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March
March 19th-21st
Go Green Expo
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Javits Center, New York
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May 8th
Fairfield's Earth Day Celebration
Fairfield Warde High School
Fairfield, CT
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October 8th-9th
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November 17th
Third Annual Fairfield County Green Faire
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Conservation: A Long History and a Promising Future
By John Prenderville
Senior Staff Writer
Conservation is a term of the same ilk as freedom, justice or faith – vastly broad and encompassing, yet capturing a specific emotion, mission, or belief. The earliest conservationists were nomadic people who utilized every last part of each and every plant and animal resource they harvested, following these practices due in part to utility and survival, but also in part to an intrinsic respect for nature and the gods who they believed created it.
The contemporary conservation movement is as multi-faceted as it is momentous, attacking issues ranging from the protection of natural resources and endangered wildlife to recycling, renewables and energy conservation and technology. The various groups behind this network of causes are linked by a common respect for the natural world and an interest in defending it from the potentially drastic impacts of human interference in fragile ecosystems.
The good news about the climate problem is that everyone can help, and the first step in confronting any challenge is to get educated. You can learn how to recycle the various food packaging materials that you and your family frequently use (soup cans, yogurt containers, beverage bottles etc.) at local recycling centers. Weatherizing your home to reduce energy loss or installing solar paneling to produce power locally are steps that reduce energy consumption and can drastically reduce costs, effectively paying for themselves in a very short timeframe (especially given the solar tax credits currently available).
As the conservation movement continues to gain social and political momentum, demand for new technologies and products related to clean energy and resource reallocation is growing consistently. Regulatory requirements that are likely to take place domestically and internationally, in both the short and long-term, suggest that this demand curve should increase even more dramatically as large institutions across various industries are forced to change the way they do business. The conservation movement is not just socially and environmentally responsible, it could be the primary engine of America's future economic growth.
By John Prenderville
Senior Staff Writer
Conservation is a term of the same ilk as freedom, justice or faith – vastly broad and encompassing, yet capturing a specific emotion, mission, or belief. The earliest conservationists were nomadic people who utilized every last part of each and every plant and animal resource they harvested, following these practices due in part to utility and survival, but also in part to an intrinsic respect for nature and the gods who they believed created it.
The contemporary conservation movement is as multi-faceted as it is momentous, attacking issues ranging from the protection of natural resources and endangered wildlife to recycling, renewables and energy conservation and technology. The various groups behind this network of causes are linked by a common respect for the natural world and an interest in defending it from the potentially drastic impacts of human interference in fragile ecosystems.
The good news about the climate problem is that everyone can help, and the first step in confronting any challenge is to get educated. You can learn how to recycle the various food packaging materials that you and your family frequently use (soup cans, yogurt containers, beverage bottles etc.) at local recycling centers. Weatherizing your home to reduce energy loss or installing solar paneling to produce power locally are steps that reduce energy consumption and can drastically reduce costs, effectively paying for themselves in a very short timeframe (especially given the solar tax credits currently available).
As the conservation movement continues to gain social and political momentum, demand for new technologies and products related to clean energy and resource reallocation is growing consistently. Regulatory requirements that are likely to take place domestically and internationally, in both the short and long-term, suggest that this demand curve should increase even more dramatically as large institutions across various industries are forced to change the way they do business. The conservation movement is not just socially and environmentally responsible, it could be the primary engine of America's future economic growth.