Climate Change Speaker Series
Hosted by The Wicomico Interfaith Partners for Creation Stewardship, ACT and Wicomico Environmental Trust
6:00 PM Fridays September 15th, October 20th, and November 20th
St. Peters Episcopal Church, 115 St Peters St., Salisbury, MD 21801
About the Series
The Wicomico Interfaith Partnership for Creation Stewardship, ACT and Wicomico Environmental Trust invite you to a three-part speaker series examining how Climate Change will affect the Eastern Shore and what are the opportunities to prepare. The series will be hosted at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in downtown Salisbury and be held at 6:30pm during Salisbury's September, October and November 3rd Friday celebrations. There is no charge for the program and food will be available for purchase prior to the programs. The series is underwritten by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore and the Town Creek Foundation. All are invited and welcomed to attend.
Hosted by The Wicomico Interfaith Partners for Creation Stewardship, ACT and Wicomico Environmental Trust
6:00 PM Fridays September 15th, October 20th, and November 20th
St. Peters Episcopal Church, 115 St Peters St., Salisbury, MD 21801
About the Series
The Wicomico Interfaith Partnership for Creation Stewardship, ACT and Wicomico Environmental Trust invite you to a three-part speaker series examining how Climate Change will affect the Eastern Shore and what are the opportunities to prepare. The series will be hosted at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in downtown Salisbury and be held at 6:30pm during Salisbury's September, October and November 3rd Friday celebrations. There is no charge for the program and food will be available for purchase prior to the programs. The series is underwritten by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore and the Town Creek Foundation. All are invited and welcomed to attend.
Speakers:
Friday, September 15th
6:30 PM @ St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, MD
"Climate Change on the Delmarva: What's Coming and How Communities of Faith Can Lead the Dialougue"
Speaker: Greg Farley
Come learn about latest predictions for climate and sea-level impacts on the Eastern Shore, and what's being done to respond to the science. 21st-century leadership will need to take good science into account, but needs to include people from all walks of life, including science, public policy, and faith communities. Each of these groups has something unique, and critical, to offer to the regional dialogue!
About Greg Farley
Greg Farley is the Director of the Chesapeake College Center for Leadership in Environmental Education. He leads the College’s sustainability efforts, including renewable energy, carbon neutrality, and watershed remediation, and works with community partners on climate change and resiliency planning. He was named a 2013 “Climate Hero” by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and has won several awards for teaching in the natural sciences. He is co-editor, with Jennifer Chirico, of “Thinking Like an Island: Navigating a Sustainable Future in Hawaii.” A biologist by training, he holds degrees from Duke University and The Florida State University.
6:30 PM @ St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, MD
"Climate Change on the Delmarva: What's Coming and How Communities of Faith Can Lead the Dialougue"
Speaker: Greg Farley
Come learn about latest predictions for climate and sea-level impacts on the Eastern Shore, and what's being done to respond to the science. 21st-century leadership will need to take good science into account, but needs to include people from all walks of life, including science, public policy, and faith communities. Each of these groups has something unique, and critical, to offer to the regional dialogue!
About Greg Farley
Greg Farley is the Director of the Chesapeake College Center for Leadership in Environmental Education. He leads the College’s sustainability efforts, including renewable energy, carbon neutrality, and watershed remediation, and works with community partners on climate change and resiliency planning. He was named a 2013 “Climate Hero” by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and has won several awards for teaching in the natural sciences. He is co-editor, with Jennifer Chirico, of “Thinking Like an Island: Navigating a Sustainable Future in Hawaii.” A biologist by training, he holds degrees from Duke University and The Florida State University.
Friday, October 20th
6:30 PM @ St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, MD
“Climate Change and Resilience on the Eastern Shore.”
Speaker: Brian Ambrette
Audience members are invited to participate in a discussion of the causes, local impacts, and efforts underway to prepare communities on the Eastern Shore for the pending impacts of a changing climate.
About Brian Ambrette
Brian is the Coordinator for Resiliency at the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy. He works with local leaders to assess the risks associated with sea level rise and to understand opportunities to plan resilience into their communities. Following a passion for all things water-related, he has worked as a deckhand on traditional sailing schooners and as a coach and director at a nonprofit community rowing club. Brian also worked with the Environmental Defense Fund and with The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut on conservation and planning tools for coastal resilience. He has a special interest in combining community engagement with coastal resource management which he pursued earning a Master’s degree from Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. His bachelor’s degree in physics and geology is from Middlebury College in Vermont. Brian lives with his wife in Easton and can be found on the roads and waters of the Eastern Shore training for triathlons.
6:30 PM @ St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, MD
“Climate Change and Resilience on the Eastern Shore.”
Speaker: Brian Ambrette
Audience members are invited to participate in a discussion of the causes, local impacts, and efforts underway to prepare communities on the Eastern Shore for the pending impacts of a changing climate.
About Brian Ambrette
Brian is the Coordinator for Resiliency at the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy. He works with local leaders to assess the risks associated with sea level rise and to understand opportunities to plan resilience into their communities. Following a passion for all things water-related, he has worked as a deckhand on traditional sailing schooners and as a coach and director at a nonprofit community rowing club. Brian also worked with the Environmental Defense Fund and with The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut on conservation and planning tools for coastal resilience. He has a special interest in combining community engagement with coastal resource management which he pursued earning a Master’s degree from Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. His bachelor’s degree in physics and geology is from Middlebury College in Vermont. Brian lives with his wife in Easton and can be found on the roads and waters of the Eastern Shore training for triathlons.
Friday, November 17th
6:30 PM @ St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, MD
"Delmarva's Response to Climate Change"
Speaker: Mike Pretl
Mike Pretl will discuss strides taken here on Delmarva in recent years (and others not taken) on both adaptation to, and mitigation of, the harmful effects of climate change. He will present a hopeful message of how we as Delmarva residents, as citizens and also as consumers might contribute to prevent or to ease the worst impacts of a changing climate. He will describe the "great transition" underway today -- despite obstacles in Washington -- to help preserve our nation, our state and our remarkable peninsula for future generations.
About Mike Pretl
Mike Pretl is a retired attorney who has resided on Delmarva since 2004, and has been active with environmental and other activist causes, and with numerous nonprofits, throughout his career. He has served as president and volunteer counsel for the Wicomico Environmental Trust, and was recently on the boards of the Lower Shore Land Trust, and of Sierra’s Club’s Maryland Chapter – where he now serves as PAC treasurer. He is also current president of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, and a trustee of the Maryland Environmental Trust. He has taught Environmental Law at Salisbury University, and most recently, taught two successive courses on Climate Change for the local Association for Lifelong Learning.
6:30 PM @ St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, MD
"Delmarva's Response to Climate Change"
Speaker: Mike Pretl
Mike Pretl will discuss strides taken here on Delmarva in recent years (and others not taken) on both adaptation to, and mitigation of, the harmful effects of climate change. He will present a hopeful message of how we as Delmarva residents, as citizens and also as consumers might contribute to prevent or to ease the worst impacts of a changing climate. He will describe the "great transition" underway today -- despite obstacles in Washington -- to help preserve our nation, our state and our remarkable peninsula for future generations.
About Mike Pretl
Mike Pretl is a retired attorney who has resided on Delmarva since 2004, and has been active with environmental and other activist causes, and with numerous nonprofits, throughout his career. He has served as president and volunteer counsel for the Wicomico Environmental Trust, and was recently on the boards of the Lower Shore Land Trust, and of Sierra’s Club’s Maryland Chapter – where he now serves as PAC treasurer. He is also current president of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, and a trustee of the Maryland Environmental Trust. He has taught Environmental Law at Salisbury University, and most recently, taught two successive courses on Climate Change for the local Association for Lifelong Learning.
