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 …
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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 …
2005 Conference: Eco-Villages—How Do We Get There from Here?
Developed in response to challenges created by regional sprawl. International Ecovillage leader Albert Bates offered the Ecovillage concept as one way to create community and halt destruction of the …
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