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Keynote Speaker: Mike Tidwell"Will the BP Disaster Revolutionize American Farming?"
Mike Tidwell is founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and DC. He is also an author and filmmaker who predicted in vivid detail the Katrina hurricane disaster in his 2003 book Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast. His newest book, focusing on Katrina and global warming, is titled The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities. Tidwell’s most recent documentary film, We Are All Smith Islanders, vividly depicts the dangers of global warming Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. Tidwell has been featured in numerous media outlets including NBC's Meet the Press, NPR, the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Earthbeat," which features ground-breaking global warming news and interviews live from the nation's capital. In 2003, Tidwell received the Audubon Naturalist Society's prestigious "Conservation Award." Two years later he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. On Earth Day 2010 -- the 40th anniversary of Earth Day -- the Montgomery County Council named Tidwell one of the County's top 40 environmental leaders over the past 40 years. A long-time resident of Maryland, Tidwell lives in Takoma Park with his eleven-year-old son Sasha.
Mother Earth Harvest Fair Speakers 2010
The Blessing of the AnimalsIn honor of St. Francis of Assisi, who is celebrated
annually on October 4 by both the Roman Catholic and
Episcopal (USA) Churches, The Reverend Diane
Tomlinson of Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Baltimore),
will conduct an ecumenical Blessing of the Animals
for all who bring their fur, feathers or
scale-bearing pets.
Brandy Boswell
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Brandy learned to rescue, rehabilitate and
release wild birds in San Diego, CA and more
recently with Bird Refuge of York County. Bird
Refuge is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization,
treating and releasing thousands of birds since
its inception in 1987
John Bruce
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JB has had a biodiesel processing operation
at Spoutwood for four years. He will meet you in the
speaker’s tent, then take you to his biodiesel processing
center for a hands-on demonstration.
Julie Fitzpatrick
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Julie represents the Susquehanna Sustainable Business
Network (ssbn), a non-profit network of triple-bottom-
line business and social entrepreneurs committed to
building a more socially, environmentally and financially
sustainable economy – a local living economy.
Lamonte Garber
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After 20 years of effort the Chesapeake Bay is still in grave
peril. How will major players adapt? How can you help?
Every resident in the 64,000 square mile watershed will
forever be affected. Lamonte is Agriculture Program
Manager for the PA office of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
He was also a founding Director of the PA Association of Sustainable
Agriculture and still volunteers with Lancaster Buy Fresh Buy Local.
John Michael Greer
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The 21st century is the time of reckoning between the colliding
realities of limitless growth and the hard limits of a finite planet.
Mr. Greer proposes a future in which ecotechnics – old and new
technologies working with nature rather than against her – are the
most important tools we have. John Michael Greer is author of
more than 20 books, including “The Ecotechnic Future,” as well
as the widely read peak oil blog “The Archdruid Report.”
Grace Lefever
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Grace with her husband Tim founded Sonnewald
in 1955, now an important natural foods destination
in York County run by daughter Willa and
husband Bill. Grace started her famous weed walks
in the late 50s. Grace will share the nutritional and
medicinal benefits of the green plants found all
around us.
Jennifer MichalakJenn runs the environmental consulting firm “Healthy
Home Arts,” focusing on building biology, indoor air quality
and healthy home building.
Marcus Sheffer
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Marcus will address the current energy situation and
how we can transition to a new energy system based
on efficiency and renewables. He is an energy/environmental
consultant with over 25 years experience. He owns
a technical consulting company Energy Opportunities and
is a partner in 7Group, a multidisciplinary team focused on
sustainable development.
Matt Steiman
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Matt is one the founders and managers of the Dickinson
College Farm, which runs a CSA (Community Supported
Agriculture) project for the college and community, as well as
supplying the dining halls on campus. Matt is instrumental
in the educational emphasis of the farm on sustainable energy
technologies, for which Dickinson Farm is a pioneer and
demonstration model.
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