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Events Calendar

Local

  • September 18- GreenYorktown Cafe - "Home Energy Forum II: Choose Energy Efficiency" Learn how to save money and fuel with NYSERDA  programs. Panelists include Elyssa Rothde (chair), of Energy Smart Communities, a NYSERDA contractor, a homeowner who has utilized the program, and a Energy Smart Loan Fund Participating Lender. See you at 7:30 pm Yorktown Town Hall
  • October 14 -  Town of Yorktown Work Session. 8:30 pm  Possible heating oil savings for Yorktown homeowners. Contact person is Supervisor Don Peters 
  • October 22-  PUBLIC HEARING  on Town of Yorktown's reduction by 50% of building permit fees for solar panels and solar hot water. Please come and show your support for our town's green initiatives.
  • October 27 Town Work Session:  Town Hall:  Tree Ordinance at  7:50 pm ; and Oil Co-op 10:00.  Please come and support these programs.
  • November 4- Election Day.  Vote for the Environment. Go to www.nylcv.org for both state and federal candidates' positions on environmental issues.  Advocate for the environment with an informed vote.
  • November 14- First Annual GreenYorktown Party!  8:00 pm at Sparkle Lake Club House
    Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights, NY  View Map Potluck-bring your favorite food. Be Green- bring your own plates, cloth napkin,utensils, cups/mugs. Interested in an invitation? contact Jerry or Patty at greenyorktown@gmail.com
  • November 15- Saturday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Information Session at Yorktown Town Hall on Heating Oil Co op. Vendors will be there to answer questions. Registration begins. Open to Yorktown residents.

Regional

  • Cool Communities / Living Economies: Ten Years to a Green Economy
    September 19 – 20, 2008, at the Seven21 Media Center, 721 Broadway, Kingston, NY
    With green opportunities bursting into view, and the need greater than ever, this spirited annual gathering brings together business, government, educational and civic leaders to strategize for an accelerated transition for our region. Welcoming remarks by Assemblymember Kevin Cahill, chair of the NYS Assembly Energy Committee. Special walking tour on urban visions and strategies with Jennifer Schwartz, Deputy Director of the Ulster County Planning Board. The Green Map System will be here to set up a Hudson Valley Green Map using its new web-based real-time system, with the participation of conference-goers. See "Melissa's Blog" for grist on green jobs that are possible now. Generously sponsored by Prism Solar Technologies, the Estuary Training Program, Ulster County Development Corporation, the Ellenbogen Group and Chronogram.
  •  Thursday, November 13, 2008:  8:00 - 9:30 am
    HRWA Watershed Omelette Series:  Monitoring the Invasive Chinese Mitten Crab  Sarah Fernald, Research Coordinator at the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, NYS Dept. of Env. Conservation, will give a presentation on the invasive crab and its habitation in the Hudson River Estuary.  The first Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) documented in the Hudson River Estuary was found on June 3, 2007, when an adult male mitten crab was caught near Nyack NY, followed later that summer by an adult female.  These crabs are labeled injurious because, at high densities, burrowing behavior may increase erosion, compromise shoreline structures, and impact aquatic vegetation.  In 2008, the evidence of a mitten crab invasion greatly increased, with 17 live crabs found throughout the estuary, as well as over 150 shed exoskeletons of juvenile crabs.  Most of these were discovered in conjunction within the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve on the Saw Kill.  The documentation of juveniles suggests but does not definitively demonstrate mitten crab reproduction in the estuary.  The Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve has begun to monitor for the presence of larval stages of mitten crabs has begun and to document the downstream migration of reproductive adults.  By documenting the occurrence and life cycle of this harmful invasive, the Research Reserve hopes to aid in the formation of a management plan.  Participants are responsible for purchasing their own breakfast from the menu; please note that there is a $4 minimum.  If you plan to attend, please contact Katy Dunlap, Coordinator of the Hudson River Watershed Alliance, at (845) 454-7673 x116 or katy@hudsonwatershed.org.  See attached Announcement.

