[FLPERMACULTURE] Finger Lakes Health and Sustainability Conference

[Michael Burns]

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From: sustainabletompkins at lists.mutualaid.org
Date: August 23, 2007 2:54:28 PM EDT

Register now for  Health & Sustainability Conference
WHAT: Conference linking public health  issues and sustainable living  
in the
Finger Lakes region
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WHEN: 10:30 am – 5 pm, Saturday, September 15,  2007
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WHERE: Hill Center, Ithaca College campus
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Health  care professionals, educators, building  
managers,
planners, policy makers,  sustainability leaders, media, and anyone else
concerned about health care in  relation to global climate change and  
other
emerging threats. The conference is  open to all, and interested  
citizens are
encouraged to  attend.
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WHY: New global disease  patterns, environmental toxins, the obesity
epidemic, untreated preventable  diseases, and more frequent and  
destructive natural
disasters are resulting in  unprecedented stresses to our health care  
systems.
Health & Sustainability  Conference speakers, consultants, and  
exhibitors will
present information on  sustainable solutions to many of these   
stresses.
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WHO WILL SPEAK: Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health,  will outline the health care  
threats of
intensified heatwaves, sprawl  development, and chemical exposures  
and how to reduce
these risks by rethinking  how we live and work. Marie Kulick, author of
Healthy Food, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy  Communities, will talk  
about the
importance of providing fresh, healthy foods for hospitals. She is  
leading a  pilot
farm-to-hospital program in the Midwest  to bring locally-grown and  
organic
foods to patient rooms and hospital  cafeterias. Derek Cabrera, a  
visiting
fellow at Cornell University and founder of ThinkWorks, will share  
ideas about
using  systems thinking and modeling in the health care field. Other  
speakers
include  Sandra Steingraber, an environmental researcher, author, and  
cancer
survivor  whose work is often compared to that of Rachel Carson.
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HOW TO SIGN UP: Registration is  $25 per person ($30 after Sept 1) which
includes information sessions, lunch,  exhibits, and a dessert  
reception where
chefs will compete to provide the  tastiest treats made from healthy  
ingredients.

For more information and  to register, contact the Tompkins County  
Chamber of
Commerce, _www.tompkinschamber.org_ () ,  607-273-7080.
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YOUR HOSTS: Sustainable Tompkins and the Ithaca College School of Health
Sciences & Human  Performance.
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THANK YOU TO: The Park Foundation, Tompkins County Solid Waste  
Management
Division, New  York State Energy Research and Development Authority,  
Excellus
BlueCross BlueShield, TC3 Department of Nursing, HOLT Architects, and  
Cayuga
Medical Center.

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E-MAIL CONTACT: Gay Nicholson,  Sustainable Tompkins Program  
Coordinator,
gay at sustainabletompkins.org
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