Live From Death Row (1)

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In this telephone interview, Andrew Epstein of the Binghamton Political Initiative talks first with John Booth-El, who has been on death row in Maryland for 26 years, and then with Lawrence Hayes, who spent 19 years on death row and is now on parole.

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Thanks to: Anna Gottlib, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University; Maresi Starzmann, Graduate Vice President for Multicultural Affairs

Sponsors: Binghamton Political Initiative, Graduate Vice President for Multicultural Affairs, Campaign to End the Death Penalty

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Live From Death Row (2)

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In this telephone interview, Andrew Epstein of the Binghamton Political Initiative talks first with John Booth-El, who has been on death row in Maryland for 26 years, and then with Lawrence Hayes, who spent 19 years on death row and is now on parole.

Thanks to: Anna Gottlib, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University; Maresi Starzmann, Graduate Vice President for Multicultural Affairs

Sponsors: Binghamton Political Initiative, Graduate Vice President for Multicultural Affairs, Campaign to End the Death Penalty

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Matilda Joslyn Gage and Susan B. Anthony: From Friendship to Fight to Friendship (1)

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From the "Sisters in Spirit" Series

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Onondaga Historical Association:
Syracuse, NY; April 19, 2009

Statement from the Onondaga Historical Association:

Join Deborah Hughes, Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, NY and Sally Roesch Wagner, Executive Director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation in Fayetteville, NY on Sunday, April 19 at 2:00pm at the Onondaga Historical Association as they take up a 120-year old argument and, in this historic event, invite the audience to work with them on finding a resolution.

Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage disagreed in 1889 over how to get women's rights. Gage thought that Anthony destroyed the movement by working only for the vote and risked democracy by making a coalition with conservative women who wanted the vote in order to establish Jesus Christ as the head of the United States government, with their Christian God in the constitution. Anthony believed that Gage's attack on religious fundamentalists and the focus on separation of church and state were a danger to the suffrage coalition she was building.

As we develop a women's history trail, help determine how the Anthony and Gage historic home museums create a coherent interpretation of the political differences between these two leaders that respects both sides of the argument.

This classic history of women's oppression is one of the first attempts to document the legacy of injustice and discrimination against women, which is inseparable from both the history of Christianity and the evolution of the Western state.

Pioneering women's rights advocate Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) traces the patterns of male domination in both church and state that kept women in virtual bondage. Among the topics of her research are the medieval belief that women were unclean and the cause of original sin, their discrimination in canon law, their abuse in the feudal system, the witch-hunts, the virtual slave status of wives and their legal subjugation to their husbands, the debilitating drudgery of women's daily work, and the widespread opposition to women's education.

Originally published in 1893, this work was the fruit of twenty years' research. Complementing this edition is an introduction by author and lecturer Sally Roesch Wagner, who helped found one of America's first programs in women's studies.

This event is made possible through the Speakers in the Humanities, a program of the New York Council for the Humanities that creates opportunities for distinguished scholars to present free programs to the general public.

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Matilda Joslyn Gage and Susan B. Anthony: From Friendship to Fight to Friendship (2)

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From the "Sisters in Spirit" Series

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Onondaga Historical Association:
Syracuse, NY; April 19, 2009

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Growing A Sustainable Community : Green Jobs (1)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

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Moderator: Tarik Abdelazim, Executive Assistant to the Mayor, City of Binghamton

Panelists: Frank Surdey, Managing Labor Economist, NY State Department of Labor; Terry Stark, Director, Broome-Tioga Workforce New York

Statement from the Organizers:

A transition to more sustainable practices and a greener, cleaner economy promises the creation of many new jobs, with estimates from the hundreds of thousands to millions. From a statewide analysis of green jobs, to blue-green alliances, to billions in weatherization and efficiency work, this expert panel will offer a powerful primer on the emerging green job sector.

