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. …
2007 Forum: Survival Lessons for the Earth—Native American Models
Discussed ways to guide communities toward sustainability through new and old ways of looking at relations with land—its history, inhabitants, and uses. …
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2006 Award: John Jankiewicz
Water and sewer administrator, Town of Lloyd. For pioneering work in education and communication—constructed wetlands, promoting environmental education and advancing green technology. Highland, NY. …
2006 Forum: Lessons from Katrina—What is Our Local Plan?
Offered a reflective discussion for local leaders and citizens to learn from Katrina’s disaster and to consider what local responses could be to mitigate loss and to create community support through …
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2005: Our 25th Anniversary
In 2005 we paused to celebrate and reflect on 25 years as a nonprofit entity devoted to gather people at Mohonk Mountain House to find practical solutions to social and environmental issues we face in …