Press Releases

February 4, 1999
The Institute for Sustainable Development Spring Speaker Series

Contact:
Jane Finalborgo
Virginia Bennett
(516) 287 8313
Fax: (516) 283 4081

Tuesday, February 16, 7:30 PM Gordian Raacke -- Prospects for Solar Energy for Long Island Gordian Raacke has served as Executive Director of the federal court-appointed Citizens Advisory Panel (CAP) since 1993. This Long Island based energy watchdog group with offices in Bridgehampton was established following settlement of a class action lawsuit against LILCO in 1989. Through his work with CAP, Raacke helped form island and statewide coalitions on LILCO related issues, intervened in numerous proceedings before the NY State Public Service Commission, and participated in the development of the 1994 NY State Energy Plan. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering.

Thursday, February 18, 12 PM Eileen McGurty -- The Garbage State: New Jersey and Solid Waste Management McGurty is a Friends World Professor of Environmental Studies at Southampton College. Montauk Rm # 112.

Thursday, March 4, 7:30 PM Melissa Arch Walton -- Social Justice and Community Development Issues on the East End Walton, a Southampton resident, is a social and political activist. Ocean View Lounge.

Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 PM Bill Chaleff -- Building Community: An Architect's View This Water Mill architect will discuss the physical infrastructures required to support healthy social communities. Ocean View Lounge.

A joint endeavor of Southampton College and C.W. Post, the Institute for Sustainable Development seeks to bring to the region the concept of "sustainable development," endorsed at the United Nations Earth Day Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. "The key... on Long Island is the revitalization of local neighborhoods, reconstruction of abandoned industrial sites, and the preservation and, where possible, restoration of open space," said C.W. Post professor David Sprintzen, who co-founded the group with Southampton College Environmental Studies Professor Scott Carlin. "Sustainability rejects the belief that we can 'grow' our way out of our problems, says Professor Carlin. "Instead, it claims that unending growth is not possible on a finite planet, and that quantitative growth must be replaced by qualitative development." The events are all free and open to the public. For further information on the speakers or the Institute, call (516) 299-3051 or (516) 287- 8109.