New York Green Fest August 7-9
If you are in the Northeast then think about registering now for the NY Green Fest 2009 to be held August 7-9 in Alfred, NY. Confirmed presenters include Rome Celli, David Doonan, Bill Kauffman, Ann Link, Carl Lundgren, Jason Nabewaniec, Carl Romanelli, Rachel Treichler, Steve Welzer, Zool Zulkowitz and many more.
Register now for NY Green Fest 2009. Join Greens from across New York and adjoining states in Alfred, NY, Friday through Sunday, August 7 – 9, 2009, for a weekend sharing ideas and skills for sustainable living and Green politics.
Sixty-five presenters offering more than 40 panels and workshops are currently scheduled for the third biennial NY Green Fest.
Exhibitors will sell local food items, handmade crafts, art, books on Green topics, bicycles, and renewable energy systems at the festival’s Green Fair. Musicians will perform on an outdoor solar stage. Swimming, yoga, hiking and drumming will be offered.
Green Fest 2009 will be held on the campus of Alfred University in the village of Alfred, NY. Alfred is located in rural Allegany County, 80 miles south of Rochester on the Pennsylvania border. The Short Line Bus runs several buses daily between Alfred, Westchester, New York City and Long Island. Visit our website for driving directions, or to offer or request a ride.The early-bird registration fee of $65 for the weekend is available through July 7. Meals and lodging are additional. Reservations may be made online at http://nygreenfest.org/registration.html
Green Fest is open to all who are interested in sustainable living and Green politics. It is a benefit for the Green Party of New York and other state Green parties in our region.
For more information, visit http://nygreenfest.org/ or call 607-569-2114.
Schedule:
Friday, August 7, 2009
10:00 am , Registration opens
12:00 noon , Exhibits open
1:45 pm , Workshops and Panels, Session 1
3:00 pm , Workshops and Panels, Session 2
4:15 pm, Swimming, hiking, yoga
5:30-6:30 pm, Dinner in Dining Hall
7:00 pm, Forum on the Politics of SustainabilitySaturday, August 8, 2009
7:30-8:30 am, Breakfast in Dining Hall
8:30 am, Workshops and Panels, Session 3
9:45 am, Forum on Sustainable Energy
11:15 am , Workshops and Panels, Session 4
12:30-1:30 pm, Lunch in Dining Hall
1:45 pm, Workshops and Panels, Session 5
3:00 pm, Workshops and Panels, Session 6
4:15 pm, Swimming, hiking, yoga, drumming
5:30-6:30 pm, Dinner in Dining Hall
7:00 pm , Forum on Politics and Nature
9:30 pm, Music and DancingSunday, August 9, 2009
7:30-8:30 am, Breakfast in Dining Hall
8:30 am, Workshops and Panels, Session 7
9:45 am, Forum on Regionalism and Sustainability
11:15 am , Workshops and Panels, Session 8
12:30-1:30 pm, Lunch in Dining Hall
1:45 pm, Forum on Visioning a Green Future
3:30 pm, AdjournWorkshops, Panels and Forums
Allegany Anti-Nuclear Campaign
Build Your Own Wind Turbine
Building Local Community
Building Pollywogg Holler
Drawing Political Cartoons
Earth Oven Workshop
Economics as a Cultural System
Empire to Earth Community
Gas Drilling and Local Sovereignty
Gaza’s Dilemma
Green Media Panels
Importance of Political Theory
Liberation Ecology Workshop
Living off the Grid
Local Food Supply Systems
9/11 Truth Workshop
Nonviolent Communication
Nut Tree Growing Workshop
Organizing for Peace
Out of Time: Global Warming
Peak Oil
Poetry from Place Workshop
Political Organizing on Campus
Politics of Sustainability
Rainwater Catchment Systems
Reality of Renewable Energy
Regionalism and Sustainability
Rights for Nature
Spiritual Basis for Green Living
Sustainability at AU Dining Hall
Sustainable Cities Panel
Sustainable Gardening
Third Party Ballot Access
Third Parties in U.S. Experience
Tickletown Sustainability Projects
Tofu Making Workshop
Traditional Feltmaking
Visioning a Green Future
Watershed Protection
What is Sustainability
Zero Waste Workshop
