Earth Week 2015 is coming April 20-24!
We have a great schedule of events!
Earth Week 2015 Schedule
| Day/Time | Presenter | Topic | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, April 20 | ||||
| 10:30-11:20 | Rick Glover, BC Faculty | Game Show! Would you buy that??? | Ever wonder what's in that product? Every day items are full of chemicals, but some may not be best for you. Come and understand how you can better understand the things you use every day. | C 130 |
| 11:30-12:20 | BJ Cummings, Duwamish River Clean Up Coalition | Duwamish River: Addressing Environmental Health by Engaging a Community | Learn about natural and social history through the Duwamish River, a Superfund cleanup site where environmental health and social justice come together. | C 130 |
| 12:30-1:20 | Councilmember De'Sean Quinn, Tukwila | C 130 | ||
| 1:30-2:20 | Colette Cosner, Domestic Fair Trade Association | Domestic Fair Trade: Guaranteeing the Rights of Farm Workers in the U.S. | Who harvests your food? Where does your food come from? Learn about social justice in the food system, what it means, and how you can support it. | C 130 |
| 2:20-2:30 | Office of Sustainability | Film Screening: "Momenta" | The American West becomes caught in the cross hairs of old versus new innovation | C 130 |
| Tuesday, April 21 | Farmer's Market and Plant Sale | |||
| 9:30-10:20 | ||||
| 10:30-11:20 | Brian Casserly, BC Faculty | History of Environmental Movement in the Puget Sound | Humans have long had a complicated relationship with the environment in the Pacific Northwest. For much of the past two hundred years that relationship was shaped by economic factors. However, over time other ideas about the environment emerged and would become central to the development of the environmental movement in the region. Come learn about the development of the environmental movement and how it has influenced humans' relationship with the environment in the Northwest. | C 130 |
| 10:30-2:00 | Office of Sustainability | Farmer's Market | Get your veggies at Bellevue College's Farmer's Market! | Courtyard |
| 10:30-2:00 | Office of Sustainability | Plant Sales | Have a garden? Support the BC Garden Club by buying their great produce! | Courtyard |
| 11:30-12:20 | Black Student Union, BSU | Film: "Soul Food Junkies" | Food traditions are hard to change, especially when they're passed on from generation to generation. Baffled by his dad's unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn more about this rich culinary tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. | C 130 |
| 12:30-1:20 | Sylvia Crawford, BC Faculty | Opossums: Not the Pest You Think They Are | Social Justice for the Opossum: misunderstood and undervalued, the opossum is nature's best flea/tick killer of lyme disease while also highly resistant to rabies. Scientists are also studying the awesome opossums as a possible source for treatment of venomous snake bites. Learn how to live peaceably with this wonderful nighttime creature. | C 130 |
| 1:30-2:20 | Sarra Tekola, Student Activist | How Climate Change Affects Food Security and What We Can Do About It | Our ability to access food is changing with the climate, but citizens can affect change at small and large levels. Learn about the changing landscape of food and the strategies for making a positive impact. | C 130 |
| 2:30-3:20 | Darryl and Woody, Highline College Faculty | Blending Sociology and Environmental Science at a Community College | In this presentation, we'll explore the foundations and intricacies of our everyday world, both the society and ecosystem in which we live. It's a blending of social and natural sciences and will challenge students' preconceptions of their world. | C 130 |
| Wednesday, April 22 | ASG Barbeque and Elections | |||
| 9:30-10:20 | David George Gordon, Author | Citizen Science Meets Sasquatch | Can an astute, well-trained group of citizen scientists solve the mystery of North America’s most elusive creature? David George Gordon is the award-winning author of The Sasquatch Seeker’s Field Manual and 19 other books about wildlife and wild places. He lives in Seattle with his wife (and illustrator) Karen Luke Fildes and a tank of tropical fish. “Whatever you say about this man, he is truly a champion of the obscure,”observed Japan’s Sin Ra magazine. | N 201 |
| 10:30-11:20 | Mark Storey, BC Faculty | Buddhist Arguments for Vegetarianism | "We are what we eat," has been said over and over, but Buddhists may as well have coined the phrase. Join us for a philosophical discussion about vegetarianism and its merits from a religious perspective | C 130 |
| 11:30-12:20 | Lisa Harris, BC Faculty | Faculty and Staff: Overworked? Students: Want to go to the beach? Let's talk! | According to a 2014 Gallup Poll, Americans now work more hours per week than any other industrialized nation. Does it matter that American workers work more? Don't they get to choose? Does this mean American workers are exceptional? If you agree that American workers are overworked and want to change this, let's move beyond complaining about it, explore policies that work, and take action. If you agree that Americans are overworked, but think that's just fine, come heckle. | C 130 |
| 12:30-1:20 | Shana Peschek, USGBC National Chair | C 130 | ||
| 1:30-2:20 | Michael Hanson, BC Faculty | Plant ID: Flora of Bellevue College | Join faculty member Michael Hanson for a walk of Bellevue College's native habitat. Learn about many varieties of plants that grow among us on campus. | C 130 |
| 2:20-2:30 | ||||
| Thursday, April 23 | The Environment and Social Justice | |||
| 9:30-10:20 | ||||
| 10:30-11:20 | Deric Gruen | Rethinking Prosperity | How will we respond to the convergence of historic changes upon us? Our generation faces global pressures on food, water and a stable climate, along with growing inequality and fading dreams of a good life. How can we rethink old economic models that compound these problems and refocus the economy on equity. The presentation will explore the constraints on traditional sustainability approaches and the global movements pushing for new economic models. | C 130 |
| 11:30-12:20 | Francis Janes, International Living Building Challenge | Social Justice in the Workplace | What is a socially just workplace? How do organizations discuss their roles as socially just workplaces? Join the International Living Building Challenge's (ILFI) JUST program origram for a discussion about how organizations can disclose their operations to their employees and their communities. | D 106 |
| 12:00-2:00 | Peer2Peer Park Clean-Up | Robinswood Park Clean Up | Join Peer2Peer for a clean-up of Robinswood Park. Walk with friends and learn how to preserve our local parks. | C 106 |
| 12:30-1:20 | BJ Unti, BC Faculty | Economic Insanity and Ecological Crisis | What does the climate crisis teach us about capitalism? | C 130 |
| 1:30-3:20 | Chris Hoffer, Seattle Tilth | Composting: Science and Workshop | Join Seattle Tilth for a discussion on composting science and practices that are simple and useful. Learn how to compost for your own garden! | C 130 |
| Friday April 24 | ||||
| 9:30-10:20 | ||||
| 10:30-11:20 | ||||
| 11:30-12:20 | ||||
| 12:30-1:20 | John Marzluff, UW Faculty | Welcome to Subirdia | Suburbs and city parks are remarkably rich in wildlife, holding more species than either wilderness areas or urban centers. Learn how your backyard can prevent loss of species in the face of the dramatic disruptions of climate change and other human impacts. | C 130 |
| 1:30-3:20 | Office of Sustainability | Film: "Garbage Warrior" | The epic story of radical Earthship eco architect Michael Reynolds, and his fight to build off-the-grid self-sufficient communities. | C 130 |
Last Updated April 7, 2015