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Baristanet Article :: Weather and Climate Change
A nice article in Baristanet in advance of our viewing party Sept 15th.
excerpt:
A single storm — even one as big and bad as Hurricane Irene — doesn’t prove anything. But two years of extreme weather is the beginning of a pattern, says Monclair native Greg Mattison, and it’s making people wake up to the issue of climate change. “People are starting to say, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this in my lifetime,’” Mattison says. Even close by, he says, major Passaic River flooding used to be a 5-10 year event; now it’s “at least once if not two or three times a year.”…
24 Hours of Reality Viewing Party :: Sept 15th, 2011
Come to my 24 Hours of Reality Watch Party RSVP Here: http://forms.climaterealityproject.org/page/event/detail/4v5h9
In light of our recent severe storms I thought many of you might find an upcoming event at our local Firehouse both timely and interesting.
We will be hosting a viewing party for the conclusion of Climate Reality.com’s “24 Hours of Reality” on Thursday Sept 15th at 7pm sharp. The program will begin with a 50 minute live webstream presentation about how climate change is effecting global weather patterns around the world. A community discussion will follow.
Montclair has been designated as a Climate Showcase Community by the U.S. EPA, and the “It’s In Our Power” Campaign is helping the entire town to reduce our energy use and lower our greenhouse gas emissions. At the Climate Reality event we will have information about simple steps residents can take and financial incentives that are now available to help them save money, make their home more comfortable, save energy, and shrink their carbon footprint – just in time for the winter heating season!
Montclair’s Environmental Coordinator, Gray Russell will be on hand to answer questions, as will both Connie and I. Many of you know that in addition to “Green By Design” and “Newlygreens” Connie and I have presented for Climate Reality for several years.
For 24 hours starting on Sept 14th and leading up to the Firehouse event Sept 15th, each hour, in every time zone around the globe, people living with the reality of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather events – including floods, droughts and storms – and the man-made pollution that is changing our climate, via presentations carried live on http://www.Climate Reality.com. It will offer a round-the-clock, round-the-globe snapshot of the climate crisis in real time.
Hope to see you there.
When:
> Thursday, Sept 15th
> 7:00PM (sharp) – 8:00PM
Address:
> Montclair Fire Department Headquarters
> 1 Pine Street
> Montclair, NJ 07042
> Free parking in the Parking Deck
Climate Reality :: The Campaign for Truth
Climate reality or climate denial – is it a matter of picking sides or objectively weighing factual information?
Reality. It’s not an opinion
I choose reality. Do you?
Sept 14th-15th, 2011
Environmental Education Conference :: January 27-29, 2011
ANJEE Conference – January 27-29, 2011
You may be a classroom teacher, nonprofit staffer, Scout leader, green industry leader or simply a person who loves nature and loves sharing nature with others. If that’s your description, then the 26th annual ANJEE Conference is for you.
Conducted by the Alliance for NJ Environmental Education <http://www.anjee.net/conference> , the conference is New Jersey’s only statewide environmental education forum. With “The World is Our Classroom” as this year’s theme, there will be dozens of informative workshops, field trips, and practical seminars, as well as an inspiring keynote address from award-winning environmental educator Al Stenstrup from the American Forest Foundation <http://www.affoundation.org/> . There will be countless opportunities to meet and network with hundreds of education professionals throughout this three-day event. Over the years teachers, naturalists, educators and administrators have come away from ANJEE conferences with new knowledge, new skills to implement, new contacts, and a host of resources to utilize in their professions.
The conference takes place January 28-29, 2011, with a daylong pre-conference on the 27th, at the beautiful Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel and Conference Center <http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/EWRCC/main.wnt> in Plainsboro, NJ. Centrally located and easily accessible from the NJ Turnpike or US Route 1, the Wyndham is one of New Jersey’s premier conference venues. It is situated in a park-like setting; has ample, comfortable seating throughout; serves excellent food (including plenty of vegetarian entrees and options); and has a strong commitment to sustainability. The entire facility is 100% smoke-free.
