Event Date: 04/23/2008
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Growing Tully, NY Green: A Community Forum Important for Our Future

Growing Tully Green, The Next Steps to Protecting Our Environment is a community forum to be held Wednesday evening, April 23 in the Tully Junior-Senior High School Auditorium.

This forum will bring together panelists from industry, government, education, local construction, non-profit organizations and community youth to present views and activities in providing an improved environment for the generations of the future.

Displays will be available to inform and educate the community at 6:00 pm that evening. This will be from students as well as from local organizations and businesses using environmentally friendly techniques.

The panel will begin in the auditorium at 7:00 pm. Admission to what promises to be an educational and informative event is free and is open to all. In addition to displays and presentations, there will be an opportunity for questions from those in attendance at this important event.

Mark your calendars for Wednesday evening, April 23 to learn what is happening in your own community to protect the environment in which we live. See the informative displays beginning at 6 pm in the Junior Senior High School and participate in the Community Forum at 7 pm in the auditorium for Growing Tully Green, The Next Steps to Protecting Our Environment.

For more information, contact Mayor Scott J. Clark (TullyMayor@aol.com)

This event is a Candidate Forum
Filed Under: Central & Western NY

Event Date: 02/20/2008
1:00pm - 12:00pm

The New York Chapter of The Wildlife Society will hold its annual meeting, “From Wind to Willows to Wildlife," on the impacts of biofuel production on biodiversity.

Location:

Owego Treadway Inn - Owego, NY 

Click here for more information. 

This event is a Candidate Forum
Filed Under: Central & Western NY

Event Date: 02/21/2008
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Spend an evening with guest speaker Milton Puryear, of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiatives. He will offer valuable lessons he's learned as a community activist while working with government officials, real estate developers and funders over a ten year period. The second portion of the program will feature strategizing about the challenges presented in the proposed Queens East River Greenway and how to get it built the right way.

Location:

Greater Astoria Historical Society, Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor (at the corner of 36th Street), Queens, New York CitySubway: Take the N/W train to Broadway. Sponsored by Green Shores NYC and the Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee.

Please RSVP to Karen.Overton@parks.nyc.gov

This event is a Candidate Forum

Event Date: 01/30/2008
7:00pm - 1:00pm

For three days, beginning on Wednesday, January 30, The College of New Rochelle will participate in Focus The Nation, an unprecedented national educational symposia on global warming solutions for America. FTN's goal is to create a dialogue and promote civic engagement with local, state and federal political leaders nationwide on environmental issues.

All events will take place on the college's main campus at 9 Castle Place in New Rochelle, Westchester County. Here is the full schedule, but to learn more, visit the Focus the Nation Web site.

Wednesday, January 30, 7 p.m.

Focus The Nation at CNR will kick off with "The Daily Planet: On the Front Lines of Climate Change, from the North Pole to the White House," a keynote address by Andrew Revkin, environmental reporter for The New York Times.

Thursday, January 31, 9 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

CNR will host a full day of presentations, panel and round-table discussions, student showcases and a student forum with local politicians on environmental issues, beginning with roundtable breakfast discussions on climate change themes hosted by Honors Program students. Presentations throughout the day will include:

• Psychology's ABCs of the Environmental Crisis: Attitudes, Behavior & Change
• Environmentalism in France, Germany and Canada
• Ecofeminism and Climate Change
• Environmental Challenges in Developing Nations
• The Price of Climate Change: Some Ethical Considerations
• Climate Change and Human Health
• Agreements on Climate Change: US & International Policies

(for the complete list of presentations, visit www.cnr.edu/focusthenation.html)

 

From 12:15 - 2 p.m., students will showcase their artwork, projects and displays on the theme of climate change, including a bicycle-powered generator and other environmentally-friendly technologies.

From 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., there will be a screening of 2% Solution, a national, interactive webcast, featuring Stanford climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, and green jobs pioneer Van Jones.

The day will conclude with "Green Democracy," a forum with student leaders and local political leaders, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Romita Auditorium. The moderator will be Paul Gallay, Executive Director, Westchester Land Trust and member of the Westchester County Global Warming Task Force and Westchester Chapter of the New York League of Conservation Voters. Panelists will include:

• Peter M. Iwanowicz, Director, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Office of Climate Change
• Nicola Coddington, Energy Conservation Coordinator, Town of Greenburgh, Member, NYS Renewable Energy Task Force and Westchester County Global Warming Task Force
• Noam Bramson, Mayor, City of New Rochelle

 

Friday, February 1, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Faculty and students from CNR's Education Department and Environmental Studies Program will host campus visits by local school groups to participate in "Educating Children about Climate Change," a program of activities and discussions about climate change.

This event is a Candidate Forum
Filed Under: Westchester

Event Date: 01/30/2008
7:30pm - 7:30pm

GreenYorktown invites you to a free public home energy forum on Wednesday, January 30th at 7:30 p.m.

Patrice Courtney Strong from Mid-Hudson Energy Smart Communities, an outreach project of NYSERDA , will speak about ways to reduce your energy burden, save money and talk about energy efficiency programs available through the New York Energy $mart Program.

To find out more, contact greenyorktown@aol.com, or visit greenyorktown.synthasite.com. You can also visit GreenYorktown's blog at greenyorktown.blogspot.com.

Location:

Grace Lutheran Church, 3830 Gomer Street, Yorktown Heights, corner of Gomer and Curry Streets

This event is a Candidate Forum
Filed Under: Westchester

Event Date: 11/17/2007
10:00am - 1:30pm

This year the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is taking a different approach to seeking public input about proposed fare and toll increases by offering an interactive workshop in addition to the traditional public hearing format.

Modeled after successful "town hall" - style events such as Listening to the City, which drew 5,000 participants to discuss post-9/11 plans for lower Manhattan, the MTA's "public engagement workshop" aims to seek input from riders who want a meaningful process about fare options and rebuilding priorities for the future.

The event is being co-sponsored by NYLCV, which is part of the Empire State Transportation Alliance, a coalition of business, labor, environmental and civic groups dedicated to seeing a robust transportation investment program to sustain New York's economic growth and environmental quality.

If you want to take part in this new style of public input, sign up HERE and show the MTA there is interest in taking a new approach.

Participation is free, but space is limited to 300 seats and pre-registration required.

Here's are the logistics:

Saturday, November 17, 2007
10:00 am - 1:30 pm (registration begins at 9:30 am)
New York University
Kimmel Center KC Rosenthal Pavilion,10th Floor
60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
(lunch provided)

Directions:
W 4th St at Washington Sq, Manhattan
Subway Services: A, C, D, E, F, to W 4 St; 1 to Christopher St; N, R, to 8 St; 6 to Astor Pl
Bus Services: M1, M2, M3, M5, M6, M8, M21

EVENT REGISTRATION
Online: www.mta.info/workshop/
Phone: 212-878-7483

This event is a Candidate Forum

Event Date: 10/03/2006
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Meet Andrew Cuomo and Jeanine Pirro, candidates for New York State Attorney General, as they present their environmental vision and take your questions.

It will take place at:

Baruch College/CUNY School of Public Affairs
135 East 22nd Street (Lexington Ave)
3rd Floor - Room 301.

Lunch will be provided.

Space is limited so please RSVP by Wednesday, September 27th to Ilene Kaplowitz or call (212) 361-6350 ext. 205.

This event is a Candidate Forum