ScienceAlliance SAVE - 2014 to 2015 Lecture Series Calendar

S.A.V.E.

Science Alliance for Valuing the Environment, Inc.

2014-2015

FREE Public Lecture Series

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014    7:30 – 9:00 pm

“Eating Mercifully”

                                     By:  John Dinon, Ohio Director of Outreach and                                                  Engagement for the Humane Society of the 

                                     United States

Tuesday, November 11, 2014    7:30 – 9:00 pm                   

“Astronauts, Earth and Getting to space”: Learning, Performance, Fun and Audience Participation

                                           

                                     By:  Reed K. Steele, Director of Saturn V Education

Tuesday, January 27, 2015    7:30 – 9:00 pm

“Urban Farming Ministry”

                                     By:  Bryan Ellis, Land Manager of The University                                                Church, Toledo, OH.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015   7:30 – 9:00 pm

“Climate Change" – What Is It? Where Is It Now?

                                             By:  Sam Evans, Climate Reality Project, Physics                                               Teacher, Maumee High School, Maumee. OH

Tuesday, April 14, 2015    7:30 - 9:00 pm

“Wastewater Treatment Becoming RESOURCE Recovery Plants”

               By: Michael N. Maringer, Municipal Quasar Energy                        Group, Wooster, Oh.

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All lectures are held in the Franciscan Theater and Conference Center,

on the Sylvania Franciscan/Lourdes University Campus, Sylvania, OH

ALL ARE WELCOME! PLEASE JOIN US! For further information, please contact the S.A.V.E office: 419-824-3691

email: save@lourdes.edu; 

For disability-related accommodations, please contact the Office of Accessibility Services at oas@lourdes.edu or 419-824-3523

SAVE Presents: Alternative Growing Practices – Hydroponic and Season Extension

The Science Alliance for Valuing the Environment – SAVE has invited Rebecca Singer, Vice President / Director, Agricultural Program, Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT) for their Tuesday April 29 Lecture Series.  Rebecca will present on alternative growing practices including using Hydroponic Technology to extend growing seasons.  The Tuesday, April 29 program will be held at the Lourdes University Franciscan Center, Sylvania, Ohio and start at 7:30pm.  This event is free / open to the public.

Common industrial agricultural models of food production are causing concern in many communities leading to increased public interest in food quality.  Some communities have created Community Supported Agriculture programs that address these concerns.  Dr. John Eikerd, a previous SAVE Presenter, raised a personal concern about the ability of local CSA ability to “ramp-up” produce production to accommodate local grocery stores.  This increase in food production could be accomplished by increasing agriculture output by the use of Hydroponic Technology.  CIFT is a Northwest Ohio organization that serves as a local resource on these and other possibilities. 

Join us to learn more about this and other CIFT programs affecting local food production.