[sustainable_tompkins-l] Save the Date! Syracuse Climate Solutions Summit

[Lindsay Speer]

Please spread the word, and share us on social media!



*Save the Date! *

*Announcing the 2018 Climate Solutions Summit in Syracuse, NY on May 19th!*
Join us at the 2018 Climate Solutions Summit for powerful keynotes, panels,
case studies and workshops on renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean
transportation, movement building, environmental justice and more!

*Date*: Saturday, May 19th, 2018
*Time*: 9:00am – 5:00pm
*Location*: Fowler High School, 227 Magnolia St, Syracuse, NY 13204


*Our Mission:*
The Climate Solutions Summit aims to build a larger movement across the
northeast that is prepared to take action to implement effective climate
solutions. We seek to provide an opportunity for organizers and all people
from communities across the region to come together to share projects, case
studies, resources, experiences and skills to tackle climate change and
implement solutions.

*Follow Us on Social Media!*
Please like our page on Facebook
, RSVP to the Event on
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! Join the conversation
online and use
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Next week: Renewable Heat Workshops in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo!

[Lindsay Speer]

Please share widely!  I went to two of the workshops in the Hudson Valley
last month.  Jay Egg is great.  There will be installers at each one too,
following the Solarize model of organizing.

Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy calculate that we
need conversion of 126,000 buildings per year from fossil fuels to
efficient electric in order to meet NY’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions 40% by 2030.

This is where it starts.

Actually, Heat Smart Tompkins is way ahead of the rest of us.  So let's
revise that to say "this is where the rest of us start catching up."


Lindsay Speer
Director, Creating Change
www.creatingchangeconsulting.com

315-383-7210
lindsaysp...@gmail.com




View this email in your browser
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*Meeting Our Climate Goals:The Renewable Heat Transition Heats up!*

*Our campaign is heating up! The **Renewable Heat Now*
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=1598ec2e54=e2e030dabf>
*campaign
is about to embark on its third tour. Member organizations include:
Alliance for a Green Economy, New Yorkers for Clean Power, NY-GEO,
HeatSmart Tompkins, Sane Energy Project, and FrackAction. We will bring *
*workshops*
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=015b8d1671=e2e030dabf>*
for the public and **CEU courses*
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=62804686b1=e2e030dabf>*
for architects, engineers, construction managers, building owners, and
students to Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse during the week of November
13.*

*And on Dec. 6 we will host a rally and press conference
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=1b1f7cf3b2=e2e030dabf>
in Albany to bring our message to Governor Cuomo! *

Currently almost 40% of NYS greenhouse gas emissions come from heating and
cooling buildings, and we must switch from fossil fuel combustion to
renewable heating and cooling technologies in order to combat climate
change and reach our renewable energy goals. We already have efficient
electric technologies for this; and we must implement these technologies,
*not* build more fossil fuel infrastructure. An excellent example is
Albany's Empire State Plaza; instead of burdening an economically
disadvantaged neighborhood with a fracked gas plant, the Empire Plaza could
use geothermal heating and cooling. This opportunity is outlined in Jay
Egg's November 6 article in Renewable Energy World
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=11939c91ec=e2e030dabf>.


Jay Egg
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=9f0bf02618=e2e030dabf>,
nationally recognized renewable energy expert in geothermal and HVAC
expert, is our main workshop presenter. He will explain how electric heat
pumps can efficiently heat and cool our homes and eliminate the need to
burn fossil fuels. Staff from the Renewable Heat Now coalition
organizations will introduce the campaign, describe the platform, and
outline opportunities for the public to be engaged in the transition to
renewable heating and cooling in New York State.

