hi, thursday coming up there will be a good sludge meeting at the mecklenburg fire hall at 7:30. i would love to bring others. will be leaving from ithaca. car pools are important. emmy --- Jan Quarles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Upcoming, free event about sludge dumping on our > farmlands, and what we can do about it: > > Join Back to Democracy on Friday, May 30 @ 7 pm @ > the Trumansburg Fire Hall for a presentation by > Robert Barton of Citizens for Agricultural and Rural > Responsibility (www.carrcny.org) on "The Right of > Citizens to Govern," with a focus on protesting > sludge dumping on local farmlands. > > Robert Barton, of Hector, will show the documentary > film "My Name is Allegany County" (50 min.) as an > example of how citizens came together in 1989 to > prevent a nuclear waste dump site in their county. > He will then discuss the current use of sewage > sludge on farmers' fields, and the necessity of > citizens to mobilize once again to halt this > practice. > > Sludge is treated sewage from city wastewater > plants. Some farmers spread sludge products (also > called "biosolids") on their fields for organic > content and/or as a substitute for lime. The main > reason farmers use sludge is that it is cheap. > > Sludge contains human waste, as well as anything > that goes into city sewer systems, such as household > cleaning products, medications, industrial > chemicals, hospital waste, and pathogens (disease > organisms). Sludge used to be dumped in the ocean, > but the practice was so destructive that it was > outlawed in 1991. > > * * * * * > The Trumansburg Fire Hall is located on Rte 96 (W > Main St.), just north of the center of Trumansburg, > across 96 from the Park 'n Ride (which is next to > the site of the T-burg Farmers' Market). Free > parking is available in the fire hall lot, but > please don't block the firehouse doors in front or > back. If the lot is full, parking is permitted along > Rte 96. > > All meetings are free, open to all, and handicap > accessible. We are all volunteers, so donations are > appreciated. > > Back To Democracy is a group of volunteer progessive > activists seeking to engage citizens in > participatory democracy. Our aims include citizen > control of government, election and campaign finance > reform, demilitarization of our society, media > reform, liberation from corporate control, a clean > environment as a human right, and the development of > more sustainable ways of living as a community. > > Margo Alexander > Michael Dineen > Lou Johns > Jan Quarles > DD Stevens > www.backtodemocracy.org > > Questions? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * * * * * * > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the > Tompkins County area, please visit: > http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information > for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
