Being Green
Rev. Susan Kershaw reports that St. John’s Episcopal Church, Elm and Westminster Streets in Walpole, is hosting a community lecture on “Being Green” on Monday, June 11, at 7:00 p.m. The presenter is Tom Sintros. While the environment is a hot topic today, many of the suggested solutions seem complicated and only for scientific teams or world powers. But there are things we can do at a personal level that will help the environment. Mr. Sintros will challenge us to identify and implement those actions.
Sintros, a public school teacher for thirty-five years, teaches Advanced Placement Environmental Science and Chemistry at Keene High School. He has served on numerous citizen/environmental groups in the region including the Conservation Commission (chair and member), Keene Cities for Climate Protection (founding member), Friends of Pisgah, Friends of Open Spade, Stonewall Farm, Ashuelot River Park Advisory Board, RMOLL (Rachel Marshall Outdoor Learning Lab), TDM (Travel Demand Management), and the Advisory Committee with the Southwest Region Planning Commission.
Tom Sintros has also been an adjunct professor at Keene State College, Suffolk University (Dakar Campus), and has worked with Antioch NE for over twenty years. Tom received the Christa McAuliffe Award Sabbatical in 2001 for the Public Land Adoption and Community Education (PLACE) project and most recently designed an alternative 11th and 12th grade high school for interdisciplinary/civic engagement with an environmental core running through all subject areas (Monadnock Environmental Studies Academy).
Tom’s recent work includes attending training/workshops on Climate Change at Harvard University’s Center for the Environment (HUCE), and completing the Climate Project training with Al Gore in December 2006 in Nashville, TN.
Tom lives in Alstead with his wife Amy and their two sons. Tom brings a love of the Monadnock region to his work and says he hopes to be part of preserving the beautiful environmental ecosystems that make this region an amazing place.
Everyone is encouraged to come to this presentation that is free and open to the public. Call 756-4533 for more information.
