Calendar
At the next, first Wednesday of every month Liquid Forum, activists of WIRT‘s partner grassroots group, Idaho Residents Against Gas Extraction (IRAGE), will describe what is happening with and how citizens are fighting oil and gas drilling and looming fracking in Payette County. Deserving much more public attention, these processes threaten land, water, residents, agriculture, dairies, and sustainability in Idaho. Please join the discussion and enjoy music by Breakdown Boulevard (as experienced at the Community Progressive III), between 5:30 and 7:30 pm MDT on Wednesday, September 4, at the restaurant/bar Liquid, 405 South Eighth Street in Boise, Idaho.
https://www.facebook.com/events/323031004501173/
We have finalized arrangements for a Nez Perce megaload blockaders benefit concert at the Unitarian Church in Moscow and will bring our plans to the Tribal Activist Meeting tonight (Sept. 5). The Friday, September 20, tentative performance schedule sees the Moscow Volunteer Peace Band (Fritz Knorr contact) marching from Friendship Square/(downtown loop?) at 6:30 pm, Jeanne McHale and the Threat Level Purple Singers playing at 7 pm, the Galactic Tofu Farmers (Chris Norden and Leontina Hormel contacts) taking the stage at 8 or 8:30 pm, and Undiscovered Country (Tom Drake contact) performing at 9:30 or 10 pm. For further information, contact Helen Yost at wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com.
The scoping period for the environmental review process is Aug. 16 to Nov. 18. During this period, comments to assist in a decision of what impacts to analyze in an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be gathered. During the scoping period there will be multiple ways for the public to submit comments, including online, by mail, by email and at public scoping meetings.
More information at Washington State Department of Ecology
“Our Liquid Asset”
Toyoko Tsukuda, Emeritus of University of New Mexico, School Medicine, Albuquerque and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, at Cornell University Medical College, New York, Postdoctoral fellow at Yale University Medical School, New Haven CT and at Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland WA will be giving a presentation at Washington State University on Thursday, October 3rd at 3:00pm in CUE 202.
Topics of Toyoko Tsukuda’s presentation:
- What do you know about GE organisms?
- What is the impact of GEO in our lives?
- What are the new studies telling us?
This presentation is brought to you by the Washington State University Environmental Science Club.
Graham Stevens, from Navigant’s Energy Practice (and a Moscow resident), will discuss methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and evaluating the costs vs. efficacy of these options. Graham’s presentation is at 7 pm in room 103 of the Menard Law Building on the University of Idaho campus, with free parking nearby. The event is sponsored by the UI Environmental Law Society and the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition.
The following event is sponsored by the WSU Environmental Sustainability Club:
CarbonWA presentation is also on Tuesday, November 12 at noon and possibly evening: This organization is working on a Washington initiative for a carbon tax. There will be a presentation at WSU on Tuesday November 12 at noon. I’ll announce details when available.
(from Pat Rathmann) “Our UUCP friend and law professor Anastasia Telesetsky is giving a talk on “Planet Ocean: Why the Law of the Sea Matters in 21st Century America” This Wednesday at 12 noon in the Fiske Room. I plan on going. Maybe we can get her to give an evening presentation for our group.”
Panel discussion to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, 4 pm Thursday at the University of Idaho,College of Law – room 103, 703 S Rayburn Drive, Moscow. Discussion topics include the history and future of the Wilderness Act and wilderness management challenges. Sponsored by the University of Idaho Environmental Law Society.
WHAT: The University of Idaho Sustainability Center is hosting an interdisciplinary, student-led panel discussion on the future of food entitled, “Feeding the Future”.
DETAILS: Students from International Studies, Agricultural Economics, Bioregional Planning, and Business will discuss complex food systems issues in a panel discussion hosted and moderated by the University of Idaho Sustainability Center. Topics will range from the value of sustainable agriculture practices to finding the balance between using acreage for biofuels versus food production. Audience members will have the opportunity to participate in the discussion with questions, and pizza will be provided for attendees. The diverse viewpoints and backgrounds of the student panelists will provide an opportunity to learn about the importance of finding collaborative solutions to global food issues.
WHERE: University of Idaho Commons, Crest Room, 4th Floor
Please come celebrate all that Earth provides on April 22nd 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!
“YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY” Episodes 2 & 3, this Monday, 7 pm
As this is short notice, please spread the word !!!!!
[You are invited to join our meeting to brainstorm about these showings tomorrow, Sunday at 3pm at BookPeople at the table in the back.]
Epsiode 2: End of the Woods: Deforesting Indonesia. Plus, elite firefighters battle a new breed of fire.
Episode 3: The Surge (or Rising Tide): A skeptical Congressman and Superstorm Sandy. Collecting key climate data.
***Folks who want to see Episode 1, Dry Season: Globetrotting docu-series on the impact of climate change, can still see it for free at YouTube and http://
The schedule for all 8 remaining episodes of “Years of Living Dangerously” below:
All screenings are at 7pm
- Monday 4/28- Episode 2 & 3
- Monday 5/5 “bye” week
- Monday 5/12- Episode 4
- Monday 5/19- Episode 5
- Tuesday 5/27- Episode 6
- Monday 6/2- Episode 7
- Monday 6/9- Episode 8
- Monday 6/16- Episode 9
For further information on this series:
http://
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.sho.com/sho/years-
Facebook Sites for this series:
Rachel Clark’s site, co-organizer, strongly recommended
https://www.facebook.com/
The YEARS official FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/
PESC Facebook site:
https://www.facebook.com/
On Wednesday April 30, FOC and Save Our Wild Salmon are co-sponsoring the documentary DamNation, which takes a critical look at the dam building era of the 20th Century and the efforts to decommission dams and recover native fish and aquatic ecosystems in the 21st Century. The film starts 7 pm at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre,508 S. Main Street, Moscow. Watch the trailer.
“YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY” Episodes 2 & 3, this Monday, 7 pm
As this is short notice, please spread the word !!!!!
[You are invited to join our meeting to brainstorm about these showings tomorrow, Sunday at 3pm at BookPeople at the table in the back.]
Epsiode 2: End of the Woods: Deforesting Indonesia. Plus, elite firefighters battle a new breed of fire.
Episode 3: The Surge (or Rising Tide): A skeptical Congressman and Superstorm Sandy. Collecting key climate data.
***Folks who want to see Episode 1, Dry Season: Globetrotting docu-series on the impact of climate change, can still see it for free at YouTube and http://
The schedule for all 8 remaining episodes of “Years of Living Dangerously” below:
All screenings are at 7pm
- Monday 4/28- Episode 2 & 3
- Monday 5/5 “bye” week
- Monday 5/12- Episode 4
- Monday 5/19- Episode 5
- Tuesday 5/27- Episode 6
- Monday 6/2- Episode 7
- Monday 6/9- Episode 8
- Monday 6/16- Episode 9
For further information on this series:
http://
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.sho.com/sho/years-
Facebook Sites for this series:
Rachel Clark’s site, co-organizer, strongly recommended
https://www.facebook.com/
The YEARS official FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/
PESC Facebook site:
https://www.facebook.com/
“YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY” Episodes 2 & 3, this Monday, 7 pm
As this is short notice, please spread the word !!!!!
[You are invited to join our meeting to brainstorm about these showings tomorrow, Sunday at 3pm at BookPeople at the table in the back.]
Epsiode 2: End of the Woods: Deforesting Indonesia. Plus, elite firefighters battle a new breed of fire.
Episode 3: The Surge (or Rising Tide): A skeptical Congressman and Superstorm Sandy. Collecting key climate data.
***Folks who want to see Episode 1, Dry Season: Globetrotting docu-series on the impact of climate change, can still see it for free at YouTube and http://
The schedule for all 8 remaining episodes of “Years of Living Dangerously” below:
All screenings are at 7pm
- Monday 4/28- Episode 2 & 3
- Monday 5/5 “bye” week
- Monday 5/12- Episode 4
- Monday 5/19- Episode 5
- Tuesday 5/27- Episode 6
- Monday 6/2- Episode 7
- Monday 6/9- Episode 8
- Monday 6/16- Episode 9
For further information on this series:
http://
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.sho.com/sho/years-
Facebook Sites for this series:
Rachel Clark’s site, co-organizer, strongly recommended
https://www.facebook.com/
The YEARS official FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/
PESC Facebook site:
https://www.facebook.com/