ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR
RochesterEnvironment.com
The most complete Environmental Calendar for the Rochester, NY area
Updated Monday, February 08, 2010
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The purpose of this Environmental Event Calendar is to make the public aware of all environmental events in the Rochester, NY area that either educate or provide a forum on many of the environmental issues in our area. Most are free, some require registration, and all are to promote the understanding and movement towards a sustainable environment here.To add your event, e-mail it to Frank J. Regan.
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Oftentimes events are a series that have many dates. Rather than try and list each separate date, I'm making a link to the series. Please check them:
- Every Tuesday (Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, etc.) and First Wednesdays - Unwanted Pharmaceutical Collection at various Monroe County Locations. Save our water quality and aquatic life. Don't flush or toss your unwanted pharmaceuticals! See Calendar at NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY. Block out patient's name but DO NOT block out the medication name or dosage info. Environmental Services | Monroe County, NY
- Monroe County HHW Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Appointment Scheduler -from MyMonroe. Opening Up Government. | Monroe County, NY
- Note from a friend: "Here is a note about some online seminars that might be of interest to the Rochester community. Although not specific to the area, the first one about monitoring water quality near gas drilling projects seems pretty relevant. ... if you read the fine print it tells you how to register. Registration is free, and despite the "Friends of Penn State" reference you don't need to have any association with Penn State to sign up. "Learn about Water Quality: CAS - Water Resources - Water Webinar Series Water Webinar Series The Penn State Cooperative Extension Water Webinar series provides educational programs on a variety of important water resources issues in Pennsylvania. A listing of scheduled webinars including date, seminar topic and a brief description of each topic is given below. You will need to pre-register to view these webinars (see Registration below). Each webinar is offered at 12:00 PM and 7:00 PM on the scheduled day. Everyone is welcome to participate in live seminars; however, you first must register.
- Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale Underway - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Saratoga Tree Nursery has begun taking orders for its annual sale of tree and shrub seedlings. Ordering will continue until mid-May through DEC's Saratoga Nursery. "The State Nursery has provided trees for erosion control and other uses since the early 1900s," DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis said. "With the challenges presented by global warming, planting trees is just as important today as it was 100 years ago." (January 26, 2010) Press Releases - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation [more on Plants in our area]
- Winter Wildlife Watching Events Being Held around the State - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation DEC and Partners Offer Dozens of Activities to See Nature First-hand Even in the chill of winter, New York's "Watchable Wildlife" initiative has slated a series of fun activities throughout the state to help connect people to nature, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. DEC is working with The Nature Conservancy, Audubon New York, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, and Empire State Development (I Love NY) to promote dozens of activities to view, interact and appreciate nature in all seasons. (February 4, 2010) Press Releases - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Chronological and Descriptive Calendar:
Events listed below are in order & this format: When
Where | What
February 2010
- Wednesday February 10, 2010 7:00 – 9:00pm |
Nottingham High School 3100 East Genesee St. Syracuse, New York
- Citizens’ Community Forum On Hydro-Fracking Wednesday February 10, 2010 7:00 – 9:00pm Nottingham High School 3100 East Genesee St. Syracuse, New York Wednesday February 10, 2010 7:00 – 9:00pm Nottingham High School 3100 East Genesee St. Syracuse, New York We have invited a variety of local through federal representatives. Confirmed Guests are: Lee Macbeth, Syracuse Watershed Control Coordinator Ken Lynch, Region 7 DEC Director Dave Valesky, State Senator Daniel Young, Regional Representative for Governor Paterson Mark Dunau, Northeast Organic Farmers Association and Delaware County Farm Bureau and Local landowners who have signed leases.
- Thursday, February 11, 2010 Time: 12:12 pm - 12:52
pm |
Central Library - Kate Gleason Auditorium,
Rochester, NY
- Thursday Thinkers - Where's My Electric Car? Library: Central Library - Kate Gleason Auditorium Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010 Time: 12:12 pm - 12:52 pm Category: Other (Miscellaneous) Age Level: Adult Details: Where is my electric car? What are the developments with new electric cars? There was a lot of activity on the subject at a recent European car show. General Motor’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant has been retooled for Volt production. Is GM banking its future on the Volt? And when will Volts arrive in the Rochester area for sale? When will we be plugging in instead of fueling up? Our speaker owns one of the largest car dealerships in the area. Join us as he shares his insider’s view of GM’s answer to the consumers’ demands for “green” cars. Speaker: Rick Dorschel President, Dorschel Automotive Group
- February 12, 2010 • 8:00 – 10:00 a.m | Laser
Lab 240 East River Road | East Entrance Presentation |
University of Rochester
- The Economics of Biofuels Dr. Thomas Drennen, Associate Professor of Economics, Chair of Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Senior Economist, Sandia National Laboratories February 12, 2010 • 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. University of Rochester | Laser Lab 240 East River Road | East Entrance Presentation | Q&A | Networking RSVP (required) online by February 5: Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Breakfast Series : Simon Graduate School of Business There is no fee for the series | Space is limited
- Thursday February 18th, 7:00 – 9:00 PM | Baha’i
Center, 693 East Avenue, Rochester (Entrance and parking off
Oxford St.)
- TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENTS From the Inside Out PowerPoint by Dave Whitman Thursday February 18th, 7:00 – 9:00 PM Baha’i Center, 693 East Avenue, Rochester (Entrance and parking off Oxford St.) FREE and open to the public. Climate change and the financial crisis are symptoms of an unsustainable world economy hitting planetary limits. The necessary rapid transformation faces barriers deeply rooted in our psyche, values and institutions, requiring spiritual as well as scientific solutions. Rather than falling into a doomsday depression, we need to see the present chaos as an opportunity. The Bahá'í concept of oneness enables an integrated perspective and a profound reconsideration of every dimension of our lives, society and environment. We can be empowered to provide spiritual and intellectual leadership to transform our personal lives, families, communities, nations and the emerging world society --from the inside out.
- Tuesday, February 23rd, at 4:30 PM – 6 PM | at the
AAUW house, 494 East Ave, Rochester, NY
- Zero Waste Committee: We had a great meeting at a great place last time and now we’ve got some project. Join up and get our notices at Rochester Sierra Club Zero Waste | Google Groups Also, we will be talking about more about Monroe County Parks clean event on Saturday, April 10th. It will be the 1st annual Pick Up the Parks event and we’ll discus how the Sierra Club can help with this big event. We are working on several projects, including how to let the public know where to recycle, how we can help other groups, how we can encourage the city and county to recycle more and waste less.
- Wednesday, February, 24th at 7PM | at the Brighton
Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester NY 14618
- Steering committee on Sierra Club Transportation Committee. Please consider attending a steering committee on Transportation at the Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester NY 14618, in the main meeting room, on Wednesday, February, 24th at 7PM. Much has been going on in the last year with alternative transportation in our area and we need Sierra Club members to help us sort out the details and provide help for various projects. Some of the concepts like Bicycle Boulevards, Walking School Buses, and the Bicycle Friendly Community Awards are described on this committee’s web page: Transportation Free and Open to the public
- Action due date: February 23-34 | Washington,
DC
- » Great Lakes Day 2010 – February 23-24 – Washington, DC – Registration is now open! - Healthy Lakes - Healthy Lives Time for Action! With your help, the effort to restore the Great Lakes has made significant progress in the past year, which is why it is more important now than ever to attend Great Lakes Day, February 23-24 in Washington, D.C.! In 2009 Great Lakes advocates helped secure huge victories for the Great Lakes, including an investment of over $1 billion to repair aging sewers and restore habitat in the economic recovery package and an historic $475 million for the new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative aimed at restoring habitat, cleaning up toxic pollution and confronting invasive species.
March
- Saturday, March 6, CHARLOTTE, WEST LAKESHORE,
TURNING POINT PARK
- Looking for waterfowl, gulls and early migrants. Meet at the northeast corner of the Charlotte Beach parking lot beside the Genesee River outlet at 8:30 a.m. Extra spotting scopes would be very helpful. For more information, 671-9639 or visit www.rochesterbirding.com .
- Saturday, March 13, BEGINNER BIRDER TRIP --
CHARLOTTE, BRADDOCK BAY, LAKESHORE FIELDS S
- Sharpen your skills on migratory waterfowl. Meet at the northeast corner of the Charlotte Beach parking lot beside the Genesee River outlet at 8:30 a.m. Extra spotting scopes would be very helpful. For more information, 227-5837 and 482-7778 or visit www.rochesterbirding.com .
- Sturday, March 20,
- LAKE SHORE MARSHES EAST WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA A tour of the marshes to look for migrating waterfowl and other migratory birds. Meet in Webster Plaza -- at junction of Route 404 and Hard Road -- near Starbucks at 7:30 a.m. Extra spotting scopes and FRS radios would be very helpful. For more information, 872-7334 and (315) 331-0316 or visit www.rochesterbirding.com.
- Sunday, March 21, HAMLIN BEACH STATE PARK
- Looking for diving ducks, Red-necked Grebes (note: grebes are best seen early in the day) and other spring migrants. Meet in parking lot No. 1 at 7:30 a.m. Extra spotting scopes would be very helpful. For more information, 288-2611 or visit www.rochesterbirding.com .
- Sunday, March 28, DURAND EASTMAN PARK and LAKESHORE
- We’ll search for migrants. Meet at the Lake Shore Boulevard parking area between Log Cabin Road and Zoo Road (Parking Lot D) at 8:00 a.m. For more information, 227-5837 and 482-7778 or visit www.rochesterbirding.com .
