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Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Course
The focus of this year’s 72 hour Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Certification Course is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculture productivity in the Northeastern portion of the United States. Working with the existing elements of nature, students will learn to develop a long range plan to design a harmonious integration of landscape, human activity and farming using Channery Hill Farm in Callicoon Center New York as a subject. Guest speakers and instructors will include Andrew Leslie Phillips of Hancock Permaculture and local…
Find out more »Financial Benefits of Land Conservation Program
Learn how to keep cherished lands in the family, protect your lands and waters forever, and receive financial and estate planning benefits from doing so. Attend “Financial Benefits of Land Conservation,” offered on two convenient dates in PA and NY. Delaware Highlands Conservancy Executive Director, Sue Currier, will discuss how conservation easements and agricultural easements are key tools for area residents. Monday October 29th, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Liberty Senior Center, 119 North Main Street, Liberty, NY, 12754. Local…
Find out more »Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Course
The focus of this year’s 72 hour Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Certification Course is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculture productivity in the Northeastern portion of the United States. Working with the existing elements of nature, students will learn to develop a long range plan to design a harmonious integration of landscape, human activity and farming using Channery Hill Farm in Callicoon Center New York as a subject. Guest speakers and instructors will include Andrew Leslie Phillips of Hancock Permaculture and local…
Find out more »Dear Governor Cuomo Screenings
The Hudson Valley Programmers Group is presenting Jon Bowermaster’s anti-fracking documentary, Dear Governor Cuomo (Opening Night film at the 2012 Woodstock Film Festival) at a number of theaters across the Hudson Valley and other NY theaters over the next month. Bowermaster will be present at all the screenings for a Q&A along with special guests including anti-fracking activists and celebrities. Screenings will take place: November 12, 6:30pm Cornell Cinema, Cornell University 104 Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850 November 13, 7pm Seelig Theater, SCCC 112…
Find out more »State of the State Rally to Stop Fracking in New York
Join Us for a Rally to Stop Fracking in NY at Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address The New Yorkers Against Fracking coalition is calling on all New Yorkers to come to Albany for a rally to keep fracking out of our beloved state. We will take our message right to the Governor as we gather outside the annual State of the State Address, delivered by Andrew Cuomo. We’ve never needed your voices more than now. Just last week,…
Find out more »NYS Assembly Hearings on DEC’s Proposed HVHF Regulations
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ASSEMBLY ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS REVIEW COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SUBJECT: The Department of Environmental Conservation’s proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing regulations PURPOSE: To receive comment on the High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing regulations proposed by the Department of Environmental Conservation Albany Thursday January 10, 2013 9:30 a.m. Hamilton Hearing Room B Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor Albany, New York On September 28, 2011, the New York State Department of Environmental…
Find out more »NOFA-NY Winter Conference
New York State Legislature Budget Hearing on Health
Come to the New York State Legislature budget hearing on health in Albany this Wednesday to hear Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah testify.
Find out more »Outdoor Recreation on Catskill Lands – Presentation
Outdoor Recreation on Catskill Lands – Presentation Thursday, Jan 31st, 4:30 – 6:00 pm at the Olive Town Meeting Hall Joint Release from: The Catskill Heritage Alliance, Catskill Mountainkeeper, The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development Contacts: Kathy Nolan, Catskill Mountainkeeper, 845-688-9702, [email protected] Jonathan Mogelever, Catskill Center, 845-586-2611, [email protected] Outdoor Recreation on Catskill Lands Brings 2.5 Million People, Thousands of Jobs, and $115 million, Study Shows Public Forum Will Discuss Findings and Their Implications for Development [Shokan, NY – January 18, 2013] What are the open…
Find out more »Screening of Jon Bowermaster’s film “Dear Governor Cuomo”
6:00 Dinner by New World Home Cooking (must pre-pay) 7:00 Featured screening of Jon Bowermaster’s inspiring film “Dear Governor Cuomo.” A cross between “The Last Waltz” & “An Inconvenient Truth” this film blends music with a powerful message: Ban fracking now! Post-film mini-concert by Natalie Merchantand Friends.
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