Calendar of Environmental Events
December 2008 |January 2009 |February 2009
DECEMBER, 2008
On-Campus
12.08.2008 :: Film Screening: "Pills, Profit$, Protest: Chronicle of the Global AIDS Movement"
Mon, 5:30 pm, UW Health Sciences, Room K-069
12.09.2008 :: Author Event: Sonia Faleiro and Nalini Jones, "AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India"
Tue, 5:30pm, UW Foege Auditorium, Genome Science Bldg.
Discussion & Book Signing. Anthology of sixteen writers telling the hidden story of the AIDS crisis.
Off-Campus
12.05.2008 :: Confronting the Food Crisis: Cultivating Just Alternatives to the Corporate Food System
Fri-Sat., 6:00pm, Garfield Community Center - Multipurpose Room 2323 East Cherry St.
Saturday’s program will feature Hands-on workshops and panels that help us to Understand Corporate Control and Build Just Alternatives with respect to local and global food systems.
More information: http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/
12.06.2008 :: Wild Art
Sat, 10:00am, 8819 236th Street, Edmonds, WA 98026
Join Naturalists Kevin Mack and Julie Stonefelt as they open their studio for a rare glimpse into their creative world.
More information please call 425.245.3035
12.06.2008 :: Cheasty Greenspace Work Party
Sat, 10:00 am
Perform maintenance on restoration site, create "survival rings" around trees and plant native trees, shrubs and ground cover. Non-native plant removal, past restoration site stewardship, or woodchip application
More information: www.greenseattle.org/events/january-events/december/12-6-cheasty-greenspace
12.08.2008 :: Author Event: Adam Woog, "Images of America: The Ballard Locks"
Mon, 7:00 pm, UW University Bookstore (4326 University Way NE, Seattle)
Reading and book signing
12.09.2008 :: Center for Creative Change Student Symposium
Tue, 9:00 am, Antioch University Campus, Room 100
Graduating Master's students present findings from their community-focused change projects.
More information: www.antiochseattle.edu/community/perspectives.html
12.09.2008 :: Greendrinks
Tue, 5:00 am, Pioneer Square
Hosted by Arup. Please birng your own mugs or wine glasses. Compostable cups will be available for a $5 donation.
Logistical questions: (206) 493-2229 and http://www.seattlegreendrinks.org/node/829
12.11.2008 :: Monster Seminar JAM
Thu, 11am, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E, Seattle, Rm. Auditorium
Dissolved Oxygen in Hood Canal: Understanding Variation and Drivers of Change.
Speaker: Dr. Jan Newton, Department of Environmental and Information Systems, University of Washington.
More information: http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/events/monster.cfm
12.11.2008 :: Seattle Human Rights Day
Thu, 7:00pm, Town Hall, 8th & Secena, Seattle
Speaker: Dr. Robert Bullard, pioneer in environmental justice and author of "Confronting Environmental Racism." Free event.
More information: http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights/events.htm
12.18.2008 :: Monster Seminar JAM
Thu, 11am, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E, Seattle, Rm. Auditorium
Learning from Ecosystem-Based Management. This talk reviews the experience of recent years, drawing upon work done for the Packard Foundation as we consider the impact and implications of our grant-making in EBM.
Speaker: Dr. Kai Lee, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
More information: http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/events/monster.cfm
January 2009
On-Campus
1.29.2009 ENVH 580 Seminar
Thu, 12:30pm, Room T-435 HSB
Speaker: Joyce Dinlasan-Panlilio, PhD
Title: The Concern Over Perfluorinated Chemicals
More information:
http://depts.washington.edu/envh580/
Off-Campus
01.16.2009 :: Building Sustainable Infrastructure
Fri, 9:00am, REI | South Room, 222 Yale Ave N,
Seattle, WA 98109
This workshop will take a NON-REGULATORY approach to designing and building a higher quality product.
Registration: $395
More information: http://www.nwetc.org/sust-703_01-09_seattle.htm
February 2009
On-Campus
02.05.2009 :: ENVH 580 Seminar
Thu, 12:30pm, Room T-435 HSB
Speaker: Laura S Welch, MD, CPWR- The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
Seminar Title:
Occupational Medicine in the Construction Industry: Intersection of Work with Chronic Disease and Aging
More Information: http://depts.washington.edu/envh580/