Wow. Excellent idea and program. Better late than never. Tony Del Plato On Jan 13, 2008 2:16 PM, Margaret McCasland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Clearwater is cosponsoring the > following FOCUS THE NATION event: > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Public Forum on Climate Change > January 30th, 7pm to 10pm > Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center > Route 9D, about 2 miles north of the Beacon-Newburgh bridge > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > NYS DEC's Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center, in > partnership with the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, will > host a special forum on the most urgent environmental > challenge of our time, global climate change. A web cast, > called "The 2% Solution" focusing on what individual > citizens can do, will be aired at 8pm, in Stony Kill's > geothermally-heated learning center. Pete Seeger will lead a > few songs and then join a panel of Hudson Valley > environmentalists and scholars for presentations before the > webcast, with discussion and question-and-answer session > following it at 9pm. > > The panel will also include Manna Jo Greene, Environmental > Director of Clearwater, Les Hulcoop of Dutchess Co. > Cooperative Extension, who works with farmers to produce > biomass crops to be used for heat and power, and Professor > Lucy Johnson, Environmental Archeologist and Sustainability > Coordinator at Vassar College. This program is part of a > national teach-in, the largest in U.S. history, which will > help to prepare millions of students to become leaders in > the largest civilizational challenge any generation has > faced. > > For more information please call Rich Parisio at Stony Kill: > 845-831-8780, x302 or to find a FOCUS THE NATION 2% Solution > event nearer to you please see: > http://www.focusthenation.org > > For driving directions to Stony Kill Farm: > http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/1833.html#directions > > > Wishing you all a happy, healthy, prosperous and sustainable > New Year. > > May Peace and Justice Prevail. > > Manna > > Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director > Hudson River Sloop Clearwater > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. - Paula Poundstone _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
