SWEP

We had a great turnout on Thursday for the Society for Women Environmental Professionals event. Our guest speaker was Sonya Ward, a program manager at ENSR's Integrated Site Closure Group in Pennsylvania which focuses on environmental compliance and site remediation. She spoke on the importance of networking for career growth.

Another SWEP meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14th at 6 p.m. in the Seaport Hotel Lounge in conjunction with visiting chapters for the Brownfields Conference. Everyone is invited.

Cathy Roberts, the Environmental Studies Director at Holy Cross, announced The Blackstone Canal Symposium in Worcester on November 3rd and 4th. For more information, www.nps.gov/blac.

The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari M. Maathai, "a world-renowned environmentalist" is speaking at the Holy Cross campus on October 25th from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on "The Greenbelt Movement in Africa: Mobilizing Ordinary People to Improve the Environment and Their Day-to-Day Lives". This event is FREE!

Any other events in the community - do tell!