*Public Workshops*:



*Monday, November 13 - The Factory
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=4a7e8d8cdf=e2e030dabf>
33 Russell St. Rochester, NY
<https://maps.google.com/?q=33+Russell+St.+Rochester,+NY=gmail=g>Doors
open at 6pm. Event at 6:30pm.Tour of the Factory geothermal system
following the event!*

*Tuesday, November 14 - UB Main St. Campus
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=60db7d593c=e2e030dabf>
*

*403 Hayes Hall (3435 Main St.) Buffalo, NYDoors open at 5:30pm. Event at
6pm.*



*Wednesday, November 15 - Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=d962decb16=e2e030dabf>5110
Jamesville Road DeWitt, NYDoors open at 6:15pm. Event at 6:30pm.*

Jay will also, in conjunction with NYSERDA, offer a five-credit Continuing
Education course
<https://allianceforagreeneconomy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ad5d537e96ebbd843e30ef69=f57f6d0215=e2e030dabf>
for
architects, engineers, HVAC specialists, building construction folks,
students, and members of the public who would like to dive more deeply into
the technology of ground-sourced (geothermal) heating and cooling systems.
Titled *Are you ready for the transition to renewable heating and cooling?
Learn what you need to know about geothermal heat pumps**,* the course will
be offered in Buffalo and Syracuse*.*

*CEU

[sustainable_tompkins-l] May 13: Mushroom growing workshop in Syracuse

[Lindsay Speer]

Growing Mushrooms Outside in Totems & Wood Chip Beds

*Sat, May 13, 2017*

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT


Bread and Roses Collective

405 Westcott Street

Syracuse, NY 13210

View Map
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-mushrooms-outside-in-totems-wood-chip-beds-registration-33740720403#map-target>

REGISTER HERE
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-mushrooms-outside-in-totems-wood-chip-beds-registration-33740720403>
 $40


Learn how to grow mushrooms outside using sawdust spawn.In this workshop
we'll teach how to make totems to grow oyster mushrooms and wood chip beds
for wine caps (stropharia). Each participant will take home a pre-cut
log (9-12"
diameter, 27-32" long) and sawdust spawn to make their own oyster mushroom
totem. We'll also provide handouts on both methods.

The workshop will be taught by SUNY ESF student Kayo Green, who has studied
fungus-soil relations and former Extension Educator Jessica Maxwell, who
has been cultivating log and wood chip grown mushrooms for almost 10 years.

Three strains of oyster mushroom spawn will be available; choose your
prefered strain when registering. Register early for widest selection!
Click for full descriptions:

Italian: <https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/?item=646> *fall fruiting, one
of the finest culinary oysters, also widely considered medicinal*
Grey: <https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/?item=643> *spring/fall fruiting,
one of the most reliable and productive oyster strains*
Golden: <https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/?item=640> *summer fruiting,
delicate flavor, incredibly beautiful golden yellow color*

This is a hands-on experience, please dress appropriately.

*REGISTER HERE:*
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-mushrooms-outside-in-totems-wood-chip-beds-registration-33740720403




Lindsay Speer
Director, Creating Change
www.creatingchangeconsulting.com

315-383-7210
lindsaysp...@gmail.com

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Syracuse Feb. 17 Workshop on Switching NY to fossil-free heat

[Lindsay Speer]

This should be an interesting workshop, particularly for those of us who
fought fracking and stand in solidarity with Standing Rock... how do we
affordably get our home heating off of fossil fuels?

Climate Friendly Residential Heating & Cooling
Green Bag Lunch
Friday, February 17, 12:00 – 1:30pm
Syracuse Center of Excellence, 727 E. Washington St., Syracuse, NY
FB Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/139641253212323/



 Join us to learn about renewable heating and cooling
View this email in your browser

*What is renewable heating and cooling, and how do we get it?*

In New York, most of us use fossil fuels to heat our homes and workplaces,
and this is responsible for a large portion of the greenhouse gas emissions
in the state. This is also driving gas infrastructure and pipelines in New
York.

Next week, Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D., Project Scientist at the Institute for
Energy and Environmental Research, will be speaking at locations across New
York State about the findings of his study that will be released on
Monday, "Making Residential Heating and Cooling Climate-Friendly in New
York State."

