Green Living Fair at SUNY Potsdam this year

POTSDAM -- The Green Living Fair will be held once again on Friday, Sept. 25 from 1 to 7:30 p.m., this time hosted by the SUNY Potsdam campus at the Barrington Student Union, at 44 Pierrepont Avenue. The event is free and open to the public and focuses this year on "Energy Futures," starting with an educational poster display from 1 to 2 p.m., and local food trucks will be on hand for meals and snacks until 7 p.m. From 2 to 6 p.m., the Fair will feature multiple exhibitors, an EV car show with test drives available, and several informative workshops. Keynote Speaker Following the Fair and car show, at 6:15 p.m., keynote speaker Dr. Stephen Bird will share a talk titled "Transition, Not Collision: Cautious Optimism in Energy," examining the critical linchpins and uncertainties that will drive changes across energy over future decades. The overall event will showcase ideas, tools, and services that community members, municipalities, educational institutions and local businesses can use when working together for a sustainable future. Workshops for the Public & Preparedness Agencies Nearly a dozen workshops will take place over the course of the day, ranging on topics from: ADK Fire Preparedness to Battery Energy Storage Systems; from How the Grid Works to Local Farm Producers; and discussions across diverse topics, from Nuclear Power to Ecovillages for Cooperative Resilience. Sustainability Day & the Green Living Fair are coordinated each year by the North Country Partnership for Environmental Action, Community and Sustainability (NoCoPEACS), constituting over a dozen local schools, organizations and business sponsors, rotating their events at the area universities. Detailed information can be found at the website, www.bit.ly/SDGLF22 or on Facebook, @NoCoPEACS. Potential exhibitors, sponsors or volunteers can contact organizers at GreenLivingNNY@gmail.com, 315-267-2296, or through sign-up forms on the website. Parking for the event can be viewed at www.potsdam.edu/admissions/visit/maps.