Earth Festival at Milford Central School
Event Details
We are looking forward to seeing everyone again this year at Earth Festival! Stop by for some fresh-brewed bird-friendly coffee and take a bag or two home for your morning pleasure! We’ll have information on membership available as well as registration for our 2024 Audubon Summer Day Camp Program, non-lead Ammunition information and our Golden Eagle Display!
DOAS Board Director, Susan O’Handley will also be presenting the following programs:
Working Towards a Net Zero Carbon Household
The dollars and ‘sense’ of an old home retrofit.
11:30 am
Register at https://www.occainfo.org/calendar/earth-festival-workshop-working-towards-a-net-zero-carbon-household
Over the last 4 years, the O’Handley family has been working on shifting their household towards zero-carbon goals and has been able to significantly reduce their carbon impact. In this program, Susan O’Handley will delve into the why, the how, and the how much – demonstrating all the ways this transition has resulted in daily quality of life improvements in their 1902 Victorian farmhouse and the ability to save money on their monthly expenses.
Birds & Climate Change: Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink
12:30pm
Register at: https://www.occainfo.org/calendar/earth-festival-workshop-birds-and-climate-change
This program will overview the challenges that bird populations are expected to face as climate change warming scenarios take place and will look deeper into the impacts on key local species. We will feature online tools that participants can use to gain information on projected trends in populations, changes in breeding and wintering habitats, as well as tools to help track these changes over time. We will also examine ways that people and our local communities can help to prepare for and offset some of these impacts.
Susan O’Handley is a career Environmental Education professional turned techie, who now works with small businesses in the digital marketing space. She has been involved with local Audubon chapters for over 30 years and has served on the Board of Directors for the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society since 2012 (10 years as a Co-President). Susan also works with the Audubon NY/CT Council Board which is composed of 27 Audubon Chapters in NY State and 6 Chapters in CT, and serves on the Advisory Board for Audubon NY/CT State Office as the Chapter Representative.