Celebrate Earth Week at Bellevue Community College
April 15-19, 2002

In the spirit of environmental literacy and cooperation, several BCC student clubs are sponsoring the third annual Earth Week – a week of lectures, demonstrations, information booths, prizes, videos and music! This year's activities are centered on the theme of biodiversity, and include speakers and events from several different fields. Please join us for some or all of these events!

See photos from Earth Week 2002

See the Article on the Native Plant Salvage Program in the April 22nd issue of the Eastside Journal

BCC Press Release - Celebrate Earth Week at Bellevue Community College

BCC Earth Week Events
All of the events will take place on Bellevue Community College's main campus (at 3000 Landerholm Circle SE). Unless otherwise noted, lectures will take place in Room L126 and displays and demonstrations will be set up in the Student Union Building (campus map). Stay tuned to this site for updates and additions.

Monday, April 15

• 10:30 "Biodiversity: A Crisis in Character Not Numbers" by Dr. Phillip Levin - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) (Rm L126)
• 11:30 "Recovery Planning for Threatened and Endangered Pacific Salmon" by Dr. Mary Ruckelshaus - NOAA (Rm L126)
• BCC Reusable coffee mug sale starts in the Student Union Building and will be available all week
• Display tables, video showings and prizes in the Student Union Building

Tuesday, April 16

• Carpool, Bus, Bike, or Walk to school today. (Figure out your bus route with Metro Online.)
• Bus Passes for sale at the BCC Cashier
• 10:30 "Salmon Management in the 21st century - Assembly instructions advised" by Jay Zischke - Fisheries Biologist from the Suquamish Tribe (Rm L126)
• 11:00-1:00 Join Lois Harrison (BCC's Commute Trip Reduction Coordinator) and a representative from Metro's RideShare program to learn more about carpooling opportunities and to sign up for the RideShare program. For more information contact Lois Harrison at lharriso@bcc.ctc.edu or (425) 564-2505. (Student Union Bldg.)
• 11:30 "Conservation: What are zoo's doing?" by Margaret White - Woodland Park Zoo (Rm L126)
• 7:00-8:30 PM Public Transportation Forum - A panel featuring WSDOT Secretary Doug MacDonald, Senator Dan McDonald, and Representative Fred Jarrett (sponsored by ASBCC - contact Sara Wysocki at 425 766-6102 for more information) (BCC Carlson Theater)
• Display tables, video showings and prizes in the Student Union Building
  

• 10:30 "Using Solar Power in Puget Sound" by Jeremy Smithson -Puget Sound Solar (Rm L214)
• 2:30 "Climate Change, Transportation, and Public Health Effects" by Blair Henry, J.D.- Executive Director of the Northwest Council on Climate Change and Sandy Rock, MD - BCC/Interpretive Consultations, Inc. (Rm L126)

Thursday, April 18

• 9:30 "The Growing Concern of Antibiotic Resistance" by Sandy Rock, MD - BCC/Interpretive Consultations, Inc. (Rm L126)
• 11:30 "To Market to Market to Buy Ecofish. Home Again, Home Again, Its Not Just a Wish" by Dr. Gordon Orians - University of Washington (Rm L126) (Stop by for some free shade-grown coffee!)
• 10:30 - ? Vegan BBQ - Try some non-meat alternatives - FREE vegan burgers and kabobs! Burgers and kabobs will be available FREE in the BCC cafeteria until supplies run out. (Sponsored in conjunction with BCC's Action for Animals club)
• 1:30 "Kant on Duties to Animals" by Mark Storey - BCC Philosophy Instructor (Rm L126)
• Display tables, video showings and prizes in the Student Union Building

Friday, April 19

• 10:30 "The Perils of Factory Farming" by Northwest Animal Rights Network (Rm L126)
• 11:30 "Affluenza (The disease of overconsumption)" by John de Graaf - Producer and writer of "Affluenza" and "Escape from Affluenza" (BCC Carlson Theater)
• 11:30-3:30 Restoration Project at the Kelsey Creek Wetlands (More information coming)
• Display tables, video showings and prizes in the Student Union Building

Ongoing Events

• Ink Jet Cartridge Recycling -175 million inkjet printer cartridges were sold in 2000. If not recycled, 15 million pounds will be added to the waste stream. You can do your part by depositing Hewlett Packard 516 series, Cannon BC series and Lexmark 138 series cartridges into the collection boxes located around campus. For more information about this recycling project, contact Stella Orechia in G100C, (425) 564-2353, sorechia@bcc.ctc.edu.
• Ride Share - More information to come.
• What to calculate your personal impact on the Earth? Try the Ecological Footprint web page. You will be surprised at the results.

Also visit the Seattle Earth Day website for a full schedule of Earth Day events in the Puget Sound region or the Earthday Network for a global listing of events.

See what happened during Earth Week 2001.

BCC Earth Week is organized by:
The Earth Week events are organized by the BCC Science Club and the Associated Students of BCC. For more information contact Rob Viens in the BCC Science Division at rviens@bcc.ctc.edu or (425) 564-3158 .

Last Updated April 6, 2007