The Watershed Institute invites you to the

Muriel Gardiner Buttinger Lecture & Reception on 

       Sunday, February 23

In appreciation of The Watershed Institute’s most generous donors and friends, please join us for the Muriel Gardiner Buttinger Lecture & Reception with special guest Dr. Benjamin Strauss, President & CEO of Climate Central, speaking on “Ancient Stories & the Future of Earth’s Climate”.

Sunday, February 23

4:00 p.m. | Wine, Beer, & Hors D’oeuvres

5:00 p.m. | Lecture

6:15 p.m. | Dessert & Coffee

Dr. Benjamin Strauss serves as President, CEO and Chief Scientist at Climate Central. He is an expert on sea level rise and the architect of the Surging Seas suite of maps, tools and visualizations. Strauss has testified before the U.S. Senate.

His scientific research has been cited by the White House and two Secretaries-General of the United Nations, and has won coverage in U.S. and International publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, and other outlets in at least 110 countries and 29 languages.

He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University, an M.S. in Zoology from the University of Washington, and a B.A. in Biology from Yale University.

Dr. Muriel Gardiner Buttinger was The Watershed Institute’s primary benefactor. A student studying medicine in Vienna at the beginning of World War II, Dr. Buttinger risked her life working to transport Jews out of the country – for which she was later awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor. After the war, she and her family moved to the historic Drake Farmstead in Hopewell.

A psychiatrist dedicated to children and an early and avid supporter of the Watershed’s work, Dr. Buttinger ultimately gifted her farm – more than 400 acres of land – to lay the foundation for the Watershed Reserve and Honey Brook Organic Farm.