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RochesterEvironment.com's -
Environmental Calendar
To add your event, e-mail
it to
Frank J. Regan. (Just a small note on the present design of this calendar
page. It seems long and full of more information than most online calendars, but
I believe that it’s a good design because I make it extremely easy for people to
post their event (just send me an e-mail with all the info—they don’t have to
check in with a password, or shorten their info to a few words, or fill out a
very fussy form and I allow flyer or more information attachments and links to
their site and events.
And, it is easy to find events just by scrolling down and
looking at the dates. My goal is to present all Rochester-area environmental
events with complete information, quick and easy, not to make groups who post
events jump through a lot of hoops and to be able to explain their events
completely and in their own words. I mention all this because the list is
getting long and looks a little messy, but to make it tidier would make it more
restrictive—like most other online calendars that are so unwieldy to fill out
that I often give up. )
* Go directly to the calendar of
Rochester-Area
Environmentalists to check on their specific schedules:
Local Schedules.
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Important On-going Events and
Environmental Calendar Resources
S'Mores and More at DEC
Environmental Education Camps - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today
announced that applications for the 2009 summer educational camps are
now available. DEC urges families looking for an out-of-the-ordinary
summer camp to consider enrolling youth ages 12 to 17 in these exciting
programs. (March 26, 09) New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation
Events Calendar -
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation This
calendar was launched on December 1, 2008, and will provide a listing of
all DEC-sponsored events that are open to the public. Because it is
still undergoing testing, some events may be missing, but we will
continue to add listings for upcoming DEC events in the coming days. You
can click on any event in the calendar to view additional details about
the event. -New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation
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Events are in order, with the soonest on top and latest on
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Begins 6–8 p.m., Tues., May 26 - which continue every
Tuesday through August 25 |
City of
Rochester | City of Rochester News Release: MVP Health Care'
Tuesday Nature Nights Begin May 26 "MVP Health Care Tuesday
Nature Nights," the City’s outdoor series focusing on the beauty and
recreational benefits of Rochester’s natural surroundings, begins 6–8
p.m., Tues., May 26 with a guided bike ride through the High Falls
neighborhood. Participants will meet at the Pont de Rennes pedestrian
bridge, behind the Centers at High Falls, 60 Brown’s Race, and discover
more about the newest developments along the Genesee River and the history
of the area during their excursion. These FREE tours, which continue every
Tuesday through August 25, are led by City staff and members of the
Rochester Bicycling Club and are designed for all ages. Tours include bike
rides, hikes and canoe paddles, often utilizing the nationally-touted
Genesee Riverway Trail. (May 20, 09)
City of
Rochester |
Meet at the Pont de Rennes, behind the Center at High Falls.
City
of Rochester | Preferred Care Tuesday Nature Nights Guided Bike Ride:
May 26 |
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Various dates this summer |
Lots of opportunities to be in and about about Nature this summer:
Sterling Park
Home Page, Cayuga County New York Check out
events: For further information, questions, or reservations
please call the Nature Center at 315-947-6143 or email
snc@co.cayuga.ny.us The Friends
of The Sterling Nature Center PO Box 216 Sterling, New York 13156 (315)
947-6143 |
Sterling Park is a Cayuga County
Park, located in The Town
of Sterling NY. |
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Thursday July 2, 2009 6:30-8:30 |
The Finger Lakes: Lake Country or Trash Country?
Thursday July 2, 2009 6:30-8:30 at the Wood Library, 134 N. Main Street,
Canandaigua, an educational forum on Zero Waste principles and landfill
issues. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided by Doc's
Lakeside Restaurant. Link to
www.fingerlakeszerowaste.org |
Wood Library, 134 N. Main Street, Canandaigua, New York |
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July 16 & 23, 7-9 pm |
Genesee Valley Audubon society presents Painting Birds in Pastel by
artist, Gloria Betlem July 16 & 23, 7-9 pm Two delightful Tuesday
evenings This workshop is for those who like to express themselves
artistically and who love birds! Some drawing experience will help you as
you learn how to apply the luminous pastel colors which so perfectly
express those of our fair feathered friends, and we explore bird shape,
color, and expression. $40 REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY
9 please send by July 6 for registration info: CALL 585-739-2124
or email globeing@aol.com or wwww.gloriabetlem.com - (studio
schedule) Where: Betlem~Divers Studio 6414 S. Lima Rd, Livonia
Instructor: Gloria Betlem, MFA is an award winning artist and teacher,
with over thirty years experience as a pastel artist. Her teaching style
embraces your individual needs with exceptional sensitivity and ability to
communicate. She received a grant from New York State Council on the Arts
