The Changing Scale of Conservation
September 25, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Grand Rapids Audubon Club
Date: Monday, September 25, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM social; 7:30 PM program
Location: John F. Donnelly Conference Center, Aquinas College
Speaker: Helen Taylor, The Nature Conservancy
Topic: The Changing Scale of Conservation
Helen Taylor, Michigan State Director for the Nature Conservancy, will discuss the changing scale of conservation as organizations, communities, and leaders are faced with increasingly complex problems and solutions in the use and protection of natural resources. Helen will describe how science and market-based strategies, policies, and practices are expanding the scope and impact of conservation work from site to systems, to sustainably achieve the long-term health of systems as large as the Great Lakes. Helen has spent more than 27 years working on Great Lakes protection, policy, and conservation. She joined the Conservancy in 1996 to lead its Great Lakes Program, and since 1999 has served as state director of its Michigan program as well as serving on the board of directors of the Conservancy’s Great Lakes Project. Prior to joining the Conservancy in 1996, Helen spent nine years working in the environmental policy field with a concentration on Great Lakes issues, pollution prevention, waste and public involvement. Her project work focused on facilitating and mediating environmental initiatives, partnerships and policies; working as a consultant to industry; government (municipalities, state and federal agencies), and environmental organizations.
You are invited to attend this interesting program as a guest of the Grand Rapids Audubon Club. There is no charge for admission.
Grand Rapids Audubon Club meets at the John F. Donnelly Conference Center at Aquinas College. The Center, located at 157 Woodward Lane SE, is accessible from Fulton Street and Robinson Road. Parking is available off Woodward Lane in Lot T and Lot S. Lot S is the handicap-accessible entrance.
To learn more about GRAC and what opportunities we offer please visit our website: www.graud.org