Measuring Eco Progress

As the South Fork population and summer visitors’ numbers continue to grow, pressure on the natural environment builds. An expert panel of environmentalists and farmers assembled by The East Hampton Star’s East magazine will consider how policymakers and individuals are responding to the challenges next Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Mandala Yoga Center for the Healing Arts in Amagansett Square.

The central questions for the participants are whether the South Fork is a paradise lost and, if it is not quite lost yet, what can be done to save it.

On the panel will be Scott Bluedorn and Linda James of the East Hampton Town Energy Sustainability Committee, Scott Chaskey of the Peconic Land Trust’s Quail Hill Farm, Brendan Davison of Good Water Farms in East Hampton, Bill Chaleff, who is an environmental advocate and sustainable-design architect, and Bob DeLuca, president of the Group for the East End. David E. Rattray, the editor of The East Hampton Star, will be the moderator, with an introduction by Biddle Duke, East’s founding editor. Refreshments will be served..