliffArt, 95 Bluesberry Way, The Scrub Pines, and James and Martha. For more information please contact CHEARS at stonesoup@chears.org or call 301-806-8796, and view our Harvest Festival Flyer.
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Reel and Meal movie - "King Corn" on 9/15 at the New Deal Cafe
September 9, 2008 — The documentary, King Corn (88 min.) will be shown at the New Deal Café on Monday, September 15th, beginning at 7:00 pm. It is sponsored by The Reel and Meal at the New Deal, which is a monthly film series that explores vital environmental and social issues and is sponsored by a consortium of Greenbelt organizations interested in preserving our environment. There is no charge for admission. Beginning at 6:30 pm an optional vegan buffet meal will be offered by Chef Karim for $12.00.

Coordinator, Greenbelt Climate Action Network


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