Calendar – Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition

“What’s Up with Hanford Cleanup?” presentation by Ginger Wireman @ Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse

Nov 13 @ 3:00 am – 4:30 am

The Hanford cleanup is costing taxpayers billions each year. We regularly hear about radioactive leaks and delays in processing waste. What’s the rest of the story? Ginger Wireman’s presentation, ‘What’s Up with Hanford Cleanup?’ will explain the current status of Hanford cleanup and the State of Washington’s role in cleanup oversight. Wireman has been a community outreach and environmental education specialist with the Washington Dept. of Ecology’s Nuclear Waste Program since 2001. She has an MS in Environmental Studies and has written and illustrated a children’s book, ‘If Wishes Had Wings’, which explores the animals and habitats of the Washington shrub steppe and Cascade Mountains through a child’s imagination. This presentation will be at 7 p.m., Tuesday, November 12, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, 420 E. Second St., Moscow. Sponsored by Palouse Group of the Sierra Club and Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition. For further information, contact Al Poplawsky.

Categories: PESC Sierra Club - Palouse Group

Dec

Sat

A Healing Walk Through the Alberta Tar Sands @ 1912 Center, Arts Workshop Room

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Dec 7 @ 11:00 pm – Dec 8 @ 1:00 am

Megaloads? Tar Sands? Pipelines? Climate Change? What’s the Connection? Explore these questions with local citizens who journeyed to the tar sands of northern Alberta to join the First Nations (Native Americans) and other concerned citizens from across the continent for the Healing Walk. Led by First Nations elders and leaders, participants witnessed the scale of environmental devastation caused by tar sands mining and crude oil processing.

Six local healing walkers will share what they learned on their solidarity journey, connecting the local and regional megaloads, huge pipeline projects, impacts on people and places, and overarching climate change and moral issues. Their presentation and discussion, A Healing Walk Through the Alberta Tar Sands, will be on Saturday, December 7 from 3 to 5pm. This event is in the Arts Workshop room immediately following the Winter Market at the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow. Sponsored by the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, Wild Idaho Rising Tide, Idaho Sierra Club and 350 Idaho. For further information, contact Pat Fuerst, epfuerst@frontier.com.

Categories: 350 Idaho Idaho Sierra Club PESC WIRT Event

Apr

Thu

Webinar: Nitrogen Management and Climate Change Mitigation @ WSU - Online event

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Apr 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Webinar: Nitrogen Management and Climate Change Mitigation in Pacific Northwest Cropping Systems

Presented by Georgine Yorgey WSU 10:00 -11:00 a.m Webinar

URL: http://breeze.wsu.edu/csanr_series/

Login as a guest on April 17, 2014. Previous webinars (archived here) provided a foundation on nitrogen cycling and losses in agricultural systems, and an overview of nitrous oxide emissions in cropland agriculture. These webinars are co-produced by the Regional Approaches to Climate Change for Pacific Northwest Agriculture Project (REACCH) and WSU’s Center.

Categories: CSANR Sustainable Agriculture Webinar Series WSU

Apr

Tue

WSU Earth Day Tabling Event @ Terrell Mall, WSU

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Apr 22 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Please come celebrate all that Earth provides on April 22^nd at the biggest Earth Day Fair ever on WashingtonState University’s Terrell Mall. This year there will be at least 25 Washington and Idaho community groups and WSU student groups that are involved in the sustainability of Earth tabling on The Mall. In addition to all the conscious groups that will be tabling and informing students, faculty, staff, and the public community of their sustainability-related mission, there will be an open-microphone for anyone to freely speak about the environment, other open-mic entertainment, and free “Earth Week 2014”: sustainable coffee mugs, magnets, t-shirts, and drawstring bags for visiting some of the Earth Day Fair group tables and learning about what they are all about. There will be many opportunities to get involved in the conservation, preservation, and restoration of Earth through the 25 groups that will be there. The WSU Earth Day Fair is sponsored by the ASWSU Environmental Sustainability Alliance and WSU Environmental Science Club. We truly hope to see there!

Categories: CSANR Sustainable Agriculture Webinar Series WSU WSU Environmental Sustainability Club

Oct

Tue

Film, “The Lost Fish” (Indigenous Peoples Day) @ WSU - Cleveland Hall Room 30W

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Oct 14 @ 12:30 am – 2:30 am

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day (Monday, October 13), the Washington State University (WSU) Clearinghouse on Native Teaching and Learning will feature the film The Lost Fish, jointly produced by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and Freshwaters Illustrated and selected for the EcoFilm Festival. Also honoring the memory of the late Elmer Crow of the Nez Perce Tribe, the movie explores the importance of the lamprey eel to the Plateau tribes and tribal actions to ensure that these ancient fish return to their native rivers and streams throughout the Columbia River Basin. Share an evening celebrating the contemporary lives of Indigenous people from our region, through this film shown on Monday, October 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in WSU’s Cleveland Hall Room 30W. Please call 509-335-3478 with questions.

Categories: WSU Clearinghouse on Native Teaching and Learning

Jan

Tue

Climate Change Class, Pullman Parks and Rec @ Pullman Parks and Rec.

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Jan 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.