The Earth Charter Community of the Lower Valley's annual summit event is scheduled for Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 4 to 8 PM at the Gelston House in East Haddam. This is a gala affair featuring a keynote address by James Howard Kunstler, delicious appetizers, a cash bar and a panel discussion about the Transition Town Initiative. It is a must-see event!
Tickets are only $25. We are encouraging everyone to buy two tickets to minimize our financial exposure on this project. Go to http://www.earthcharterct.org/ to buy tickets..and THANK YOU for your support!
James Howard Kunstler is the author of a number of books, including The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape; The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil; and World Made by Hand, a novel of America's post-oil future. He has appeared on The Colbert Report, and is a regular contributor to the New York Times Sunday Magazine and Op-Ed page, where he has written on environmental and economic issues.
He has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, MIT, RPI, the University of Virginia and many other colleges, and he has appeared before many professional organizations such as the AIA, the APA, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mr. Kunstler was born in New York City in 1948, where he spent most of his childhood. He graduated from the State University of New York, worked as a reporter and feature writer for a number of newspapers, and as a staff writer for Rolling Stone Magazine. He lives in Saratoga Springs in upstate New York.
Doors open at 3:30 PM for complementary snacks. We'll feature the keynote address from 4 to 5:30, then hors d'oeuvres and a live panel discussion focusing on community level responses for creating a sustainable future.
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