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Naturally Successful: Entrepreneurship that redefines the bottom line A new type of entrepreneur is changing industries and the world at the speed of business. Making a profit is essential, but their measures of success include the social, environmental and economic impacts. And these innovators see limitless opportunities in the challenges of the 21st century. Naturally Successful features interviews with some of the country's top business consultants, educators, authors and speakers who are inspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. They offer insights on entrepreneurship, with a focus on building a values-driven business, providing meaningful leadership, achieving results beyond profits, serving customers, thinking long-term, seizing opportunities in new and existing markets, creating a thriving business and embracing a new type of capitalism. Interviews include: Mark Albion, Founder of Net Impact and Social Venture Network Susan Anderson, Director of Portland Office of Sustainable Development Christopher Flavin, President of Worldwatch Institute Warren Flint, President of Five E's Unlimited Gil Friend, CEO of Natural Logic Inc. Van Jones, President of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Hunter Lovins, Founder of Natural Capital Solutions Michael Shurman, V.P. of Training & Development Corp. Dennis Wilde, Principal at Gerding Edlen Development Bob Willard, CEO of Sustainability Advantage Marsha Williard, CEO of AXIS Performance Advisors DVD coding: playable in most international regions (1, 2 and 4).

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Growing A Sustainable Community : Green Jobs (2)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

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Moderator: Tarik Abdelazim, Executive Assistant to the Mayor, City of Binghamton

Panelists: Frank Surdey, Managing Labor Economist, NY State Department of Labor; Terry Stark, Director, Broome-Tioga Workforce New York

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Growing A Sustainable Community: Sustainable Food Systems (1)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

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Statement from the Organizers:

Across the nation and the world, the distance between farmers and consumers is growing, and both groups are increasingly struggling to make ends meet. However, there is a growing movement to create a food system that meets the needs of all of its participants - a food system that is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. This plenary brings together a variety of individuals representing different sectors of the food system to discuss the current state of our food systems and their vision for how we can create a sustainable food system in our community.

Moderator: Amelia LoDolce, Sustainable Development Planner, City of Binghamton

Panelists: Clifford Crouch, Assemblyman, NYS 107th District; Lisa Bloodnick, Bloodnick Family Farm in Apalachin; Kacy Telfer, Director fo Programs & Agency Services of the Food Bank of the Southern Tier; Ray Denniston, BOCES Special Project Coordinator for Food Services

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Keyword: NOFA

Lunch graciously provided by Whole in the Wall Restaurant.

Slow Food Nation
In this book, Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini shows us how to take control of what and how we eat. Drawing on ancient food wisdom and culinary traditions from Mongolia to Sri Lanka, it's the recipe for a new and better way of living based on sustainable agriculture, human rights, and the pure joy of deliciously healthy fresh edibles. USA.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Overflowing with the same illuminating insight and graceful beauty that mark her award-winning fiction, acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver's first foray into nonfiction details her family's year-long quest to eat only locally produced foods. It's an endlessly fascinating, frequently funny rumination on everything from the industrial food chain to turkey mating. Its fact- and recipe-filled pages are part memoir, part expos, and part passionate call to restore the American kitchen and the farms that feed it to sustainable health.

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Growing A Sustainable Community: Sustainable Food Systems (2)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

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Moderator: Amelia LoDolce, Sustainable Development Planner, City of Binghamton

Panelists: Clifford Crouch, Assemblyman, NYS 107th District; Lisa Bloodnick, Bloodnick Family Farm in Apalachin; Kacy Telfer, Director fo Programs & Agency Services of the Food Bank of the Southern Tier; Ray Denniston, BOCES Special Project Coordinator for Food Services

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Keyword: NOFA

Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract explores the challenges faced by today’s farmers and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is economically sound, environmentally compatible, and socially acceptable. This comprehensive look at the current state of farming and ranching presents leading authorities discussing concepts and approaches in sustainable agriculture such as crop rotations, integrated pest management, alternative sources of nutrients to maintain productivity, and rotational grazing systems.

