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echo lake aquarium &
science center
hosts evening event: bloom: Dialogue and solutions for Lake
Champlain
Monday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — In light of the recent
release of the new documentary, Bloom: The Plight of Lake
Champlain, ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, at the
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, has decided to create an
evening event to discuss the phosphorous issues and algae blooms
highlighted in the film. The emphasis at this event will be on
solutions.
“Certainly the film ‘Bloom” has stirred up some
discussion, and some controversy, but we wanted to harness the
solutions side of the equation and get folks together to learn
ways they can make different choices in their daily lives that
will affect our Lake in a positive way”, says Linda Bowden,
event producer and ECHO Lifelong Learning Coordinator and
Educator.
The event is a hybrid of ECHO’s usual evening
programs, such as Café Scientifique, where the focus is on
issues of interest to adults in our region.
DETAILS: Monday, March 21 (6:30 p.m. –
8:30 p.m.) for an evening of dialogue and solutions around the
topic of phosphorous and algae blooms.
6:45: Citizen stewardship stories shared
by people offering solutions in three areas: Urban,
Agricultural, and Home Owner as it relates to wastewater and
runoff. Stories will be shared by Brian Trudell who grew up on
his parents’ 100 cow dairy farm in East Fairfield VT, Colin
McCaffrey, Director, Friends of the Winooski River who will
speak about member’s involvement, and Eric Wolinsky, President
of the Saint Albans Area Watershed Association. Additional
participants include representatives from Chittenden Solid Waste
Management District the Intervale Conservation Nursery, Lake
Champlain Basin Program, and others.
7:00: Screening of the half hour documentary
BLOOM: The Plight of Lake Champlain
7:35: Discussion involving all
participants
To view a 2+ minute trailer of the film, please
go here:
http://bit.ly/i5a7RG
Cash bar and free hors d’oeuvres. Suggested
donation $5 at the door, ECHO members free. RSVP:
1.877.324.6386, ext. 100, locally 802.864.1848, ext. 100,
limited seating.
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center is located at the
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, on Vermont’s Burlington
Waterfront. ECHO features 70 live species, more than 100
interactive experiences, changing and permanent exhibits and
seasonal events — all exploring the Ecology, Culture, History,
and Opportunity for stewardship of the Lake Champlain Basin. The
2.2 acre Leahy Center environmental campus is also highlighted
by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Resource Room, UVM’s
Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, Lake Champlain Navy
Memorial, ECHO’s Eclectic Gift Shop, and ecology-themed ECHO
Café with food prepared by Sugarsnap. Open year-round, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Thanksgiving,
Christmas Eve & Day. For more information visit echovermont.org,
call (toll-free) 1.877.324.6386, or write to ECHO Lake Aquarium
and Science Center, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, One College
Street, Burlington, VT 05401.
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