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SUMMARY:NATURE Lab Workshop with Ecovative: Mushroom Day
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to grow materials compatible to the earth\, and reduce the amount of plastic\, with this overview of the development of mycelium materials. Followed by a “grow-it-yourself” workshop.  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nEcovative Design LLC is a biomaterials company headquartered in Green Island\, New York that provides sustainable alternatives to plastics and polystyrene foams for packaging\, building materials and other applications by using mushroom technology. \n\n\n\nMORE ABOUT ECOVATIVE:  \n\n\n\nEcovative is a diverse group of engineers\, biologists\, artists and designers — dedicated to the development of high-performance\, environmentally conscious materials. Creating next generation materials through mycelium biofabrication\, and making these capabilities and materials ubiquitous and accessible to everyone\, from bespoke local producers to industrial scale facilities. “We help people around the world grow better materials for everyday needs.” \n\n\n\n“Packaging food with food to reduce waste” -New York Times \n\n\n\n“Can mushrooms be that platform we build our future on?” – \n\n\n\n“Bioengineered Bacon? The Entrepreneur behind mushroom-root packaging says his test version is tasty” -Forbes  \n\n\n\n“A startup that turns mushrooms into IKEA packaging has introduced a new platform that could change the way lab-grown meat is made” -Business Insider \n\n\n\n“Wiping out polystyrene with fungus and farm waster” -Wired  \n\n\n\nCo-Sponsored by: Design for America  \n\n\n\n VISITING WORKSHOP LEADERS: \n\n\n\nVik | R&D Engineer \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictor serves as both a Research Scientist and Engineer for Ecovative joining in 2019. He has a B.S. in both Biology and Mechanical Engineering from the illustrious North Carolina A&T State University. With years of uncommon experience spanning from research to startups\, he offers diverse and critical insights that streamline systems and generate creatively effective solutions. He loves biking on a fixie and designing with a sustainable focus on interiors\, systems\, and consumer products. \n\n\n\nSam | MycoFlex Lab Technician
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSam began working at Ecovative in 2018 and holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Ithaca College. Sam grew a full chess set out of mycelium as an undergrad to show the possibilities of growing complicated shapes with mycelium. His background in exploring the possibilities of fungus as a sustainable fabrication material allowed for the transition to a research technician position here at Ecovative. \n\n\n\nDanielle | Industrial Designer
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDanielle is Ecovative’s Packaging and Product Designer. She studied Industrial Design and Packaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology\, with a focus in sustainability. After that she worked as a community garden organizer for almost two years. On the side\, she has her illustrations published in two books. When she’s not at work\, Danielle can be spotted on a bicycle\, in the mountains\, or perhaps even writing bad poetry. \n\n\n\nLuke | Engineering Technician
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuke started at Ecovative in 2018 as an Engineering Intern and now works developing the presence of Ecovative on our Instagram. He is pursuing dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Design at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before college\, Luke served in the Air Force as a Photojournalist and Public Affairs specialist. \n\n\n\nGrace | Industrial Designer \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrace Knight is a Designer\, Artist\, and Woodworker on Ecovative’s Marketing team. Grace believes designs taste best over-easy with a sprinkle of science on top\, bridging the Market needs with the capabilities of R&D. Grace holds a BFA in Industrial Design with a concentration in Nature\, Culture\, and Sustainability Studies from Rhode Island School of Design\, and was awarded the Yousef Karsh Student of Design Science Award in 2016 and the Rachel Carson Award in 2018. \n\n\n\nNATURE Lab [North Troy Art Technology and Urban Research in Ecology] is the Sanctuary’s resident ecological education program. NATURE Lab promotes sustainability\, and urban research in ecology using art\, technology and science. Programming is open to novices and experts alike. We are currently in development of the NATURE Lab Urban Environmental Center\, a resource for community science.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/nature-lab-workshop-with-ecovative-mushroom-day/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190410T170000
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SUMMARY:Hope in Charm City / Collar City
DESCRIPTION:In memory of youth victims of violence\, a screening of “Charm City” with cinematographer Andre Lambertson\, followed by an informational discussion and candlelight vigil which will be held in memory of local youth victims. Please join us for an informational discussion about unreported crime and under-served youth victims for youth community conducted by various speakers. This event is part of National Crime Victims’ Week. Youth participants will receive NCVRW themed t-shirt. \n\n\n\nThis event begins with a community meal and victim resource info tables from 5:00 – 6:00\, an introduction to the screening at 6:00.  