[SustainableTompkins] 10 days left to register for Health & Sustainability Conference

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Register now for the  Health & Sustainability Conference, Sept. 15, at Ithaca 
 College. 
The speakers and  exhibits are lined up. The issues are pressing, and the 
facts about our  beleaguered health care systems are mounting.  
OBESITY: The American  obesity rate* is linked not only to increased disease 
and mortality, but to  economic stresses as our workforce becomes less fit and 
more expensive to care  for. A recent report* urges "new, grand-scale 
changes" in the fight against poor  nutrition and inactive lifestyles. 
CLIMATE CHANGE: The  consequences of climate change* have jumped onto the 
international agenda, and  many Americans are experiencing first-hand the effects 
of more powerful and  destructive storms.  
TOXINS IN OUR BODIES: A 2005 Centers for Disease Control study found 148  
toxic chemicals "in the bodies of 'Americans of all ages.'" The standards in the  
U.S. are more lax than those in many other industrialized nations, leading to 
 concerns about protection against disease-causing agents in our daily  
environments. 
We hope you will be able to join us on September 15 and share your ideas  
about how to address these issues. Our goal for the conference is to start a  
regional conversation between health care practitioners, elected officials, and  
local citizens about how to design our communities, workplaces, schools, and  
homes in ways that support our health. It is so clear that we need to enlist a 
 broader community effort to shift away from the harmful patterns of how we 
treat  our environment, design our working and living spaces, and ignore our 
bodies’  needs. 
The Health &  Sustainability Conference has assembled an impressive roster of 
speakers from  across the country to help our region’s leaders and concerned 
citizens better  understand the grave challenges ahead and to look at new 
solutions to supplement  our best efforts. All that's missing is you!  For more 
information on the  conference, and to register to attend, go to the Tompkins 
County Chamber of  Commerce website, _www.tompkinschamber.org_ () , or call  
607-273-7080. 
The Health and Sustainability Conference was  organized by Sustainable 
Tompkins and is sponsored by the Ithaca College School  of Health Sciences and Human 
Performance. Supporters include the Park  Foundation, Tompkins County Solid 
Waste Management Division, NYSERDA, Excellus  BlueCross BlueShield, 
Tompkins-Cortland Community College Department of Nursing,  HOLT Architects, Taitem 
Engineering and Cayuga Medical Center. 
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* More then 30 percent  of adults* and 25 million children in our country are 
obese or overweight.  Centers for Disease Control, 2006 
* Trust for America’s  Health, August 2007*  According to current NASA 
research, the U.S. will be increasingly exposed to the  most devastating tornados 
and hurricanes we have ever known, and even  thunderstorms, hail, heat waves, 
and torrential rains are growing  stronger.
 
 



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