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Earth Week: Ways to act locally for environmental change. In-Person
Join local speakers to hear ways that you can affect true change for the environment on local issues.
Kim O'Rourke, Recycling Coordinator, City of Middletown: Reducing Waste One Scrap at a Time” Learn about the importance and opportunities for food waste composting and diversion.
Yasmin Ugurlu, Reboot Eco: Addressing Eco Anxiety, Reducing and Reusing and its benefits for the planet as well as one’s health and wallet.
Rhea Drozdenko, CT River Conservancy: Learning About Invasive Plants, and their Effect on Our Waterways. Aquatic invasive species are a threat to native ecosystems and waterways and a nuisance to paddlers and boaters. We can take action to prevent the spread and protect native flora and fauna by changing our boating behaviors and taking part in volunteer pulls.
John Hall, Jonah Center: Environmental Detective Work: What makes our advocacy effective and efficient? John will talk about the Jonah Center’s “Replace Our Trees” campaign to illustrate both what it takes to succeed and what can go wrong.
Marcella Trowbridge, End of Life Doula: Green Burial; Living our Environmental Values- After We Die, Learn About Green or Natural Burial. How might fostering choices like these, honor our commitment to the planet?
Each panelist will give a brief presentation, followed by a Q and A time. Interested in REAL change to help the environment? Join us!
Questions? Christy Billings cbillings@russelllibrary.org
More information on our speakers and their bios.
Kim O'Rourke, Recycling Coordinator, City of Middletown for 25 + years, Board Member & President of CT Recyclers Coalition, CT Recyclers Coalition, Master Composter Certification,
Tom Odell Distinguished Service Award from the Rockfall Foundation 2021.
Yasmin Ugurlu, Owner of Reboot Eco, Refill Stores with locations at 131 River Rd, Middletown, CT and Chester, CT.
Rhea Drozdenko, River Steward, CT River Conservancy:
Aquatic invasive species are a threat to native ecosystems and waterways and a nuisance to paddlers and boaters. We can take action to prevent the spread and protect native flora and fauna by changing our boating behaviors and taking part in volunteer pulls.
Rhea Drozdenko works for the Connecticut River Conservancy as the River Steward in CT. She advocates for clean, healthy rivers full of life and manages several invasive species projects in CT. She is a Middletown resident and can often be found reading a book at Harbor Park.
John Hall, Founder and Executive Director of the Jonah Center for Earth and Art in Middletown and Portland.
Marcella Trowbridge: Marella Trowbridge is a Community Ritual Keeper. Her work, in a movement towards cultivating understanding, empathy and compassion, continues to seek spaces where community dialog and engagement guide the practice. She has been teaching wellness workshops for 25 years. Marcella is a wife and a mother of four. She has had home births- and attended home death. She is a certified Death Doula.
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