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League of Women Voters^®
of the Upper Valley

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Panel on NH Budget Policy

Our state and local budgets are agreements we reach about what is most important to us and how we pay for it. But it's getting harder and harder to put our money where our mouth is. Our next budget deficit could be $600 million. Decisions at the state level affect us at the local level. Reductions here can mean increases there.
Saving now might cost more later. Today's decisions will ripple out for years to come. We're resourceful in New Hampshire, though; we can face the facts and discuss our options. At these forums, experts will explain the state budget and how it affects local budgets and school funding. They will connect the dots between revenue and services, exploring issues like the courts and corrections; health care, including mental health care; the state retirement system; and the many state programs that invest in people. Panelists will review solution options and take your questions. Come ask yours

Steve Norton, Executive Director, NH Center for Public Policy Studies
Brian Walsh, Chairman, Hanover Board of Selectmen
Lisa Shapiro, Economist and Board Chair, NH Retirement System
Dartmouth faculty moderator TBA

This event is organized by the New Hampshire Fair Tax Coalition; the LWV NH is a member of this coalition. The Rockefeller Center is a co-sponsor of the Oct 5th event.

The Three R's Revisited: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

The Natural Resources Committee of the League of Women Voters of the Upper Valley Presents its 2010 Series on the Environment:
The Three R's Revisited: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Feb 1: Creating a Recycled Treasure
Bring a friend and join us at the AVA Gallery to hear Stuart White, Senior Architect with Banwell Architects, discuss transforming this former garment factory into a LEED-certified art gallery.

5 to 7 pm, AVA Gallery, 11 Bank Street, Lebanon
Admission: $10, includes wine, cheese and tour of building

Feb 17: Lebanon Landfill: A Hidden Treasure
Marc Morgan: Solid Waste Manager, City of Lebanon
Wayne Bonhag, President: Bonhag Associates (Mechanical-Electrical-Energy Engineers)

Converting methane to energy at the Lebanon landfill
Landfills as a source of untapped energy

Feb 25: Recycling Plastics: Trash or Treasure?
Robert Malloy: Chair, Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts

Economic and environmental impact of recycling plastics
End products of recycled plastics
Designing new products for enhanced recyclability

Co-sponsors: Sierra Club and Sustainable Hanover
Reycling Resources

Affluenza

Here's what the Library Journal had to say about Affluenza:
"De Graaf, producer of the PBS documentaries Affluenza (1996) and Escape from Affluenza (1998); David Wann, a former EPA staffer and expert on sustainable lifestyles; and Thomas H. Naylor, professor emeritus in economics at Duke, have assembled an updated and more in-depth look at the epidemic of overconsumption sweeping the United States and the rest of the world, based on de Graaf's documentaries. They define "affluenza" as "a painful, contagious, socially-transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more" and examine the spiraling cycle of overconsumption, spending, stress, and broken relationships caused by America's obsession with uncontrolled economic growth at any cost. This witty yet hard-hitting book provides evidence of the social problems caused by the American obsession with acquiring "stuff" and proposes solutions for living more sustainably."
- Library Journal review
Sponsored by the LWV-UV and the Howe Library

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