These free, open-to-the-public workshops will discuss the economics,
technologies, and benefits of renewable-ready space heating and the
policies that will equitably transition New York to air-source and
ground-source (geothermal) heat pumps.

THIS IS TIMELY. Governor Cuomo just announced a proposed $15 Million rebate
program for renewable heating and cooling
.
This is a big victory that many of you helped make happen with your phone
calls and postcards. NYSERDA is taking comments through March 10. Our
workshops provide an opportunity to learn about renewable-ready heating and
cooling technologies and policies in order to take advantage of these
rebates and to comment NYSERDA's proposal.

Please join us at a workshop near you!

*Buffalo:*
Climate Friendly Residential Heating and Cooling
Monday, February 13, 6:00-7:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, 695 Elmwood at Ferry, Buffalo, NY
2nd Floor Alliance Room
FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/731914193626187/


*Peekskill:*
We have the Solutions! Renewable-ready space heating!
Wednesday, February 15, 6:00-8:30pm
Breadrunner Cafe
201 South Division St.
Peekskill, NY
FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/605425256321206/


*New York City*
How do We Keep Ourselves from Freezing and Keep the Planet from Burning?
Thursday, February 16, 6:00-8:30pm
Patagonia Soho, 72 Greene St, New York, NY
2nd Floor Environmental Loft (wheelchair accessible with elevator to the
right of the front door)
FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/262687127501313/


*Syracuse*
Climate Friendly Residential Heating & Cooling
Green Bag Lunch
Friday, February 17, 12:00 – 1:30pm
Syracuse Center of Excellence, 727 E. Washington St., Syracuse, NY
FB Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/139641253212323/


Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) is co-organizing these workshops with
New Yorkers for Clean Power, Sane Energy Project, NY-GEO, FrackAction, PUSH
Buffalo, Greening USA, Western New York Peace Center, Risist Spectra, and
Sierra Club Niagara Group, and Safe Energy Rights Group.

Please help us spread the word. Post this message to your social media or
share with friends you think would be interested:

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Can’t make it to an event? Don’t worry. We will be launching a website
shortly with links to the study, information from the tour, and talking
points for your comments next week. Stay tuned!
Alliance for a Green Economy is a grassroots 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] 7 PM Tuesday- film about local indigenous efforts to protect water

[Lindsay Speer]

7 PM Tuesday November 1
*FILM:  The Good Mind*
Q with filmmaker, local indigenous leaders to follow.
Robert Purcell Community Center Auditorium, Cornell University
Open to the public.

Tadadaho Sid Hill (Onondaga Nation), Jeanne Shenandoah (Onondaga Nation),
Faithkeeper Oren Lyons (Onondaga Nation) and filmmaker Gwendolen Cates at a
special screening of The Good Mind. Cates has recently returned from
Standing Rock and all will be available for Q after the film.

The Onondaga Nation in central New York State is the Central Fire of the
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). This sovereign indigenous government,
which follows the Great Law of Peace, inspired American democracy. The
Onondagas advocate for the environment and share prophecies about climate
change, while engaged in a battle with the state over ancestral lands
stolen in defiance of a treaty with George Washington.

The Good Mind is the Onondaga and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy)
philosophy and way of life. When the Peacemaker brought his message 1,000
years ago to the shores of sacred Onondaga Lake, he united warring peoples
with a system of governance based on using the Good Mind to make decisions
not only for the present, but for the next seven generations.

Sponsored by the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program,
Multicultural Resource Center, and TST Boces.


Lindsay Speer
Director, Creating Change
www.creatingchangeconsulting.com

315-383-7210
lindsaysp...@gmail.com

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] The Good Mind - a film about the Onondaga Nation - Premieres 4/30 in Syracuse!

