Compendium webinar
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
- Dr. Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough
- Ranjana Bhandari, Executive Director, Liveable Arlington
- Dr. Kathy Nolan, Senior Research Director, Catskill Mountainkeeper
During this presentation, Dr. Élyse Caron-Beaudoin will describe community-engaged research investigating human exposure and health outcomes linked to unconventional oil and gas development in Northeastern British Columbia. She will highlight key pathways of human exposure to contaminants associated with this industry; explain how community-based and Indigenous partnerships can inform environmental health research; and present some findings linking chemical exposure to health outcomes in impacted communities.
Ranjana Bhandari will describe Liveable Arlington's advocacy work, which is grounded in principles of intergenerational justice, climate justice, and environmental justice. The group has built diverse community coalitions to secure important victories, including halting drilling approvals near local daycares. She will explain how their organizing work uses public health research to advocate for municipal and federal protections from fracking in their frontline Barnett Shale community.
Dr. Kathy Nolan will ground the conversation with the Compendium Updates's most recent findings as well as Catskill Mountainkeeper's continued work to advance a just energy transition and keep fossil fuels out of New York State.
Webinar: Fighting Fossil Fuel Expansion in New York
Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join Catskill Mountainkeeper for a webinar briefing on the ongoing legal fights against fossil fuel proliferation in New York State, featuring environmental lawyer Mark Izeman. We’ll share updates on the legal landscape for two critical issues in our environmental advocacy: (1) stopping the latest push to build the Constitution and NESE Pipelines and (2) defending New York State’s historic ban on fracking from a new legal attack.
For more than 15 years, Catskill Mountainkeeper has been at the forefront of efforts to block the expansion of oil and gas extraction and infrastructure in New York state. Join this webinar briefing to learn more about the threats posed to our clean air and water, the history of Catskill Mountainkeeper’s success to date in opposing fossil fuel expansion, and the ongoing legal fights in federal court to ensure these protections last into the future.
Featuring Mark Izeman, Senior Attorney, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and Dr. Kathy Nolan, Senior Research Director, Catskill Mountainkeeper – with live audience Q&A.
Local Native Seed and Plant Gathering
Friday, November 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Vassar Barns in Poughkeepsie, NY
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Poughkeepsie, NY
Please join Wild Woods Restoration Project, Catskill Mountainkeeper, and graduate students at Vassar for a local ecotypic native plant and seed meet up at the Vassar Environmental Barns on Friday, November 13th, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. (We will provide lunch onsite.)
Learn about the new Catskills/Northeastern Highlands (EcoRegion 58) Native Plant and Seed Alliance; dive into collection, propagation, seed cleaning, saving, and selling resources; discover new initiatives (like Seeds in Common and the Garden Club of America’s nascent Seed the Future National Seed Initiative); network with friends and peers; and cap your day with a Seed Swap focused on seeds and plants from Ecoregion 58!
This networking and educational meeting is for everyone working on increasing access to and use of local ecotype plants and seeds in ecoregion 58 and is supported by the Catskills Native Plant and Seed Alliance and the Northeast Seed Network.
Space is limited to 100 participants, so please sign up now!
