Office of Sustainability

Join the Stream Team

Help plant native trees and shrubs

on the banks of the Deschutes River

near Rainier

Where:  at 15148 Turner Rd. SE  Rainier, WA 98576 (Google Maps Link below)

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Turner Rd. is right off of Hwy 507 on your left, just over the trestle bridge on the Deschutes as you leave the town of Rainier. It is a short gravel road that dead ends a mile or so down. The site is almost all the way down the road on the left.

Look for the Stream Team sign at the driveway-

–Please call or email Chris (below) if you plan to attend–

There may be a vanpool (if interest is sufficient) from the County Courthouse for transportation.  Please register (below) if you are interested.

WHAT TO BRING:         Gloves, Sturdy Shoes or Boots

Dress for weather, rain or shine

*Light Snacks and Refreshments will be provided.

Volunteers under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

All volunteers under 18 must have a liability waiver signed by a parent or guardian.

FOR MORE INFO OR FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS CALL CHRIS MAUN

Education & Outreach Specialist

Thurston County Department of Resource Stewardship

Water Resources – Stream Team Program

(360)754-3355 ext.6377

maunc@co.thurston.wa.us

Climate change is one of the most important issues of our time and modeling climate a critical part of studying climate change. Climate science involves building models, making predictions, and collecting data, and modeling climate change also involves computer science and mathematics – and might require new techniques since the problems are not only new and difficult, but computationally very demanding (i.e., requiring very fast computers or very many computers).

The Modeling Climate Change Lectures, funded by the Evergreen PLATO Royalty Fund, will bring together faculty, students, and members of the local community interested in the challenges involved in modeling climate change. Three Evergreen programs will participate:

• Energy Systems and Climate Change
• Data and Information: Quantitative Ecology
• Mathematical Order of Nature

Each program’s seminar will involve the lecture series. The lecture series will also be open on a space available basis for two or four credits to other students; graduate credit is available as well.

Lectures will be held in LH1.

Go HERE for more information.

A presentation by:

Kirk Haffner of South Sound Solar

7-9 pm • MIXX 96 Meeting Room, State & Washington

In the past year, solar incentives were expanded and improved. Panels manufactured in Washington are now available, new technologies have improved efficiencies and lowered costs, and there are new programs to encourage Community Solar Projects.

Now is a good time to “Go Solar”. Find out if a solar hot water system or a solar electric (PV) system will work for you.

Free and open to the public.

For more info, contact Barb at barb@scavezze.com or 878-9901

Sponsored by OLYMPIA CLIMATE ACTION

This award winning documentary investigates the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis.

Discussion follows.

This is part of an on-going Earth Care Series of videos, presentations, and conversations.

Free at the Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia.

Donations accepted. For more Information call 459-5825

Sponsored by:

EARTH CARE CATHOLICS OF OLYMPIA

INTERFAITH WORKS EARTH STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE

Lester Brown is one of the world’s most influential thinkers and a leading authority on the global environment.

Brown will speak on his latest work,

Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization,

at the University of Washington’s Kane Hall

on November 12 from 7-9 PM.

Admission is free and there is no advance registration.

This event is sponsored in part by The Washington State China Relations Council.

For anyone interested in getting academic credit for work related to community sustainability, there will be a workshop at 6:30 pm Tuesday 11/17 in Primetime (A-Dorm 220).

If you have a contract in mind, this will be an opportunity to gain resources and invite collaborators to expand the scope of your project. If you’re looking for ideas, information will be provided on positions working with Evergreen staff, student groups and off-campus organizations. These include:

>Designing autonomous energy systems and rainwater harvesting for lower campus

>Research in edible forest gardening

>Graphic design and art for sustainability education and outreach

>Creating resources for edible and medicinal native plants

>Designing and producing zines for campus groups

>Creating environmental education activities for children

If you have questions or can’t make the workshop and want some resources, email Abi at RADSustainability@evergreen.edu

William R. Catton, Jr.

Author of

OVERSHOOT, The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

and BOTTLENECK, Humanity’s Impending Impasse

Will speak at the Transition Olympia Salon

Tuesday, November 17, 7 PM

Mixx 96 Meeting Room, Corner State & Washington, Downtown Olympia

Overshoot, published in 1980, analyzed humankind’s ecological predicament with extraordinary courage and insight. Years ahead of its time, it continues to be a source of inspiration to those aware of the massive threat posed by peak oil, climate change and other ecological pressures.

To learn more about Transition Olympia go to www.transitionolympia.com.

Bottled water crosses many issues from energy, resource use, climate change, pollution, toxics (bisphenol-A, phthalates) – come learn more at the screening of “Tapped“.

Thursday, November 19th

7 pm

in Lecture Hall 3

Stephanie Soechtig’s debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never become a commodity: our water.”

For more information on the documentary and water-related issues visit www.tappedthemovie.com.

The Sustainability Council and council work groups meet in SEM II A3107, from 1 to 3 PM.

Meetings are focused upon review of on-going work around campus and planning for future endeavors.

Public Meetings on the State’s Climate Change Impacts Response Strategy Announced:

Two public meetings have been scheduled to gather input on the development of the state’s integrated climate change response strategy. The six agencies responsible for developing the strategy are hosting public meetings in Lacey and Wenatchee.

In 2009, the Washington legislature passed Senate Bill 5560 directing the Department of Ecology to partner with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Fish and Wildlife, Natural Resources, and Transportation “to develop an integrated climate change response strategy to better enable state and local agencies, public and private businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to prepare for, address, and adapt to the impacts of climate change.” The strategy is due to the Legislature in December of 2011.

The six state agencies tasked with developing the state climate change response strategy are requesting initial feedback from the public. These meetings will be used to provide an overview of the strategy framework, provide background on the need for such a strategy for Washington State, and most importantly to answer questions and gather feedback from the public on what issues the strategy should address.

November 30th, 2009

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Main Auditorium – Dept. of Ecology Headquarters

300 Desmond Drive

Lacey, WA

Check the Ecology website for more information about the climate change response strategy and for details about the public meetings: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/adaptation.htm.