7/25/08 - The Rochester area has no end of ways to learn about our planet and the way it works. I just came across this: Museum of the Earth The Paleontological Research Institution 1259 Trumansburg Road • Ithaca, NY 14850 • phone: 607-273-6623 • fax: 607-273-6620 "The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is a natural history museum located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1932, PRI has outstanding programs in research, collections, publications, and public outreach. The Institution cares for a collection of 2-3 million specimens (one of the 10 largest in the U.S.), and publishes the oldest paleontological journal in the Western Hemisphere (Bulletins of American Paleontonology, begun in 1895). In 2003 PRI opened the Museum of the Earth on its campus on Ithaca's West Hill, overlooking Cayuga Lake. The Museum is an 18,000-square-foot education and exhibit facility whose exhibits and programs cover the entire spectrum of the history of the Earth and its life, with a particular focus on the Northeastern United States."
7/24/08 - An idea overheard about Recycling and entrepreneurship: We were listening in as some suggested that “mapping landfills,” where all of them are including long abandoned ones, and what they contain could be a great boon for finding raw material for industry in the future. This is a great idea from many angles because it focuses industry on reclaiming what has been tossed into landfills (and probably doing great environmental damage) and instead of digging up valuable resources, reuses millions of tons of resources that we formerly called ‘trash.’
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WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SONY
ELECTRONICS TO HOST FREE ELECTRONICS
RECYCLING EVENT Consumer
Recycling Event to Raise Awareness
of Permanent Drop-off Locations - –
To encourage consumers to recycle
electronic devices in an
environmentally sound manner, Sony
Electronics Inc. and Waste
Management Recycle America are
asking Rochester-area residents to
take action and recycle their old
electronics Friday, July 11 from
10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and
Saturday, July 12 from 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. at
The Stereo Shop, 40 Jay Scutti
Blvd Rochester , NY 14623 Phone:
585-424-1820 . Waste Management and
Sony Electronics are sponsoring the
event in association with The Stereo
Shop. 
Monday 7/14 Hr. 2 [1 PM] James
Winebrake of RIT on the economic and
technological issues presented by
today's energy crunch and how we'll
respond --from
WXXI Radio: 1370
Connection
June
2008 RENewsletter Word
June
2008 RENewsletter PDF- Healthy Lakes Tour / Earth Voyager Sail Boat Tour to highlight the environmental restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem A voyage to Protect and Restore the Great Lakes - This summer Earth Voyager will be the centerpiece of events in a dozen port cities to raise the profile of the Great Lakes and highlight the urgent need and the remarkable economic, social, and environmental benefits of restoring and protecting them. Events in each port are being organized by local groups with assistance from the Healing Our Waters® --Great Lakes Coalition and may include concerts, street fairs, lectures, receptions, film festivals—even photography and art exhibits on Great Lakes themes.
- At each port the festivities will conclude with a reception and press conference at which elected officials and other community leaders will have a chance to voice their support for the federal Great Lakes Restoration legislation. Following the press conference, a flotilla of local yachts, pleasure boats, fishing boats, and working boats of all kinds (plus a tall ship or two in some ports of call) will give a rousing send off as the photogenic Earth Voyager heads out to open waters for her next port of call.
- Goals of the tour include: • Heavy media coverage will raise profile of Restoration (the CBS affiliate in Erie is already committed to covering at least half the tour). • Presidential candidates and public officials from US and Canada will focus on Restoration as issue of national and international urgency. • Industry and Conservation groups will unite in voicing support for Restoration, based on confluence of economic and environmental benefits. (Restoration is a win-win for all.) • Build momentum to implement and fund Great Lakes Restoration.
- For More Information: Janice Littlefield (810) 985-4841 bythequay@comcast.net Peter Alexander (802) 380-3080 peter@talkingconservation.org Jeff Skelding (202) 797-6893 JSkelding@nwf.org - Healthy Lakes Tour / Earth Voyager Sail Boat Tour to highlight the environmental restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem