Join us for Mission Electric-The Power is Ours

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Published on 2012-09-07

Did you ever ask yourself …………
Where does our electricity come from?
How does it reach our light switch and other devices?
Is renewable energy just a wish for the future?
If Indian Point is closed, will we have enough energy?

MISSION ELECTRIC –THE POWER IS OURS

Transitioning to a Green Energy Economy

Sunday, September 30, 2012, Noon – 5pm
Art installation and media display starts at noon; Presentations start at 1pm

Registration Fee of $10 includes healthy snacks and beverages. Register online now.
No one will be turned away. For more information call the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition at 1-888-474-8848.

Topics Include: Energy 101: How the grid works and where our electricity comes from.
Transitioning to Green Energy: What resources are in place, what is in development.

Breakout Groups: More On the Grid. What’s the Rest of the World Doing with Renewable Energy. Energy Efficiency and Renewables for Our Grid. Faith Based and Community Organizing Strategies. Health and Safety Resolution and Spent Fuel at Indian Point, and more.

Presenters: Andy Spano, former Westchester County Executive, Ron Leonard, renewable energy expert, Tom Kacandes, former economic developer for Empire State Corporation, Frank Pinto, retired United Nations Senior Environmental Policy Expert, Tim Judson, Board member, Citizens Awareness Network, Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.

Conference sponsored by: Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Citizens Awareness Network, SDIPN, Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action at Manhattanville College, Rockland Sierra Club, NYPIRG, Hudson Valley Fellowship of Reconciliation, Rockland Water Coalition, and Stony Point Center.