[greenbuild] Fwd: "Sustainable Society" series
- From: "joel gagnon" <joelpgagnon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: greenbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:11:17 -0400
The Citizens' Planning Alliance is a co-sponsor of a timely, interesting and
free speaker series this Fall (starting next week!), on the topic: Creating
a Just & Sustainable Society. The series has been put together by a project
of the CRESP program at Cornell, through the efforts of Elan Shapiro.
Here's the schedule:
CREATING A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY,
STARTING FROM WHERE WE LIVE
A Community Sustainability Project of the Center for Religion, Ethics, &
Social Policy
This speaker and community dialogue series, free of charge to the general
public, is an opportunity to envision together an Ithaca that supports the
long-term health of its neighborhoods, communities, and ecosystems. The
presentations, held at various times and locations in downtown Ithaca,
Cornell University, and Ithaca College, will be followed by small group
discussions, a participatory town meeting format, and refreshments from
local farms and food producers. Can we realistically create a local economy
and culture based on creative partnerships, economic justice, ecological
design, and policies and lifestyles that foster diversity and long-term well
being? Can we be a center of hope in these troubling times? Come to one or
all of these inspirational presentations and be part of the answer!
Friday Sept 21, 3:30-4:30 PM, Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall, Cornell.
"Food and Hunger: Learning to See the Unexpected" by Frances Moore Lappe,
world-renowned food and hunger activist and writer. This lecture is part of
a 2-day forum on global development sponsored by the Polson Institute and
Cornell University's Department of Rural Sociology. Frances will share
stories of hope and empowerment about local solutions to global food and
hunger issues.
Tuesday Sept 25, 7-9 PM, Unitarian Church of Ithaca (Buffalo and Aurora
Streets). "Steps to a Sustainable Ithaca: Success Stories and Strategies" by
Rob Young, farmer and professor of city and regional planning at Cornell.
Rob will share examples from his wide-ranging experiences, of sustainability
strategies that work, and how they might apply to an achievable vision for
our own community.
Wednesday Oct 10, 4-6 PM, One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell.
"Visions of Sustainability: From Farm and Forest to Downtown Redevelopment"
by John Barney, conservation planner at Cornell, and David Kay, regional
planner, Local Government Program at Cornell. John and David will focus on
our sense of place, on how our regional land use patterns have changed, and
on achievable visions for the future that can serve the well being of both
urban and rural areas within Ithaca.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 12:10-1:05pm, Ithaca College, for room location contact
Tom Shevory (274-1347) shevory@xxxxxxxxxxx "Teaching and Practicing
Sustainable Living." by Barbara Anderson, founder, Penn State Center for
Sustainability. This presentation is a good introduction and complement to
the more extensive evening program below.
Thursday Oct 25, 7-9 PM, Unitarian Church of Ithaca (Buffalo and Aurora
Streets). "Partnerships for Sustainability: A Success Story from Penn State
and the Center County" by Barbara Anderson, founder, Penn State Center for
Sustainability. Barbara will share lessons from her pioneering work at Penn
State where she has applied simple ecological principles to campus greening,
university and community partnerships for sustainability, and healthy
lifestyle change. Small group discussions to follow.
Thursday Nov 8, 7-9 PM, Women's Community Building (Seneca and Cayuga
Streets).
"Promoting Sustainability in Established and Planned Communities: The
Northside and EcoVillage Cases" by Liz Walker, director, EcoVillage at
Ithaca; Rob Champion, EcoVillage field supervisor for second neighborhood
construction; and Ken Reardon, neighborhood planner and professor of city
and regional planning at Cornell. Our panelists will explore how "bottom-up"
neighborhood envisioning and organizing, building cooperative relationships,
and taking a long-term perspective can help reverse inner city decay and
suburban sprawl in our region.
Thursday, Nov. 15, 12:10-1:05pm, Ithaca College, for room location contact
Tom Shevory (274-1347) shevory@xxxxxxxxxx "Sustainable Agriculture and
Living in Place," by Elizabeth Henderson, CSA farmer and organic foods
activist. This presentation is a good introduction and complement to the
more extensive evening program below.
Thursday Nov. 15, 4-6 PM, 401Warren Hall, Cornell. "Civic Agriculture,
Regional Nutrition, and Sustainable Living" by Tom Lyson, mayor of
Freeville, and professor of rural sociology at Cornell; Jennifer Wilkins,
senior extension associate in nutritional sciences at Cornell; and Elizabeth
Henderson, CSA farmer and organic foods activist. Our panelists will explore
local, sustainably oriented food production and consumption options, and
their link to creating a healthy lifestyle, regional economy, and culture.
Wednesday Nov 28, 7-9 PM, Women's Community Building (Seneca and Cayuga
Streets). "Foundations of a Sustainable Economy: Small Businesses
Development, the Living Wage Campaign, Sustainable Homebuilding, and
Transportation Strategies" by Bill Myers, CEO, Alternative Federal Credit
Union; Sara Highland, Natural Builder's Network; and Frances Vanek,
Director, Sustainable Technology and Energy Institute. Our panelists will
explore cutting-edge developments and creative options for building a
sustainable local economy through changes in our ways of doing work,
homebuilding, and transportation.
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This series was made possible through major co-sponsorship from the Cornell
University Department of Rural Sociology, the Cornell Center For The
Environment, EcoVillage at Ithaca, the Student Sustainable Agriculture
Working Group, Ithaca College Department of Environmental Studies, and the
Alternative Federal Credit Union, with support from the Sierra Club,
Citizen's Planning Alliance, Tompkins County Green Party, Finger Lakes Land
Trust, and Cornell Plantations
For more information on these events and on the Community Sustainability
Project, see www.sas.cornell.edu/CRESP/, or contact Elan Shapiro at
607-275-0249, or e-mail elansla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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