Contact: Bob Adams (425) 564-3081
badams@bcc.ctc.edu
Celebrate Earth Week at Bellevue Community College
BELLEVUE, WASH. - Presentations by John de Graaf, an independent producer of public-tv documentaries, and by Dr. Gordon Orians, president-elect of the Ecological Society of America, highlight a series of events celebrating Earth Week on the Bellevue Community College campus April 15-19.
All of the week’s activities are open to the public and free of charge.
DeGraaf, whose work includes the popular PBS documentary, “Affluenza,” on population and consumption issues, will discuss that topic in a lecture scheduled for Friday, April 19, at 11:30 a.m. in the college’s Carlson Theatre.
Orians, who for 11 years was Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Washington, will discuss how economics affects ecology, at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, in Room L126 on the college campus.
The full schedule of events includes:
Monday, April 15
10:30 "Biodiversity: A Crisis in Character, Not Numbers," by Phillip Levin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) (Rm. L126)
11:30 "Recovery Planning for Threatened and Endangered Pacific Salmon,” by Mary Ruckelshaus, NOAA (Rm. L126)
Tuesday, April 16 - Alternative Transportation Day.
10:30 "Salmon Management in the 21st century - Assembly Instructions Advised,” by Jay Zischke, Fisheries Biologist from the Suquamish Tribe (Rm. L126)
12:30 "Conservation: What Are Zoo's Doing?” by Margaret White, Woodland Park Zoo (Rm. L126)
Wednesday, April 17
10:30 "Using Solar Power in Puget Sound,” by Jeremy Smithson, Puget Sound Solar (Rm. L214)
2:30 "Climate Change, Transportation, and Public Health Effects,” by Blair Henry, J.D., Executive Director of the Northwest Council on Climate Change; and Sandy Rock, BCC Environmental Science Instructor (Rm. L126)
Thursday, April 18
9:30 "The Growing Concern of Antibiotic Resistance,” by Sandy Rock, BCC Environmental Science Instructor (Rm. L126)
11:30 "To Market to Market to Buy Ecofish. Home Again, Home Again, It’s Not Just a Wish,” by Gordon Orians, University of Washington (Rm. L126)
1:30 "Kant on Duties to Animals,” by Mark Storey, BCC Philosophy Instructor (Rm. L126)
Friday, April 19
10:30 "The Perils of Factory Farming,” by NorthWest Animal Rights Network (Rm. L126)
11:30 "Affluenza - The disease of over-consumption,” by John de Graaf, Producer and author of "Affluenza" and "Escape from Affluenza" (Carlson Theatre)
Additional displays, videos and activities will be presented daily in the Student Union Building.
BCC’s Earth Week events are organized by the BCC Science Club and the Associated Students of BCC.
For more information contact Rob Viens in the BCC Science Division at rviens@bcc.ctc.edu or (425) 564-3158, or go online at www.bcc.ctc.edu.