Carleton’s Climate Action Weeks: No Impact Edition will kick off with an event in the Great Hall including informational tabling from sustainability-focused college and community groups, live music by Carleton ensemble, Just Cellin’, and a keynote speech by featured guest, J. Drake Hamilton, Science and Policy Director at St. Paul based Fresh Energy.
Help Carleton College kick off our annual Climate Action Week events with a screening of the documentary “No Impact Man” hopes to spur discussion and inspiration about the environmental impact of our lifestyles. The film tells the story of author Colin Beavan, who went completely “green,” giving up virtually all of the comforts of modern living — electricity, gas-powered transportation, shipped food and public waste disposal — in a drastic effort to curb his environmental impact.
The Cannon River Watershed Partnership is proud to announce that the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour will return for a second year to the Cannon River Watershed this February. CRWP will screen a selection of seven short films from the festival in Red Wing and in Northfield, Minnesota, each of which speaks in a different way to the environmental concerns and celebrations of our planet. “Films featured at Wild & Scenic give people a sense of place,” says Tour Associate Director, Amelia Workman. “In today’s busy world, it is easy to disconnect from our role in the global ecosystem. When we realize that the change we need in this world begins with us, we start making a difference. Come get inspired!”
The films collected and featured by the Wild and Scenic Film Festival are a natural extension of CRWP’s work to inspire people to act on behalf of the environment. This winter’s selections tell stories about your backyard, an endangered lake and culture in Kenya, Beluga habitat in the Arctic and stories of remarkable rivers in the Southwest and abroad. CRWP hopes to also include the only public screenings of a documentary short film made by St. Olaf College film students as well.
EVENT DETAILS: $10 for students, seniors and members of CRWP, $15 for general public. A limited number of tickets will be made available online at crwp.net, in person at CRWP’s Northfield office or at the theater the night of the event if any tickets remain.
Proceeds will support the work of the Cannon River Watershed Partnership.
The Cannon River Watershed Partnership is proud to announce that the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour will return for a second year to the Cannon River Watershed this February. CRWP will screen a selection of seven short films from the festival in Red Wing and in Northfield, Minnesota, each of which speaks in a different way to the environmental concerns and celebrations of our planet. “Films featured at Wild & Scenic give people a sense of place,” says Tour Associate Director, Amelia Workman. “In today’s busy world, it is easy to disconnect from our role in the global ecosystem. When we realize that the change we need in this world begins with us, we start making a difference. Come get inspired!”
The films collected and featured by the Wild and Scenic Film Festival are a natural extension of CRWP’s work to inspire people to act on behalf of the environment. This winter’s selections tell stories about your backyard, an endangered lake and culture in Kenya, Beluga habitat in the Arctic and stories of remarkable rivers in the Southwest and abroad. CRWP hopes to also include the only public screenings of a documentary short film made by St. Olaf College film students as well.
EVENT DETAILS: $10 for students, seniors and members of CRWP, $15 for general public. Free for Carleton students, faculty, staff with ID. A limited number of tickets will be made available online at crwp.net, in person at CRWP’s Northfield office or at the theater the night of the event if any tickets remain. Saturday, February 21st at the Carleton College Weitz Center Cinema. Doors open 1:30 p.m., show starts at 2:00 p.m.
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival is co-sponsored by Take Back the Tap, a student organization at Carleton College, and is presented in association with Carleton’s annual Climate Action Week. Proceeds will support the work of the Cannon River Watershed Partnership.
Ma’ikwe Ludwig is a social innovator who brings together what are often seen as disparate fields: sustainability, healthy group dynamics, and spirituality. For her, the juice is in the integration of these pieces and the belief that we can’t really create a sustainable world without cooperation, self-reflection, and creativity. As director of Ecovillage Education, Ludwig lives in Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in rural Missouri where the members of the community experiment with natural building, consensus and simple, low-resource living, and relish the challenge of answering the question: “How can we be truly sustainable in the modern world?” Ludwig’s work brings these lessons out into the wider world through teaching, writing and consulting. The title of her presentation is “Sustainable is Possible: Creating Low Carbon, High Quality Lives… Together.”