Conference attendees receive a special accommodations rate of only $95 per room for up to quad occupancy – more than $50 off the hotel’s Best Available Rate! Non-allergenic rooms are also available and every room has free Internet. The service is impeccable; and for the price, it’s a steal. Book your overnight accommodations at: www.anjee.net/conference/Accommodations.htm <http://www.anjee.net/conference/Accommodations.htm>
Conference admission rates <http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=210617> include conference materials, meals, snacks and access to all conference activities.
Early Bird Registration is open now through Christmas Eve, December 24, 2010.
Also: your company, organization or school can actually exhibit at the conference, send up to two attendees – and save $45-$50! Exhibit space is limited; it’s a good idea to book yours soon. I should know – I’m the Conference Exhibits Coordinator.
For ALL ANJEE Conference info – and links to all conference registration options – go to: www.ANJEE.net/conference <http://www.ANJEE.net/conference> today. After you register, be sure to check back there. regularly for updates. Of course if you’d rather talk to a human to get more info, please give me a call at the number below or shoot me back an e-mail.
And if for some reason, the ANJEE conference isn’t for you, please forward this e-mail to those whom you know that might be interested in attending. Thanks much.
Jeff Tittel :: New Jersey’s Environment, Oct 17th
LAKELAND UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
231 Parish Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470
Publicity: Sept. 27, 2010
E. F. Watkins
(973) 248-1726
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY ’S ENVIRONMENT
Guest speaker Jeff Tittel will discuss “The State of New Jersey’s Environment” during the 11 a.m. service on Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 231 Parish Drive , Wayne .
Jeff Tittel is the Chapter Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. For more than 12 years, he has led the club’s legislative and outreach efforts in Trenton and around the state. His most recent policy accomplishments include passing the Clean Car Act, the Highlands Act, the Global Warming Response Act and an unprecedented
300-foot buffer for Category 1 streams. Membership at the Sierra Club has grown with his legislative successes; in 1998 the Sierra Club had 13,000 members, and currently the membership is approximately 20,000.
In 2004, he received the Outstanding Achievement award by the Sierra Club, the highest honor given to an employee. He has also received the Conservationist of the Year award from the NJ Audubon Society and recognition from Monmouth Friends of Clearwater.
Tittel has helped to found more than a dozen environmental organizations, including the Elizabeth River Coalition, Sterling Forest Coalition, Highlands Coalition and Skylands CLEAN. He currently is a board member of the Work Environment Council, the Highlands Coalition and the New Jersey Oceans Coalition. He served on both the McGreevy and Corzine transition teams.
The Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, along with other member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, aims to foster lib
several religious attitudes and behavior. It supports the inherent worth of every person and the dignity of all humans everywhere; individual freedom of belief; the search for truth, and the democratic process in all human relations. LUUF has operated at its present Wayne location for more than 40 years.
Services take place Sunday at 11 a.m., followed by discussion and refreshments. All are welcome and child care is available. For more information, call 973-696-6362 or visit the Web site www.luuf.org.
http://www.luuf.org/Upcoming_Topics.html
What would you say to the Pope?
These are challenging times to be sure but I have some news I think speaks to what is possible if we commit to sincere action.
As time is short I will open with a humble request that requires your action by Tuesday Nov. 24th. Please send a letter of support addressed to Pope Benedict using this form (http://bit.ly/popetocopenhagen) expressing the desire for the Pope to enter the discussion of responding to Climate Change.
Below is an explanation of what is going on.
Our friend (and past guest), Stuart Scott has an audience with the the Pope, Pope Benedict, this Wednesday Nov.25th where he will be encouraging his eminence to take a firm position on Climate Change by asking him to attend the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen Denmark in December. This is where world leaders are meeting to determine the course of our response to climate change over the next decade. Stuart’s journey began about a month ago when he felt a calling to ask the Pope to get involved in solving climate change. He had the vision to get on a plane to Italy and undertake a 209km pilgrimage from Assisi to the Vatican figuring the namesake of St. Francis of Assisi would be an appropriate place to start his quest (St Francis is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment). He left with nothing but good intentions, no commitments, no guarantees. After negotiating through a half dozen gate-keepers, this Wednesday Stuart will personally hand deliver an invitation from UN Climate Secretary Yvo de Boer,as well as the the email responses he gets from us, directly to the Pope as part of the audience he has been granted. This is no joke. If you have something you would like to say to the Pope, now is your chance. Thank you for your time.
