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Ships to Save
the Waters 2001
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Honorary Chair
Pete Seeger
Hosting
Organizations
Schooner Ernestina
Sloop Clearwater
Coalition for Buzzards Bay (CBB)
Buzzards Baykeeper, a project of CBB
SE Environmental Education Alliance (SEEAL)
Funded
thanks to a grant
from the Island Foundation
Special thanks
to Essence Grille
and Symphony Music in New Bedford
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F.A. Sowle
Building
89 N Water St
New Bedford, MA
June 1,2 & 3,
2001
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The
Summary is up along with the
briefing materials and other references.
Download these and pass them along...
Download
Conference 2001 Materials:
Conference
Summary Document
(1.3M)
Conference
Briefing Book (904K)
MA
Environmental Education Plan
(114K)
What
Floats Your Boat?
(M. Witten)
Questions
and Comments
If
you would like more info about
New Bedford see the City's Web Sites:
New Bedford (official)
New Bedford (unofficial)
New Bedford Area
Visitors Guide
If
you want to find out about
last year's conference click
here....
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Pete
Seeger, founder and mentor of the Hudson
River Sloop Clearwater, envisions the Ships to Save the
Waters (SSW) as a
venue for networking water-based programs,
sharing educational methodologies and exposing
the work of a broad range of environmental and
community-based organizations to the
public-at-large.
The hosting
organizations have invited ships with
environmental messages along with many other
organizations committed to education about our
watersheds, waterways, coastal ecosystems and
oceans from the headwaters to the sea. SSW is
where environmental issues, education, community
and music will harmonize with the historic
seaport of New Bedford.
You can download
the Conference Summary linked to the left or
click here for the text of Pete's Remarks....
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The
Vision
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The
waters of the world are precious. Traditional
sailing vessels are magical places where waters
share their secrets and expose our vulnerability.
StStW brings these special vessels together
with communities of organizations, resources and
learners, broadcasts their message and recruits
new stewards for sustainable, healthy world
waters for this and future generations.
Communities and
the natural environment can serve as an
integrating context for learning.
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Our
Mission
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To
inform and inspire the creation and
sustainability of watershed and water-borne
programs for protection, preservation,
restoration and celebration of our waters.
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Conference,
Charrette
&
Exhibits
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Friday,
June 1
5:00-8:00pm
Saturday, June 2
8:00am-8:00pm
Sunday, June 3
8:00am-3:30pm
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Summary Session
Sunday,
June 2
1:00-3:00 pm
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v Speakers
and Panel discussions in the Green Room
2nd Floor F.A. Sowle Building
v Exhibits also in the
Ernestina Office/Museum
1st Floor F.A. Sowle Building
v Music and Meals on the
Waterfront at Tonnessen Park with Schooner
Ernestina alongside
v What is a Charrette?
It is a design process with a deadline where
teams gather in working groups to form new
visions and strategies.
v Come prepared to participate! The
conference starts off with presentations by
panelists but moves into a charrette format where
many more ideas and strategies will be expressed,
developed and shared.
v Is it only about ships?
It is about waters that connect us. Participants
will be connecting the headwaters to the sea by
design. The conference is for individuals and
organizations who would like to learn, share and
collaborate.
v What does it cost? We
are asking for $25 this year to cover some food
and conference materials. We are thankful to the
Island Foundation of Marion, MA for a grant to
underwrite many of the expenses. Please register and
mail a check to reserve a place on a team.
v What comes out of the
conference? The findings, maps, charts
and drawings along with a photographic record
will be compiled into a summary document that
will be published to the web and in a limited
hard copy form.
The 2nd annual SSW can lead to a 3rd annual
conference next year in 2002 taken up by any
group of interested organizations. Any
suggestions?
Maybe some new collaborations will be set in
motion!
v Where can you stay?
There are hotels and B&Bs in town you can
find through the New Bedford links above. We do
have a very limited number of berths on the ship
we are making available for those who have come a
distance. If you are willing to rough it we can
find places for tents. If you need assistance on
this please indicate your request on the
registration form in the comment section or call
our office directly.
