Upcoming events
Update: Also coming up: Campout! Carolina and Choctoberfest at Ten Thousand Villages.
On Thursday, Oct. 9, Andy Wood will present "Global Warming: Its Impacts on Birds, Biodiversity and People" at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library at 7 p.m. Wood is the state Audubon's director of education and a weekly contributor to Wilmington's public radio station WHQR.
Consultant and Greensboro resident Michiel VanderSommen will give a free talk about residential passive solar use at the Kathleen Clay Edwards library branch on Oct. 22. VanderSommen recently compiled information on green living and sustainability energy on a Web site, free to the public.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, Clean Water for North Carolina will hold “Managing North Carolina’s Water for Health and Justice,” a statewide conference on fair water resource management, public health and environmental justice. UNCG's Department of Public Health Education co-sponsors the event on campus in the Bryan Building. Registration: $20, including lunch.
Topics:
* A New Paradigm for Water Infrastructure
* Water and Energy: the Need and Opportunities for Freeing and Protecting Our Water Resources
* Privatizing a Human Right? Economic, Health and Environmental Impacts
* Protecting Safe, Affordable Water for 2.7 Million Rural NC
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