Join the GNSC as we explore the potential of a local “green business” initiative, beginning with a public talk by Carleton alum Elizabeth Shephard, CEO of LifeCity in New Orleans. The green business initiative aims to come up with a list of “best practices” for local businesses that want to become more sustainable, and helping interested businesses implement them.
More about Liz:
Elizabeth (Liz) Shephard (Carleton College ’06) is trained as an energy rater, water policy analyst, LEED Green Associate, and facilitator. After graduating with honors and distinction at Carleton College, Elizabeth was hired by her college as an Environmental Studies Associate to serve as the school’s sustainability coordinator, where she also built connections to the city of New Orleans. Originally from the Gulf Coast, Elizabeth moved to Louisiana to teach Earth Science and worked in the environmental non-profit field for nearly 3 years. Daughter of two independent business owners and as a previous steering committee member of Social Entrepreneurs for New Orleans (now Propeller), Elizabeth is passionate about making business sustainable. She leads the Green Chamber of Commerce Green Committee and serves on event committees for greening the Superbowl, NCAA events, and other special conferences like the USGBC Green Build Conference. She serves as Chair of the Caring for Creation Committee at Rayne Memorial Methodist Church and is an active community member.
Elizabeth’s team currently works with 120 local businesses in helping them eliminate waste, improve efficiency, and most importantly, save money. Over the past year, these organizations have achieved the following impacts: diverting over 1,000+ tons of waste from landfills (including putting 600 tons of oyster shells back on our coast), conserving 5M+ kWh of energy through efficiency and conservation improvements, conserving 2 tons of carbon through over 5,000 miles biked, installing 30,000 sq ft. of white roofs, planting 28,000 trees across New Orleans, and supporting more than 2,190 full time equivalent jobs across SE Louisiana that are producing more than $128.9M in annual revenue.
Recently, Elizabeth was chosen as one of the top 50 Business Women of the Year by CityBusiness, a local New Orleans newspaper.
Dr. Macneill’s research is in the area of environmental history. His latest book, Mosquito Empires (2010) concerns ecology and warfare in the Greater Caribbean in the 17th-20th centuries. It won the Beveridge Prize of the American Historical Association for the best book on the history of the western hemisphere.
Rebecca Craven ’81 is the Program Director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, promoting pipeline safety through education and advocacy, increased access to information, and partnerships with residents, safety advocates, government, and industry, resulting in safer communities and a healthier environment. Craven regularly works with local governments in development of pipeline safety ordinances and responds to requests for pipeline safety information from concerned citizens. She previously served as a policy analyst for the Whatcom County Council (WA), working on a variety of resource and land use issues. She is an attorney, and practiced for many years in the northwest, representing Alaska Native villages in the Bering Straits and Pacific Northwest Indian tribes in matters ranging from water rights, federal land management, and cultural resource protection to taxation and child welfare.
Help is needed on Saturday, February 6, 2016, between the hours of 4:30 – 9:30 PM.
Volunteers need to be comfortable in dark, forested situations and physically able to work 2 – 3 hours outside in the cold weather. Listen for the barred owl at dusk and other winter night sounds. Hot beverages will warm your fingers and toes when you return to the Visitor Center!Snowshoes will be available to rent.
Up to 10 volunteers will set out candles, light them, hike/ski the trail relighting candles and pick them back up at the end of the evening.
Set up time and lighting of candles is from about 1 – 5 PM
Maintaining the candles is from 5 – 8 PM
Tear down will be from 8- 9 PM.
Volunteer for the entire evening or just one of these times. Please request your preferred task and time. Any length of shift is appreciated. Training will be provided. Older kids are welcome to volunteer with parents – families will work together.
You must be comfortable working in the outdoor environment, physically able and dress for cold weather. If available, bring a backpack to make it easier to carry candle materials.
For more information contact Sandi Gatlin, Park Technician, at 507-455-5871 or email sandi.gatlin@state.mn.us