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Shipboard
& Dockside Activities
Saturday,
June 2
& Sunday, June 3
11:00am-5:00pm
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v Ships open for tours
v Maritime Heritage Day Festival on
Saturday
v Artisan's Cooperative Street Fair on
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Participating
Ships
*ships
that will be present
~other
ships will be representedIf
you don't see
your ship named here let us know...
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Schooner
Ernestina*
Chebacco Boat
Lewis H. Story
Hull
Lifesaving Museum*
Whaling City Rowing Club Whaleboats*
Rocking the
Boat*
Sloop
Clearwater
Sloop
Providence
Schooner Lady
Maryland
Schooner
Adventure
Schooner
Sultana
Amara Zee
Schooner
Quinnipiack
Schooner
Denis Sullivan
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Friendship Sloop
Momentum ex-Dirigo
Friendship Sloop Valhalla
Sloop Christeen
Bantry Gig Verite
Gundalow
Capt. Edward H. Adams
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Barkentine Gazela of Philadelphia
Barque Picton
Castle
Brig Lady
Washington
Schooners
Westward and Corwith Cramer |
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Participating
OrganizationsIf you
don't see
your organization listed here let us know...
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American Sail
Training Association (ASTA) (RI)
Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies (Erie, PA)
Buzzards Bay Action Committee (MA)
Beetle Cat
Boats (MA)
Buzzards Bay
Project (MA)
By-the-Sea
Online Magazine
Center for Marine Education & Recreation at
Oyster Bay (NY)
Clearwater Nederland (Netherlands)
Coalition for
Buzzards Bay (MA)
Cohasset Maritime Institute (MA)
Community
Boating Center (MA)
Community
Foundation of SE MA
Delaware Bay
Schooner Project (NJ)
Essex
Shipbuilding Museum
(MA)
Floating The Apple (NY)
Hansa
Foundation (MA)
Hull
Lifesaving Museum (MA)
Lake
Champlain Maritime Museum (VT)
Leead
International (CT)
Living
Classrooms Foundation
(MD)
Lloyd Center
for Environmental Studies (MA)
MA
Environmental Trust
(MA)
MA Watershed
Initiative (MA)
Monmouth
County Friends of Clearwater (NJ)
Mystic-Williams
Program (CT)
National Maritime Heritage Foundation (DC)
National
Maritime Historical Society (NY)
Philadelphia
Wooden Boat Factory
(PA)
Reeds
Nautical Almanac
Rocking the
Boat (NY)
Save the Bay (RI)
Save the
Harbor Save the Bay
(MA)
Schooner
Sound Learning (CT)
The Last
Noah's Ark (Brasil)
UMASS
Dartmouth (MA)
Volunteer
Water Monitoring Newsletter
Watershed
Success Stories
Westport
River Watershed Alliance
(MA)
Whaling City Rowing Club (MA)
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Maritime
Heritage Day
Saturday,
June 1
11:00am-4:00pm |
The community of
maritime New Bedford welcomes you to walk the
length of Water Street and step into New
Bedfords history. In the heart of
Americas most historic seaport, the
festival includes stages and tents with a variety
of story-tellers, musical interludes, and
interpretive presentations celebrating the
heritage of fishing and the bounty enjoyed from
the sea. Schooner
Ernestina will be hosting open ship at Tonnessen
Park telling the story of the 19th fishing
technology on a Grand Banks schooner.
