The DCA's NEW Environmental Lecture Series
Troubled Water:
Safeguarding a Vital Resource
Co-Sponsored by the Darien Nature Center and the CT Fund for the Environment
No Water No Life
®, an exhibit by Alison Jones, will run
throughout the series at the Darien Nature Center
©Alison M. Jones for No Water No Life®
Thursday, March 19,
2009
7:00 pm
"No Water
No Life ® " by Alison Jones ( DATE CHANGE)
No Water No Life® Founder and Director
No Water No Life ®
founder and director, Alison M. Jones, combines the power of photography, science
and stakeholder knowledge to discuss
watershed degradation and sustainable solutions to managing our vital freshwater
resources. Her images are seen in magazines,
books and television, and used as the basis of her workshops, lectures and exhibits.
As a complement to the
Lecture Series, the Darien Nature Center will be exhibiting "No Water,
No Life", a photography exhibit by Alison Jones.
This exhibit will feature Ms. Jones' independent reserach on the watersheds
of North America's Columbia, Mississippi, and
Raritan River Basins and Africa's Blue Nile, Omo and Mara River Basins.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
7:00 pm
"Floods and
Drought" by Fred Krupp (DATE CHANGE)
Keynote Speaker
President, Environmental Defense Fund
Fred Krupp, President of Environmental
Defense Fund and an internationally recognized leader in the environmental movement,
will discuss whether climate policy and the new green economy can mitigate the
impacts of global warming on water supply, ecosystem resilience and on human
wellbeing.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
7:00 pm
"Long Island
Sound at a Crossroads: Navigating Our Way to a Healthy Environment
While Strengthening Connecticut's Economy"
by Leah Schmalz
Director of Legislative and Legal Affairs, Save the Sound/Connecticut Fund for
the Environment
Rising sea-levels, fluctuating dead-zones,
declining cold water fisheries, all are evidence that Long Island Sound and
its surrounding habitats are at risk.
New and unanticipated threats will require innovative strategies, much-needed
green jobs and new funding solutions. Leah Schmalz,
Director of Legislative and Legal Affairs, Save the Sound/Connecticut Fund for
the Environment, will discuss how the vibrancy of
Long Island Sound can be restored and how we can protect this regional treasure
for future generations while simultaneously boosting our economy.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
7:00 pm
"Restoring
Diadromous Fishes to Connecticut" by Steve Gephard
Supervising Fisheries Biologist with the Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection
Steve Gephard will explain how the Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection is restoring migratory fishes to Connecticut
rivers
and why this work is vitally important to the health of our waters. He will
focus on southwestern Connectitut specifically:
Greenwich, Darien, Wilton, the Saugatuck River (Westport, Weston, etc.), and
Bridgeport.
Steve Gephard is Supervising Fisheries Biologist with the Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection and has worked with the
Inland Fisheries Division for 30 years to restore migratory fish runs. He and
his staff have removed dams and built fishways throughout the state,
including in Fairfield County, where he has worked with municipalities, land
trusts - including the Darien Land Trust - and other local partners.
DCA Member Series Tickets: $45
Non DCA Member Series Tickets: $65
Single Tickets: $20
Checks, Visa or MasterCard are accepted
The Darien Community Association
274 Middlesex Road
Darien, CT 06820
203-655-9050