16th Annual Leadership Awards Reception

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Our 16th Annual Leadership Awards Reception will be held on Thursday, March 10 (6-9pm) at St. John’s University, 101 Astor Place, in the East Village. This year’s theme is “Light One Candle.” The evening is co-sponsored by The J. Luce Foundation, Orphans International Worldwide, and The New York Global Leaders Lions Club.

Theme: “Light One Candle

The J. Luce Foundation, Orphans International & Global Leaders Lions Club
Thurs., March 10, 2016 (6-9pm); St. John’s University, 101 Astor Place, NYC
Red Carpet Step-and-Repeat Photo Op

Open Bar Featuring Selection of “Hellenic Spirits”+
(Ouzo, Mastiha & Samos Moscato Wine)
Vodka Tasting courtesy of Balls Vodka
Resalso from Vineyards of Bodegas Emilio Moro
Artist-in-Residence: Rohan Bhargava
Global Citizens: H.E. Amb. Katalin Bogyay of Hungary,
H.E. Amb. Catherine Boura of Greece
Humanitarians: Rita Cosby (Broadcaster),
Steve Killelea (Entrepreneur & Philanthropist)
Luce Leaders & Scholars: Sophie Alford, Thanh Dang, Francisco Donoso,
Jewels Harrison, Ramin Herath, Alexander Perruci, Rylie Wahl

Special Certificate from the
Hon. U.S Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
J. Luce Leadership Experience – Hellas (May 14-22)
The Bauer Fund (Dr. William Bauer)
The Hellenic Fund (Georgia Nomikos)
The Manjushree Fund (Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura)
The Sri Lanka Fund (Sunil Herath)
Rohan Bhargava/Rovaco Dance Company Presents
Committee: Gwendolen Cates, Thanh Dang, Susie de Rafelo, Michael Dotsikas, Sara Herbert-Galloway, Sameer Garg, Mary Harrison, Meera Kajendrakumar, Kevin Camacho, Isaac Kassin, Audrey Kitagawa, Hector Liang, Mathew Luce, Dino Malliaros, Hiten Manseta, Gregory Muller, Lynne-Marie Paquette, Pablo Povarchik, Matt Scott, Yoshiko Tamaki, Mangala Weerasekera – in formation
With Tomaczek Bednarek (Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter), Scott Eisenberg (Swap The Biz), Conor Grennan (Next Generation Nepal), Jitin Hingorani (JINGO Media), Hon. Ben Kallos (N.Y.C. Council), Dr. Judy Kuriansky (Columbia University), Gabi Lovve (Lovve Enterprises), Hon. Geneive Brown Metzger (Jamaica), Georgia Nomikos (Orpheus Luxury Collection), Guillermo Perez (Lions Clubs), Dr. Gama Perruci (Marietta College), Loraine Cancro Silvetz, MSW (Global Stress Initiative), Camille Tibaldeo (Fountain House), Vlada von Shats (Yasha Ramen), Paul Sladkus (Good News Broadcast) – in formation

Silent Auction Items & CharityBuzz On-Line – $75,315 total value
www.CharityBuzz.com/LuceFoundation
Onnetsuki Facial
Meet Peter Yarrow
Ideals of Hellas Trip
Dinner with Jim Luce
Hellenic Symposium Dinner
Stay in Jamaican Villa for Two
Lux Dream Trip to India for Two
TV Show Segment Featuring You
V.C. Pitch Coaching for Non-Profits
Socrates’ Philosophy 3-Day Seminar
Dinner with a Famous Tibetan Monk
Global Leadership & Self-Improvement
Benefit Table – Tibetan Orphan Benefit
Your Own Keynote Corporate Presentation
Trip to Tibetan Orphanage in Tawang, India
Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom Statue
Executive Presentation Skills Coaching for Ten
Networking Bootcamp for 20 Employees/Clients
Corporate Leadership Workshop for Your Company
World-Renowned Stand-Up Comedian Performance

Reception Chairs: Washington Garay, Stacee Mandeville & Jessy Moya
Facebook Invitation

Tickets at the Door – $150, Advance – $100; Student with I.D.,
Lions Advance – $75;
Global Adviser (Listed) & Student Advance – $50

‘Tickets’ may be purchased online at http://tinyurl.com/k7qa4wj. Checks payable to
The J. Luce Foundation may be sent to 540 Main Street #418, New York, N.Y. 10044. There are no actual tickets, but rather a Security List where ALL guests must be listed.

