Submitted by Tom Andersen on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:51pm.
Thursday, April 29, 7 p.m.
The Sustainable Future
Adam Zellner, president of Greener by Design, New Brunswick, NJ
Rye, precise location to be announced
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7 p.m.
Slow Food, Good Land -- Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville
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| Barry Benepe, co-founder of the New York Greenmarket, spoke at the annual Leon Levy Environmental Symposium, on March 7, in South Salem. |
Westchester Land Trust is pleased to present:
Food, Land, Sustainability: Five cutting edge lectures about the environment, the way we live today, and the way we'll need to live in the future.
Next up:
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3 p.m.
No Farms, No Food/No Farmers, No Food
A panel discussion featuring local farmers
St. Matthew's Church, Bedford Village
Panelists: Mimi Edelman; Lisa Schwartz, of Rainbeau Ridge Farm, Bedford Hills; Betsy Ryder, of Ryder Farm, Southeast; Bob Stuart, of Stuart's Fruit Farm, Granite Springs.
From December 2009 through April 2010, we're offering the chance for you to hear and converse with experts who will talk about sustainability issues concerning food and agriculture, local farming, the Hudson River and our coastal waters, and energy.
In hopes of reaching more people in more places, we're offering the lectures in locations around Westchester County.
The suggested donation is $15 per lecture, or $50 for all five. All proceeds will go to support our land preservation work throughout the county.
Email Grace Buck to reserve a spot at any of the lectures: Grace@westchesterlandtrust.org.
Or call for more information: 914 241-6346 x24.
Here's a list of the five lectures and speakers.
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| John Cronin talked about the Hudson River and the future of environmentalism, on December 14 at the Warner Library, Tarrytown. Fifty-plus people attended the event. (The photo is courtesy of Sunny McLean/Community Media) |
Thursday, April 29, 7 p.m.
The Sustainable Future
Adam Zellner, president of Greener by Design, New Brunswick, NJ
Rye, precise location to be announced
Monday, December 14, 2009, 7 p.m.
Brains vs. Brawn: The Future of Water -- John Cronin, executive director of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries; former Hudson Riverkeeper.
Warner Library, Tarrytown
Slow Food, Good Land -- Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville
(Our thanks to Sarah Lawrence College for the use of their terrific Heimbold Arts Center)
The Annual Leon Levy Environmental Symposium
"How the Greenmarket Saved the Hudson Valley"
Barry Benepe, co-founder of the New York City Greenmarkets
Sunday, March 7, 2010, 3 p.m.
Jewish Family Congregation, South Salem