Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Welzer and Nabewaniec Speak on Visioning a Green Future

Steve Welzer and Jason Nabewaniec will be the speakers for Green Fest's concluding plenary session on visioning a truly sustainable future, Sunday, August 9, 1:45 pm — 3:30 pm in Howell Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, NY. Steve Welzer will speak about the future of Green politics, and Jason Nabewaniec will speak on joining our personal odysseys into a movement. Leonard Lehrman's and Helene Williams' concert, Celebrating the Elie Siegmeister Centennial and Other Music Relevant for Our Time, will open the program.

Steve Welzer was the co- editor of the Green Horizon Quarterly from 2003 to 2008. He is a founder of the Green Party of New Jersey and a member of the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States. He is the editor of The GreenGram, the newsletter of Green Party of New Jersey and writes for Synthesis/Regeneration, a magazine of Green social thought. He was a Green Party candidate for congress from New Jersey in 2008. Steve lives in Hightstown, New Jersey.

Jason Nabewaniec is a Co-Chair of the Green Party US. He works as a design engineer in the public sector and is finishing his Master's thesis in Environmental, Health and Safety Management at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This looks like fun. Nice event you're planning. I hope Ford Motor Company attends and learns some ideas about how to do business while protecting water supplies.

Ford is threatening the water supply in our area by partnering with a known polluter to unload Fords over our aquifer.