WGXC-90.7 FM
Michael O’Hara on Climate Change Effects and Actions for Our Region
Jul 18, 2010: 2pm - 11:59 pm
Beattie-Powers Place
Prospsect Ave. at Bridge St. | Catskill, NY 12414
http://www.beattiepowersplace.blogspot.com/
From the Beattie-Powers Place "River. Air. Action." lecture series:
"The international scientific community has compiled their research and agrees that the earth is warming — with potentially disastrous consequences. Human activity can be identified as the cause; changes in human activity may provide solutions. Mr. O’Hara will discuss changes in policy, technology and behaviors that are being implemented at the regional, national and international level, and how we can take a proactive role in doing our part. Mr. O’Hara is the Operations Director for Sustainable Hudson Valley, a Kingston-based environmental consultancy."
WGXC Online Radio will have a live webstream of this event, with an archived recording on our web site, www.wgxc.org. Click here to listen to live webstream starting around 1:45 p.m., or paste the following url into your computer's media player: http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/catskill.mp3.m3u
"The international scientific community has compiled their research and agrees that the earth is warming — with potentially disastrous consequences. Human activity can be identified as the cause; changes in human activity may provide solutions. Mr. O’Hara will discuss changes in policy, technology and behaviors that are being implemented at the regional, national and international level, and how we can take a proactive role in doing our part. Mr. O’Hara is the Operations Director for Sustainable Hudson Valley, a Kingston-based environmental consultancy."
WGXC Online Radio will have a live webstream of this event, with an archived recording on our web site, www.wgxc.org. Click here to listen to live webstream starting around 1:45 p.m., or paste the following url into your computer's media player: http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/catskill.mp3.m3u
J. Michael O’Hara (Director of Operations) is an environmental systems designer and educator who trained with Gunter Pauli of the ZERI Foundation. His professional background most recently includes work as the Commissioner, Public Works for the city of Hudson, NY. In that role, he chaired the Hudson Cool Cities committee in 2006 which produced a baseline carbon inventory for the city and led to the signing of the "U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement" by the Mayor of Hudson. He is a long time participant in SHV's projects. He is a founding member of Columbia County Futures, a local community development organization. He was a candidate for mayor of Hudson in 2007, running on a platform which included sustainable economic development. In prior years, his consultancy has supported US electronics manufacturers needing to comply with new European environmental regulations, and other manufacturers in control systems design.