Eco-Metropolis Conference: Toward a Green, Just, Sustainable Greater NYC
Last year’s Eco-Metropolis Conference was inspiring and energizing, so we decided to once again bring together many key people in various grassroots areas to discuss their work, inspire us(and each other) and help build new partnerships. One special focus this year will be on students and youth and helping nurture tomorrow’s eco leaders. New York has enormous potential to be at the forefront of global urban eco-awareness. The ideas, initiative and energy to make our city and region greener, cleaner, saner, freer and more joyous are here now, if we get engaged.
New York, NY, (PRWEB) November 6, 2005 -- New York has enormous potential to be at the absolute forefront of global urban eco-awareness. And the ideas, initiatives, and energy to make our city and region greener, cleaner, saner, fairer, and freer will take on New York next weekend.
On November 11 and 12, Eco-Metropolis 2005 will bring the most dynamic and diverse grassroots activists, citizens, visionaries, and leaders together to celebrate the too often unheralded achievements of NYC’s gloriously diverse environmental and social justice communities. Co-sponsored by The New York Open Center, CUNY Graduate Center, and the Bioneers Conference, this conference is an opportunity to support the work that is being done, and foster awareness and connections to provide an even greater momentum to this movement. A special focus this year is helping nurture tomorrow’s eco-leaders. Various panels and events, including an “eco-fashion” show will highlight their current efforts, and admission will be free for those under 21 and students of all ages.
With a high use of public transportation and shared resources in apartment buildings, New Yorkers are already ahead of many populations, in their energy consumption. Unbeknownst to many people here, our mega-city is also home to a thriving, highly creative landscape of eco-activist of all stripes, including:
| | - community groups demanding environmental justice and less pollution in their neighborhoods from West Harlem to Greenpoint;
- visionary citizens reclaiming the Gowanus Canal and fighting to protect our watersheds;
- architects and designers pioneering models of sustainable building;
- food activists helping small farmers and the urban poor with farmer’s markets and CSA initiatives;
- transportation activists; socially conscious entrepreneurs; healthcare professionals, scientists, government officials, and many, many more.
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Don’t miss the over 100 presenters who will represent these groups at Eco-Metropolis 2005.
Highlights:
Jason West, the very young "green" Mayor of New Paltz who became a national celebrity recently over support of gay marriage, will give a keynote talk in Friday evening of music, poetry, eco-fashion, and much more to close a day celebrating every facet of youth eco activism and environmental education.
Saturday’s plenary sessions will include the powerful voices of:
*Peggy Shepard one of NYC's legendary environmental justice advocates, founder of West Harlem Environmental Action (WEACT)
*Alex Matthiessen, Executive Director of Riverkeeper
*John Todd, a legendary, world-renowned figure in "green biology" and eco-design, co-founder of the groundbreaking New Alchemy Institute and co-author the classic, From Eco-Cities to Living Machines, in a rare NYC visit,
*Michael Ableman, one of North America's most inspiring experts on urban agriculture and gardening and urban food security and justice
Registration:
When:
Friday, November 11, 12:30pm-9:00pm
Saturday, November 12, 10:00am-5:30pm
Full program schedule can be found at: www.ecometropolis.org
Where: CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Ave, at 34th St.)
How to Register: Call 212 219 2527, ext 2 or visit www.opencenter.org
Note: Admission will be free to anyone under 21 and all students with school id at all levels including graduate school.
The New York Open Center is the city's leading center of holistic learning and world culture, presenting workshops, concerts, conferences, films, trips, lectures, concerts, and NYC walking tours. NYOC programs – more than 600 annually - span the topics of holistic health, psychology and personal growth, sustainable living, spiritual inquiry, ecology and environment, and social and cultural issues. In addition, a new "Institutes for Advanced Study" offers graduate degrees and professional training in Integrative Health and Bodywork, Psychology, Education, and Society. The center’s headquarters on Soho's Spring Street, also offers massage and bodywork services, a public meditation room, an art gallery and a bookstore featuring books from Eastern, Western and Indigenous Spiritual Traditions.
Contact: Alessandra Gregory
Marketing & Public Relations Director
212-219-2527 x138
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