Archive for June 8th, 2011

Green Fire: Aldo Leopold, June 15

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

greenfireposter.jpg“…the oldest task in human history is to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.”  — Aldo Leopold

Author of A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold is the subject of the documentary Green Fire, to be shown at Red River Theatre in Concord, June 15–19. The Wednesday, June 15th showing will be on Red River’s big screen, with a post film discussion led by Peter Forbes, Dick Ober and the poet Sharon Olds:

 

Green FIre: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time

Red River Theatres

11 S. Main St., Concord, NH

Wednesday, June 15, 7 p.m. with a post-film Q&A; June 16–19, 7 p.m.

 

The first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold, Green Fire highlights Leopold’s extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. Leopold remains relevant today, inspiring projects all over the country that connect people and land. Join us on June 15 for a post-film panel discussion with Peter Forbes, Co-Founder of the Center for Whole Communities, Dick Ober, President, NH Charitable Foundation and Sharon Olds, poet.

 

Presented by: Northwood Area Land Management Coalition, The Leopold Foundation, The Community Forest Collaborative & The Trust for Public Lands, NH Project Learning Tree, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Audubon, The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, Northern Forest Center, Peter Lamb, and Marcy Lyman.

 

Tickets: June 15, 7 p.m., all tickets $9; June 16-19 in the Screening Room, all tickets $5.

 

For Green Fire trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQED4YEMx9A

 

To purchase tickets and for more information: www.redrivertheatres.org.

Fisheries Roundtable: Roadside Marketing for Fishermen in the Digital Age, June 13

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Next in a public discussion series hosted by New Hampshire Sea Grant and Northeast Consortium:

Fisheries Roundtable: Roadside Marketing for Fishermen in the Digital Age

Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, NH

Monday, June 13, 2011

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

 

Speaker: Shane Bradt, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension

 

Do you wonder how your fishing business or organization could better connect to customers using digital technology? Join us for a facilitated discussion about opportunities to better market your product, followed by a hands-on workshop. Computers and training will be provided, so that you can leave with some of the leg-work done!

 

• Get your business info in numerous databases and maps used by online, GPS and smartphone mapping applications.

 

• Develop the skills to maintain and update your listing in the most important mapping databases.

 

• Increase your understanding of the new marketing opportunities offered by GPS and smartphones.

 

The Portsmouth Public Library is handicap accessible. Light refreshments will be served.

 

For more information contact: Rachel Feeney, Northeast Consortium, 603-862-2276 or rachel.feeney@unh.edu; Ken La Valley, NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension, 603-862-4343 or ken.lavalley@unh.edu

 

For flyer: http://www.northeastconsortium.org/docs/2011/Fisheries%20Roundtable%206_11.pdf