Activities

Past seminar

July 17, Thor Peterson from the Green Building Program of the Seattle Dept. of Planning and Development on "Green Remodeling: Bringing Sustainability Home"
June 19, Todd Hass on "sustainability and over-consumption"
June 5, Ara Erickson and Matt McLaughlin on "Composting at the College of Forest Resources" which was featured in the University Week. Their presentation can be seen here.
May 22, Dave Secord on "invasive species/Aldo Leopold Leadership Program"
May 8, Jennie Hoffman on "climate change and humans"
April 4, Evan Sugden on "Reducing Your Footprint with Biodiesel - Myths and Facts". His presentation can be seen here. Additional update is available.

2006 Earth Day pot-luck was a fun filled evening with delicious food, wonderful slide shows, and great company (See Ursula's invitation PDF)
Promoting reduce use of paper cup in the pre-seminar tea has a good turnout. We have now collected about 100 mug.

going through the mailing list or other submissions for items to add to the Resources page
research on conservation of electricity e.g., what is the impact on switching on and off the light
maintain a list of surplus or common use equipment available to Biology
to wash the mugs after the seminar until it is finally incorporated into the regular seminar duty