Guest Speakers

The Mashpee Environmental Coalition Board periodically welcomes formal and informal speakers from a variety of local and regional organizations.  Some of our most recent speakers are listed below:

 

July 13, 2023 — Justin Potter, Project Coordinator, Coonamessett Farm Foundation:  Introduction to the Work of Coonamessett Farm Foundation and Their Focus on Research Projects that Support Sustainability                        

June 8, 2023 — Daniel Kent, Mashpee Assistant Conservation Agent:  Fertilizer Usage and Control in Mashpee

April 13, 2023 — Dawn Stephenson, Mashpee Congregational Church “Green Team” Member:  Their Recent Efforts in Support of the Environment and the Upcoming Earth Sunday Clean Water Forum

March 9, 2023 — Daniel Kent, Mashpee Assistant Conservation Agent:  After being welcomed as Mashpee’s new Assistant Conservation Agent, an overview of his Past Work Experience and Current Mashpee Conservation Department Projects

October 13, 2022 — Jordan Mora, Restoration Ecologist, Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC):  Update on APCC’s Public Boat Ramp Improvement Project as it Relates to Mashpee

March 10, 2022 — Tom Hoppensteadt, MMHS Science Teacher and Environmental Club Advisor:  Mashpee Middle-High School Conversation About Club Activities and Potential for Future Collaboration

February 10, 2022 — Katy Acheson, Executive Director, Mashpee Chamber of Commerce:  Mashpee Chamber’s Outlook on Preservation and Sustainability

February 10, 2022 — Susan Dangel, President, Save Mashpee-Wakeby Pond Alliance:  Recent Activities of their relatively new Pond Alliance

May 13, 2021 — Susan Sharkey, Affiliated with CapeCodClimate.org/faith:  Proposed Machine Gun Range at Camp Edwards, JBCC

April 8, 2021 — Andrew Gottlieb, Mashpee Select Board Member and Executive Director, APCC:  May 2021 Town Warrant Articles Authorizing Phase I of the Mashpee Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan

August 13, 2020 — Glenn McCarthy, Mary Adams Oleksak and Cheryl Viglione, Mashpee Clean Waters Committee Members:  Discussion of Mashpee Clean Waters’ Activities and Potential for Collaboration with MEC

January 9, 2020 — Madhavi Venkatesen, Founder and Executive Director, Sustainable Practices:  Citizens Petition for Municipal Single-Use Plastic Container Ban in Mashpee

October 10, 2019 — Mary Cote, Christine Kircun, and Madhavi Venkatesen (by phone), Sustainable Practice Members:  Municipal Single-Use Plastic Container Ban Petitions Across Cape Cod