EcoSalon

When:

Saturday, August 22: 6PM

The skies were clear and the surf pounding, thanks to Hurricane Bill, as guests joined hosts Joan and George Hornig at their Water Mill estate in the Hampton’s on Saturday, August 22nd for Riverkeeper’s first annual Hamptons EcoSalon.

The group of more than 120 guests including Lorraine Bracco, John Lipton and Karim Abdul Jabar were treated to a brief environmentally focused program led by Joan and George Hornig, ardent Riverkeeper supporter Christie Brinkley, Hudson Riverkeeper and President Alex Matthiessen with special remarks by Van Jones, president Obama’s Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the Council on Environmental Quality in the White House. Guests had the opportunity to explore environmental issues together during a Q&A session with Van before the evening wound down. A number of guests stayed on to enjoy further discussion and a sumptuous family style meal of organic, locally supplied trout, sea bass and duck.

Photo Courtesy Ann Watt

The idea behind the EcoSalon is to introduce the top environmental policy makers to thought leaders in the fields of politics, science, the arts, business and entertainment and to spend an evening sharing perspectives on many of our most challenging issues. Riverkeeper will host EcoSalons in Manhattan and Westchester during the holidays and winter months. Plan to join us at our next event.

Riverkeeper’s EcoSalon brings together top environmental policy makers with thought leaders in the fields of politics, science, the arts, business and entertainment for an evening of sharing perspectives on challenging issues.

Our special guest for this event will be Van Jones, who serves as Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

Join your hosts Joan and George Hornig at their home in the Hampton’s with co-hosts Lorraine Bracco, Christie Brinkley, Hamilton Fish, Anne Hearst McInerney and Jay McInerney, Anne Jameson and Jay Eisenhofer, Mary and Sidney Lumet, Maria and Peter Matthiessen, Nicole Miller and Kim Taipale, Averell and Gigi Mortimer, Renee and Mark Rockefeller, Jeff Tannenbaum and other leading Riverkeeper supporters for this unique opportunity.

Your membership gift of $100 per reservation maintains Riverkeeper’s standing as New York’s leading clean water advocate. An intimate post-Salon dinner will take place with Van Jones and other distinguished guests for $1,000 per plate. Head table with Van Jones for $2,500 per plate.

Hamptons EcoSalon Invitation

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