{"id":66851,"date":"2016-04-02T07:44:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66851"},"modified":"2016-03-30T21:47:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T01:47:48","slug":"hamilton-friends-meeting-quakers-sponsors-climate-change-in-our-time-myth-or-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66851","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton Friends Meeting (Quakers) sponsors \u2018Climate change in our time \u2026 myth or reality?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"3-29<\/a>According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average temperature of the Earth has risen by\u00a01.5\u00b0F over the past 100 years, and is projected to rise another 0.5\u00b0F to 8.6\u00b0F over the next century.<\/p>\n

While this may seem like a relatively small change, even slight fluctuations in Earth\u2019s average\u00a0temperature can result in drastic changes in weather and climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate change, which is defined as a change in global climate patterns, most recently attributed to\u00a0increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide from human activities, has become one of the most\u00a0polarizing topics in American politics,\u201d explains John Pumilio, Friends of Rogers Board Member and\u00a0Director of Sustainability at Colgate University. \u201cThe ideological and political divide on the issue of\u00a0climate change has undermined the science and led to uncertainty among many people who are not\u00a0sure what to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Rogers Center is hosting an opportunity to explore climate change in Central New York.\u00a0Join Friends of Rogers on April 9 at 10:30 am for an interactive discussion with Pumilio to help untangle\u00a0myth from reality regarding climate change. This town hall-style discussion will touch on a number of\u00a0subjects, including the science behind climate change and its potential impacts, as well as what is being\u00a0done to address it.<\/p>\n

In addition to Colgate University, Pumilio \u2013 a Central New York native \u2013 has worked for the National\u00a0Park Service, the National Audubon Society and Tauck World Discovery. In his current role, Pumilio has\u00a0been instrumental in implementing numerous sustainability programs that have reduced Colgate\u00a0University\u2019s ecological and carbon footprints, including a 30 percent reduction of the campus\u2019 carbon footprint since 2009.\u00a0This unique program is made possible thanks to the generosity of Hamilton Friends Meeting (Quakers).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely grateful for this partnership,\u201d said Simon Solomon, FOR executive director. \u201cSince\u00a02011, when Friends of Rogers saved Rogers Environmental Education Center from closing, we have\u00a0relied on the generosity of local organizations to support community activities, allowing this vital\u00a0resource to be preserved \u2013 and to flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program will be held in the Visitor Center just off state Route 80 in Sherburne. While there is no\u00a0charge, Friends of Rogers encourages contributions to support future operations. Rogers Center is\u00a0operated by Friends of Rogers\u00a0Environmental\u00a0Education Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization that\u00a0offers educational programs for people of all ages. Seasonal hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\u00a0Wednesday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average temperature of the Earth has risen by\u00a01.5\u00b0F over the past 100 years, and is projected to rise another 0.5\u00b0F to 8.6\u00b0F over the next century. While this may seem like a relatively small change, even slight fluctuations in Earth\u2019s average\u00a0temperature can result in drastic changes in weather […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23679,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-local"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-hof","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/3-29-2013-Sherburne-Flood.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}