Presently there is a trend toward a more industrial agriculture and a global food system that will bring long-term negative impacts. If farmers look thoughtfully toward the future, alternatives are now available to help solve these problems to provide agricultural sustainability for generations to come. Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract provides a model for integrated research and outreach to everyone interested in sustainable development. A sensible framework of practical short-term strategies are combined with visionary long-term plans to provide viable approaches to sustain agriculture, secure our food system, and develop a more equitable society for the future. The text includes several tables and figures, extensive references, and comprehensive bibliographies.

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Growing a Sustainable Community: Green Buildings (1)

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Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

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Statement from the Organizers:

This panel covers the Green Movement from its roots in the 1970's to its current popularity. Presenters represent many years of professional design and construction experience relative to energy and sustainability. Topics include building and site design, alternative energy, code issues, "green washing," best insulating practices, and government grants.

Moderator: Jim Bryden, retired local architect

Panelists: Laura Intscher, Architect, Secret Base Design; Madeleine Cotts, Landscape Architect, BCK Architects & Engineers; Pat Dundon, The Insulation Man

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Visit the Architecture 2030 website.

Serious Straw Bale
Straw bale construction is a delightful form of natural, ecological building. But until the publication of Serious Straw Bale A Home Construction Guide for All Climates, it was assumed appropriate only for dry, arid climates. This book does not advocate universal use of straw bale, provides practical solutions to the challenges brought on by harsh climates. This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to building with bales ever published. Learn how bale building technique now includes climates and locales once thought impossible. 371 pages, Paperback.

Building with Awareness In this beautifully done how-to DVD, director Ted Owens takes you into his straw bale home and shows you how to build a sustainable house from the ground up, offering detailed information on the design and construction of post-and-beam structures; passive heating, cooling and lighting; rubble trench foundations; rainwater cisterns; and PV systems. An excellent introduction, as well as in-depth instructional video, for anyone with even a passing interest in natural construction. 162 minutes, DVD.

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Growing a Sustainable Community: Green Buildings (2)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

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Moderator: Jim Bryden, retired local architect

Panelists: Laura Intscher, Architect, Secret Base Design; Madeleine Cotts, Landscape Architect, BCK Architects & Engineers; Pat Dundon, The Insulation Man

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The Hand-Sculpted House
Learn how to build your own home from a simple earthen mixture. Derived from the Old English word meaning "lump", cob has been a traditional building method for millennia. Authors Lanto Evans, Michael G. Smith and Linda Smiley teach you how to sculpt a cozy, energy-efficient home by hand without forms, cement or machinery. Includes illustrations and photography. USA.

Design of Straw Bale Buildings
Bruce King details straw bale construction, including invaluable information dealing with technical issues and codes in a writing style that's accessible to everyone. Written by the author of Buildings of Earth and Straw and Structural Design for Rammed Earth, as well as other invaluable references on sustainable building, Design of Straw Bale Buildings is long overdue and a welcome resource for anyone interested in constructing a living space that emulates the natural world. USA.

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Growing a Sustainable Community: Sustainable Energy Systems (1)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

Statement from the Organizers:

Energy is a key resource, yet continued reliance on fossil fuels has left us vulnerable economically as well as environmentally. Increasing energy efficiency and transitioning to alternative, renewable energy are imperatives. This plenary will focus on what is being considered at the local, state, and national level to facilitate more sustainable energy systems.

Moderator: Chris Burger, Chair, Broome County Energy Advisory Board

Panelists: Robert Messinger, Congressman Michael Arcuri's Field Representative; Donna Lupardo, Assemblywoman, NY State 126th District; Dennis Mastro, NY State Energy Research and Development Authority; Emmaia Gelman, Center for Working Families

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Visit the NYSERDA website.

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash DVD
We're running out, and we don't have a plan. Here's a shocking wake-up call, exploring oil's rocky relationship with human progress. With a haunting score by Phillip Glass and rare, archival footage, it hints at a humbler way of life, built around sustainability and alternative energy. 85 minutes.

Transforming Energy
Anyone despairing about the effects of global warming can take heart after watching this documentary about the hope offered by alternative energy sources. Introducing viewers to a raft of individuals working to create a new energy paradigm -- from the president of the world's largest solar panel company to a family living off the grid in Iowa -- the film brings a wealth of new ideas to the debate about global warning.

