Earth Day Event Addressing Climate Change At InfoAge

InfoAge later this month is scheduled to host a special Earth Day event featuring global leaders in climate change science. 

The Earth Day Gathering: A Scientific Response to Hurricane Sandy, is scheduled for April 21 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marconi Road museum.

The first of its kind event at InfoAge, which was hit hard by Sandy, will feature speakers from a variety of nationally recognized experts on the climate change, according to Steven Fowler, event organizer.

“A lightbulb just went off in my head,’’ said Fowler, an InfoAge volunteer. “With the majority of scientists saying the earth is warming, how relevant it would be to have an event like this at InfoAge?” 

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Event: Earth Day Gathering 2013: A Scientific Response to Hurricane Sandy

Day: Sunday, April 21, 2013

Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Infoage Science and History Museum, 2201 Marconi Road, Wall

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The event will feature talks from representatives from the Climate Reality Project, the Ocean County Sierra Club and “off-the-grid’’ Hopewell resident Dante DiPirro.  The keynote address will be given by Dr. Alan Robock, Rutgers professor of climatology.

Tree seedlings will be given out to the first 100 people to attend the event, where represenatives from the Surfrider’s Foundation and 350.org will also be on hand.

InfoAge was without power for months following Hurricane Sandy.

Power to Camp Evans, a national landmark that contains InfoAge, comes not from the regular power grid, but from long-dated Army transformers, which were weakened by fluctuations in power during the recent storm. 

They finally gave out shortly after Christmas, Township Committeeman George Newberry has said.

But with the help of a 400kw generator from town hall, three of the camp’s buildings, including the Marconi Hotel, are open.

The cash-strapped facility is currently looking for a permanent power solution.