October 10th – 22nd Annual Rachel Carson Dinner

Come join us for our 22nd Annual Rachel Carson Dinner October 10th, 2023

Van Curler Ballroom at SUNY Schenectady

Our keynote speaker will be Union College Professor Emeritus George Shaw
“Averting the Climate Crisis: you’ll probably find something you don’t like”

Dr. Shaw is a Prof. emeritus in Geosciences at Union College. He was previously at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He spent one year as a Congressional Science Fellow working for a congressman on the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, perhaps most importantly on the High Level Nuclear Waste Policy Act. He returned to Schenectady in 1988 to restart a Geology Department at Union. His research is on high pressure properties of solids and solutions, Earth’s early conditions (including surface properties and formation of the core), tracing and chemistry of streams in the Town of Wright in Schoharie, and energy resources and energy policy.

Stay tuned to our website for a preview of items before October 10th!

Evening schedule:

5-6 PM Hors d’oeuvres, wine and silent auction bidding
6 PM Dinner
7 PM Presidents Remarks and Presentation of the Rachel Carson Award
7:15 PM Speaker, Dr. George Shaw with dessert and coffee
8:15 PM Silent Auction and raffle winners

Menu:
Hors d’oeuvres
Kale Caesar salad
Choice of salmon, roasted beef, or vegetarian harissa cauliflower entrée
Chocolate raspberry trifle

Dinner Tickets: $70
Student Tickets: $50

Register online by October 1st at: https://ecosny.org/rachel-carson-registration/

OR mail check payable to ECOS: the Environmental Clearinghouse with your matching # of choice(s) of salmon, roasted beef, or harissa cauliflower entrée(s) to:

ECOS
P.O. Box 9118,
Niskayuna, NY 12309