Eric Swenson to Raise Funds for Waste Management Education
On Friday, August 2, 2002, Oyster Bay Superintendent of Environmental Control Eric Swenson will launch a canoe from the shores of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territories (Canada) to begin a 460 mile canoe trip down the Yukon River to Dawson City, raising money for environmental management education. His trek down one of the most unspoiled rivers in North America will benefit the Evan R. Liblit Memorial Fund, which supports graduate students pursuing a waste management-related course of study at Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Research Center/Waste Reduction and Management Institute. The trip, the equivalent of rowing from New York City to North Carolina, will take approximately 2 weeks.
About Evan Liblit and the Scholarship Fund
Evan Liblit was a visionary, an innovator, a teacher and a friend of recycling and waste management. Having worked for the U.S. EPA, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Town of Babylon as well as the private sector, he was at the cutting edge of solid waste management in New York. He was the principal author of the state’s recycling goals, helped initiate the first household hazardous waste collection programs in the state and was the driving force behind efforts to form a Long Island Regional Recycling Cooperative. He also taught at Stony Brook University’s Waste Management Institute. He passed away while in his 40s.
In 1997, Stony Brook University recognized Evan Liblit’s contributions to solid waste management and recycling by establishing a memorial scholarship in his name. The Evan R. Liblit Memorial Fund supports graduate students at the Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Research Center/Waste Reduction and Management Institute (where Eric was a graduate). The fund is ongoing and self-sustaining, and will benefit students for years to come.
For more information on how to subscribe to the Liblit Yukon River fundraiser, please see the Web site athttp://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/pages/wrmi.html
