[WestMALocals] Environmental Action Conference, March 18

[Owen Broadhurst]

*From:* Linn Perkins Syz [mailto:syz at grassrootsfund.org ]
*Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:25 AM
*To:* Linn Perkins Syz
*Subject:* Environmental Action 2006: Join us in Boston on Saturday, March
18th


*Environmental Action 2006*

*A conference co-hosted by New England Grassroots Environment Fund and
*
*Toxics Action Center*

*Saturday, March 18, 2006 *

*8:30 AM ­ 7:00 PM*

*Wentworth Institute of Technology*

*550 Huntington Ave*

*Boston, MA *



Join 400 Activists from MA, CT and RI for a day of inspiration, skills
trainings and networking as we work towards safe and environmentally
sustainable communities. The day will include speakers Craig Williams,
director of the Chemical Weapons Working Group and the Kentucky
Environmental Foundation, and Marshall Ganz, Public Policy lecturer at
Harvard University and former organizing director with Cesar Chavez and the
United Farm Workers in California.



Connect with other activists at one of our issue summits on energy,
pesticides and solid waste.



Choose from over 35 workshops to help you develop skills and strategies to
build sustainable communities including:

   - Advocating for Your Issue
   - Battling Big Box Stores and Sprawl
   - Creating Multi-Use Trails In Your Community
   - Conducting your Own Environmental Tests and Interpreting the Results
   - Detoxifying Your House: Making Your Home Safe for You and Your
   Family
   - Fundraising 101
   - Hydrogeology 101: The Basics of Groundwater Pollution
   - Organizing a Media Event
   - Pursuing Energy Alternatives: Wind, Solar and Conservation
   - Strategies for Protecting Open Space
   - The Pesticide Challenge: How to Pass Organic Policies in Your Town
   and Maintain Your Organic Lawn
   - Tools for Fighting Landfills and Transfer Stations: Working with
   Your Board of Health
   - Working with Journalists and Reporters





For the day¹s agenda, a complete list of workshops and presenters, or to
register online, go to Toxic Action Center¹s website: www.toxicsaction.org.

To request a conference brochure, e-mail syz at grassrootsfund.org and include
your mailing address.



Please note that onsite daycare is offered the day of the conference with
advance registration.                         Call Jamie Cerretti at
617-747-4362 or e-mail jamie at toxicsaction.org.



Hope to see you there!





Best from the NEGEF Staff-

Linn, Cheryl and Ginny





--
Owen R. Broadhurst
Candidate for State Representative
Third Hampden District
http://www.owenbroadhurst.org