Following the film\,  a panel of Lisa Good\, Urban Grief\, Andres Lambertson\, Charm City\, and Messiah Cooper\, Justice for Dahmeek\, will discuss the issues and lead the audience in a discussion. The evening will end with a vigil for youth victims. \n\n\n\nCHARM CITY delivers a candid portrait of citizens\, police\, community advocates\, and government officials on the frontlines during three years of unparalleled\, escalating violence in Baltimore. The film highlights the positive actions undertaken by groups and individuals\, optimistically offering  humanity as common ground. \n\n\n\nOn the streets of Baltimore\, shooting is rampant\, the murder rate is approaching an all-time high and the distrust of the police is at a fever pitch. With nerves frayed and neighborhoods in distress\, dedicated community leaders\, compassionate law-enforcement officers and a progressive young city councilman try to stem the epidemic of violence. Filmed over three tumultuous years covering the lead up to\, and aftermath of\, Freddie Gray’s death in police custody\, CHARM CITY is an intimate cinema verité portrait of those surviving in\, and fighting for\, the vibrant city they call home.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/hope-in-charm-city-collar-city/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Screening
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SUMMARY:NATURE Lab Workshop: Sticky Situation- The Magic of Grafting and More
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we dig up root stock\, transplant saplings\, and make new trees with some old school genetic engineering.  \n\n\n\nNATURE Lab [North Troy Art Technology and Urban Research in Ecology] is the Sanctuary’s resident ecological education program. NATURE Lab promotes sustainability\, and urban research in ecology using art\, technology and science. Programming is open to novices and experts alike. We are currently in development of the NATURE Lab Urban Environmental Center\, a resource for community science.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/nature-lab-workshop-sticky-situation-the-magic-of-grafting-and-more/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop
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SUMMARY:State of Science with CapSci!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel on science activism and advocacy in the Capital Region with public officials\, scientists\, and activists focusing on how we\, as concerned citizens\, can get involved most effectively. The event\, which replaces this year’s March for Science\, is produced by CapSci. This informal panel will be followed by a Q&A with some prepared questions. Then we will open it up to Q&A: we are open to some lively discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMORE ABOUT CapSci:This CapSci event is a “Fact Finding Mission”.  Since our group has organized the March for Science\, and since there is no National March\, we were asked by the National organization to plan a “Day of Science Activism” instead.  We asked ourselves\, “what does that actually look like?  Is it letter writing\, some other form of protest? What would make a Day of Science Activism look different than an Earth Day event?  What are the best ways for individuals to have an influence and be able to speak about Science in a relevant manner?” \n\n\n\nCapSci aims to advance the public understanding of science in the New York Capital Region. Our mission is to foster interactions between scientists and nonscientists\, to promote science-based public policy and scientifically literate policy makers\, and to nurture diversity within the scientific community. We hold monthly Science lectures in area bars\, Science communication workshops using Improv techniques\, Science-themed poetry nights and theater performances\, and youth STEM outreach activities. Please join us to get involved!  PANELISTS FOR CapSci:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCara Ocobock is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University at Albany  \n\n\n\nProfessor Ocobock’s research focuses on how humans physiologically and behaviorally acclimatize and adapt to extremes of physical activity and environment. She recently started a field site in northern Finland working with reindeer herders to better understand modern human adaptations to cold climates and the physical work of herding reindeer. She is the co-founder of CapSci—a non-profit organization that focuses on science outreach and education in the New York Capital Region. In her spare time\, she an avid powerlifter. \n\n\n\nBobbi Wilding- Deputy Director\, Clean and Healthy NY \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBobbi Wilding\, MS\, Deputy Director of Clean and Healthy NY\, has two decades of experience as an environmental health advocate. She directs the national Getting Ready for Baby coalition and CHNY’s Reducing Toxics in Child Care Program. Bobbi is an author and co-author of numerous reports and guides\, including most recently the Getting Ready for Baby campaign’s Safe Baby Products Guide. Her past writing includes Selling Safer Products\, about retailers to the child care community\, The Mattress Matters: Protecting Babies and Toddlers While They Sleep; Flame Retardants Finally Fade\, No Silver Lining\, Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care\, and numerous other reports. \n\n\n\nShe has trained hundreds of child care providers to avoid chemicals of concern\, and organized the NYS Healthy Economy and Environment conference of 2011. She is a NYS Pollution Prevention Institute Advisory Board member\, and serves on the Governance\, Outreach and Recruitment\, and Data Collection workgroups of the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse. She has co-led the Coming Clean coalition’s Emerging Technologies and Fenceline Action Workgroups\, and served as the coalitions’ BPA Coordinator. