Saturday, October 20, 2007

Come to Step It Up 2007 Glens Falls

Glens Falls Step It Up 2007: Building a Cool City

Sponsored by the City of Glens Falls, the Unitarian Church, Rock Hill and Barton Inc.

How can we cope with Global Warming as individuals, as a city, through local, state and federal governments?

Everyone is invited: Bike, roller-blade, walk, car-pool, take the bus to downtown Glens Falls (don't get left behind)

At the Farmers Market - 10 to 12 AM
Entertainment by Bill Campbell, biking info/tips – meet people who use their bikes to commute, local food snacks, solar oven cooking, biodiesel info-samples, get to know the Toyota Prius hybrid car (with Jim Stegman)

Noon
Rally for the planet at City Park
Remarks by Lisa Manzi for Kirstin Gillibrand, Betty Little & Teresa Sayward (invited)
Mayor Roy Akins: Making Glens Falls a Cool City
Entertainment 11:30, C.E. Skidmore
Meet a Honda Insight hybrid car (with Michael D’ella Bella)
Activities for children, group photo, awards made to people who use their bikes to commute.

At The Wood Theater 1 pm - 5 pm
1 pm Author Jim Kunstler: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
2 pm Video-tour of Barton Mines building w/ Jim McAndrews & Green Builders
3 pm Gro-Solar: The Carbon Challenge
4 pm Local Agriculture as Part of the Solution with Organic Farmer, Seth Jacobs

Tabling at the Wood Theater
1 pm - 5pm
NYSERDA: Learning How to Save Energy, Money and the Environment, Red Fox Books (booksigning by Jim Kunstler, The Long Emergency), Exhibits by Gro-Solar, Thermal Associates, NYSERDA, Commmunity Energy, GF Electric, Green Builders
At Aimie’s Dinner & Movie:

5:45
pm Leonardo DiCaprio's new global warming film “The Eleventh Hour” premieres
At Rock Hill Cafe

7:30 pm Live N' Local (Premiere)
The first event to herald the beginning of a free weekly showcase of local talent and local food every Saturday night. The first Live N'Local features the local Green band, Three Dimensional Figures. A Free loaf of Rock Hill Spelt Bread (a local organic bread made by local bakers) for all attendees.

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