3rd Middlesex Area Democrats 2008 Awards Breakfast: Jacqueline Haas, Peter Haas, Senator John Kerry, Catherine Laine and Joe Mullin

WESTON April 26, 2008- This past weekend, the 3rd Middlesex Area Democrats of Massachusetts recognized a number of local environmental activists for their work in bringing attention to global warming, energy usage and smart conservation of natural resources. Peter Haas and Catherine Laine of AIDG were nominated by the Weston Town Democratic committee for striving to bring green technologies to poor communities in Guatemala and Haiti.

In his thank you speech during the event, Haas stressed that "[t]he problems facing us in the 21st century are truly global in scope. When I was younger, the mantra of the environmental movement was THINK globally ACT locally. We can no longer afford to just act locally. We must think and act as global citizens."

Laine urged fellow activists to remember that the local, national and international work they were all doing was deeply interrelated. "Food riots in Haiti over rice and basic foodstuffs, massive rice crop failures in Australia due to drought, restaurants in Boston stocking up on rice. We're all in the same boat and it's crucial that we work together."   

3rd Middlesex Area Democrats Environmental Honorees:

Bedford: Roger and Susan Shamel, Global Warming Education Network
Carlisle: Robert Luoma, Carlisle Climate Action Network
Chelmsford: The Parker School Green Team, Peter Bruyn, Barbara Mayotte
Concord: Pam Rockwell, Citizen’s Research and Environmental Watch
Lexington: Stewart Kennedy, Lexington Conservation Commission
Lincoln: Elizabeth Cherbiack, Green Technology Committee
Sudbury: Bruce Langmuir, Sudbury Earth Decade Committee
Waltham: Marc Rudnick, Waltham Land Trust
Weston: Peter Haas, Catherine Laine, AIDG