Note: This is the keystone event for the multi-town book club project held at 3S ArtSpace in Portsmouth. 

Our own local book club meeting will be held on Monday, April 22 at 110 Grill.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the most epic environmental battle in the Seacoast when a small group of passionate people defeated a proposed oil refinery in Great Bay that would have irrevocably changed our region. What can we learn from this story to help us confront today’s environmental threats?

Join your neighbors and read Small Town, Big Oil - The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the Richest Man in the World - And Won. Free copies are available in limited quantity at the library, or purchase your own copy at a local bookstore. (25% off at RiverRun or Water Street!)

Then join the Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper and Great Bay Stewards in partnership with 3S Artspace for a book group discussion at 3S with author David W. Moore, activists at the center of the story in the 1970s, and those at the forefront of environmental advocacy in our region today. 

UPDATE: The event at 3S is sold out, but the talk will be livestreamed:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/great-bay-book-group-discussion-with-author-david-w-moore-livestream-tickets-880830035347

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About the hosts:

Melissa Paly is Conservation Law Foundation’s Great Bay – Piscataqua Waterkeeper, advocating daily for the health of the waterways that make the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and southern Maine such a spectacular place to live, work and play. The Waterkeeper works closely with a wide range of stakeholders from state and federal environmental officials to scientists, consultants, local decision-makers, educators, and grassroots activists to reduce pollution and restore the health of the Great Bay ecosystem.

Great Bay Stewards, a non-profit organization established in 1995, plays an integral role in a variety of programs associated with the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. To fulfill its mission to protect Great Bay for future generations, the Stewards also work with area organizations to raise awareness of critical issues and promote estuarine conservation.

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The Great Bay Book Group is made possible with generous support from NH Charitable Foundation and the Rosamond Thaxter Foundation.

More info here: https://greatbaystewards.org/great-bay-book-group/