The Green Future: Careers in Sustainability, Environment and Clean Technology

Have gas prices gotten your attention?  Do you want to be part of creating a self-sustaining future for America?  The Green Future and You:  Careers that are environmentally sustainable, socially responsible, and economically successful.

Did you know that BCC mounts an annual week-long Earth Week which attracted 2,000 attendees in April, 2006 and which featured Botany of Desire author, Michael Pollan.

Start Times: 8:30 and 9:30 (two sessions)

Location: Carlson Theater [View maps and directions]

The panel for this session consists of:

Eric Ziegler

Eric Ziegler is a long-time college publishing professional currently working on his MBA from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, the premier graduate program in sustainable business. Throughout his 20+ year career in sales, marketing and product development, Eric has hired, trained and mentored dozens of individuals in their own career development. Realizing that he needed a new set of tools and techniques to address the challenges facing his industry, he chose the Bainbridge Graduate Institute to learn more about sustainable business practices. The experience has opened up a whole new world of possible business models and opportunities and has shown that business enterprises have the resources, knowledge and talent to create innovative solutions for all kinds of social and environmental challenges. 

Sally Abella

Sally Abella has a BS in geology and MS degrees in both zoology and botany from the University of Washington. She worked with W.T. Edmondson for over 25 years on the long-term study of Lake Washington, ending as a Research Scientist III, and is now the program manager for the Lake Stewardship Program for King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. In addition to general limnological analysis and monitoring design, her fields of specialization include phytoplankton ecology and taxonomy, effects of watershed changes on lakes, and reconstruction of past lacustrine environments from sedimentary evidence. Sally has been a director on the Washington State Lake Protection Association board since 2002 and was president for 2004-2005.

photo of Jeremy Smithson

Jeremy Smithson

CEO of Puget Sound Solar.

Aaron Halverson

I received a BS in Zoology in 2005 and am currently finishing my thesis for an MS degree in Environmental Science at Washington State University.  My thesis entitled “The Quest for Urban Sustainability: A Study of 50 American Cities” involves the use of more than 14 metrics to measure the sustainability efforts of 50 cities nationwide.  I served to protect the and enhance the spawning habitat of salmon while employed by the USDA National Forest Service as a Watershed Steward and am currently employed by the City of Lake Forest Park as a Planning Technician.  I am currently attempting to begin a sustainability focus group in the City of Lake Forest Park and am working daily to promote sustainability.

Kent Short

Moderator

Kent has nearly 30 years of experience in environmental research, field studies, and education. He has been a faculty member at BCC since Fall 1998, teaching Oceanography, Meteorology, and Environmental Science courses. His educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology from UCLA and a Master's Degree in Oceanography from Oregon State University. Prior to becoming an educator, Kent's career included several years of professional experience as a meteorologist and oceanographer with NOAA, and as an environmental scientist with both large and small consulting firms. His varied professional assignments have ranged from conducting oceanographic research in the Arctic Ocean near the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to serving as a member of the official NOAA Weather Support Team for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.