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May 6. LICSN Monthly Meeting. (Last meeting for the Spring!). Video – The Great Turning: Video Presentation by David Korten. W. Islip Public Library 6:30 pm.
Today (Monday, April 21) – Grand Plan for Solar Energy to be Presented at Brookhaven Talk. Vasilis Fthenakis, head of the National Photovoltaic Environmental Research Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, will give a talk titled “Solar Grand Plan” at the Laboratory’s Berkner Hall on Monday, April 21, at noon. Part of an Earth Day celebration, the talk is free and open to the public. Visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and older must bring a photo ID.
May 2. Biodiesel Workshop. Brookhaven National Lab. ** RSVP – rebert@lift.org
Stony Brook University is planning a Fall Climate Conference, they are inviting ideas re: participants and themes. The conference will consist of several days of guest speakers, group discussions, film screenings, receptions, and events. Contact Jeremy Crucetti at jeremy.crucetti@gmail.com
NEW! 2-Week Climate Change Units
Over 3000 educators have already downloaded Climate Change: Connections and Solutions, Facing the Future‘s latest curriculum units. These 2-week interdisciplinary units, available for both middle and high school, encourage students to think critically about climate change and collaborate in creating solutions. The units include classroom activities, student readings, handouts, assignments, assessments, and alignments with national science and social studies standards. Thanks to funding from the Hewlett-Packard Company, the units, valued at $24.95, are available to download for free.
Send the EPA a letter, telling them you want to know which TVs are green – and you want them to fully fund a grading system: http://takebackmytv.com/greentv
Canadian Ice: “Canadian ice shelves have undergone substantial changes in the past six years, starting with the first break-up event on the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, and the loss of the Ayles Ice Shelf,” said Dr. Luke Copland of the University of Ottawa . “These latest break-ups we are seeing have come after decades of warming and are irreversible,” said Dr. Derek Mueller of Trent University .
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, The Nature Conservancy launched the Plant a Billion Trees campaign in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. At just a dollar a tree, there has never been a conservation project of this scale that’s ever been so within the world’s reach. Please join with us to help reach this goal and tell your friends about plantabillion.org today.
The Wall St. Journal published an interesting map of sustainable communities in the United States . http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-SUSTAIN08.html
Paterson says no to Broadwater. Link to Newsday Index of recent stories.
From www.fraudwater.com – This year’s discovery of as much as 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the “super giant” Pennsylvania Marcellus field, 90 miles from New York City (source: Wall Street Journal 4/3/08; Penn State) is a reminder that New York is loaded with options besides Shell Broadwater.
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