The Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) is pleased to announce the launch of its Sustainable Communities Webinar Series, the 4th Tuesday of every month, January – May 2009, from 2:00-3:30 p.m.
New Yorkers are living through a period of remarkable change. They face challenges and new opportunities few could have predicted even a decade ago. Among challenges faced are the loss of traditional economic bases, increasing local government costs, a global recession, land use changes, pressure to develop new energy resources in the face of climate change, and the weakening of traditional community-based civic organizations and decreasing civic engagement.
At the same time, new domestic and global markets are emerging, green technologies represent a growing employment sector, land use planning innovations are taking hold, the small farm sector is growing, environmental interests and concerns are influencing policy directions more generally, and communication technologies are bringing people together in new ways.
In this context, CaRDI's Sustainable Communities Webinars are a web-based opportunity for Extension Educators, local officials and other community leaders to broaden their understanding of current and emerging community and economic development issues and processes, and resources for addressing them. Researchers and practitioners will share research-based information and personal experience designed to help New Yorkers make informed decisions.
To participate in this and future seminars in the Sustainable Communities series:
- Check out the topics below
- Save the dates on your calendar
- Register by emailing Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman at hmm1@cornell.edu with your: Name, Title, Affiliation, Address, Phone and Fax numbers
Please click on a date below for more information and to view a recorded webinar.
January 27: Sustainable Communities Overview
February 24: Engaging Constructively with Controversial Public Issues
March 24: Broadband - A Tool for Civic Engagement and Sustainability?
April 28: Understanding and Using Demographic Information
May 26: Agriculture and Farmland Protection in New York State
June 23: Wind Energy
For more information, contact Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman at hmm1@cornell.edu or 607-255-0417.
*Whenever possible, Sustainable Community webinars are recorded and archived for later viewing. Visit this site for links to past webinars.