7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Lander Auditorium Hutchison Hall, University of Rochester River Campus, Presented by: Mark Lakeman, Founder, Jenny Leis, VISTA/CommunityOrganizer - The City Repair Project was formed by a group of citizen activists who wanted to foster a more community-oriented and ecologically sustainable society. Born out of a successful grassroots neighborhood initiative in Portland, Oregon, that converted a residential street intersection into a neighborhood public square, City Repair began its work with the idea that localization (of culture, of economy, of decision-making) is the necessary foundation of sustainability. Through creatively reclaiming urban spaces to create community-oriented places the seeds for greater neighborhood communication, community empowerment and the support of local culture were planted. As a multidisciplinary culture, City Repair combines architecture, urban planning, anthropology, Community development, public art, permaculture and ecological design. No matter the scale, each project embodies the essential principles of localization, community participation and placemaking, while building upon each success to manifest larger and larger impacts. Since 1996, as both a non-profit organization and a larger movement, The City Repair Project, has educated and inspired communities and individuals to re-imagine and literally re-build their own commons while revitalizing the fabric of local community. In the Wednesday evening 1.5 hour interactive slide presentation, Mark Lakeman and Jenny Leis will share this transformational process and showcase the multifaceted public initiatives of The City Repair Project. Their presentation is chronological, proceeding from simple, localized projects to enormous visionary collaborations involving thousands of people.Co-Sponsored by: University of Rochester Grassroots Student Organization Gaiatecture Design Rochester, Healing Inc. For More Information about the event please contact: Mary Golden at Gaiatecture Design 585.624.2540, via email gaiatecture@hotmail.com, or visit www.gaiatecture.com
Dear Friend of SLIC: As you may know, Betsy Brauer has retired from
Science Linkages in the Community effective October 17, 2003. A search
committee has been formed and has begun an active search in the community for
a Program Leader. While an ad has been placed in both the Democrat and
Chronicle and on line with WNY Jobs we are asking for your assistance in
seeking qualified candidates. Attached is the job description and the
particulars for submitting a resume and letter of application. The individuals
and organizations that make up are Planning Council and Community Technology
AdHoc Committees have great resources and we feel a vital part of our search
for a candidate for this position. We appreciate your assistance in
circulating this offer within our community and look forward to continuing our
association.- Pataki Vetoes 'Canned Hunt' Ban - Albany, NY (AP) 08/28/03 -- Animal rights activists criticize Governor Pataki's veto of a bill that would have banned "canned hunts." The bill would have banned hunts in which people pay to shoot non-native animals in enclosed areas. Canned hunts are already banned when the animals are in a pen or a fenced-in area of ten acres or less. (August 31, 2003) WOKR-TV 13 || ROCHESTER
- Animal Cruelty - Canandaigua, NY - (08/29/03) - Investigators in Ontario County are looking into a suspected case of animal cruelty. They said someone tied one end of an air compressor around a cat's neck and tied the other end around a pole. (August 31, 2003) WOKR-TV 13 || ROCHESTER
- Vandal kills young exhibitor's bees (Syracuse-AP) -- State Police say they have no suspects so far in the death of 5,000 honey bees that were part of a young exhibitor's hive at the State Fair. But William Ransom, a co-coordinator for Future Farmers of America, says someone has been leaving unsigned notes for the past week (August 31, 2003) MSNBC Local News
At First Baptist Church, 1862 Penfield Rd/ Route 441 (east of Five Mile Line Road and firehouse) Monroe County Executive Candidate - Mayor Johnson will speak to the Federation of Monroe County Conservationists (public invited) on important issues related to his election campaign. His remarks are expected to particularly center on his environmental vision for a better future for Monroe County. Mayor Johnson, who has shown himself to be a friend of the environmental community, was the keynote speaker at the Sierra Club Environmental Forum of 2001. His usual democratic style is to open the floor to questions, so come prepared to ask about environmental issues. Fro more information: Monroe County Executive e.Headquarters
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Environmental Protection Agency The fenced 70acre Love Canal site (Site) encompasses the original 16acre hazardous waste landfill and a 40-acre clay/synthetic liner cap. Also, a barrier drainage system and leachate collection and treatment system is in place and operating. The Site includes the "original" canal that was excavated by Mr. William T. Love in the 1890's for a proposed hydroelectric power project but was never implemented. Beginning in 1942, the landfill was used by Hooker Chemicals and Plastics (now Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC)) for the disposal of over 21,000 tons of various chemical wastes, including halogenated organics, pesticides, chlororbenzenes and dioxin. Dumping ceased in 1952, and, in 1953, the landfill was covered and deeded to the Niagara Falls Board of Education (NFBE).
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CHEJ Love Canal - Lois Gibbs was raising her family in Love Canal, near Niagara Falls in upstate New York, when, in 1978, she discovered that her home and those of her neighbors were sitting next to 20,000 tons of toxic chemicals.