This looks like it will be a great event. There are a few from the Ithaca area that will be presenting.
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Rachel Treichler <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rachel Treichler <[email protected]> Subject: Register Now for NY Green Fest, Aug. 7-9, Alfred, NY To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:00 PM Register now for NY Green Fest 2009. Join Greens from across New York and adjoining states in Alfred, NY, Friday through Sunday, August 7 - 9, 2009, for a weekend sharing ideas and skills for sustainable living and Green politics. Sixty-five presenters offering more than 40 panels and workshops are currently scheduled for the third biennial NY Green Fest. Exhibitors will sell local food items, handmade crafts, art, books on Green topics, bicycles, and renewable energy systems at the festival's Green Fair. Musicians will perform on an outdoor solar stage. Swimming, yoga, hiking and drumming will be offered. Green Fest 2009 will be held on the campus of Alfred University in the village of Alfred, NY. Alfred is located in rural Allegany County, 80 miles south of Rochester on the Pennsylvania border. The Short Line Bus runs several buses daily between Alfred, Westchester, New York City and Long Island. Visit our website for driving directions, or to offer or request a ride. The early-bird registration fee of $65 for the weekend is available through July 7. Meals and lodging are additional. Reservations may be made online at http://nygreenfest.org/registration.html Green Fest is open to all who are interested in sustainable living and Green politics. It is a benefit for the Green Party of New York and other state Green parties in our region. For more information, visit http://nygreenfest.org/ or call 607-569-2114. Green Fest Schedule Friday, August 7, 2009 10:00 am , Registration opens 12:00 noon , Exhibits open 1:45 pm , Workshops and Panels, Session 1 3:00 pm , Workshops and Panels, Session 2 4:15 pm, Swimming, hiking, yoga 5:30-6:30 pm, Dinner in Dining Hall 7:00 pm, Forum on the Politics of Sustainability Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:30-8:30 am, Breakfast in Dining Hall 8:30 am, Workshops and Panels, Session 3 9:45 am, Forum on Sustainable Energy 11:15 am , Workshops and Panels, Session 4 12:30-1:30 pm, Lunch in Dining Hall 1:45 pm, Workshops and Panels, Session 5 3:00 pm, Workshops and Panels, Session 6 4:15 pm, Swimming, hiking, yoga, drumming 5:30-6:30 pm, Dinner in Dining Hall 7:00 pm , Forum on Politics and Nature 9:30 pm, Music and Dancing Sunday, August 9, 2009 7:30-8:30 am, Breakfast in Dining Hall 8:30 am, Workshops and Panels, Session 7 9:45 am, Forum on Regionalism and Sustainability 11:15 am , Workshops and Panels, Session 8 12:30-1:30 pm, Lunch in Dining Hall 1:45 pm, Forum on Visioning a Green Future 3:30 pm, Adjourn Workshops, Panels and Forums Allegany Anti-Nuclear Campaign Build Your Own Wind Turbine Building Local Community Building Pollywogg Holler Drawing Political Cartoons Earth Oven Workshop Economics as a Cultural System Empire to Earth Community Gas Drilling and Local Sovereignty Gaza's Dilemma Green Media Panels Importance of Political Theory Liberation Ecology Workshop Living off the Grid Local Food Supply Systems 9/11 Truth Workshop Nonviolent Communication Nut Tree Growing Workshop Organizing for Peace Out of Time: Global Warming Peak Oil Poetry from Place Workshop Political Organizing on Campus Politics of Sustainability Rainwater Catchment Systems Reality of Renewable Energy Regionalism and Sustainability Rights for Nature Spiritual Basis for Green Living Sustainability at AU Dining Hall Sustainable Cities Panel Sustainable Gardening Third Party Ballot Access Third Parties in U.S. Experience Tickletown Sustainability Projects Tofu Making Workshop Traditional Feltmaking Visioning a Green Future Watershed Protection What is Sustainability Zero Waste Workshop Confirmed Presenters This message was sent from Rachel Treichler to [email protected]. It was sent from: Treichler, PO Box 363, Hammondsport, NY 14840. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing by To be removed click here _______________________________________________ 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 Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
