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Stay connected : “ Find Us On Facebook ”
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People and Happenings
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Stay connected : “ Find Us On Facebook ”
No matter where you turn these days , people are being asked to join the throngs of the multi-connected . This spring , the Friends of Mount Auburn jumped on the social media bandwagon and expanded its presence online with a page on Facebook and channels on You Tube and Flickr . The Friends ’ use of these social media applications , along with our electronic newsletter , has allowed us to bring much more timely information to our members and supporters around the globe . By becoming a fan of the Friends of Mount Auburn on Facebook , a social networking site , you will find timely information and other interesting stories that relate to the Cemetery on a regular basis . With YouTube , a video sharing site , the Friends is now able to produce and share short videos about the Cemetery . Our first two videos on Facebook were created this past spring during our participation in the Partners in Preservation initiative to explain the story of our Egyptian Revival Gatehouse . New videos on notable figures , horticulture , art and architecture , and history are forthcoming . Flickr , a photo sharing website , allows us to share images of the Cemetery ’ s many facets including “ What ’ s In Bloom ” images and pictures from recent public programs .
To stay even more connected with the Friends , please do find us on Facebook !
And , check out our videos on You Tube and our images at Flickr :
http :// www . youtube . com / mountauburncemetery http :// www . flickr . com / photos / mountauburncemetery
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Do YOU know your carbon footprint ?
Edward H . Morris ( left ), co-founder of The Canary Project and a 2008-2009 Loeb Fellow at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design , speaks to the full Mount Auburn staff and invited guests about climate change and sustainability at Mount Auburn Cemetery ’ s Story Chapel on June 17 .
The Canary Project – which Morris co-founded in 2006 with his wife , photographer Susannah Sayler – uses visual media and art to deepen greater public understanding of climate change and to energize humanity ’ s commitment to solutions . The presentation was planned as staff training in light of Mount Auburn Cemetery ’ s burgeoning sustainability and “ green ” programs . The poster behind Morris was designed and modeled by a group of students at Dorchester ( MA ) McCormack Middle School as part of a Green Patriot Program that Morris organized there in the spring of 2009 .
Morris , son of Mount Auburn Senior Vice President Piper Morris , received his BA from Wesleyan University ( CT ) and his MA ( in East Asian Studies ) at Harvard . He was formerly a partner at the James Mintz Group , a financial and legal investigative firm in New York City . He and his wife Susannah are artistsin-residence this fall as teaching participants in a Visiting Visionary program at Indiana University .