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Elizabeth Broad, 607-222-3678, betta@nyforcleanpower.org
Climate Solutions Summit Lands in SUNY New Paltz During Week of Climate Actions Around the Globe
The 3rd annual Climate Summit will focus on reaching New York’s groundbreaking climate goals and features solutions experts in the State.
After holding its first two events in Rochester in 2017 and then Syracuse in 2018, the grassroots Climate Solutions Summit will host its 3rd event in New Paltz on September 21st. This year’s event takes place during a week of global climate strikes and actions in solidarity with youth school strikes known as “Fridays for our Future” and “School Strike for the Climate.”
The summit’s opening panel, entitled, “How to Accomplish New York’s Clean Energy and Climate Goals,” will feature State Senator Jen Metzger, Anne Reynolds, the Executive Director of Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY), Ulster County legislator and Clearwater Environmental Director Manna Jo Greene, as well as other local and state advocates to be announced.
The Climate Solutions Summit aims to build a larger movement across the northeast that is prepared to take action to implement effective climate solutions. We seek to provide an opportunity for organizers and all people from communities across the region to come together to share projects, case studies, resources, experiences and skills to tackle climate change and implement solutions.
There will be workshops and panels on renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation, climate justice and organizing in our communities for climate solutions.
The summit will include a green vendor fair, a waste-free and vegan breakfast and lunch, and the second annual Zero Emissions Parade at 4pm.
What: Climate Solutions Summit
When: Saturday, September 21st, 9am – 4:30pm
Where: 1 Hawk Drive, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY 12561
Register at: eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-climate-solutions-summit-tickets-63340815083
On Facebook at: facebook.com/events/342624503317114/
Registration is $30, student registration is $5 suggested fee or “pay what you can” and scholarships tickets are available to anyone who needs it, free of cost.
View program details at: climatesolutionssummit.org/program/
The Climate Solutions Summit is Co-Sponsored by SUNY New Paltz, New Yorkers for Clean Power, ACE NY, Sustainable Hudson Valley, The Climate Reality Project, New Paltz Climate Action Coalition, AGREE NY, New Paltz Climate Smart, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Hudson Valley Regional Council, Food & Water Watch, Catskill Mountainkeeper, SunCommon, RUPCO, Scenic Hudson, Marbletown Environmental Conservation Commission, NYPIRG, Environmental Advocates of NY, and Protecting Our Waters.
