Schedule of Events
All of the events (lectures and films) will take place on Bellevue
Community College's main campus (at 3000 Landerholm Circle SE). Unless otherwise
noted, lectures will take place in Room C130 (BCC Cafeteria) and displays
and demonstrations will be set up in the Student Union Building (campus
map). Stay tuned to this site for updates and additions.
Please come back often -
We will continue to update the schedule throughout April!
Wednesday, April 9
- 7:30-9:00 Keynote
Speaker: Denis Hayes (Founder/Head of the Earth Day Network, President/CEO
of the Bullitt Foundation) - Fighting
for Survival: The Environmental Movement and the Human Prospect (Carlson
Theater) For more information visit the BCC
Liberal Arts Center lecture series information page.
Monday, April 28 (All
lectures/films will be held in Room C130)
- 11:30 a.m. - King County Executive Ron Sims -
Working Together to Preserve the Environmental Legacy of King County
- 1:30 p.m. - Sara Maxwell, Marine Conservation Biology
Institute - Shifting Gears: How Fishing Methods Affect Seafood Choices
- 2:30 p.m. - Agnes Figueroa (BCC) - Impact
of Militarism on Health and the Environment
- 3:30 p.m. - BJ Cummings, Coordinator, Duwamish River
Cleanup Coalition - The Duwamish River Cleanup and Community Health:
A Superfund Story
- 5:30 p.m.- Ken Johnson, PhD, PE, King County Department
Ground Water Protection Program – GIS Tools for Hydrogeology
- Eat Unique - Organic Farming
Information in the Cafeteria
- Register to Vote - League of Women Voters (11:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m)
- Display tables
in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
Tuesday, April 29
(All
lectures/films will be held in Room C130)
- 8:30 a.m. - L.B. Sandy Rock, MD, MPH (BCC) - The
Rise and Fall of Mercury: Reducing Mercury in the Environment
- 9:30-10:20 a.m. - Film Screening: "Shifting
Baselines"
- 10:30 a.m. - Jeremy Smithson, Founder, Puget Sound Solar
- Solar Power in the Northwest
- 12:30 p.m. - Dave Bradley, Project Manager, WA State
Dept. of Ecology - Lead and Arsenic Soil Contamination in Washington
- 1:30-3:20 p.m. - Film Screening: "Gorillas
in the Mist"
- Eat Unique
- Organic Farming Information in the Cafeteria
- Register to Vote - League of Women Voters (11:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m)
- Display tables
in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
Wednesday, April 30
(All
lectures/films will be held in Room C130)
- 9:30 a.m. - Brandie Smith, Toxics Campaigner for the
Washington Toxics Coalition - Creating a Toxic Free Legacy: Eliminating
Persistent Pollution in WA State
- 10:30-11:20 a.m. - Film Screening: "Ghost
Forests"
- 11:30-1:00 p.m. - Musical performance by
Stella Rossa (Sponsored
by ASBCC)
- 11:30 a.m. - Paul Anseeuw, Vice President, KEEN Inc.
- Green Building in the Pacific Northwest
- 12:30 p.m.- Jane Hendricks, AIA, LMN Architects-
Making Better Places: Sustainable Design in Public Buildings
- 1:30 p.m. - Russ Payne (BCC, Philosophy) - How
to be an environmentalist without having a Holy Cow
- 2:30-3:20 p.m. - Film Screening: "Blue
Vinyl"
- 3:30 p.m. - Ralph Naess, Naturalist, Seattle Public Utilities
- Straight from the Source: The Cedar River Watershed
- Eat Unique - Organic Farming
Information in the Cafeteria
- Register to Vote - League of Women Voters (11:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m)
- Display tables
in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
Thursday, May 1(All
lectures/films will be held in Room C130)
- 9:30-10:20 a.m. - Film Screening: "Escape
from Affluenza"
- 10:30 a.m. - Jim DisPeso, Policy Director, REP, America
(The National Grassroots Organization of Republicans for Environmental Protection)
- Fixing Global Warming -- It's Not a Burden, It's a Business Opportunity
- 11:30 a.m. - Michael Mayer, Associate Attorney, Earth
Justice – The Development of Environmental Law
- 12:30 p.m. - Vegetarian Forum (sponsored by BCC Action
for Animals)
- 1:30-3:20 p.m. - Film Screening: "Baraka"
- Eat Unique - Organic Farming
Information in the Cafeteria
- Register to Vote - League of Women Voters (11:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m)
- Display tables
in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
Friday, May 2
- 10:30-2:30 Kelsey Creek Wetland Restoration
Project(with the City of Bellevue Stream Team)
Tables and Demonstrations
from:
Saturday, May 10th (2:00-4:00
pm)- Tour the Lower Duwamish
River Waterway, a federal Superfund Site (Duwamish
River Cleanup Coalition)
Monday, May 12th (3:30-5:30) -
Center for Environmental Citizenship workshop on Political
Involvement
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 - Join
Lois Harrison (BCC's Commute Trip Reduction Coordinator) to learn more about
carpooling opportunities, BCC Go Passes and to sign up for the RideShare program.
For more information contact Lois Harrison at lharriso@bcc.ctc.edu
or (425) 564-2505.
- What to calculate your personal impact on the Earth?
Try the Ecological
Footprint web page. You will be surprised at the results.
Other Earth Day Events in the Seattle Area
Also visit the Earthday
Network for a global listing of Earth Day events.
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BCC
Earth Week is organized by the BCC
Science Club.
For more information contact Rob Viens in the BCC Science Division at
rviens@bcc.ctc.edu or (425) 564-3158.
Last Updated
March 26, 2004
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