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Growing A Sustainable Community: Sustainable Energy Systems (Q&A)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 18, 2009

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Moderator: Chris Burger, Chair, Broome County Energy Advisory Board

Panelists: Robert Messinger, Congressman Michael Arcuri's Field Representative; Donna Lupardo, Assemblywoman, NY State 126th District; Dennis Mastro, NY State Energy Research and Development Authority; Emmaia Gelman, Center for Working Families

Oil & Water
In search of exceptional whitewater paddling, kayaking pals Seth Warren and Tyler Bradt embark on an epic road trip from Alaska to Argentina, traveling in an old fire truck converted to run solely on non-petroleum-based oil products. Along the way, the duo also holds workshops and meetings with local schools, farmers and others to fulfill their deeper mission: to educate people about the importance of adopting alternative sources of energy.

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Growing a Sustainable Community: Keynote Address (1)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 17, 2009

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Statement from the Organizers:

What does it mean to be sustainable? What does a sustainable community look like? We'll set the stage for what hopefully will be an ongoing conversation on how we, as a community, can plan and act as if the future mattered.

Speakers: Chris Burger, Donna Lupardo, Gay Nicholson

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Keyword: NOFA

Visit the Sustainable Tompkins website.

A Passion for Sustainability Filmmaker Eric G. Stacey chronicles the decisions of 14 Portland, Ore., businesses to operate according to the visionary "Natural Step Network" business model, which stresses environmental sustainability and social justice alongside profitability. Their decadelong, successful journey can serve as an inspirational example of how creative thinking and focused passion can blaze new trails in business and in life.

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Growing A Sustainable Community: Keynote Address (2)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 17, 2009

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Speakers: Chris Burger, Donna Lupardo, Gay Nicholson

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Keywords: NOFA

Visit the Sustainable Tompkins website.

The End of Suburbia DVD

As we enter the 21st century, and the global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of the American way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores our prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, world oil peak, and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels.

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Growing a Sustainable Community: Keynote Address (Q&A)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 17, 2009

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Questions & Answers

Actually, it's mostly answers. I couldn't get acceptable audio for the questions, so I omitted them.

Speakers: Chris Burger, Donna Lupardo, Gay Nicholson

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Keywords: NOFA

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Sustainability
Get Ready for a New Day

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Town Hall Meeting on Healthcare

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Greenman Senior Center
Binghamton, NY; April 16, 2009

Featuring the play, "Our Town's Healthcare...NOT!"

Speakers: Ingrid Husisian, Lea Webb, Maurice Hinchey, Mary Clark

Sponsors: Citizen Action of NY, Planned Parenthood, Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network, CASA, American Red Cross, YWCA, NYS Attorney General's Office, United Health Services


Sicko


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Memorial Service for Victims of the American Civic Association Tragedy (1)

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Binghamton, NY
April 5, 2009

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Identities of the Deceased

Catholic Charities Fund To Support the Families

The Program:

Introduction: Rev. Monica Styron

Schubert's "Du Bist Die Ruh" (Thou Art Repose): Tri Cities Opera resident artist Anne Marie Frohnmayer, accompanied by Duane Skrabalak on piano

Opening Remarks and Invocation: Rev. Douglas Taylor

Congregational Song: Amazing Grace

Prayer: Imam Kasim Kopuz

Sufi Chant

Prayers: Rev. Arthur Jones and Muhammad Hasib

"Draw the Circle Wide": Community Choir; Choir Director and Pianist Jill Gardner

Prayers: Fr. James Dutko and Rabbi Tziona Szajman

"Angel," by Sarah McLachlan: Harpist Brin Taylor

Prayers: Fr. John Putano and Rev. Miller Hoffman

Naming, Silence, Lighting of Candles

"Amazing Grace": Flutist Georgetta Maiolo

Benediction: Rev. Dr. Joseph Sellepack

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Memorial Service for Victims of the American Civic Association Tragedy (2)

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Binghamton, NY
April 5, 2009


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Catholic Charities Fund To Support the Families

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