[Lindsay Speer]

We're working on an Ithaca showing in late May.   =)

Lindsay Speer
Director, Creating Change
www.creatingchangeconsulting.com

315-383-7210
lindsaysp...@gmail.com

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Maura Stephens <msteph...@ithaca.edu>
wrote:

> Looks great! I can’t be there that day; will it be showing anywhere else
> in the region
> Thanks!
> Maura
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Lindsay Speer <lindsaysp...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Please spread the word!
>
> *The Good Mind*
> *12:30 PM Saturday, April 30*
> *Palace Theater*
> *Syracuse, NY*
>
> Tickets available <http://www.filminsyracuse.com/#!springfest-2016/c1c6w>
> through the Syracuse Film Festival's SpringFest
> $10 each or $15 couple
>
> Facebook event page
> <https://www.facebook.com/events/1037781902960419/permalink/1044539862284623/>
>
> “*The Good Mind” premieres locally at SpringFest film festival*
>
> *Film highlights people, issues, and culture of the Onondaga Nation*
>
>
> Syracuse, NY—A new film featuring the Onondaga Nation will premiere in
> Central New York on April 30, 2016 during the Syracuse International Film
> Festival’s third annual SpringFest. “The Good Mind,” a new film by New York
> filmmaker Gwendolen Cates, follows Onondaga Nation leaders as they
> continue the efforts of their ancestors to protect their sovereignty, their
> culture, and the environment while seeking justice over ancestral lands
> that were stolen in defiance of a treaty with George Washington. The
> Onondaga Nation, one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee, is one of the
> few Native nations in North America that has retained its traditional
> government and language, and a portion of its ancestral lands.
>
>
> A panel discussion will follow the film, including the filmmaker, Onondaga
> Nation Faithkeeper Oren Lyons, and Joseph Heath, General Counsel for the
> Onondaga Nation. Two other short films will be shown in the same time slot,
> including “My Identity” and “Iroquois Creation Story.”
>
>
> “This film tells our story,” states Sid Hill, the Tadodaho of the
> Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). “It shares how as a nation we still
> raise up our leaders in our traditional way while maintaining our
> responsibilities to Mother Earth and our communities, as we have done for
> over a thousand years, and how we have remained relevant in a modern
> world.”
>
>
> The movie explores the Onondaga Nation’s role in many of the environmental
> issues of our day, from Onondaga Lake to fracking to climate change, as
> well as the importance of lacrosse and of traveling on their own passports.
> The movie also provides deep insights into the Onondaga Nation’s Land
> Rights Action, which was filed as a petition with the Organization of
> American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in April 2014
> after legal remedies were exhausted within the United States’ court system.
>
>
> “Learning about the Treaty of Canandaigua was my moment of realizing the
> Onondaga Nation’s story needed to be told,” said filmmaker Gwendolen Cates.
> “George Washington promised recognition and protection of Haudenosaunee
> lands, and the cloth payments for that treaty still arrive at Onondaga
> every year. But New York State, in defiance of the Canandaigua Treaty stole
> most of the Onondaga Nation’s lands. Onondaga Lake, where the Peacemaker
> brought together the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca Nations
> to form the Haudenosaunee confederacy over 1000 years ago, was so badly
> polluted that it became a Superfund site. And yet the Onondaga Nation
> continues to work with their neighbors to protect the lands from further
> degradation.”
>
>
> Cates first met Onondaga Nation leaders in 2000 while working on her book*,
> Indian Country*. Numerous short film projects ultimately led to the
> creation of *The Good Mind*, including the award-winning film *Guswenta *about
> the 400th anniversary of the first treaty between the Haudenosaunee and
> the Dutch in 2013.
>
>
> Since 2003, the Syracuse International Film Festival continues to
> entertain, inform and inspire the community through innovative and engaging
> film and media. SpringFest, held the last weekend in April, celebrates
> local life with a great line-up of films with a CNY connection.
>
>
> “The Good Mind” will be shown on April 30, 2016 at 12:30 PM as a part of
> Syracuse International Film Festival’s SpringFest 2016 event at the Palace
> Theatre in Syracuse, NY.
>
>
> ###
>
>
> For more information please visit the following sites:
>
>
> The Good Mind www.thegoodmindfilm.com
>
>
> Syracuse International Film Festival http://www.filminsyracuse.com
>
>
&

[sustainable_tompkins-l] The Good Mind - a film about the Onondaga Nation - Premieres 4/30 in Syracuse!

