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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 18(All lectures/films will be held in Room C130)

• 10:30 a.m. - Mike Jackman, Bellevue Utilities Resource Conservation Manager, City of Bellevue - 2005 Drought & Regional Water Supply Issues
• 11:30 a.m. - BJ Cummings, Coordinator, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - The Duwamish River Cleanup and Community Health
• 12:30 p.m. - Dave Montgomery, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington – King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon (Author of book of the same name)
• 1:30 p.m. - Patty Martin, founder of Safe Food and Fertilizer – Toxins in Feed and Fertilizer: How Waste Recycling Puts You and Your Environment at Risk
• 3:30 p.m. - Michael Mayer, Attorney, Earthjustice – The Endangered Species Act as a Catalyst for Change
• Register to Vote - (11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
• Eat Unique - organic samples, entrees and coffee in the BCC Cafeteria
• Display tables in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
• Interior Design Program display of environmentally friendly interior and building materials and information about “Green Design” in the hallway outside of L115

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

• 9:30 a.m. - Jeanie Sedgely, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility– The Challenge of Hanford and Health: Protecting the Columbia River
• 10:30 a.m. - Mark Storey, Philosophy Instructor, BCC– Taoism and Environmental Ethics
• 11:30 p.m. - Open Discussion with Jean MacGregor on Bioregional Education (Option 1)
• 12:30 p.m. - Art Goss, Astronomy Instructor, BCC– The Runaway Greenhouse Effect on Venus - A Future for the Earth?
• 1:30 p.m. - Open Discussion with Jean MacGregor on Bioregional Education (Option 2)
  
• 2:30-5:00 p.m. - Film Screening: "A Civil Action" (see film summary)
• Register to Vote - (11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
• Eat Unique - organic samples, entrees and coffee in the BCC Cafeteria
• Display tables in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
• Interior Design Program display of environmentally friendly interior and building materials and information about “Green Design” in the hallway outside of L115
  

• 11:30 a.m. - Stephen Garrow, Media Instructor, BCC– Back to the Earth... Deep Ecology, Non-violence, and Peace (Immediately followed by Peace Vigil at the BCC Fountain)
• 12:30 p.m. - Nancy Gonlin, Anthropology Instructor, BCC– Chocolate, the Ancient Maya, and Environmental Degradation (co-offered as part of the Center for Liberal Arts Brown Bag Luncheon series)
• 1:30 p.m. - Envirocitizen Workshop - Power the Clean Energy Revolution
• 3:00 p.m. - James Torrence, BCC – Punk Rock and Environmentalism
• Register to Vote - (11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
• Eat Unique - organic samples, entrees and coffee in the BCC Cafeteria
• Display tables in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
• Interior Design Program display of environmentally friendly interior and building materials and information about “Green Design” in the hallway outside of L115

Thursday, April 21 (All lectures/films will be held in Room C130)

• 8:30 a.m. - Mark Plunkett, Seattle Aquarium – Sustainable Seafoods: Choices for Healthy Oceans
• 9:30-11:00 a.m. - Rich Franko, AIA , Senior Associate, Mithun Architects - Title TBA (Designing Sustainable Buildings in the 21st Century)
• CANCELED (Will Reschedule at a later date) 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Tyrus Smith, The Evergreen State College - Environmental Justice and Environmental Policy
• 1:30 p.m. - Kevin Rennert, Atmospheric Science Department, University of Washington - Local impacts of Global Climate Change
• 2:30-5:00 p.m. - Film Screening: "Day After Tomorrow" (see film summary)
• Register to Vote - (11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
• Eat Unique - organic samples, entrees and coffee in the BCC Cafeteria
• Display tables in the Student Union Building/Cafeteria
• Interior Design Program display of environmentally friendly interior and building materials and information about “Green Design” in the hallway outside of L115

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

• 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. - Film Screening & Discussion: "Rivers and Tides" - with Wendy Pickering and Carlos Trujillo (see film summary)
• 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - Mercer Slough Wetland Restoration Project (with the City of Bellevue Stream Team & Bellevue Parks)
• Interior Design Program display of environmentally friendly interior and building materials and information about “Green Design” in the hallway outside of L115
  

Saturday, April 23 - Visit the Earth day volunteer page for a list of volunteer opportunities around the region

Information, Demonstrations and/or Representatives will be available from:
(Note: The following groups are confirmed - check back often, as there are a number of other groups who have expressed interest in attending or sending material.)

• Bellevue Stream Team
• Blue Ocean Institute
• Cascade Bicycle Club
• Center for Environmental Citizenship (Envirocitizen)
• Earthjustice
• East Lake Washington Audubon Society
• Environmental Defense
• League of Conservation Voters
• Marine Fish Conservation Network
• NW Animal Rights (NARN)
• Northwest Environmental Watch
• People Puget Sound
• Population Connection
  
• RideShare
  
• Safe Food and Fertilizer
• UW Bothell Environmental Science Program
• UW Seattle Program on the Environment
• Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR)
• Western Washington University/Huxley College of the Environment (T)
• 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 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 call (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.