Calendar
August
8.24.08, Sunday: Climate Change CentralOn Sunday, August 24, stop by Climate Change Central for bagels, coffee and conversation on the porch. Meet others who are concerned, anxious, or puzzled about climate change. 11am-1pm 545 Park Ave. Free and open to all. Bring your friends! More Info
8.28.08, Thursday: Rochester Green Living Meetup
For this month's event we have teamed up with Rochester Green Business Network to co-host their monthly event: Green Drinks. If you have never been to a green drinks event this will be a great opportunity to check it out. It is a very low-key networking gathering of business professionals and interested public as well. Drinks will be available for purchase and we are asking for a $5 donation if possible. The event will be held at Tasteology, an eco-friendly restaurant that offers organic wines and healthy food. We have the meeting room reserved for this event (look to your right when you walk in).
Location: 3400 Monroe Avenue in Pittsford, just across the street from Stein Mart.
Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm
8.28.08, Thursday: Water Scarcity in the Great Lake
Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club ~ Water Scarcity in the Great Lakes - Wayne Howard will present "Water Scarcity in the Great Lakes-Is the World's Water Supply a Public Right or a Commodity?" at the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County at Noon on Thursday, August 28. The presentation and discussion will be held in the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building at 115 South Avenue. Wayne is the Great Lakes chairperson of the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter. His presentation is in conjunction with the exhibit that is on display in the Lower Link Gallery of the Central Library. More Info
8.30.08, Saturday: 2008 Ontario Barn Festival
The 2nd annual Ontario Barn Festival will feature all day live music, BBQ, arts & crafts, promotion of solar energy, apple picking, free ice cream and face painting and lots of fun! Bring the entire family!
Discount tickets for admission and BBQ available. We recommend you get tickets in advance.
Please bring blankets and/or lawn chairs. Please do not bring pets, RVs. Alcohol may not be brought on to premises.
Five Themes:
Live Bluegrass, Roots, and Alternative music
Apple and pear picking
Sale of homemade arts and crafts
BBQ
Promotion of solar home building
Location: 513 Whitney Road, Ontario, NY, 14519
Time: noon to 8pm
September
9.2.08, Tuesday: Tipping Points book discussionTipping Points book discussion: On Tuesday, September 2nd at 6:30 PM there will be a discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's book, TIPPING POINT. The discussion will be held at Climate Change Central, 545 Park Ave in Rochester. This book is a quick read, and deals with ways certain ideas can sweep through a society practically overnight. If the circumstances are right, acceptance of an idea reaches a "tipping point.". The significance for the Climate Change folks is that if our society is going to take actions to respond to climate change in time, the need for action will have to be understood very widely, very soon. Interested people who have not read the book are welcome. More Info
9.9.08 - 9.10.08: The 4th Annual Green Building Festival in Toronto
Green Building Festival 2008 is a two day conference and expo highlighting Innovation in green building. Take an in-depth look at the real world impacts of green building, with comprehensive case studies, product analysis, visionary keynotes, and 100 exhibitors with ready-to-market green building solutions.
Location: Toronto Congress Centre
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9.14.08 - 9.16.08: Conference - Podcar City: Ithaca, NY
This pioneering international conference on sustainable transportation technology and land-use policy is poised to situate the Upstate, NY region as a global hub of a burgeoning green industry: Personal Rapid Transit (PRT).
Please go to www.podcar.org for more information and to register.
9.20.08, Saturday: International Coastal Clean Up Event in Monroe County, NY Beach clean-up
The International Coastal Clean Up is a global event with people from all over the world pitching-in to clean their shorelines. In doing so, they not only learn more about their local environment, but also about their relationship to it and their neighbors' as well.
The event began in 1993 at Durand Eastman Beach, through the ambitions and determination of a few rambunctious youth. Over the years, those youth have grown into young adults and, along with their own growth, the event grew as well. What once was a small local event at one beach is now a countywide project. Learn more.
9.28.08, Sunday: Abundance Co-op Host Sustainable Mini Lectures
Each lecture 20-30 minutes on a range of sustainable topics including worm bin composting, urban chicken-keeping, rain garden design, easy bike maintance, a canning clinic, and retrofitting an urban house with renewable energy technologies.
Location: Tay House in Cobb's Hill Park
Time: 2-5pm Potluck to follow
October
10.4.08, Saturday: The 2008 Green Buildings Open HouseThe 2008 Green Buildings Open House will take place
Saturday, October 4, 2008
10am-4pm
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10.7.08, Tuesday: Community Salute to the Environment
Community SaluteEach year CEI celebrates community leaders and initiatives that have made a positve impact on our natural environment and honors the numerous environmental accomplishments in the Greater Rochester area.
Our 2008 keynote speaker is Dr. Thomas E. Drennen of Sandia National Laboratories & Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Drennen, author of "Pathways to a Hydrogen Future", will speak on hydrogen as a potential fuel source. DETAILS
