Linking spirituality and the environment
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- May
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The Episcopal Diocese of New York will hold an environmental conference for its congregations – stretching from the Catskills to New York City – from 9:30am – 3pm on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the St. Mathew’s Church, 382 Cantitoe Street, Bedford, NY.
Program organizers say the purpose of the conference is twofold: to recognize humans’ integral spiritual relationship with the environment and to bring attention to the larger environmental issues that also affect all of our lives in the Hudson Valley region, with an emphasis on practical ways that we can take local action to make positive changes within our own communities.
The keynote speaker will be John Cronin, formerly the nation’s first Riverkeeper, now the Director of the Beacon Institute and Director of the Pace Academy for the Environment at Pace University.
Workshops will be held on:
“Greening Your Life” – Your buildings and lifestyle, in city and country.
“Advocacy”- Affecting your neighborhood, village, or city policy.
“What Has Changed, What Needs Changing?” – The negative effects of environmental change, and what to do about it.
“What We Eat” – Farmers markets, community supported agriculture.
Registration for the conference, which includes and an “environmental” lunch, is $20.
Register by phone at: 914-693-3848 or mail a check to:
Episcopal Diocese of New York
55 Cedar Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
For more information and to register online click here
If you feel more comfortable speaking or e-mailing someone directly, contact:
Rev. Stephen Holton, Committee Chairman – revholton@stpaulsonthehill.org or 914-941-6627
or
George Potanovic, Jr., Episcopal Environmental Committee member – georgep123@optonline.net or 845-429-2020
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
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