Earth Hour started in 2007 as a lights-off event to raise awareness about climate change. Earth Hour 2015 encourages individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. For more information, check out the earth hour […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
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When: Sunday, March 22, 2015, 2-3:30 PM Where: Pittsford Library, 24 State Street, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Fisher Room). Join Darren Everhart from Victor for a presentation and community discussion about what we can do to locally further energy conservation efforts. This is one of a series in preparation for renowned climate change scientist […]
The Town of Brighton will be hosting a project information meeting to introduce trail design recommendations for the Shared-Use Trail Project. The goal of the meeting is to solicit input from the community on the trail design. The meeting will be open house format, and attendees may stop in at […]
When: Thursday, March 12, 2015, 5:30 to 8:30 PM Where: Panara Theater at NTID building, Rochester Institute of Technology Film followed by discussion Antibiotics were first mass-produced in the 1940s. Their ability to fight and kill bacteria revolutionized medicine andhad profound effects on everyting from agriculture to the Armed Forces. Seventy years later,these […]
When: Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 7-8:30 PM Where: Penfield Public Library Registration Required: Monroe County Library System and sponsored by the Genesee Land Trust Two speakers from BroccoloTree and Lawn Care. Lois Dannenberg will speak to naturalizing the landscape, beneficial insects, butterflies, and the value of meadows, and rain gardens. Rachel Edwards will […]
When: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 7-8 PM Where: Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester. Free parking in library lot. Speaker Fred Guterl is editor of Scientific American. Further information: http:// www.library.rochester.edu/neilly-series
Registered exhibitors for the 2015 edition of the Eco-Fair/Green Energy Fair include: Berkshire Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Braddock Bay Raptor Research Carbon Cutters Citizens’ Climate Lobby Genesee Land Trust Lumalon LLC Monroe County Department of Environmental Services GMO Free Rochester Mothers Out Front RAC for Women R boro clothing Rochester […]
30+ organizations joined together in the weeks leading up to the People’s Climate March to form the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition (RPCC) and demand action on climate change. Join us Thursday to participate and mobilize as we work together to achieve climate action here in Rochester. When: Thursday, February 5, 2015, […]
When: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 4:00-5:00 PM Where: University of Rochester Medical Center, Helen Wood Hall Auditorium (1-304) Who: Nsedu Obot Witherspoon is the Executive Director of the Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN), a national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect children from environmental health hazards. Ms. Witherspoon’s talk will describe CEHN’s efforts […]
When: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 4:45-5:45 PM Where: University of Rochester, Simon Business School, Gleason 318/418 What it takes to make it in a burgeoning field. Rachel Madan ’99, Sustainability Officer, International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C.