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaty Dunn – District Office Congressional Aide for Paul Tonko \n\n\n\nKaty Dunn is the Field Representative for the Office of Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20). Katy is responsible for staffing\, briefing\, and attending all meetings and events with Congressman Tonko when he is in the district. She is also responsible for meeting with groups\, organizations\, and individuals on the Congressman’s behalf in addition to performing constituent outreach out of the Albany District Office. She has helped plan and execute multiple district-related outreach events\, including the office’s monthly Mobile Office Hours program. She is passionate about advocacy\, public service\, and social justice. \n\n\n\nPrior to her current position\, Katy worked primarily on various state\, local\, and federal political campaigns. Katy received her B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in Public Law from the University at Albany\, SUNY. Outside of the office\, Katy enjoys spending time outside and exploring all the Capital Region has to offer. \n\n\n\nCongressman Paul Tonko represents New York’s 20th Congressional District\, including the communities of Albany\, Schenectady\, Troy\, Saratoga Springs and Amsterdam. He represents all of Albany and Schenectady Counties and parts of Montgomery\, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties. He is serving his sixth term\, after first being sworn into Congress in 2009. \n\n\n\nPaul serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee\, the oldest standing committee in the House\, created in December of 1795. He is the first Upstate New York Democratic member to serve on the committee since Leo O’Brien\, who resigned the post in October 1966. He was elected by his peers in the 116th Congress to chair the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. He was also selected to continue his service on the Science\, Space and Technology Committee\, as well as on the Natural Resources Committee. \n\n\n\nHe has previously served on the Education and Labor Committee and the Budget Committee. \n\n\n\nDr. Abby Kinchy- Associate Professor of Science and Technology\, RPI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbby Kinchy studies how social movements\, such as the alternative agriculture movement and anti-fracking activists\, resist and shape the development of controversial technologies. Her forthcoming book\, Science by the People (Rutgers\, Sept. 2019)\, explores how citizen science—research by people who are not professional scientists—can advance goals of environmental justice and social transformation. She is also the author of Seeds\, Science\, and Struggle: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops(MIT Press\, 2012). Kinchy completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is currently an associate professor in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Emilly Obuya\, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry\, Sage Colleges \n\n\n\nDr. Obuya is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at The Sage Colleges in Troy\, NY. She graduated with a BSc. in Chemistry from Kenyatta University (Kenya) and obtained her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from The State University of New York in Binghamton. Emilly has worked on nanotechnological solutions for environmental remediation that includes removal or organic dyes from water systems. Her current research interest are to develop solar disinfection (SODIS) as a reliable water treatment technology for residents of Obunga slums in Kisumu\, Kenya. Emilly is passionate about citizen science and has speared-headed a number of initiatives geared towards the youth in Troy\, including the “GO GREEN” summer institute at the Troy Boys and Girls Club and The Troy YMCA Teen Mentor program.  Meghan Marohn- Green Sanctuary Committee of the Albany Unitarians and Extinction Rebellion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeghan Marohn is an artist\, environmentalist\, and educator. She’s the founder of a community art project\, the Troy Poem Project\, and has been a high school English teacher and an adjunct professor of education at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Recently\, she’s been working with the students of the ALP School 12 in Troy\, Troy Prep\, Lansingburgh Middle School and Shaker High to create youth segments for WOOC. Her favorite moments of teaching\, radio\, and the poem project have been those in which people young and old share the vulnerable parts of themselves and are received in kindness\, joy\, and connection. She’s now working to build shared storytelling communities as a board member and education consultant for A Little Creative Class\, Inc.\, a nonprofit that seeks to strengthen youth in the most economically and socially vulnerable parts of New York State. \n\n\n\nTrained as a Climate Reality Leader in Denver in March of 2017\, Meghan has also presented on the climate crisis at various religious and academic institutions in New York and New Jersey. Through the Climate Reality Project and Uptown Summer at The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, she has worked with young people to develop their creative expression of environmental changes in the Anthropocene. She heads the Green Sanctuary Committee of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany\, and since this past winter\, she has joined up with activists worldwide to support the mission of Extinction Rebellion\, a movement of nonviolent direct action addressing the imminence of anthropogenic climate change. \n\n\n\nHer personal work includes poetry and stories focused on the internal lives of everyday people\, particularly women\, as they navigate power structures in late capitalism and search for portals to spiritual freedom.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/state-of-science-sos/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
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