FW: REMINDER: Tina Meyers, Environmental Attorney, speaks to Baltimore Green Forum, this Sunday, May 19, 4 pm

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From: Baltimore Green Forum <baltimore...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 01:45:37 -0400
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Subject: REMINDER: Tina Meyers, Environmental Attorney, speaks to Baltimore Green Forum, this Sunday, May 19, 4 pm

BALTIMORE GREEN FORUM

a monthly environmental education and discussion forum

Sunday, May 19, 2013

4:00-5:30 PM
Optional Affinity Groups 5:30 – 6:30 PM

Maryland Presbyterian Church
1105 Providence Road, Towson, MD 21286
http://www.mpchurch.org/About.htm <http://www.mpchurch.org/About.htm>

The Benefits and Challenges of Using

the Legal System for Environmental Advocacy

Presentation by Tina Meyers

Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper and

Environmental Attorney

Blue Water Baltimore

Ms. Meyers will also speak generally about her work as both an environmental attorney and as a Waterkeeper working in the Chesapeake region.

In particular, she will discuss the various legal and regulatory tools available to citizens for making real change in their local waterways and communities. She will discuss several success stories of where utilizing these tools resulted in significant decreases in water pollution and why the use of these tools is critical to cleaning up our waterways.

She will also discuss several of the challenges faced by citizen groups when confronting polluters with legal enforcement, including exorbitant financial costs, political backlash, public relations issues, and pressure from government agencies and other citizen groups. Lastly, she will discuss potential solutions to some of these challenges.

For updated program info, contact baltimore...@gmail.com <mailto:baltimore...@gmail.com> , 410-554-0006 , or check www.baltimoregreenforum.org <http://www.baltimoregreenforum.org/>

The Purpose of the Baltimore Green Forum is to seek to improve the quality of all life in the greater Baltimore area. Our contribution to this goal will be to gather monthly in order to: Discern the progress towards regional sustainability that has already been achieved, Discover the connections amidst the chaos of the movement and build a community of like-minded individuals, and Do take appropriate action to address the challenges we face together. BGF is open to the public and is free of charge, but donations to Maryland Presbyterian Church are greatly appreciated. For questions, to co-sponsor, or to RSVP, contact baltimore...@gmail.com <mailto:baltimore...@gmail.com> or 410-554-0006

The Baltimore Green Forum is Co-Sponsored by:

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute <http://www.simplicity-matters.org/> ~ Chesapeake Climate Action Network <http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/> ~ Baltimore Green Currency Assn <http://baltimoregreencurrency.org/>

MD League of Conservation Voters Education Fund <http://www.marylandconservation.org/> ~ Greater Baltimore Group of the Sierra Club <http://maryland.sierraclub.org/baltimore>

Heathcote Community <http://www.heathcote.org/> ~ Retrofit Baltimore <http://www.retrofitbaltimore.org/> ~ Creation Care Group of the Presbytery of Baltimore <http://www.creationcarebaltimore.com/>

Interfaith Power and Light <http://gwipl.org/about-us/>

Help us publicize this event!

Please post a copy of this flyer in your workplace or neighborhood!

Go to http://www.baltimoregreen forum.org <http://www.baltimoregreenforum.org>