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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 are 50 minutes and 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!

Monday, April 19(All lectures/films will be held in Room C130)

• 9:30 a.m. - Brian Derdowski, President of Public Interest Associates and former King County Councilman – Sensible Growth in King County
• 10:30 a.m. - Dr. Jim Trombold, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility– The Challenge of Hanford and Health
• 11:30 a.m. - Dan Jaffe, UW Bothell – Global air quality and climate: Where are we? where are we headed?
• 12:30 p.m. - Washington Representative Laura Ruderman – Reinvigorating Participatory Democracy
• 2:30 p.m. - U.S. Representative Jay Inslee – The New Apollo Energy Program
• 5:30 p.m. - JoAnn Jordan, Emergency Preparedness Education Coordinator, City of Bellevue Fire Department – Basic Earthquake Preparedness in Bellevue: How to be safe
• Eat Unique - Organic Farming Information in the Cafeteria
• Register to Vote - (11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m)
• Display tables in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria

Tuesday, April 20 (All lectures/films will be held in Room C130)

• 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - College Transfer Fair (with information about Environmental Programs) - more info
• 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. - Valley Creek Wetland Restoration Project(with the City of Bellevue Stream Team)
• 9:30 a.m. - Peter Locke, AIA, LMN Architects - Making Better Places: Sustainable Design in Public Buildings
  
• 3:00-5:20 p.m. - Film Screening: "Princess Mononoke" (sponsored by the BCC Genki Society)
  

• 9:30 a.m. - Leonard Forsman, Suquamish Tribe–  Impacts of the December 2003 Oil Spill at Jefferson Head on the Suquamish Tribal Community.
• 10:30 a.m. - Mark Storey, Philosophy Instructor, BCC– Cheeseburgers in Paradise – A Buddhist View on Vegetarianism
• 11:30 a.m. - Robert McClure. Seattle PI Reporter – The Role of the Media in Maintaining the Health of Our Environment
• 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Tour of the UW Bothell Wetlands with UW Professor William Gold
• 12:30 p.m. - Michael Mayer, Attorney, Earthjustice – Undermining the Foundations of Environmental Law
• 1:30 p.m. - James Torrence, BCC – Severance: Environmentalism and Punk Rock
• 2:30-4:30 p.m. - Film Screening: "Blue Vinyl" with an introduction from Brandie Smith, Toxics Campaigner for the Washington Toxics Coalition
• Litter Bug Display in the Courtyard (if weather permits)
• Eat Unique - Organic Farming Information in the Cafeteria
• Register to Vote - (11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m)
• Display tables in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria

Thursday, April 22 - Earth Day (All lectures/films will be held in Room C130)

• 8:30 a.m. - Mike Hanson, Botany Instructor, BCC – Ethnobotany: People and Plants
• 9:30 a.m. - L.B. Sandy Rock MD, MPH, BCC – Safe Food, Water, Air, and Sex: Environmentalism from a Biology Instructor's Medical Viewpoint
• 10:30 a.m. - Elisa Murray, Communications Director, Northwest Environmental Watch– The Cascadia Scorecard: Measuring what matters in the Northwest
• 11:30 a.m. - Rion Ramirez , Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, member American Indian Bar Association – Economic Development and Tribal Environmental Instrests (sponsored by the Diversity Caucus)
• Noon-1:30 pm. - Take the Organic Taste Test!
• 1:30 p.m. - Patty Martin, founder of Safe Food and Fertilizer – Toxic Waste in Our Food: A Personal Account
• 3:00-5:20 p.m. - Film Screening: "Erin Brockovich"
• Litter Bug Display in the Courtyard (alternate day)
• Eat Unique - Organic Farming Information in the Cafeteria
• Register to Vote - (11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m)
• Display tables in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria

Information, Demonstrations and/or Representatives will be available from:

• Bellevue Stream Team
• Bert the Salmon
• Blue Ocean Institute
• Center for Environmental Citizenship (Envirocitizen)
• Citizens for King County Monorail
• Department of Natural Resources and Parks (King County)
• Earthjustice
• East Lake Washington Audubon Society
• Environmental Defense
• League of Conservation Voters
• Marine Fish Conservation Network
• Natural Soil Building Program (King County)
• NW Animal Rights (NARN)
• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)
• Northwest Environmental Watch
• Ocean Conservancy
• Population Connection
• PCC Natural Markets
• Redmond Waste Management
  
• RideShare
  
• Sara's Sanctuary
• UW Bothell Environmental Science Program
• Usborne Children's Books (on Science and Nature)
• Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR)
• Washington Toxics Coalition
• Waterkeepers' Alliance
• Western Environmental Law Center
• World Wildlife Fund
• Stay Tuned - further displays and demostrators will be coming soon!
  

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.