Events Save These Dates Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival

The Education Department Presents The Power of Photography:
An Evening with Bob Caputo

Mountaintop to Tap Reception

The Stroud™ Memorial Lecture Series Presents: Subhankar Banerjee

The Water’s Edge Presents Ian Hutton & the Pristine Lord Howe Island:
Conservation Management at its Best

2009 Mayfly Club Happenings

WILD AND SCENIC ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
February 12th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for the 2nd annual Patagonia Presents The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival. See places you’ve never seen, learn something you never knew — and be inspired to take action to protect our environment. Proceeds benefit the Stroud™ Water Research Center. To read more about this night of award-winning films, see One Hot Ticket in this issue of Upstream.

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PRESENTS THE POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: AN EVENING WITH BOB CAPUTO
March 11th 6:00 PM
“Nothing beats a picture to educate or tell a story,” says Bob Caputo, a world traveler, adventurer and twenty-eight year veteran photographer for National Geographic magazine. Spend this evening with him and you’ll agree. Caputo will take us to some of the most remote places on earth and to the front lines of a war zone. If you’ve never been to the Congo or the Nile, this is your opportunity to do so with one of the most charismatic of Chester County residents.

Caputo will present images from his many adventures and share his insights and perspective on an innovative education program he helped Stroud educators produce called Mountaintop to Tap. This education program became nothing short of a watershed moment for the 12 high-school students who hiked, rowed and paddled the 200-mile path of New York City’s drinking water. What they learned is embodied in their acts of watershed stewardship and highlighted by a documentary film; what they accomplished and felt is captured in their compelling photographs and candid journal entries that comprise the Mountaintop to Tap photography exhibition on display at the Stroud Water Research Center from March 1st through May 31st.

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MOUNTAINTOP TO TAP RECEPTION
March 24th 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Want to meet the exceptional students who participated in the Mountaintop to Tap program? Then join us at the Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, NY) as we celebrate their experience by viewing the documentary film, Mountaintop to Tap: A Journey of Discovery, as well as the photos and journal entries that chronicle their 200-mile journey.

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THE STROUD™ MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES
PRESENTS: SUBHANKAR BANERJEE
April 9th 6:30 PM
Meet featured artist, educator and activist, Subhankar Banerjee, and see his breathtaking photographs of the Arctic. Banerjee, recipient of the Greenleaf Artist Award from the United Nations Environment Programme, is also author of several books, including: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land, The Last Wilderness, Photographs of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Resource Wars.

A book signing will follow the presentation.

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THE WATER’S EDGE PRESENTS IAN HUTTON & THE
PRISTINE LORD HOWE ISLAND: CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AT ITS BEST
October 8th  6:00 PM
Just a quick flight from the mainland of Australia, there’s a tiny island that boasts extraordinary terrestrial and marine ecosystems and exotic plants and animals you can only see if you go there — or you join us at The Water’s Edge in October. This year’s speaker is Ian Hutton — island naturalist and conservationist, researcher, ecotourism pioneer, brilliant photographer and the keeper of the UNESCO World Heritage site, Lord Howe Island.

Experience the pristine Lord Howe Island of the South Pacific and hear how it has stayed that way.

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2009 MAYFLY CLUB HAPPENINGS
Mayfly Club Members will receive invitations to join us for these special events.

Mayfly Club, Philadelphia, PA
Schuylkill Sojourn Paddle and Party
June 12th All Day Paddle; Party from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Have you ever wanted to kayak or canoe down the Schuylkill River? Then why not do it with us? Bring your friends and join the Mayfly Club on the 11th annual Schuylkill Sojourn. Come along and learn a bit about the river and the watershed that we call home. Then, prepare to party with the Mayfly Club.

Mayfly Club, Bar Harbor, ME
August 15th   
A Maine sunset on the water. That’s as good a reason as any for a get together.
So join us for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres — and good company.
 
Mayfly Club, New York City, NY
October 9th
Reserve the date; details to come.

Links:
Check out our calendar to stay abreast of what’s happening.
http://www.stroudcenter.org/calendar.htm

Become a Mayfly Club member. Find out more at:
http://www.stroudcenter.org/friends/MayflyClub/index.htm

Learn more about the Mountaintop to Tap education program at:
http://www.stroudcenter.org/nytrek2007/index.htm

For more information about the Brooklyn Public Library, go to:
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/calendar/EventList.do

For more information about our speakers, go to:
http://www.robertcaputo.com/robertcaputo.com/bio_2.html
http://www.subhankarbanerjee.org/
http://www.lordhowe-tours.com.au/about.htm

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