Agreeing that we should use the tools and knowledge we already possess helped set a positive note during the ‘Sustainable Water and Land Conservation Panel’ Saturday morning at the US/Canada Citizens Summit Conference. The idea of employing strategies that we already know work differs from […]
Recent Articles
Making Environmental and Sustainable Issues Non-Partisan
Day 2 of the Citizens Summit starts off in a haze, as participants come bright and early to Kroon Hall and its cloudy cover, to begin small group discussions and panels. Today speaks of solutions and practicality. In this globalized world, where we all feel small and helpless in these international negotiations, we try to discuss and agree on what […]
Opening Remarks from Day One
What a day of thought provoking discussion! The summit kicked off with a panel entitled “Twenty Years After Rio, Why are We Not There Yet?” According to Daniel Esty, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment, we have mishandled the need for firm analytic metrics of success, we haven’t properly acknowledged uncertainties, and our solutions haven’t been […]
Day 1 Highlights from the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development
Click on the image above to see a slideshow from the first day of the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development. Day 1 of the Summit brought us an inspiring and fast-paced series of presentations, conversations, and discussions. From panels with high-level speakers to highly interactive breakout […]
Slideshow: Day 1 of the Citizens Summit
[portfolio_slideshow] All images courtesy of Cara Mae Cirignano, Chris Randall, and Austin Lord.