The BEC office maintains
a list of some upcoming events of interest.
Follow this Building
Environmental Community - Oakland County, Michigan
link to find out more: GREEN
TIMES
GLOBAL WARMING:
Can Michigan Meet the Challenge?
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
Global warming and resulting climate chaos is the biggest
environmental, economic and public health threat our planet
has ever faced. Can Michigan rise to meet this challenge?
Three upcoming events will feature some of the world’s
top climate scientists from right here in Michigan who will
help answer that question. These scientists, many of whom
served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will
address issues including: the scientific evidence of global
warming and why it’s happening; the expected impacts
on Michigan’s industries (particularly agriculture);
and the policies Michigan must pursue address this global
challenge.
Thursday, May 29 from 6:30pm – 9pm
Loosemore Auditorium
Grand Valley State University’s Pew Campus
401 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids
Hosted by Department of Environmental Quality
Director Steven Chester
& Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell
Tuesday, June 10 from 7pm – 9pm
Southfield Public Library
26300 Evergreen Rd., Southfield
Hosted by Representative Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor)
& Soutfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence
Jeffrey Andresen, PhD
Assoicate Professor, Department of Geography
Michigan State University & the State Climatologist for
Michigan
*
Barry Rabe, PhD
Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public
Policy
University of Michigan
A Sampling of Past Events
from Some Kindred Local Area Organizations
Below, please find a
sampling of past events from some kindred local area
organizations. Links to some of their websites, or
others, for further information may be found by clicking
the "Links" link on the navigation bar
to the right.
Garbage
in Detroit: Burn or Earn?
Rally for A New
Business Model for Solid Waste in Detroit.
Tuesday, May
13 at 6:30 PM
1st Unitarian Universalist Church
(Cass & Forest Streets)
Support City Council’s Resolution
to phase out Detroit’s trash incinerator and Clean and
Green Recycling Resource Recovery system in 2008 with
• An overall plan for materials recovery and comprehensive
curbside recycling, supplemented by landfills;
• A pilot Curbside Recycling Program starting in 2008-09;
• Other start up projects in 2008 e.g. spendable Business
Incentive Coupon rewards for recyclers.
The new Clean and Green Business Model
• Uses the same DPW labor force and collection trucks
• Creates new jobs linked to reusable, recycled materials
• Attracts green industries—a number have already
expressed interest in building facilities and doing business
using Detroit’s captured waste.
Attend the Rally or contact Council President Ken Cockrel,
Jr. to support
Call 313- 224-4505 or email him cockrelK.CNCL.Council@kcockrel.ci.detroit.mi.us
Sponsored by
• MOSES (Metropolitan
Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength) and
• Coalition for a New Business Model for Detroit Waste
For more information contact MOSES 313-692-5290, ext 19 or
Sierra Club: Anna Holden 313-331-0932
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November 11, 2006, 12-4pm
Bioreserve Pilot Training
Session
Special to this Saturday session, after the presentation and
questions and comments, participants will visit two of the
City's natural area parts to walk through some different natural
areas and test out the assessment itself. We will return to
the NEW Center by 4pm.
For information about this opportunity for volunteers see
HRWC's 'What
You Can Do' volunteer Web page.
Sponsor: Huron River
Watershed Council.
Location: NEW Center
in Ann Arbor (where HRWC's offices are located).
Contact: Kris at kolsson@hrwc.org
or 734/769-5123 x16 to register.
November 11, 2006, 1:00 pm
Wild Ones Nature Photography
with Ron Meyer
Join WILD ONES for a session with Ron Meyer to talk about
photographing nature. Mr. Meyer is an artist and wildlife
photographer with over 40 years of experience who has traveled
from the Gulf of Mexico to Northern Canada photographing animals.
Mr. Meyer has authored a book on photography, "Nature
is your Studio: How to Photograph Wildlife in Natural Settings"
and a children's book, "Freddy Fox."
Location: Oakland
Township Parks & Recreation Building, 4393 Collins Road.
Contact & Registration:
Please pre-register by calling Barb at 248-601-6405 or send
an e-mail.
November 11, 2006, 10:00 am
The Royal Oak Nature Society's
November Nature Walk
Join the Royal Oak Nature Society for a walk and enjoy the
last of the fall color season. The walk is free and open to
everyone. Pre-
registration is not required.
Location: Cummingston
Park (Torquay & Leafdale), Royal Oak.
Contact: For more
information, call 248-246-3380 or send an e-mail.
November 12, 2006, 6:30-8:30
pm
Transfer of Development
Rights (TDRs) Comes (hypothetically) to the Huron River Watershed
Elizabeth Riggs, HRWC's TDR Project Manager, will be
speaking on the TDR topic for the November meeting of Land
Use for a Healthy Watershed Discussion and Resource Group.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Location: NEW Center,
1100 North Main, Ann Arbor.
Contact: Suzy at suzymo@earlthlink.net
or 734/769-5123 x17.
November 14, 2006, 8:30-10:00
am
Free Fertilizer Ordinace
Information Workshop
Attend a free workshop to understand what may be necessary
for your community to develop and adopt a fertilizer ordinance
(to reduce phosphorus loading to the Huron River). Click on
the Fertilizer Ordinance Workshop press release for more information
on this event.
Location: NEW Center
in Ann Arbor.
Contact: To register,
contact Jennifer at 734-769-5123 x17 by Friday, November 10.
November 15, 2006, 7-9 pm
Bioreserve pilot training
Session
See entry at November 11 above.
Location: Leslie Science
Center in Ann Arbor (near the corner of Traver Road and Barton
Drive).
Contact: For more
information, call 734-769-5123.
November 16, 2006, Evening
Talk on Mill Creek Revealed
Approximately 100 volunteers have
been studying Mill Creek for the past two years, examining
the insects and other creatures that live in the creek, surveying
the channel shape, monitoring the sediment in the water, measuring
flow and discharge rates, monitoring phosphate in the water,
measuring and mapping habitat and monitoring the extreme summer
temperatures. We will explain what this comprehensive study
reveals about the major problems that were identified
in the Mill Creek Subwatershed Management Plan: heavy nutrient
loads (especially phosphate) and other contaminants, "flashy"
flow rates, soil erosion and sedimentation.
Location: Dexter Township
Hall, 6880 Dexter-Pinckney Road. [This
talk will be repeated on December 11.]
Contact: For more
information, call 734-769-5123.
November 16, 2006
Stream Leaders Student
Congress
Sponsor: Clinton River
Watershed Council.
Location: Held annually
at the Macomb Intermediate School District.
Contact: For more
information, visit the Stream
Leaders website or contact our Education Director
at 248-601-0606 or educator@crwc.org.
November 30, 2006
Friends of the Rouge Annual
Membership Meeting
For more information, visit the Friends
of the Rouge Web site.
December 11, 2006, Evening
Talk on Mill Creek Revealed
[Repeat of the
November 16 event described above]
Location: Dexter Township
Hall, 6880 Dexter-Pinckney Road.
Contact: For more
information, call 734-769-5123.
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