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NFEC speaker series continues: Learn about ‘Living Green and Toxic Free’

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Learn how to reduce harmful toxins in our homes and businesses and lead a cleaner, greener life at the second installment of the North Fork Environmental Council’s speaker series next Saturday.

Beth Fiteni of Green Inside and Out will discuss ways to identify and eliminate or reduce toxins in our environment and make the best choices regarding plastics that may leach hormone-disrupting chemicals, body care products, cleaners and dry cleaners, pesticides, lowering your diet’s carbon footprint, and where to find greener, safer products.

The talk will take place at 1 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Peconic Lane Community Center in Peconic.

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Fiteni has a Master of Studies in environmental law, 20 years of experience in the environmental field and hosts an award-winning radio show on WUSB 90.1 FM. She is currently employed by New York State working on cle
an energy policy and previously served as the sustainability coordinator at the Community Development Corporation of Long Island representing NYSERDA. She was formerly the program director at the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College for 12 years, where she coordinated the Clean Energy Leadership Task Force for municipalities and was an adjunct professor of environmental ethics. For nine years, Fiteni coordinated the region’s annual Organic Turf Trade Show for landscapers. Prior to that, she worked at the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides and the Farm Animal Rights Movement in Washington, D.C.

Fiteni founded Green Inside and Out consulting in 2011 and is currently publishing a book on eco-fashion. She has offered multiple community education presentations on “non-toxic, green living” around Long Island.

Fiteni was awarded the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Quality Award for 2010 for her work in creating educational materials on children’s environmental health through a Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition project. She has served on the board of Slow Food North Shore, Friends of Huntington Farmlands, and Prevention is the Cure, and has written articles or been quoted in numerous media.