[SEMCO] Fwd: Eco-Toilet Summit invitation & agenda - THIS Sat 7/16 9am -2pm

[Alison Robb]

> Composting toilets can save residents many thousands of dollars,  
> conserve drinking water for the future, and start solving the  
> problem of nitrogen and other pollutants in our coastal ponds years  
> sooner than sewers can.                               our apologies  
> if you receive this invitation in duplication.
>
> ECO-TOILET SUMMIT-II IS COMING!
>            The very successful Eco-Toilet Summit is back by  
> overwhelming demand.
> ET SUMMIT II will take place on Saturday, July 16th at 9 AM until 2 PM
> at the East Falmouth Elementary School, 33 Davisville Road, East  
> Falmouth.
>
>             People will have a second opportunity to hear the logic  
> behind alternatives to big pipe sewers and ask the practical  
> questions that they might have been afraid to ask at town meeting.  
> Folks can also find out about the cost and maintenance of the  
> alternatives.
>
>
>            The first Eco-Toilet Summit had over one hundred and  
> fifty attendees who were able to hear talks by experts in the  
> field, see various eco-toilets such as the composting, urine  
> diverting and packaging toilets and ask proponents and suppliers  
> questions.  Attendees to Eco-Toilet Summit II will also hear  
> experts in the fields of other sewer alternatives such as shellfish  
> propagation, inlet widening and permeable reactive barriers.
>
>
>            The keynote speech will be given by Senator James  
> Eldridge of Acton who is the chair of the Commonwealth’s Water  
> Infrastructure Finance Commission.  Senator Eldridge will give a  
> summary of the findings from the WIFC’s hearings from around the  
> Commonwealth.  Senator Eldridge will also talk about how  
> alternatives to sewers will fit into the Commission’s  
> recommendations.
>
>
> The event is free and open to the public.  Refreshments are available.
>
>
>            The program is sponsored by The Green Center and co- 
> sponsored by Citizens for Economic and Ecological Sustainability  
> (CEES) of Falmouth, Clean Water Action, Falmouth Climate Action  
> Team, GreenCAPE, Sierra Club Cape and Islands Group and the Water  
> Alliance.
>
>
>            More information can be found by calling the Green  
> Center, 508-563-3101 or by emailing capecodalchemists at gmail.com.  
> Falmouth Climate Action Team can also be found on Facebook.
>
> Please Join Us!
> Sponsor:
> The Green Center – a non profit educational research organization
> Email: capecodalchemists at gmail.com
> Phone & fax: 508-563-3101
> Co-sponsors:
> Cape & Islands Group Sierra Club,
> Citizens for Economic and Ecological Sustainability (CEES) of  
> Falmouth,
> Clean Water Action, Falmouth Climate Action Team (FCAT),
> GreenCAPE, Nature’s Circle, Water Alliance
>
> Title:    “Eco-Toilet Summit”
> .
> Keynote Speaker: Jamie Eldridge
> Senator of MA and Chair of the Water Infrastructure Finance Commission
> .
> Date:    Saturday July 16, 2011
> Time:   9:00 – 9:30 am sign in, information tables
>              9:30 – 11:45 am presentations
>             11:45 – 1::45 pm demo workshops and discussions
> Place:   East Falmouth Elementary School
>              33 Davisville Road, East Falmouth
>
> Feel free to forward this invitation and/or distribute the attached  
> poster.
>

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