If you want to know more about Stuart’s work we will have him on the radio show talking about his work with the Interdenominational Climate Commitment in December. Also look for our interview with his compatriot in the IDCC, Rob Kinslow in two weeks.
Oct. 24th :: 350.org – Bloomfield, NJ
This Saturday I took our son to Bloomfield College where the student Green Hearts Environmental Movement was hosting a 350.org event. Despite the rain, over 110 people came out to march and take pictures. It was really encouraging to see such a diverse crowd of activists, adamant about committed action on climate change. Seen here is club president and host Michael Palmieri. Also in attendance were members of the Essex Green Party, Sierra Club NJ Chapter, and The Climate Project.
Green Sprouts Oct 15th :: 350.org Day of Action
Podcast: Download (Duration: 6:58 — 8.0MB)
This week, a local town planning board meeting on coal and gearing up for 350.org Oct 24th day of action.
Green Sprouts Oct 8th :: Community Swap
Podcast: Download (Duration: 4:50 — 5.5MB)
Community Swaps are a great way to give a second life to sporting goods, clothes, toys, housewares and more. If you are in the North Jersey area there is one scheduled:
Hillside School
54 Orange Rd
Montclair, NJ 07042
Drop off your goods on Friday October 16th, 2009
Come by to browse what is there on Sat October 17th, 2009
Oct. 1 Meeting to Detail NJ's Progress on Energy
The State Energy Council will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Oct.
1 at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 33
Livingston Avenue, in New Brunswick. The meeting will run from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and will provide an overview of New Jersey’s progress on a
wide range of energy issues including greenhouse gas reduction, green
jobs and economic development, energy efficiency and renewable energy.
The council is comprised of the State departments that are engaged in
energy-related matters and was formed in accordance with the New
Jersey Energy Master Plan, which was released by Governor Jon S.
Corzine on Oct. 22, 2008.
At this meeting, the public will hear about the progress New Jersey
has made in reaching its goals for greater energy efficiency, to
increase reliance on renewable energy and to achieve steep reductions
in its greenhouse gas emissions. The public will be invited to ask
questions and offer comments after the morning and afternoon
presentations.
For directions: http://policy.rutgers.edu/school/visitors.php. There
are two garages on New Street and they are the closest. The New Street
Deck is located at the corner of New Street and Joyce Kilmer Ave, and
the Morris Street Deck is at the corner of New Street and George
Street with both having entrance on New Street.
For more information, please email
energymasterplan@bpu.state.nj
Expo: Saving Our Kids, Healing Our Planet
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Come to New Jersey’s First Green Children’s Health Expo….Saving Our Kids, Healing Our Planet
Sept. 12th and 13th at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
As we all prepare for another school year, concerned parents, teachers and health care providers are asking: what more can be done to reverse the record number of children being affected by Asthma, ADHD, Autism, Allergies, Obesity, Childhood Cancers etc?. Many of us are all too familiar with these statistics:
1 in 150 children in the US are being diagnosed with Autism. In New Jersey, it is 1 in 94.
The CDC reports: 1 in 6 children have either a behavioral, neurological, or developmental condition.
Cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease in children.
Asthma has more than doubled since 1980 and is the leading chronic disease among American children.
1 in 6 children are considered overweight.
1 in 400-500 children have diabetes.
Of course we don’t have all of the answers, no one does….But on Saturday September 12th and Sunday September 13th on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) affordable and practical information on preventing and minimizing the symptoms associated with these conditions will be discussed. Seating is limited…..so don’t delay in registering to hear incredible presenters including pediatricians, nutritionists, authors and environmentalists discuss strategies for improving the health, mood, behavior and attention of our kids. Additionally, there will be dozens of green exhibits, free tastings of organic food and coffee, live music, an interactive eco-art mural, education on composting and recycling, nature crafts and much more. Let’s start the school year off right by listening to some of the most innovative thinkers of our time present information on greening our lives and improving the health, mood, attention and well being of our children!
