Event Archive
The Eastman Charitable Foundation has sponsored numerous events — an annual Fall Forum, as well as other special programs, to aid our community in understanding our environment. Links to the most recent are listed below:
- May 2020 – Cat Buxton: Edible Landscaping
- Forum 2020
- Forum 2019
- Forum 2018
- Forum 2017
- Forum 2016
- Forum 2015
- Forum 2014
Past Fall Symposium Series:
October 2013
“Nuclear Power. Its Uncertain Future.” A discussion about nuclear energy and nuclear proliferation, reactor safety, and radioactive waste and its significance in preventing global warming.
Speaker: Dr. Frank von Hippel, Professor of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Co-Chair of International Panel on Fissile Materials
September 2012
“Solar Energy. Its Importance in our Future”
Speaker: Bill Bender, President, Solaflect Energy
October 2011
“The Future of Wind Power in NH. The Lempster Wind Power Project”
Speaker: Ed Cherian, Director of New England for Iberdrola Renewables
October 2010
“The Northern Pass. The Proposed High Voltage Transmission Line Between Quebec and NH”
Speakers: Will Abbott, Vice President for Policy and Land Management, Society for the Protection of NH Forests, and Marie T. van Luling, Vice President for Communications, NE Utilities System
October 2009
“Water … More Important than Oil”
Panel discussion with members of the Enfield, Grantham, and Springfield Conservation Commissions, and Eastman’s Lakes and Streams Committee, followed by representatives from Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust, the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, The Nature Conservancy-NH, and the Upper Valley Land Trust
