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Gas Lease Workshop for Current, Potential and Expiring Leases
Fleased is sponsoring a free informational workshop on current, potential and expiring leases. This meeting is open to the public and Fleased suggests that you bring with you a copy of your lease. Please contact Fleased if you are interested in holding an informational workshop for leased landholders in your area.
Find out more »Catskills FarmLink Workshops
Catskills FarmLink March Workshops Wednesday, March 21: eCenter, 5 1/2 Main Street, Delhi Thursday, March 22: Duggan Community Center, 3560 State Route 55, White Lake friend on Facebook | forward to a friend
Find out more »Close Indian Point
CLOSE INDIAN POINT!! No Nukes No Fracking LOVE OUR PLANET Sunday, March 25th at 1:00 pm at Harmony, Woodstock Zoo Zoo’s Songwriter’s Sessions and Perennial Benefits for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and the Haitian People’s Support Project presents: INGRED SERTSO and KARL BERGER …
Find out more »Land Use Training: Farmland Protection and Agricultural Viability
Land use training specialists from the NYS Department of State will lead this course, designed for planning and zoning board members and anyone interested in agricultural land use issues. Farming communities face many challenges that threaten both the rural landscape and New York’s rich agricultural heritage. Development pressures to convert farmland and changes in the agricultural industry have resulted in a staggering loss of family farms and farmland, as well as agricultural support businesses. This course offers a two-tiered approach to…
Find out more »April 4th Albany Rally
SPONSORED BY FRACK FREE NATION A NEW GRASSROOTS GROUP BEING MODELED AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL “DON’T WASTE NEW YORK” CAMPAIGN. HELP CINDY SHEEHAN AND OTHERS TELL GOVERNOR CUOMO: DUMP THE ! ! dsGEIS! END DEATHS FOR DIRTY ENERGY! !! FEATURING: ! *AUTHOR CINDY SHEEHAN, BACK FROM A WORLD TOUR TO FREE THE CUBAN FIVE (4/4/12 = 8 years to the day her son, Casey, was murdered by empire’s oil wars in Iraq. *FORMER SHARON SPRINGS MAYOR ELLIOTT ADAMS, NATIONAL VETERANS…
Find out more »April 5, 2012: Statewide Call Day to Chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee
April 5, 2012: Statewide Call Day to Chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee: BAN FRACKING NOW! Western New York is the home of Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chair– Senator Grisanti. Senate bill 4220, which has been stalled in his committee, can protect the entire state from fracking by banning drilling and wastewater treatment. The senator must hear from New Yorker’s that it’s his duty, as chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee, to protect our environment and not allow drilling in the…
Find out more »NOFA-NY CSA Fair – Kingston
This Saturday, NOFA-NY will be holding its final CSA Fair of the season in Kingston. Please come out to support and learn more about the benefits of CSA memberships and the CSA opportunities in your area. The event is FREE. Meet area growers, learn about their farms, products, and CSA – and to sign up for the upcoming season! Find the CSA that’s right for you. The fairs are family friendly as well-so bring the kids! Kingston Fair Fair Street…
Find out more »Living Downstream, Expert Panel, Discussion and Q & A
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 5 – 8 pm Weis Cinema, Campus Center, Bard College Discussion and Audience Q & A With an Expert Panel Jannette Barth President, JM Barth and Associates David Carpenter, M.D. Institute for Health and Environment University of Albany (Keynote) Michael Edelstein Director, Institute for Environmental Studies Ramapo College Mark Lytle Chair, Environmental and Urban Studies, Bard College
Find out more »Gardens Filled with Life: Northeastern Native Plants
Renowned author and landscape architect Carolyn Summers will present an informative class on the current research that reveals the many ways in which native plants form the basis of the food web that supports a healthy, bio-diverse landscape. Her lecture covers ways to use a wide variety of striking native plants in a formal landscape or in a more natural setting. Come to this class and learn how to use native plants in your garden. Find out about the full…
Find out more »Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., on the dangers of hydrofracking
Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., on the dangers of hydrofracking Wednesday April 18, 7:30 pm Hunt Union Ballroom SUNY ONEONTA SUNY Oneonta’s Red Dragon Reading Series presents Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., in a special Earth Week lecture on the dangers of hydrofracking in Upstate New York. Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber, is an internationally recognized authority on the environmental links to cancer and human health. The Sierra Club has heralded Steingraber as “the new Rachel Carson,” and, indeed, she is a recipient of the Rachel…
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