Michael Berg is founder and leader of Family of Woodstock, Inc, the largest private, not-for-profit, social service agency in the Hudson Valley. Woodstock, NY. …
2010 Forum: Planning for Biodiversity—What Have We Got To Lose?
Offered dialogue among developers, landowners, planners, and conservationists aimed at identifying the components of local biodiversity and creating preservation strategies. …
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2009 Conference: Hunger in the Hudson Valley—How Can We Help?
Made connections between many stakeholders in the process of producing and transporting food, including farmers, gleaners, food service administrators, food pantries, and kitchens. Attended by …
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2009 Award: Laurence M. Hauptman
Laurence M. Hauptman, distinguished history professor emeritus at SUNY New Paltz, NY, is the well-known author of numerous scholarly books on the Seneca tribes, American history, and indigenous …
2008 Conference: What’s Your Watershed Address? Protecting the Hudson Valley’s Water and People
Local officials, water managers, and citizens discussed the mechanics and challenges of healthy streams, rivers, and buffer zones. …
2008 Conference: Meeting the Climate Challenge—Taking Action in the Hudson Valley
Explored current climate change policy and science, as well as effective local responses to climate change, including an in-depth exchange with local climate change experts focusing on ways each …
2008 Award: Bob Larsen
Mohonk Preserve ranger, trailblazer, cultural historian, and land preservationist. Marbletown, NY. …
2007 Conference: Demystifying Permaculture
Brought together world and local permaculture experts who introduced principles of permanent agriculture: “the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing food, energy, shelter and other …
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2007 Conference: Watershed Connections—Economic and Ecological Values of Streams, Buffers, and Floodplains
Co-sponsored by the Hudson River Watershed Alliance, Mohonk Consultations, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program, and the New York City Department of …
2007 Award: Les Hulcoop
For his work with Cornell Cooperative Extension—education and communication, support of regional food and farms, innovative community projects, green technologies. Millbrook, NY. …