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Conservation Speaker Series

“HOME”
Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 6:30pm-9pm
The Jane Pickens Theater, Newport, RI

Earth Day is About Protecting “HOME” This Earth Day, ALT and Salve Regina University are teaming up to deliver a free and special Earth Day event for the Aquidneck Island community: a screening of the internationally acclaimed film HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. HOME is a remarkable achievement in filmaking that captures the Earth’s most amazing landscapes in a new and astonishing light. Showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability to change. This movie has a mission and carries a message for humanity: “to become aware of its spoliation of the Earth’s riches and change its patterns of consumption.” The schedule for this special Earth Day event is as follows: 6:30pm – Welcoming

Reception. 7:00pm – Start of the Movie HOME. 8:30pm – Brief Question and Answer Period.

Buddy Huffaker of The Aldo Leopold Foundation
Thursday, August 12, 6pm-8pm
Sweet Berry Farm, Middletown, RI

Life and Legacy of Aldo Leopold …Considered by many as one of the founding fathers of the land conservation movement, wildlife management and the United States’ wilderness system, Aldo Leopold was a conservationist, forester, philosopher, educator, writer and outdoor enthusiast. Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, first published in 1949, sold over 2 million copies and established him as one of the most influential conservation thinkers of the twentieth century. The Aldo Leopold Foundation, established by Leopold’s five children, is the primary advocate and interpreter of the Leopold legacy. As Executive Director of the foundation, Buddy Huffaker will help participants understand how Leopold’s vision and values continue to influence the conservation movement.

Kenneth Ayars & James E. Garman
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 6pm to 8pm
Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, RI

Agriculture on Aquidneck Island: Past, Present and Future … Local farms are important to our well-being: island farms provide us with fresh foods; they help limit the amount of infrastructure demands placed on our municipalities by residential subdivisions; local farms provide beautiful vistas and experiences that distinguish our communities thereby giving them a competitive edge as desirable places to live, work and visit; they create jobs and revenue; etc. Considering the importance of agriculture to our area, the Rhode Island Chief of the Division of Agriculture, Kenneth Ayars, and a local historian, author and educator, James Garman, will help us reflect on the past, present and future of agriculture on Aquidneck Island.

Admission to all presentations of the Conservation Speaker Series is FREE. Complimentary refreshments, with a focus on local foods, will be served at all events. If you would like to attend a Conservation Speaker Series event please RSVP to Courtney Huth at chuth@ailt.org or 401-849-2799 x19.