[SustainableTompkins] Save the date, Oct 5, carbon-trading workshop

[Jeni Wightman]

please forward to farms, landowners, extension agents, conservation groups, 
environmental groups, educators, small businesses etc.
to attend, please sign up with Kim Totten  kimberly.totten at ny.usda.gov
free, lunch is on your own.

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Carbon-Trading for New York Farms and Landowners
“Take action
that reward farmers and landowners for environmental 
stewardship” ED

A one-day workshop to learn the ins and outs of carbon trading

Thursday, October 5, 2006
Room 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
8:30am – 5:00pm

KEY TOPICS
Farming and Selling Credits
Cap & Trade
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
Forest Management
Carbon Sequestration
Fossil Fuel Displacement
Manure Methane Destruction
Farm Economics/Decision Making Panel Discussion

KEY SPEAKERS
Ted Dodge, National Carbon Offset Coalition 
(NCOC)  <http://www.ncoc.us>http://www.ncoc.us
John Kunz, Environmental Resources Trust 
(ERT)  <http://www.ert.net/>http://www.ert.net
Ed Staehr, NY FarmNet/Farm 
Link  <http://www.nyfarmnet.org/>http://www.nyfarmnet.org
George Hoguet, Native 
Energy  <http://www.nativeenergy.com/>http://www.nativeenergy.com

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY
Please contact Kim Totten at 607-334-3231, x4 
<mailto:kimberly.totten at ny.usda.gov>kimberly.totten at ny.usda.gov

Sponsored by
Central NY Resource Conservation & Development Project, Inc
Environmental Defense
Department of Crop and Soil Science at Cornell University



Jenifer Wightman
Bioenergy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory
607-255-4230
905a Bradfield Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850