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Next Meet Your Greens: March 15th
For th
is month's Meet Your Greens o
ur special guest will be Lori Brown, Executive Director of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, who will share information about environmental issues being discussed in the current legislative session.
We'll be meeting at Baci Grill at 134 Berlin Road in Cromwell, starting at 5.30pm on March 15th.
Also, save the date for upcoming Meet Your Greens: 4/19, 5/17, and 6/14:
On April 19th,
Kealoha Freidenburg of the Y
ale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies will join us for a discussion on amphibians in Connecticut.
And on June 14th, we'll come aboard the RiverQuest for our annual Connecticut River cruise Happy Hour.
And for those of you not familiar with
Meet Your Greens: Middletown Green Drinks, this monthly event provides networking opportunities for anyone who is interested in making connections and exchanging news about emerging environmental issues to help keep Lower Connecticut River Valley communities green and growing. An official location of Green Drinks International, this informal monthly gathering of people drawn from the community, nonprofit groups and the business world offers time to brainstorm ideas and plant seeds for collaboration. All are welcome and there is no admission fee, unless otherwise noted. For more information, please visit our website.
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2018 Rockfall Symposium: March 22nd
Join us for the 2018 annual symposium, in partnership with the UConn Climate Adaptation Academy. This year's theme: "Site Development Considerations for Changing Weather Patterns Case Studies: What Works, What to Watch Out For, and How to Encourage Success."
At the symposium, we'll examine what we've been doing and how it's working. We'll discuss progress in eco-friendly commercial development and visit completed projects including a LID residential development, a pervious pavement parking lot, and a municipal stormwater upgrade - to learn more about both the long and short term challenges and successes. Speakers will include:
- David Dickson, Co-Director CT NEMO
- Michael Dietz, Co-Director CT NEMO
- Giovanni Zinn, City Engineer, City of New Haven, and
- David Sousa, Planner & Landscape Architect, CDM Smith
The symposium will run March 22nd from 8am to 1pm and will take place at:
UConn Middlesex County Extension Office
1066 Saybrook Road
Haddam, CT 06438
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Comfort Zone: Next Film in Elemental Film Series (4/2)
COMFORT ZONE will screen at Middlesex Community College on Monday April 2nd at 7:00 PM in Chapman Hall, as part of The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series.
The film explores what climate change means in our own backyards, in a country that is a heavy producer of greenhouse gasses, and a region where people might welcome a little warmth. It is the consciousness-changing story of three ordinary Americans confronting what climate change means for us - scientifically, economically and personally - when the problem challenges our very sense of who we are.
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Rockfall Welcomes Our New Development Director
This past month, The Rockfall Foundation welcomed Erik Assadourian as our new development director.
Erik has resear
 ched a large range of sustainability topics--from consumption and corporate responsibility to sustainable communities and environmental education--and has even tried his hand at making board games and reality television (environmentally themed, of course).
Erik is originally from Connecticut and is returning with his family after 23 years away. He enjoys hiking, playing board games, honing traditional skills, and spends much of his free time with his 5 year-old son, playing and preparing him for the challenging future he'll inherit.
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Check Out Rockfall's Social Media
The Rockfall Foundation will be much more engaged on social media now--both Facebook (
@rockfallfoundation) and Twitter (
@RockfallCT). Here we'll share relevant events--ours and other great events in Connecticut--plus a mix of local, regional, and global environmental news.
Please follow along. And remember, with Facebook's recent changes, click on the arrow under following and click "see first" in your news feed so that our updates aren't lost.
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