April 2010
- April 10, 2010 |At between 3 or 6 Monroe County
Parks
- Monroe County Parks Cleanup Save the date. We’re hoping we can get lots (hundreds) of Sierra Club member to help us help Monroe County Parks on this first Parks Cleanup. What we know so far: There will be donuts, about two hours picking up in the morning.
- Wednesday, April 14, 2010 (the week before Earth
Day) from 6:00-8:00 PM | Where: Victor Primary School, front and
cafeteria entrances 953 High Street, Victor 14564
- The Victor PTSA Environment Committee is pleased to announce its Third Annual Earth Day Celebration, to be held on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 (the week before Earth Day) from 6:00-8:00 PM at Victor Primary School. This is a new location for us this year. This community event is open to the public free of charge and is a great way to promote area businesses and organizations to Victor/Farmington families and those visiting from surrounding areas. In the past, the event has been advertised in the media and has been a great success, drawing hundreds of people. We will be inviting over 100 vendors to participate, including Seneca Park Zoo, who will bring live animals. We also plan to expand our celebration with the participation of more students and classes, who are invited to bring environment-related projects for display. Again, we will hold a raffle and have craft activities for the kids and snacks for purchase. We promise it will be an exciting night of learning about the earth and the things we can all do to live in more sustainable ways. Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM. Location: Victor Primary School, front and cafeteria entrances 953 High Street, Victor 14564 We hope you can attend!
- APRIL 16, 2010 | The Links at Erie Village, E. Syracuse, N.Y
- "THE ENERGY HIGHWAY " Efficient, Secure, Reliable & Environmentally Sensitive Transmission & Distribution of Electricity This may be the most important Energy Symposium of the Year! Don't miss it! Join leaders in government, business, environment and academia for the Sixth Annual Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century.Speakers will include: *Thomas King, President & CEO National Grid, *Richard Kessel, President & CEO, NYPA *Frank Murray, President & CEO, NYSERDA *Garry Brown, Chairman, PSC *Samir Succar, Senior Energy Analyst, NRDC *Carol Murphy, Executive Director, Alliance for Clean Energy New York * Congressman Paul Tonko * Kit Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General for Environment This is the Sixth Year we are bringing you a Symposium on Energy and each one is even more spectacular than the previous. Town Supervisors, Mayors, City and Town Planners, College Presidents, faculty and students from two dozen colleges, representatives from 50 municipalities, business owners, architects, engineers, governmental staff and just interested citizens have made up the 350 attendees. We have kept the registration fee at $40, including breakfast and lunch. The new venue provides adequate parking but we still may have to cap attendance so reserve your space now. Check out the entire program and Register online today at "THE ENERGY HIGHWAY " There are also excellent optional tours: *ESF - Wood Chips to Ethanol Process *Fenner Wind Farm *Morrisville Biodigester *Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant ***NEW TOUR*** *National Grid Distribution & Training Center Don't miss this event and register now. Looking forward to hearing from you. Rhea Dr. Rhea Jezer Chair, Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century Senior Lecturer, Cazenovia College Adjunct Associate Professor, SUNY ESF 315-727-0123 rjezer@gmail.com
- Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 5PM - 8:30 PM| at the
First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd South, Rochester NY.
- The Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club is pleased to announce its 12th Annual Forum, which will be an interactive event, Transitioning to Sustainable Communities. This is Rochester’s premier environmental event promoting individual and organizational networking. Our speaker, Tina Clarke, has been a consultant with the Sustainability Institute (www.sustainer.org) and Bill McKibben’s 350.org (www.350.org) and is a certified Transition Towns Trainer (www.transitiontowns.org). She will describe the latest thinking on the “Triple Challenge” of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Instability. She will share inspiring stories, models and methods that communities are using to “transition” to a more resilient future. Following Tina’s presentation, we will form Facilitated Discussion Groups to encourage discussion by all participants, stimulate new ideas, raise questions and explore answers. We hope to spark interest and creative thinking and offer people an opportunity to identify and join an organization working on these issues. The Forum will be on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd South, Rochester NY. As always the Forum is free and open to the public.
Other Online Environmental Calendars
- Events Calendar - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation This calendar provides a listing of all DEC-sponsored events that are open to the public. You can click on any event in the calendar to view additional details about the event. Use the drop-down box at the top of the calendar if you only wish to view events located in a particular region of the state.
- City of Rochester | Events The City’s online calendar helps you plan to participate in public meetings or civic gatherings, find service schedules or learn about recreation and cultural events. The events calendar can be filtered by date, topic or by the customer-focused categories of our Web site’s portal structure. Please note: The Calendar may include events hosted by organizations that are not affiliated with the City government. Placement on the calendar does not constitute a City endorsement of the event; the City is not responsible for the accuracy of the event’s description; nor can the City guarantee that non-City events will take place as posted.