[Lindsay Speer]

Please spread the word!

*The Good Mind*
*12:30 PM Saturday, April 30*
*Palace Theater*
*Syracuse, NY*

Tickets available <http://www.filminsyracuse.com/#!springfest-2016/c1c6w>
through the Syracuse Film Festival's SpringFest
$10 each or $15 couple

Facebook event page
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1037781902960419/permalink/1044539862284623/>

“*The Good Mind” premieres locally at SpringFest film festival*

*Film highlights people, issues, and culture of the Onondaga Nation*



Syracuse, NY—A new film featuring the Onondaga Nation will premiere in
Central New York on April 30, 2016 during the Syracuse International Film
Festival’s third annual SpringFest. “The Good Mind,” a new film by New York
filmmaker Gwendolen Cates, follows Onondaga Nation leaders as they continue
the efforts of their ancestors to protect their sovereignty, their culture,
and the environment while seeking justice over ancestral lands that were
stolen in defiance of a treaty with George Washington. The Onondaga Nation,
one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee, is one of the few Native
nations in North America that has retained its traditional government and
language, and a portion of its ancestral lands.



A panel discussion will follow the film, including the filmmaker, Onondaga
Nation Faithkeeper Oren Lyons, and Joseph Heath, General Counsel for the
Onondaga Nation. Two other short films will be shown in the same time slot,
including “My Identity” and “Iroquois Creation Story.”



“This film tells our story,” states Sid Hill, the Tadodaho of the
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). “It shares how as a nation we still
raise up our leaders in our traditional way while maintaining our
responsibilities to Mother Earth and our communities, as we have done for
over a thousand years, and how we have remained relevant in a modern
world.”



The movie explores the Onondaga Nation’s role in many of the environmental
issues of our day, from Onondaga Lake to fracking to climate change, as
well as the importance of lacrosse and of traveling on their own passports.
The movie also provides deep insights into the Onondaga Nation’s Land
Rights Action, which was filed as a petition with the Organization of
American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in April 2014
after legal remedies were exhausted within the United States’ court system.



“Learning about the Treaty of Canandaigua was my moment of realizing the
Onondaga Nation’s story needed to be told,” said filmmaker Gwendolen Cates.
“George Washington promised recognition and protection of Haudenosaunee
lands, and the cloth payments for that treaty still arrive at Onondaga
every year. But New York State, in defiance of the Canandaigua Treaty stole
most of the Onondaga Nation’s lands. Onondaga Lake, where the Peacemaker
brought together the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca Nations
to form the Haudenosaunee confederacy over 1000 years ago, was so badly
polluted that it became a Superfund site. And yet the Onondaga Nation
continues to work with their neighbors to protect the lands from further
degradation.”



Cates first met Onondaga Nation leaders in 2000 while working on her book*,
Indian Country*. Numerous short film projects ultimately led to the
creation of *The Good Mind*, including the award-winning film *Guswenta *about
the 400th anniversary of the first treaty between the Haudenosaunee and the
Dutch in 2013.



Since 2003, the Syracuse International Film Festival continues to
entertain, inform and inspire the community through innovative and engaging
film and media. SpringFest, held the last weekend in April, celebrates
local life with a great line-up of films with a CNY connection.



“The Good Mind” will be shown on April 30, 2016 at 12:30 PM as a part of
Syracuse International Film Festival’s SpringFest 2016 event at the Palace
Theatre in Syracuse, NY.



