DEFYING EXTINCTION:
Nurturing a Garden of Resilience in the Face of Climate Crisis
9:00-9:30 REGISTRATION
9:30-10:00 WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS (John and Maureen)
10:00- 10:15 INTERLUDE: Poetry: Melissa Tuckey, Traditional flute: Eric Marczak
10-15-10:55 DAHR JAMAIL: The Climate Crisis is Upon Us: How, Then, Shall We Live?
Award-winning War journalist turned climate crisis reporter Dahr Jamail, reads from his new book The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption and discusses living on a planet that has been irrevocably changed.
11:00-11:40 PATRICIA HYNES: WHAT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PLANET
11:40-11:50 INTERLUDE: Poetry: Melissa Tuckey, Traditional flute: Eric Marczak
11:50-12:45 Simple Community Lunch (Provided)
12:45-1:45 WORKSHOPS: NURTURING GARDENS OF RESILIENCE
WORKSHOP #1: WRITING AS A PERSONAL RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS (Melissa Tuckey and Karen Malpede)
WORKSHOP #2: ACTION AS A PERSONAL RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS: the Extinction Rebellion, the Climate Reality Project, Action for Legislative Change (Meghan Marohn, Mark Dunlea)
WORKSHOP #3: DEEPENING SPIRIT AS A PERSONAL RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS (Dahr Jamail and Terri Delahanty)
1:45-2:25 MARK DUNLEA: WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE POLITICAL WILL TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
2:25-3:25 QUESTIONS AND REACTIONS: WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW, KEEP, ELIMINATE, CULTIVATE FOR THE ROAD AHEAD? (Dahr, Patricia, Mark, Terri, Melissa, Meghan, Karen)
THANK YOUS AND CONCLUSIONS (John and Maureen)
Clean up
WE ARE HOPING:
That all will join together in a celebration of community at the beautiful Great Sacandaga Lake lakeside Lanzi’s Restaurant.
(Click here details at Dinner at Lanzi's)