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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.
Sponsored by Friends of the Moscow Library. She recently published a book on this subject. PESC tried to set up a presentation from her back at the beginning of this year but conflicts got in the way. Her talk should be interesting and perhaps controversial because she presents climate change from the perspective of geologic history. Flyer about E. Kirsten Peters talk, “The Whole Story of Climate Change.”
While the recent work of climate scientists has added
greatly to our understanding of the fragility of climate, the
public rarely hears from geologists— even though
geologists have been studying climate change for almost
200 years. The typical American has the impression that
climate would be stable if it weren’t for industrialization and
the production of greenhouse gases from smokestacks and
cars. However, geologic history reveals a ceaselessly
changing climate going back millions of years before the
modern economy.
As The Whole Story of Climate explains, several long, cold
spells have been punctuated by short, warm ones. We are,
in fact, currently living in one of the short, warm periods
that the Earth has seen many times before. There is even a
serious hypothesis worth exploring that if it weren’t for the
greenhouse gases created for millennia by agriculture we
would today be headed back into a time of bitterly cold
temperatures worthy of the mastodons and mammoths
many of us read about as children.
Elsa Kirsten Peters grew up in Pullman. She was a geology major
at Princeton and earned her PhD in geology at Harvard. She has
taught undergraduate geology at WSU and is the author of several
books, as well as the syndicated “Rock Doc” newspaper column.
She has also published murder mysteries under the pen name
Irene Allen.
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.
(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.
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_
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.
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
Emily Hunter is an environmental author and filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. Born into the environmental movement, her father was the late Robert Hunter, first president of Greenpeace and her mother, Bobbi Hunter, the first woman to save a whale by blocking a harpoonist at sea. For nearly a decade Emily has reported from the frontlines of global environmental campaigns, from the Sea Shepherd ships saving save whales in Antarctica to the rainforest of Borneo waging a media battle against the palm oil industry.
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!
On April 3rd in Boise, journalist and Idaho Magazine managing editor Steve Bunk will launch his new book “Goliath Staggered.” The book “follows the rise, growth, and triumph of the people’s movement to prevent major oil companies from transforming Highway 12’s federally protected Wild and Scenic River corridor through northern Idaho into a high-and-wide industrial thoroughfare.”
Book signing party: Moscow: April 23rd, 7 p.m., at BookPeople, 521 S. Main, 208-882-2669. Event sponsors: Friends of the Clearwater and Wild Idaho Rising Tide.
“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/
“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/