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Conference
Schedule ~Click
Here to Register~ |
Ships to Save the Waters 2001
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Friday, June
1
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5:00-9:00 pm |
Check-in
and Registration
F.A. Sowle
Building, 89 North Water Street |
6:00-8:00 pm |
Buffet
Dinner (provided)
F.A. Sowle
Building, 89 North Water Street |
7:00-7:15 pm |
Welcome
and Introductions
Gregg
Swanzey, Schooner
Ernestina |
7:15-7:45 pm |
Plan
for Saturday and Sunday
~An Overview~ |
7:45-8:15 pm |
Introductions
All Around |
9:00-10:30
pm |
Film at
Tonnessen Park |
A
film projected on Ernestina's foresail
~dependent of the weather, of course~ |
Saturday,
June 2
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7:00-10:00am |
Registration |
7:30-8:00am |
Coffee
and Bagels (provided) |
8:00-8:30am |
Welcome
and Introductions
Gregg
Swanzey, Schooner Ernestina |
8:30-8:45am |
Opening
Remarks
Pete
Seeger |
8:45-9:45am |
Creating
Livable Communities
Andy Mele,
Sloop
Clearwater
John Bullard, University
of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
Beth Nicholson, Save
the Harbor Save the Bay |
How do we
manage growth, protect precious water
supplies and address community needs? Businesses are coming to realize
that "anything leaving the premises
as a waste stream, instead of a revenue
stream, is both an environmental
liability and a drain on profits."
50% or more of our
water quality problems are derived from
non-point sources.
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10:00-11:00am |
Exemplary
Water-based Programs
Carl
Herzog, Reeds
Nautical Almanac,
moderator
Ed McCabe, Hull
Lifesaving Museum
Charles Burnham, Chebacco
Boat Lewis H. Story, Saugus River
Lucy Iannotti, Whaling City Rowing Club
Erin Escher, Westport
River Watershed Alliance
Alan Lee Hankin, Sea
Connections Summer Content Institute
Peter Bolster, Living
Classrooms |
Using the
environment as an integrating context (EIC) for learning. |
11:15am-12:00pm |
Massachusetts
Environmental Education
Plan:
Coordinating Programs,
Education Reform and Agencies
Alan Lee Hankin, PhD, Emerson College,
moderator
Anne Beaulieu, Community
Foundation of SE MA
Robbin Peach, MA
Environmental Trust
Tricia Sheppard, The
Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies
Gregg Swanzey, Southeastern Environmental
Education Alliance (SEEAL) |
Designing
Regional Environmental Education
Alliances in Massachusetts |
12:00-2:00pm |
Lunch
on the Waterfront (provided)
Go get lunch, check out the Maritime
Heritage Festival and be back by 2:15! |
2:15-4:15pm |
Working
Groups:
Introductions
Establish Goals and Inventory Resources |
~Primary
Goal of the Charrette~
v Design
a collaborative that will produce the
stated outcomes. |
4:15-5:45pm |
Working
Groups:
Design |
~Questions
to be addressed by the Working Groups~
v What is the
mission of your collaborative?
v What are three objectives of the
collaborative?
v Who are the partners?
v What resources are at hand?
v What is the operating area?
v Mark up a chart and 'draw' the
project. |
6:00-7:00pm |
Dinner
on the Waterfront (provided) |
7:15-8:00pm |
Working
Groups:
Report
Progress |
~Hear from
each of the groups~ |
8:00-10:00pm |
Evening
Songfest |
Sunday, June
3
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8:00-8:30am |
Coffee
and Bagels (provided) |
8:30-8:45am |
Good
Morning and Structure of the Day |
8:45-10:00am |
Merging
Activism & Education: What's the fit?
Seth
Garfield, Buzzards Baykeeper
Mark Rassmussen, Coalition
for Buzzards Bay
Gay Gillespie, Westport
River Watershed Alliance
Andy Mele, Sloop
Clearwater |
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10:00-12:00noon |
Working
Groups:
Summarize
Saturday's Work
Draw Conclusions
Prepare Presentations |
~Bringing
it all together~ |
12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch
on the Waterfront (provided) |
1:00-3:00pm |
Charrette
Summary Session:
Presentation of
findings by Working Groups |
~Presenting
the Results~ |
3:00-3:30pm |
Closing
Remarks
Pete Seeger and
hosts:
Andy Mele, Clearwater
Gregg Swanzey, Ernestina |
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Schedule
subject to change. It's a work in
progress! |
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