2nd Annual
NYC Friends of Clearwater, the local chapter of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater,
Inc. has organized this event to celebrate all things water.
The 2nd Annual Water Festival is proud to honor
Soanya Ahmad
who holds the records for longest non stop sea voyage for a woman at 306 days
and also the longest non-stop man-woman sea voyage with her companion Reid Stowe
who just returned to land on June 17th, 2010.
Noon to 6pm
Pier 66 Maritime/ "Frying Pan"
on the
Environmental Speakers, Folk Music
Discussions, Displays on Water Issues All Day
Advocacy, Education, Celebration, Community!
This festival celebrates the essential nature of water to life and
the natural environment, which must be vigilantly guarded
and re-invigorated against eroding of water conditions
throughout the world.
www.nycfriendsofclearwater.org /waterfestival.htm
Producer - Donna Stein
Asst. Producers – Phil Sauers and
Steven Gradman
Host – Paul Sladkus – Good News
Broadcast
Music Coordinator – Joel Landy
Speaker Moderator – Captain
John Doswell
Volunteer Coordinator – Jeanne Stork
Talbot Katz, Jonathan Rubin, Michael Lengyel, Ken Katz
Todd Colburn
- live sound & recording producer
Logo
and program design Mercy Van Vlack
with Ken Gale
mercy@comicbookradioshow.com
Hugg-A-Planets
donated by www.PeaceToys.com
Printing
generously donated by
Nadanu.com,
“Taking Giving Everywhere”,
fundraising software for non-profit organizations
and
Watermatic,
bottleless water purification for home and office. www.DrinkWatermatic.com
Contact & mention keyword “
NYC Friends of
John & Angela Krevey / Pier 66 Maritime for their support!
NYC Friends of
2nd Annual Water Festival Program
June 27, 2010
Program Times are approximate
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12:00 pm.
Opening
remarks
Paul Sladkus
- Host – GoodNewsBroadcast.com – introduces
days events
Steven Gradman
– President of NYC Friends of
Captain John Doswell
– Speakers Moderator
Joel Landy
–Music Coordinator introduces
Native American Opening Ceremony
Victorio Roland Mousaa
Spook Handy
Featured Speaker: Soanya Ahmad
holds the records for longest non stop sea voyage for a woman at 306 days and
also the longest non-stop man-woman sea voyage with her companion
Reid Stowe
who just returned to land on June 17th, 2010.
Reid
has voyaged longer than any man in history with 1,152 days non-stop at sea with
no re-supply.
You will hear about their voyage of spiritual growth, self reliance and self
resilience while living on sprouted seed salads, solar energy, fish they caught
and catching rain water in the 1200 gallon water tanks.
_____________________________________________________________1pm
2pm
Kristin Hoffman “Song for the Ocean”
NY Metro Raging Grannies
Caitlin O’Heaney
Panel 1: Keeping NYC Water Safe
- CWCWC
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2pm
3pm
James Cannings
Jacob Bernz David Bernz
Panel 2: Gas Drilling &
HydroFracking - endangering NYers
drinking water
Ray Korona
Chris Lang/Gina Tlamsa
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3pm
4pm
Panel 3: Responsibility to our Waterways
- Nancy Brous,
River Ecology
- Robert Huszar, Aaron Petersohn
Bob Horan
Tribute to Woody and Pete with Peter Pasco
Steve Suffet
C. Eule Dance
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4pm
5pm
Panel 4: Reduction of Carbon Emissions –
the Mayor’s Initiative -Plastic Water Bottles vs Purification – Kelli K
Barnett
Gloria Waslyn and her “Parrots for Peace”
Hugg-A-Planet Raffle Ticket Drawing
Water Not Weapons - Announcement by Phil Sauers
Joel Landy
Jenny Hurwitz and Talbot Katz
Panel 5: CSO's,
Sewage Overflow allowed into our NYC waters!