this year for her bird paintings which will be shown this fall. Keep this
date! Exhibition: “THE BIRDS” September 26 & 27, 1-5 PM Chip Holt Nature
Center, Vitale Park, Lakeville, NY |
Betlem~Divers Studio 6414 S. Lima Rd, |
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:30 am – 1:00 pm |
Wind Component Manufacturing Symposium Learn how you can
capitalize on the growth of this industry by expanding your business
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:30 am – 1:00 pm Millennium Hotel Buffalo 2040
Walden Avenue Cheektowaga, New York 14225 Tickets:$20, includes light
breakfast & lunch |
Millennium Hotel Buffalo 2040 Walden Avenue Cheektowaga, New York 14225 |
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July 24 from 12-4 p.m |
Think Green' at the RMSC - Canandaigua, NY - MPNnow Rochester, N.Y. —
The Rochester Museum and Science Center will offer a new Family
Friday program about conservationism and environmentalism on July 24 from
12-4 p.m. (June 22, 09) Home -
Canandaigua, NY - MPNnow |
Rochester Museum & Science
Center—Rochester, NY
657 East Ave Rochester, NY 14607-2177 (585) 271-1880 |
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August 7-9, |
New York Green Fest 2009 Share ideas
and skills for sustainable living and Green politics, August 7-9, in
Alfred, NY. Learn how to build your own wind turbine, produce videos for
the internet, make tofu, make poetry, grow nut trees, and build an earth
oven. Discuss economics as a cultural system, sustainable cities, the
rights of nature, local sovereignty, the reality of renewable energy and
liberation ecology. Listen to our plenary speakers: Virginia Rasmussen and
Cyril Mychelako on the Politics of Sustainability, Art Weaver and Dan
Miner on Sustainable Energy, Joel Kovel and Tony Gronowicz on Politics and
Nature, Bill Kauffman and Lyn Gerry on Regionalism and Sustainability, and
Steve Welzer and Jason Nabewaniec on Visioning a Green Future. Green Fest
2009 will be held on the campus of Alfred
University in Alfred, NY. Alfred is
in rural Allegany County,
80 miles south of Rochester. The
Short Line Bus
runs several buses daily between Alfred, Westchester, New York City and
Long Island. Green Fest will arrange buses from Rochester for attendees. |
Green Fest 2009 will be held on the campus of
Alfred University in
Alfred, NY. |
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September 13-17, 2009 |
Healthy Buildings 2009
(http://www.hb2009.org), an international conference and exhibition
showcasing innovations in indoor environmental quality and healthy and
sustainable environmental technology, will be held in US for the first
time in 12 years, September 13-17, 2009. Hosted by the Syracuse Center of
Excellence and Syracuse University, ISIAQ's signature conference will draw
more than 1,000 researchers and professionals from the disciplines of
architecture, building products and services, engineering, indoor
environmental quality, public health, urban planning, and workplace
performance from more than 42 different countries. HB2009 includes
remarkable plenary speakers such as Rick Fedrizzi, Founder of USGBC, as
well as Dr. Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes of the University of Porto in
Portugal, Dr. Yuguo Li of the University of Hong Kong, and Dr. Shin-ichi
Tanabe of Waseda University in Japan; who have each made immense
contributions to the body of research in indoor air quality and related
fields. The exhibition (http://hb2009.org/exhibition), featuring the
latest advancements in green and clean technologies and innovation, will
also showcase "OppEx," an Opportunity Exchange
(http://hb2009.org/opportunity_exchange) that will include industry-leader
keynote speakers; healthy buildings and clean and green technology product
and service demonstrations; technology transfer ideas from world-class
research universities; and many more opportunities for intellectual
collisions among attendees. In today's uncertain economic climate, the
benefit of international exchange and engagement is critical. HB2009
offers researchers, professionals, and community planners a unique
opportunity to think strategically about the direction of industry and
technology through academic and industry collaboration in a world going
green. For more information about the conference and exhibition please
visit our website at www.hb2009.org, or contact clmatthe@syr.edu. Also, in
addition to the rates currently listed on the web site, there is also a
$25 one-day exhibition pass for those wishing to be a part of HB2009 on a
limited budget. |
Syracuse Center of Excellence and Syracuse University |
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Weekend (18-20 September 2009) |
Help Clean Up the World and put your activity on the global
environmental map! Held in partnership with the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), Clean Up the World is one of the world’s
largest community-based environmental campaigns with an estimated 35
million volunteers from 120 countries participating annually in
environmental activities. Join the campaign and put your group and its
activity on the global environmental map by visiting
activities.cleanuptheworld.org . Activities can be conducted year
round, however the campaign’s flagship event, Clean Up the World Weekend
(18-20 September 2009) is a global celebration of the environmental
actions and achievements of participants. Joining Clean Up the World is
simple: ■ Register online:
http//:activities.cleanuptheworld.org ■ Email:
info@cleanuptheworld.org ■
Visit: www.cleanuptheworld.org
■ Call: +61 2 9692 0700 ■ Post: 18 Bridge Road, Glebe NSW 2037, Australia.