    Location:  The Plaza Diner, New Paltz, NY
  •  Thursday, November 13, 2008: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (optional networking until 6:30pm)

    4th Annual Conference on Green Buildings and Energy for Mid-Hudson Region

    The 4th annual conference on green buildings and energy for the mid-Hudson region will be on November 13, 2008.  This conference will feature energy efficiency technologies, concepts and resources that can provide significant near-term cost savings in existing and new buildings.  The program will focus largely on residential buildings, yet the concepts and information presented will be relevant to municipal, commercial and other buildings.  It's aimed at community leaders and decision makers in local government, business, environmental, planning, design, contracting and development, lending, property management, education, and other sectors. This program is being hosted by the Orange County Rural Development Advisory Corp., Hudson Valley Regional Council, Orange County Citizens Foundation, Orange County Department of Planning, NY State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Builders Association of the Hudson Valley, and Mid-Hudson Energy $mart Communities.  Major sponsors include the Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University, NY House Magazine, and others (list in formation.)  Several scholarships are available to nonprofits, local government and students based on need.  A networking reception from 5-6:30 pm, sponsored by the US Green Building Council NY Upstate Chapter, Hudson Valley Branch.  If you are not able to attend the conference, you are welcome to attend the reception at no charge.  For more information or to register or download the flyer, visit  http://www.occf-ny.org/webpages/Calendar/index.aspx or call the Orange County Citizens Foundation at 845-469-9459.  The registration fee, $40, includes continental breakfast and lunch.  Location:  Inn at Central Valley in Central Valley (206 Smith Clove Rd, Central Valley, NY 10917)

  •  Monday-Wednesday, November 17-19, 2008
    The Water-Energy Nexus: A Necessary Synergy for the 21st Century
    The Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Resources Research Institutes (WRRI's) of West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York will be hosting the 2008 Mid- Atlantic Regional Water Resources Research Institutes Regional Water Conference, "The Water-Energy Nexus: A Necessary Synergy for the 21st Century."  This event will be held November 17-19, 2008 at the National Conservation Training Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Shepherdstown, WV. (See the attached for more information.)  For questions and assistance, please contact:  Terry Polce, Conference Coordinator, Telephone: 304-293-2867 x5450 (E-mail: 2008waterconferenceinfo@mail.wvu.edu )
    Website: http://wvwri.nrcce.wvu.edu/conferences/2008/WRRI
  •  Thursday, November 19, 2008:  7:30 PM
    Rockland Farm Alliance Meeting
    The Rockland Farm Alliance will be holding a community wide event at the Rockland Fire Training Center. This meeting will be our opportunity to share the results of the last several months' work, and will provide some depth to our mission of Saving and Creating Farms in Rockland.  For more details, please see http://www.rocklandfarmalliance.org

    Location:  Rockland Co. Fire Training Center, Pomona, NY

  •  Friday, November 21, 2008:  8:30 am - 4:30 pm
    Meeting the Climate Challenge:  Taking Action in the Hudson Valley
    The Hudson River Watershed Alliance and Mohonk Consultations are hosting our sixth annual conference at the Mohonk Mountain House.  This year's conference will explore the state-of-the-art regional and local climate change science, the social implications of climate change in the Hudson Valley, and current federal, state and regional climate change policy.  Experts on our afternoon Panel Discussion will demonstrate effective responses to climate change and provide tools for local communities to adapt to climate change.  See the attached announcement/registration form for more information or register online at see: 

    http://www.hudsonwatershed.org/conference08/index.html or contact Katy Dunlap, HRWA Coordinator, at katy@hudsonwatershed.org .  Registration deadline:  Nov. 14
    Location:  Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz

     Katy Dunlap, Coordinator
    Hudson River Watershed Alliance
    (845) 454-7673 x116
    katy@hudsonwatershed.org
    www.hudsonwatershed.org
     112 Little Market Street
    Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

     


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