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April 24-26, 2015 PESC Climate Forum with Maria Talero
Looking for people to help with fundraising, outreach, organizing, and/or publicity.
Tentative Schedule for April 24–26
- Friday night in the 1912 Center Great Room: Plenary multi-media presentation with audience participation.
- Saturday (Great Room 8:30–4pm)(Fiske and Art Rooms 1–4pm)
- Morning workshop: Climate Courage Skills and Strategies: How Ordinary Citizens, Students, and Families Can Face the Climate Crisis Together, Instead of Alone.
- Afternoon workshops: “Introduction to climate change activism on the Palouse” and “break-out groups and tabling”.
- Concurrently in Afternoon: Fostering a Courageous Climate Change Ministry (private workshop for faith leaders).
- Saturday Night Dance, Potluck, Film (UUCP Basement)
Names for this event are still tentative: “Palouse Climate Courage Kickoff” or “A Climate Change Plan for a Resilient Palouse.”
Maria L. Talero, Ph.D.
Maria Talero will be the leader for most of this weekend event. Maria Talero is a Denver-based community climate change educator and former philosophy professor who is developing an innovative approach to climate change communication, organizing and activism. Her research-based methodology draws on a paradigm called “embodied cognition” to identify the stages of transformation (for both individuals and communities) that lead to courageous and powerful climate change activism. She is a hands-on, mindful and passionate presenter and facilitator with 15 years of experience as an educator, and she currently organizes a monthly community group in Denver, Colorado called the Climate Courage Resilience Circle. She offers leadership trainings and workshops to non-profits, schools and communities of faith in Colorado. She is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. She is a 2014 NAAEE Community Climate Change Fellow as well as a board member and team leader with 350 Colorado and 350 Denver.
YouTube videos of Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On8pZi4KuxY,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-zPh1pwZGA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM9xTfv089k.
(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.
Can geothermal energy aid in mitigating climate change? University of Idaho PhD candidate Cary Lindsey will give a talk on the “Future of Geothermal Energy” Tuesday, January 20, in the 1912 Center Fiske Room at 7:30 p.m. She will discuss her research from Yellowstone Park and other “hot spots” as well as local geothermal projects. This presentation is sponsored by PESC and the UUCP Environmental Task Force. For further information, contact Pat Rathmann.
(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.
Crystal Layman, First Nations from Alberta, will speak about tar sands; other topics include Wolves, and Grizzly Bear Recovery. Contact/Like us on Facebook “Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment”. Thanks and happy new year to all!!! Food and beverage for all. Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 8:30 to 4:30 pm at Washington State University, College of Education Bldg, Cleveland Hall. PESC is a co-sponsor.
(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.
(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.
The Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition general meeting and committee meeting, for our special event “Building a Resilient Palouse in the Age of Climate Change: A Forum for Thoughtful and Courageous Action”, are this Sunday, 2/15. The general meeting is at 12pm noon at the UUCP Yellow House, and the committee meeting, which anyone is welcome to join, will follow at 1:30pm.
(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.
Can geothermal energy aid in mitigating climate change? University of Idaho PhD student Cary Lindsey will give a talk on the “Geothermal Energy: An overview of this renewable energy resource and its place in Idaho’s energy future ” on Thursday, Feb 26, in the UI Jansen Engineering Room 104 at 7:00pm. She will give an overview of geothermal energy including her research from Yellowstone Park and other “hot spots” and discuss geothermal energy opportunities in Idaho. This presentation is sponsored by the UUCP Environmental Task Force and the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition. The public is invited.
Winter Market: WIRT information table with donation envelopes and the Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition petition for Highway 95 safety measures, on the 1912 Center Plaza if weather permits.
This documentary, along with the captivating photos of nature, brings to light a successful dam removal project in Washington State on the Elwha River. Join us at our screening of this award-winning film at the Kenworthy in Moscow. (Click www.elwhafilm.com for more details on the film from the producers.)