Clean Up Clean Up the
World partners with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to
inspire and assist communities to "clean up, fix up and conserve their
local environment" through carrying out initiatives ranging from waste
removal and tree planting to water and energy conservation projects. Clean
Up the World and its participating organisations mobilise an estimated 35
million volunteers from more than 120 countries annually. |
Register online: |
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October 24, 2009 |
October 24, 2009 is INTERNATIONAL
CLIMATE ACTION DAY, and is being coordinated by 350.org, the
grassroots organizing brainchild of Bill McKibben. The idea is to mobilize
grassroots groups all over the world to hold highly visible public / media
events on 10/24/09. Each event should highlight the number 350—the maximum
global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (in parts per million-
ppm) that is safe for the long term. We are already up to 387, and
increasing. For more details:
http://www.350.org/ We need to do something in Rochester, and to
be worth doing, it should be a coordinated effort between several groups,
and something creative, eye-catching…. Media-worthy! That’s the point—to
have media worldwide show that there is a groundswell of popular support
for a global treaty (successor to Kyoto), and that therefore world leaders
must craft a plan to bring levels down to 350 ppm by the time they leave
the international climate talks in Copenhagen in December of this year.
Are you interested in helping? If this is to be done, we would need people
to: • Reach out to other groups/ organizations to see what they are doing,
and try to coordinate (for all I know, there is already an effort planned
that we could work with) • Be creative- come up with a good location /
“shtick” to make it media-worthy • Recruit others • Contact media |
The idea is to mobilize grassroots groups all over the world to hold
highly visible public / media events on 10/24/09 |
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Ongoing Events |
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Wind Events Many Dates and locations |
 Wind Power Events and Events Around NYS. --from New York Wind Power
Education Project. "To: NYS community, civic, and community
organizations — There are many opportunities to learn about and discuss
wind power in the next several weeks. Please consider attending these
events and publicizing them to your membership. Also: The various
regional planning councils in New York State have launched a program to
help municipalities address wind power development. This effort,
coordinated by the Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council, is
described at:
http://www.gflrpc.org/AboutTheCouncil/Newsletter/fall06.pdf -- About
The NY Wind Power Education Project The NY Wind Power Education Project
is a collaborative effort of the Pace Law School Energy Project,
Citizens Campaign for the Environment, and NYPIRG to increase the
public's understanding of wind power issues, including its environmental
benefits, in the belief that a better informed public can participate
more meaningfully in the environmental review process and other public
discussions surrounding proposed wind facilities. Twice per month, the
NY Wind Power Education Project will distribute this email bulletin on
wind energy issues and events around New York State. If you would like
to forward announcements for possible inclusion in the WPEP Bulletins,
simply email Anne Reynolds,
areynolds@law.pace.edu . (The same address should be used if you
wish to be added or removed from the list.) |
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Second Monday of
every month at 7 PM |
 From
Green Party of Monroe County, New York --
Check out their blog: Green Pages
Newspaper
This Monday is the Green Party of Monroe County's Monthly
Meeting. Our speaker this month is Elizabeth Henderson of Peaceworks
Farms and Genesee Valley Organic Community Supported Agriculture (GVOCSA).
Elizabeth will be talking about organic agriculture at the family level.
Mothers & Fathers can learn how to help their children as well as
themselves go organic. Also in attendance at this month's shindig will
be Rachel Treichler, who has just been elected as the Western NY
representative to the NYS Green Party Executive Committee. Come and give
her feedback on the Greens at a state level. As if that weren't enough,
we'll be voting on a platform plank, planning for upcoming events,
elections and more. As always the meeting starts at 7pm at 179 Atlantic
Avenue. It's handicap accessible and the meeting is free and open to the
public so bring your friends! |
179
Atlantic Avenue. |
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Last Friday of the
month |
 Critical
Mass - Rochester Wiki "Critical
Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling
and to assert cyclists' right to the road. The idea
started in San Francisco in September 1992 and quickly
spread to cities all over the world. Critical Mass has
no leaders, and no central organization licenses
rides. In every city that has a CM ride, some locals
simply picked a date, time, and location for the ride
and publicized it, and thus the ride was born. CM is
an idea and an event, not an organization." —
criticalmassrides.info - To plan critical mass
rides in Rochester or to find out when the next ride
is happening, sign up for the
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Rochester Critical Mass mailing list. Critical
mass rides traditionally occur on the last
Friday of the month. The ride departs from
the
Wilson Commons clock tower on the
UR campus at 5:30
and from the
Liberty Pole (downtown) at 6:00pm. |
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Get
the complete list of events for
Rochester
Birding Association:
2005
Rochester Birding Association / Genesee Ornithological
Society Birding Field Trips You many need
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Lots of things going on
over at
Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club
-- Check out their
Calendar. |
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Every
Tuesday., 7PM |
Metro Justice: Every
Tuesday., 7PM TV Dinner meetings, Metro Justice Office. 167 Flanders
Street. Every Thursday - 8:30PM TV Dinner cable
program, Cable channel 15. |
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Local Web sites that have their own continual
updating of Rochester-area Environmental Events |
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A good
online calendar for Rochester-area events is
City Guide For Rochester, NY 's - Events
Calendar for Rochester, New York
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