###



For more information please visit the following sites:



The Good Mind www.thegoodmindfilm.com



Syracuse International Film Festival http://www.filminsyracuse.com



The Onondaga Nation www.onondaganation.org






Lindsay Speer
Director, Creating Change
www.creatingchangeconsulting.com

315-383-7210
lindsaysp...@gmail.com

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] MASSIVE story on the problems with gas storage at Seneca Lake

[Lindsay Speer]

Tom Wilber, an investigative reporter with Gannett, just posted a massive
story on Seneca Lake gas storage that explains the concerns in-depth.
Please share!

http://www.ithacajournal.com/longform/news/local/2015/06/26/seneca-gas-storage-debated/29272421/

It will likely appear in the weekend print papers tomorrow.

There's a great video of Watkins Glen State Park embedded in it too,
talking about concerns over the train trestle, as well as aerial photos and
videos of the bridge and Crestwood's operations.   This is important - the
DEC recently has said it can't do anything about the train trestle, that's
the federal government's job.

Here's some tweets to share it with:

Just one accident, and you will get 'Gas Explosion' when you Google
'Finger Lakes'  http://ow.ly/OQK6U @NYGovCuomo @SenGillibrand

CMLP plans to store pressurized gas in caverns with a history of questions
about their structural integrity. http://ow.ly/OQLUK

There are NO public records of safety inspections for the train trestle
over Watkins Glen State Park http://ow.ly/OQMo1
@nystateparks

READ THIS. Why gas storage at Seneca Lake is a TERRIBLE idea  community
doesn't want it: http://ow.ly/OQOWZ

Gas storage threatens Finger Lakes tourism! http://ow.ly/OQOhN @
SenGillibrand https://hootsuite.com/dashboard# @SenSchumer
https://hootsuite.com/dashboard# @NYGovCuomo
https://hootsuite.com/dashboard#

Fossil fuels are not the future the Finger Lakes region wants.
http://ow.ly/OQOWZ @NYGovCuomo deny the permit!



Thanks!

Lindsay Speer
Director, Creating Change
www.creatingchangeconsulting.com

315-383-7210
lindsaysp...@gmail.com

For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please 
visit:  http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom 
Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Thinking Globally Acting Locally - presentation at Alternatives Library by Lindsay Speer

[Lindsay Speer]

Presentation and Discussion : Thinking globally, acting locally: Why
empowering the grassroots and indigenous peoples is key to avoiding
catastrophic climate change, with Lindsay Speer, environmental organizer
and consultant. Founder of Creating Change
http://www.creatingchangeconsulting.com.

Date : *Thursday, *April 9, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location : at the Durland Alternatives Library - 127 Anabel Taylor Hall,
Cornell Campus, Ithaca NY

Description: Lindsay Speer (Natural Resources, ‘04) will be giving a short
presentation about her work as a consultant and organizer with grassroots
environmental campaigns and Native Nations.  She continues to build on ten
years of community organizing experience in Central New York, working with
the Onondaga and Cayuga Nations, and grassroots groups such as the Manlius
Greenspace Coalition, Partnership for Onondaga Creek, ShaleshockCNY, We Are
Seneca Lake, and Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, as well as coalition
groups such as New Yorkers Against Fracking.

Ms. Speer recently obtained a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy from
Vermont Law School, one of the top two environmental law schools in the
U.S., focusing her studies on land use policy, climate change, and
indigenous law. Her talk will touch on some of the cutting edge
environmental strategies, such as the Rights of Nature (or Rights of Mother
Earth), the Public Trust Doctrine, and “Blockadia” (as coined by Naomi
Klein).


The Durland Alternatives Library will be using this event as an opportunity
to examine our collection of books, D35 Organizing and Activism. Bring your
favorite book or prepare to check one out!

The event is Thursday, April 9th at 2:00pm. This is part of a weekly event
series called The Alternatives Cafe, which connects library materials to
local interests. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments are available.

Alternatives Cafe

every Thursday, from 2-4pm

at the Durland Alternatives Library

127 Anabel Taylor Hall

Ithaca, NY 14853

607-255-6486

*Join on Facebook : *

https://www.facebook.com/events/1609260709290032/

See www.alternativeslibrary.org/ for more information, and a full schedule
of events.
Learn more about Creating Change at
https://creatingchangeconsulting.wordpress.com


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