Participants addressed the complex issues impacting fresh water security including changes in climate patterns, flooding, population growth, water treatment, and development. Co-sponsored with …
2013 Award: Dr. Paul C. Huth
Paul is director emeritus of Mohonk Preserve‘s Daniel Smiley Research Center (DSRC). He worked with Dan Smiley from 1974 until Dan’s death in 1989, when Paul assumed the role of the Preserve’s …
2012 Conference: Alternative Energy
This conference focused on sustainable policies, practices and financial initiatives, particularly impacting solar, wind, and geothermal energy. New York State assemblyman Kevin Cahill, opened the …
2012 Award: Rik Flynn
Rik Flynn is cofounder, director and former president of the board of UlsterCorps. Since its inception, the grassroots volunteer organization has worked to match up the right volunteer to the right …
2011 Conference: Communities in Transition—Local Strengths, Local Resilience
Tina Clarke of Transition US history and background of the Transition Communities movement worldwide across the world and explored the application of Transitions Communities to our region. Read Chris …
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2011 Award: Laura Heady
Laura Heady is biodiversity outreach coordinator for the NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program in partnership with Cornell University. She works to ensure clean water, protect fish, wildlife and their …
2010 Award: Michael Berg
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 …