Green Living Series Tackles Hydropower Problems
NORTH ADAMS – The Berkshire Environmental Resource Center at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will continue its series of "Green Living" seminars on Thursday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. with "Problems with Hydropower," in Murdock Hall's Room 218.The series, Achieving Energy Sustainability for the 21st Century: Choices and Challenges, is free and open to the public.
Russ Cohen, an award-winning environmentalist and a river advocate for the state Department of Fish and Game, is the speaker. He has received such awards as the Environmental Achievement Award from Save the Bay in Rhode Island in 1993, an Environmental Service Award from the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions in 1997, the Public Servant of the Year in 1997, and the Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2003.
He previously worked for the Nature Conservancy, the Land Trust Alliance, the Hillside Trust in Cincinnati and the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
The Green Living series aims to inform students and the community about strategies for meeting our growing demand for energy and to encourage debate around several energy options, including those involving water, wind, hydrogen and nuclear power.
The series will continue on Thursdays through April 24 in Murdock Hall. For more information, go to www.mcla.edu or contact Elena Traister at 413-662-5303.
