Salem Living Green Expo Set For Saturday

SALEM, MA — Salem's Living Green Expo set for Saturday will include exhibitor talks about offshore wind, community farming and sustainability as well as information from nearly three dozen municipal and civic organizations.

The Expo is set for Salem's Old Town Hall and Derby Square.

Representatives from Crowley/Avangrid will be on hand at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the new Salem Wind Offshore Port and provide updates on the project's development.

City Councilor and local farmer Andy Varela will lead a discussion at 11:15 a.m. on community farming with the Mack Park Food Farm and the city's pending ordinance banning styrofoam.

Salem Sustainability Engagement Coordinator Stacy Kilb will speak at noon on the differences, advantages and disadvantages of cooking with gas, electricity and induction as part of her work to help make sure city departments and residents choose greener paths.

Other groups scheduled to attend the Expo include:

A&A Services Inc.
Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team
Change Is Simple
Citizen Climate Lobby
Crowley Corporation
Crowley Wind Services
Dan Proulx, Animal Control/Coyote Guy
Derby Square Architects
Endless Energy (Heat Pumps)
Energy Sage
Green Burial Association of MA
HeatSmart Alliance
HomeWorks Energy/ Mass Save
Seagrass
Peregrine Energy Group/Mass Power Choice
Plastic Recycled
Salem Alliance for the Environment
Salem Bicycling & Shared Path Advisory Committee
Salem Community Gardens
Salem Native Nursery/Friends of Salem Woods
Salem MA Police
Salem Sustainability, Energy, and Resiliency Committee
Salem Sound Coastwatch/Ipswich River Watershed Assoc.
Salem State University (PIRG)
Salem State Sustainability
Salem Wildlife Rescue
SalemRecycles Committee
ServPro
Solar United Neighbors via Bike Committee
Unpacked Living

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)