Next Meeting:
June 18, 7:00 pm
St. Thomas Church
122 Liberty St., Bath
The Steuben Greens are helping
to plan New
York Green Fest 2009, Aug. 7-9, 2009,
in Alfred, NY
Consensus
The Steuben Greens and most other Green groups use consensus
process for our meetings.
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Green Party News
Reconsidering the Property Tax, Thurs.,
June 18, Bath
A public forum considering whether
taxes based on property are the best way
to
raise public money was held Thursday,
June
18. The forum
is one of a series of public programs
on the
local economy sponsored by the Steuben
County Green Party. This year’s
program, entitled “How Property
Tax Has Shaped Our Economy (and look
at the shape we’re
in)," was moderated by Susan
Donderewicz, a Green Party member from
Savona. We
discussed problems inherent in the property
tax and alternatives to it.
Green Party Candidate for Alderman,
7th Ward, City of Corning
The Steuben Greens are working to support the campaign of Darin Robbins
for 7th Ward Alderman in the City of Corning. Read more about Darin's campaign
here.
Recent Events
Presentation on Living Green
Suzanne Miller from Hornell spoke
about simple green lifestyle changes you
can make at the May 2009 meeting of the
Steuben County Green
Party. in Hornell.
She described simple lifestyle changes
you can make to
reduce your carbon foot print.
Presentation on Humanitarian Mission
to Gaza by Local Doctor
On March 16, 2009, the Steuben Greens
and the Hornell Alfred Unitarian Universalist
Society
sponsored
a presentation in Hornell by Dr. Ismail
Mehr about his recent humanitarian mission
to Gaza.
Dr. Mehr led
a team of 9 physicians
and 2 non-medical personnel on a ten day
medical mission to Gaza in February 2009.
Dr. Mehr is an
anesthesiologist at St. James Mercy Hospital
in Hornell. The trip was sponsored by the
Islamic Medical
Association of North America. It was the first
US medical mission to Gaza this year.
Photo from the Buffalo
News. For more
information about Dr. Mehr's
trip, visit www.ammgaza.com
Showing of Rural Impact
On Nov. 5, 2008, the Steuben Greens joined with the Bath Peace and Justice
Group to sponsor a showing of a documentary film on the impacts of horizontal
drilling and hydraulic fracturing in Colorado by Two Cent Films and Crestone
Media. The documentary features Dr. Theo Colborn, an environmental health
analyst who has studied the chemicals used by drilling companies in their
drilling and hydraulic fracturing fluids.
Dr. Colborn's website, http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/,
gives the results of her studies of the health effects of the products and chemicals
used in drilling, fracturing (frac'ing, or stimulation), recovery and delivery
of natural gas. She has analyzed chemicals used by gas drilling companies in
Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming. Her research provides
a glimpse at the patterns of possible health hazards for those living in proximity
to gas development.
Building Bath’s Local Economy
On Thursday, May 29, 2008,
the Steuben Greens sponsored a panel discussion on grassroots strategies
for building Bath’s local economy. Three Green Party members from
the Bath-Corning area, Susan Donderewicz, Darin Robbins and Rachel Treichler,
discussed how developing a more community-based, decentralized local
economy could change Bath. The speakers looked at Bath’s economy
today and showed how a micro-lending program, a local currency, local
food production, promotion of local businesses, removing regulatory barriers
and alternative healthcare,
schooling and transportation systems could create more sustainable ways
to live in Bath as the world economy changes.
Citizen Power Alliance
The Steuben Greens have joined the Citizen
Power Alliance. The Citizen Power Alliance is a coalition of independent
groups organized to promote sound energy and environmental policy.
The mission of CPA is to hold public officials and regulators accountable,
while seeking the protection of the public interest.
The group belives that ecological preservation requires fiscal responsibility
and viable technological solutions.
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