Thanks to Battery Dance Company, Business Systems Consulting NY, Drake Media Network, Fountain House, Gaia Holistic Inc., Global Peace Index, Habitat for Humanity, Incognito Bistro, Indo-American Arts Council, Linus Publications, Lovve Enterprises, Marietta College, New York on Tech, Operation Respect, Orpheus Luxury Collection, Red Leaf Coaching, RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation, St. John’s GLOBE Program, Swap the Biz, Tornado Media, TUSK Boutique, wOw Prezi, and Yasha Ramen!

Friends – with only one week to go before our 16th Annual Leadership Reception at St. John’s University on Astor Place in Manhattan, I wanted to share with you the Draft of the Event Program being typeset in Sri Lanka for us, and let you know that we have only 20 tickets left! You can see the advanced copy of it here. Thanks to you, we are supporting Young Global Leadership! – Jim

Contributions may be made online here: https://tinyurl.com/qyx6hlf

Contributions may be mailed to the J. Luce Foundation
540 Main Street #418, NY, NY 10044.
The Foundation is a 501(c)3 NYS-Registered Charity.
Contributions are fully tax-deductible.

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Your Pot Habit Is Contributing to a Guacamole Crisis

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:45:08 +0000

As California faces severe water shortages and farmers let their groves go fallow, a study finds that marijuana growers are sucking streams dry.
News on Wednesday that California’s snowpack has hit a record low of just 6 percent of normal means next-to-no spring runoff will flow into streams and reservoirs that supply water to the cities and farmers who feed much of the nation.
But before you light up a (legal) marijuana cigarette to take your mind off impending doom, consider this: With every puff you take, you could be making the epic drought even worse.
A new study finds that pot growers in the Northern California weed belt are diverting 100 percent of the water in some streams to irrigate their cash crops.
“Last summer, we went out and picked a handful of streams in the study area, and we looked at real-time stream flow,” said Scott Bauer, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Four out of those five streams went dry.”
A Humboldt County, California, pot farm.
That means no water for endangered salmon and other wildlife, not to mention people. Some avocado growers, for instance, are letting their groves go dry because of water shortages and the high price of irrigation. In other words, kiss your guacamole goodbye.
Agency scientists focused on illegal pot operations in Humboldt County, the epicenter of California’s marijuana industry. Greenhouses dot the hillsides, and the pot plants inside are thirsty: Each uses about six gallons of water per day, compared with the 3.3 gallons wine grapes consume.
Wildlife officials started receiving calls about stream diversion in 2009, said Bauer, who is based in the Humboldt town of Eureka. “A number of us started going out with game wardens called out to grow sites and our focus was to document the environmental damage,” he said.
The scientists noticed significant problems—stream diversion, hillsides graded to make level growing fields, and dirt being dumped into waterways.
“We started to realize this was a real problem,” said Bauer.
In 2012, as the drought began to take hold, the researchers used Google Earth to count all the plants and figure out how many are in greenhouses, and to compare the number of plants with stream flow data.
They chose four areas, all surrounded by forests, and all with streams containing endangered salmon. The scientists estimated that the growing operations were using between 138,200 and 191,265 gallons of water a day. People in Northern California, for comparison, use an average 172 gallons of water per day per person.
Marijuana growers were taking 100 percent from three of the streams studied and 25 percent of a fourth stream.
Those streams aren’t just picturesque—they’re critical to the survival of the coho and Chinook salmon and steelhead trout.
Will there be a movement for sustainably grown pot?
“I think if people understand what’s going on, hopefully they’ll asking questions about how green is their product,” Bauer said. “If they’re concerned about our state’s natural resources, they should be asking those questions. Is this something that isn’t harming California’s resources?”

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