- Captain John Doswell
Green Roofs & Storm Water Runoff
- David Seiter
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5pm
6pm
Jay Byrd
Harvey Newman / Ron Dressler
Panel 6:
The Earth Society Celebrates 1000Days and
the NYCFriends of
Finale: "Sailing Up" and "Down By the
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Exhibitor Tables
Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition
NYH20
Watermatic –Water Purification Systems
Earth Justice
Future Green Studios
Earth Society
CommunityEnergyInc.com
Humanist Society of Metropolitan
Multi-Pure
NYC Friends of
Biographies
Captain John Doswell
-Executive Director of the
Committee, serves on the board of waterfront organizations: Save Our Ships New
York, the North River Historic Ship Society and the Friends of Hudson River Park
(founding Chair), and on the board of
Joel Landy
– Music Cordinator -
Singer/songwriter and activist is the host of Songs of Freedom, an award winning
television program celebrating the dignity of human struggle.
www.singfreedom.org for tv and internet viewing times, episode information,
performance updates, music and videos.
Victorio Roland Mousaa
- Native American from
working with Clearwater Organization and AIM since 1969.
rolandechobirds.com
CWCWC
NewYorkWater.org Goals include
protecting our water supply and forests in our own back yard as the wetlands are
now.
Marian Rose
– Physicist. Marian has been President of CWCWC over many years…now is a board
member. She is known as the heart and soul of the organization
David Ferguson
–
Long-time political and social activist, particularly on tenant and water
issues. Currently VP on the Board of Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition,
protecting
David seeks for people to “become an environmental activist!
It is a meaningful accomplishment!”
Joe Levine
-Co-founder of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and NYH2O http://nyh2o.org/
The mission of both non –profit organizations is to educate the public about the
threats that gas drilling and specifically hydraulic fracturing pose to the
water supply system and public health in NYC, NY State and Nationally.
jlevine@bonelevine.net
Deborah Goldberg
–NE regional Managing Attorney of EarthJustice,com legal advocacy and litigation
related to global warming and environmental health.
Working to prevent gas development in the Marcellus Shale from
contaminating our water, air, and land, and involved in litigation in PA to
prevent the discharge of untreated gas wastes into the drinking water supply in
the
David Seiter
is the owner of Future Green Studios and passionate about controlling
stormwater-runoff with green roof systems.
http://www.futuregreenstudio.com/
Nancy Brous
– VP & Metro Regional Director, Hudson River Watertrail Association; Steering
Committee, NYC Water Trail Association nycwatertrail.org; paddler, kayak polo
player, costume designer www.nancybrous.com
Robert Huszar
– Founder, Hudson River Watertrail Association www.hrwa.org; paddler, cyclist,
nurse.
Aaron Petersohn
- Habitat Restoration Projects Director for Friends of Brook Park
www.friendsofbrookpark.org
The Earth Society Foundation
was established by John McConnell and Margaret Mead to foster worldwide
participation in the peaceful care of Earth.
Mary Carlin, John Drysdale
www.earthsocietyfoundation.org/
Reid Stowe & Soanya Ahmad –
bios above. www.1000Days.net
Support Staff
– Joe Barello, Donna Stein,
Todd Colburn, Paul Sladkus, Dr. Carter Emmart, Libby Edwards,
Jim Benedict, Sterling Barrett, John Doswell
and many others.
C. Eule Dance
is a New York City-based modern dance company under the direction of Caron Eule.
www.ceuledance.org
Kristin Hoffmann
- Singer Songwriter
www.songfortheocean.com
www.kristinhoffmann.com
David Katzmire
- Kala-Rhythms - Division of
www.TheWebElves.com
Beth Corliss-Lamont
- Half Moon Foundation -Humanist Society of Metropolitan New York
http://www.ngos.net/humanism/broch.html
NYC Friends of
Have Fun Helping the Environment
Education is Our Primary Focus
Membership Benefits:
The satisfaction of supporting local environmental education in protecting our
waterways and drinking water.
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$20 Individual
$30 family
$10 Limited Income
$25 Sea Horse
$50 Star Fish
$50 Organization
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Our parent organization, to receive The
Navigator and
to further assist in environmental education:
$40 Individual
$55 Family
$20 Limited Income
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at this festival !
www.nycfriendsofclearwater.org