Upcoming Eco-Events

Brandon Baldwin, Assistant Professor and Program Director of SUNY Canton Automotive worked as a tech for Cadillac, Buick, BMW, Mini, and an independent, still doing it as a hobby on the side.  He will be discussing advances in automotive technology that increase efficiency

This lecture is part of a semester long series used  "...to raise campus and community awareness about environmental and sustainability issues and how they touch each and every one of us in our careers and lives," said Matthew J. Burnett, assistant professor of Graphic and Multimedia Design at SUNY Canton, who created the series.  Other presentations include:

• Rich Douglass is the owner of Sow's Ear Farm, a 160-acre nonelectric horse-powered subsistence farm in Hermon. He will talk about low-tech solutions for a post-carbon world April 3.
• Richard Burns from National Grid will be speaking about reducing oil dependency April 17.
• Nicholas C. Kocher, an assistant professor for Business and Public Administration at SUNY Canton, will discuss marketing sustainability April 24.

For more information about the events, contact Burnett at 386-7212 or burnettm@canton.edu

Rich Douglas is a "Back to the Lander," living off the grid without electricity on his farm in Russell, NY.   He teaches about the connection between the philosophy and realities of Sustainable living.  

"A Low Tech Lifestyle:  High Living Low on the Hog.  Low tech solutions for a post carbon world" will be presented by Rich Douglas of Sow's Ear Farm 160 acre non electric horse powered subsistence farm similar to the old order Amish.  Rich has experimented with many aspects of sustainability and low tech living for over 30 years. 

This lecture is part of a semester long series used  "...to raise campus and community awareness about environmental and sustainability issues and how they touch each and every one of us in our careers and lives," said Matthew J. Burnett, assistant professor of Graphic and Multimedia Design at SUNY Canton, who created the series.  Other presentations include:

• Richard Burns from National Grid will be speaking about reducing oil dependency April 17.
• Nicholas C. Kocher, an assistant professor for Business and Public Administration at SUNY Canton, will discuss marketing sustainability April 24.

For more information about the events, contact Burnett at 386-7212 or burnettm@canton.edu

Richard Burns from National Grid will be speaking about reducing oil dependency;  photovoltaics and electric vehicles.

This lecture is part of a semester long series used  "...to raise campus and community awareness about environmental and sustainability issues and how they touch each and every one of us in our careers and lives," said Matthew J. Burnett, assistant professor of Graphic and Multimedia Design at SUNY Canton, who created the series.  Other presentations include:

• Nicholas C. Kocher, an assistant professor for Business and Public Administration at SUNY Canton, will discuss marketing sustainability April 24.

For more information about the events, contact Burnett at 386-7212 or burnettm@canton.edu

Professor Nick Kocher is an assistant professor teaching in the Business and Liberal Studies School at SUNY Canton.   He will be taking about "Marketing Sustainability"

This lecture is part of a semester long series used "...to raise campus and community awareness about environmental and sustainability issues and how they touch each and every one of us in our careers and lives," said Matthew J. Burnett, assistant professor of Graphic and Multimedia Design at SUNY Canton, who created the series.

For more information about the events, contact Burnett at 386-7212 or burnettm@canton.edu

The next Festival is scheduled for April 27, 2013.

The Local Living Festival is a grassroots celebration of all things local -- rural life skills, small-scale agriculture, green building and renewable energy -- in town, in the dorm, and in the countryside.  Please contact the Sustainable Living Project to share ideas for potential Featured Speakers or special events you're interested in! New volunteers are also always welcome.