Annual Membership Meeting
Friday,
January 23, 2009
6:00 to 8:00 pm
The Studios Of Key West (the Historic Armory)
600 White Street, Key West
Social– 6:00 PM
Business Meeting -
6:30 to 7 PM
Keynote Speaker –
Cynthia Barnett
- 7:00 PM
This event made possible by the generous support of the
J.A. & H.G. Woodruff, Jr.
Charitable Trust.
Cynthia Barnett is the
author of Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of
the Eastern U.S. Published in 2007 by the University
of Michigan Press, it won the
Gold medal for the best nonfiction in the Florida Book
Awards.
Ms. Barnett is a
senior writer for Florida Trend magazine and has
worked for over a decade covering investigative,
environmental, public policy and business stories. She
has received three investigative-reporting prizes in the
Green Eyeshades, which recognize the best journalism in
eleven southeastern states. Her talk will include
a description of Florida’s freshwater supply crisis, an
update on the 2008 Florida Water Congress as well as her
thoughts about what to expect from the 2009 Florida
legislature regarding long-term water conservation. She
will conclude with an informal question and answer
session.
The St. Petersburg
Times
called Mirage "one of the most important books to
hit our state in a very long time." "In the days before
the Internet," the Times said in its review,
"books like Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and
Marjory Stoneman Douglas’
River of Grass
were groundbreaking calls to action that made citizens
and politicians take notice. Mirage is such a
book."
Mark your calendar -- It is sure to be a great evening! |
