Hi, I am interested and would like to attend. Helen Slottje
On 11/25/09 1:43 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, This is an effort to address matters of stewardship of the > community and the environment together. Let me know if you are interested. > Eric Hydro-fracking and becoming informed stewards of the environment: > How can we move forward as a community? On December 3, 7-10 p.m., Area > Congregations Together and Shared Journeys invite you to explore the complex > issue of gas drilling in light of our sacred and moral obligations to be > stewards of our environment and our community. We will address the issues > as matters of practicing faith and science to become informed stewards for > years and decades to come. We welcome participation from spiritual and > religious disciplines of non-theists and theists of all traditions. > Breakout groups will assist local citizens with understanding, sharing > concerns and insights, and living out a commitment to stewardship as our > community addresses issues relating to natural gas extraction in our > region. Two scientists will address what we know, don¹t know, assume, and > need to be concerned about: Dr. A. R. (Tony) Ingraffea, Dwight C. Baum > Professor of Engineering at the Cornell School of Civil and Environmental > Engineering, holds a Ph.D. in rock fracture mechanics and, in 32 years at > Cornell, has performed basic research into computer simulation of hydraulic > fracturing processes for Schlumberger, Ltd. He serves as Director of the > Cornell Fracture Group and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Engineering Fracture > Mechanics Journal. Dr. Linda P. Wagenet is Senior Extension Associate in the > Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University. Her research area > is citizen participation in environmental management, focusing on water > resources. Linda is a member of the Tompkins County Water Resources Council > and is a member of the ad hoc Gas Drilling Committee. She has an M.S. in > Water Pollution/Water Chemistry from the University of California, Davis and > a Ph.D. in Adult Environmental Education from Cornell University. She is a > member of First Congregational Church, Ithaca, NY. Framing the conversation > will be Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D., of Shared Journeys, whose expertise in > the practices of science and faith will open the session. Clay works with > individuals, families and communities to develop relationships that foster > innovative thinking and responses to seemingly intractable issues. He is a > clinically trained chaplain who has worked directly in the practices of many > of the world¹s religions, with a special emphasis on dealing with conflict. > He holds a Cornell doctorate in economic and community development planning, > addressing issues of faith and reason in public life. Whether or not > hydro-fracking goes forward, and whether or not people choose to sign leases > for drilling rights, the gains and losses will occur in many different and > often unforeseeable ways. How can we anticipate working together as > citizens of a common region? How can we document and make decisions about > the use of the environment and the well-being of the people living in it? > Over the years and decades ahead, how can we be resilient and fairly share > in the losses and gains across the community, the nation and the globe? > Following the presentations, participants will move among three different > opportunities: 1) to explore what participants can do to respond to our > politicians, state and federal regulators, 2) to promote understanding the > intricacies of the science involved, and 3) to identify and discuss what > individuals and communities can do to ³keep faith² with each other and the > environment, regardless of their positions on drilling or regulations. > Organized by: Rose Mandl and Marion Potts Co-sponsored by: > Shared Journeys and Area Congregations Together Time: > 7:00 10:00 p.m., Thursday, December 3, 2009 Location: > Tikkun v¹Or (Ithaca Reform Temple) 2550 North Triphammer Road (corner of > Burdick Hill Road) Ithaca, NY 14850 For more information, contact: > [email protected]; 607-592-6874 Eric Clay, M.Div., > Ph.D. Community Coach Shared Journeys, Inc. 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, > NY 14850 607-592-6874 [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > sharedjourneys.net (under construction) SHARED JOURNEYS That all may thrive > and none be excluded _______________________________________________ For more > information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: > http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv > information > for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailma > n/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] free hosting by > http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
