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The 2010 Congress was attended by over 200 people from throughout Western New York. Urban Design Project from the University at Buffalo facilitated the program and the schedule included presentations by the Standing Committee for the Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA) and by Cara Matteliano from the Community Foundation.  There were small group discusssions to revisit our regional Shared Agenda on the environment, and a keynote address on "Building a Movement" by author and climate change activist, Bill McKibben.

At the Congress, the WNYEA proudly celebrated our region's 2010 environmental accomplishments in a presentation on the shared accomplishments of organizations in WNY.  Here is the presentation courtesy WNYEA Standing Committee Member, Arthur Wheaton, from Cornell University ILR School and Western New York Apollo Alliance:

During the program, a crowd of college students also applauded the presentations and heard an announcement about the College Green Bowl, a contest in which three $3000 grants will be awarded to college student environmental projects in WNY.  The College Green Bowl will start accepting contest submissions on GrowWNY's facebook page on November 28, 2010.

To learn about the progress of the WNYEA Standing Committee, watch their presentation here:

If you are interested in being part of the conversation, please RSVP for an upcoming Task Group meeting by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :

• Energy & Climate Task Group on Thursday, December 2 at 4pm
• Habitat & Natural Resources Task Group on Monday, December 6 at 4pm
• Parks & Recreation Task Group on Wednesday, December 8 at 3pm
• Urban Regeneration Task Group on Tuesday, December 14 at 4pm
• Waste & Pollution Task Group - date and time to be determined...
• Strengthening Organizations Task Group - date and time to be determined...

Unless otherwise noted, all WNYEA Task Group meetings will be held at the Community Foundation.