Don’t forget to REGISTER NOW at the discounted rate at www.SOKHOP.com
Topics Include
Preventing & Natural Methods for Treating Symptoms Associated with Asthma, Allergies, Obesity, ADHD, Autism and Childhood Cancers
Affordable and Healthy Cooking Classes for Kids and Parents
How Nutrition and Toxins Affect Mood, Behavior, and Academic Performance
Greening Your Home or Apartment On a Budget
Identifying and Eliminating Toxins in the Home and School
Simple, Inexpensive, Easy to Make Natural Cleaning Products
Planting an Organic Garden in the Backyard or Rooftop
All About Composting
Tips on Holistic Parenting
Special Courses offered for Physicians, Medical Students, Nursing Students, and Other Healthcare Professionals on: Healthy People Make Healthy Babies: Holistic Pre-Conception Care for the 21st Century and Holistic Primary Care Pediatrics: Focus on the Newborn
REGISTER at www.SOKHOP.com
Story contributed by:
Maureen H. McDonnell, RN
Saving Our Kids, Healing Our Planet Conference Coordinator (www.SOKHOP.com)
Linden "Clean" Coal Plant :: 8/27/09 Public Hearing
Bradley Campbell, former commissioner of the N.J. Department of
Environmental Protection, will advocate for a “clean coal” plant in
Linden, N.J. August 27 (this Thursday), 6:30 p.m., at a special
meeting of the Linden City Council. (Meeting details below.)
Since 2006, Mr. Campbell, a lawyer, has been representing a small
Massachusetts firm that now wants to build a large 500-megaWatt coal
power plant in Linden (Union County).
The experimental plant would capture up to 90% of its own carbon
dioxide (CO2), and would gather CO2 from other sources in the area,
compress it into a liquid, pipe it 70 miles offshore, and pump it a
half-mile beneath the floor of the Atlantic ocean, hoping it would
stay there forever.
Over its 50-year lifetime the Linden coal plant would bury 10 million
tons of CO2 per year beneath the Atlantic, for a total of 500
million tons (a trillion pounds).
The proposal has generated great interest from the environmental
community in New Jersey. Some are asking, “Are more coal plants
really the best way to reduce global warming?”
A fact sheet about the proposed “clean coal” plant is available online
at http://tinyurl.com/mac485. Sources of information for the fact
sheet are available here: http://tinyurl.com/lmgqfv .
The meeting in Linden August 27 is open to the public.
The location is the second-floor Council Caucus room in the rear of
Linden City Hall, 301 North Wood Ave, Linden, NJ 07036.
If many people show up to hear Mr. Campbell promote “clean coal,” the
meeting will be moved to Council Chambers, 2nd floor front, in the
same building.
Get driving directions here: http://www.linden-nj.org/directions.htm
9/5/07
Green By Design presents at the 60th annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference on Climate Change as part of a joint presentation with the host’s Alma Mater Felician College (http://www.felician.edu)
4/25, 26 and 27
Earth Day at the PSEG Global Green Expo!
“The NewlyGreens” Greg and Connie will be participating in the PSEG Global Green Expo which runs from April 25th to April 27th at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ The three-day event is designed to educate the state’s residents and businesses about what they can do to make a difference in the battle against climate change. GBD TV will offer tips on sustainable living and set up their “green confessional” for expo visitors. Those who want to confess a green sin or share a green tip are welcome to sit in the hot seat! Most of the taped confessionals / tips will be available for viewing via the Green by Design website, www.greenbydesign.tv. It’s fun and informative!
Tickets are $15 for one day, $25 for two days, and $35 for a three-day pass. Children age 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. The Expo will feature hundreds of exhibits, interactive workshops, presentations by environmental leaders and organizations, family entertainment and a wholesome food court. Programs at the event will cover building and remodeling, energy, food, household products, lifestyle, transportation, and yard and garden. Speakers at the event will include actor and activist, Ed Begley, Jr., actor Ted Danson, best selling author Deirdre Imus and award winning host Jeff Corwin.
