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Beacon Celebrates A Day for the Earth
Hudson Valley residents who want to put the brakes on global warming and its potentially catastrophic consequences can find out how to help locally on Saturday, December 8, from 2 to 4:30pm at The Tabernacle of Christ Church on Main Street in Beacon. A Day for the Earth will feature speakers and musicians to celebrate the earth, raise awareness of global warming and its effects on our Hudson River Valley community, and encourage residents to help heal the planet with specific local activities.
Musical performers will include Guy Davis, Linda Richards, Pete Seeger and his grandson, Tao Rodriguez Seeger. The program will also feature Professor Nicholas Robinson, founder of the Environmental Legal Studies program at Pace University School of Law and a renowned specialist in international environmental law, who will provide an international perspective on global warming. Cold Spring resident Ellyn Rosenthal, who has formed Local Yokels for local activism (including promoting and selling hundreds of composters in the community this past summer), will speak about how each of us can reduce our carbon footprint. A short film about the possible extinction of polar bears and other serious consequences of the climate crisis will also be shown.
A Day for the Earth is part of an international day of recognition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, meeting December 3-14 to create an international accord to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which is set to expire in 2012. The new accord will set strict guidelines for curbing carbon and implementing alternative energy solutions.
A Day for the Earth is sponsored by the Climate Crisis Coalition and locally by the Hudson Valley International Day for the Earth Committee. Other local sponsors include Clearwater, the Beacon Sloop Club, Mid-Hudson Progressive Alliance, and Philipstown for Democracy.
There will be tables with displays and information about how anyone and everyone can help reduce global warming. This family-friendly, community event is free and open to the public. For more information, see the Climate Crisis Coalition website at www.climatecrisiscoalition.org or the Hudson Valley Day for the Earth website at www.thnktnk.net/hvidfte.com or call 845-228-8894.
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