Bellevue Community College
Earth Week 2009, April 20-24

Earth Week 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).

Our overall theme this years is Energy and Society, but you'll find talks on many other topics, too.

Please come back often - We will continue to update the schedule throughout April!

Monday, April 20
9:30

Steve Gilbert, PhD, DABT, INND, Institute of Neurotoxicology & Neurological Disorders
An Introduction to Environmental Contaminants that Cause Learning Disabilities
(Co -sponsored by Science and Math Institute)

10:00-12:00

Green Car Show - Green Car Company (Courtyard)

10:30 Kurt Hoelting, Author, Founder/Director Inside Passage Project
The Circumference of Home: One Man's Year-Long Quest for a Radically Local Life
11:30 Sergio Cueva-Flores, King County Director for Sen. Patty Murray
Environmental Issues in King County (Title TBA)
12:30 Jeremy Smithson, Co-Founder/Owner, Puget Sound Solar
Journey to Sustainability
1:30 Film - E2/Energy - Coal & Nuclear : Problem or Solution - film summaries
2:30

JP Kemmick, Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club
Moving Beyond Coal

Followed by discussion at 3:30

 

Tuesday, April 21
8:30

Mark Storey, Philosophy Instructor, BCC
Ancient China's Earth "Millennium": A Thousand Years of Ecological Concern

9:30 Tony Tessandori, Anthropology Instructor, BCC
There's something in the water...Oh, that's just birth control pills
10:30 Green Fashion Show (Cafeteria) & Jesse Case, Comedian
11:30

Nena Baker, Author
The Body Toxic (toxins in everyday products)
(Co-sponsored by Science and Math Institute)

Followed by discussion with the author at 12:30

1:30 Art Goss , Astronomy, BCC
Nuclear Energy
2:30-4:00 Film(s) - Flow: For Love of Water - film summaries

 

Wednesday, April 22 - Earth Day
8:30 Stan Hummel , Design Manager, King County Department of Natural Resources
Building the Brightwater Treatment System
9:30 Snoqualmie Tribe Canoe Family Members and Heidi Bohan, Ethobotanist
Snoqualmie Tribe Canoe Family Traditional Insulation Workshop - more info
10:00

ELFCC “Saving the Earth Story Hour" for young readers
(in the Central Courtyard or C120)

10:30 Kate Costanza, Sustainability Coordinator, MulvannyG2 Architecture
Market Green – Green industry trends, green jobs, carbon markets and the federal stimulus package’s impact on green
(Co-Sponsored by Business Leadership Club)
11:30 David Bowen, Municipal Liaison Manager PSE, Wild Horse Wind Farm
Wind energy in Washington
12:30 Dr. Ka-Kit Tung, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Adjunct Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Washington
(Meets in Library Media Center)
Mathematics and Climate
(Sponsored by Science and Math Institute as part of Math Awareness Month)
1:30-3:00 Film - E2/Energy: Harvesting the Wind & Energy for a Developing World - film summaries
3:00-4:30 Film - Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash- film summaries
7:00

Dr. Ted Roush, NASA Space Scientist, Ames Research Center
(Meets in Carlson Theatre)
Chronicling Mars: Science Fiction and Fact
(Sponsored by BCC Center for Liberal Arts: BCC Reads! Program)

 

Thursday, April 23
(The BCC Campus is closed Thursday for classes due to a scheduled Professional Development Day)

8:30-4:30 Field Trip to the Wild Horse Wind Farm in Ellensburg, WA
Click for details

 

Friday, April 24
8:30 Nolan Curtis, Administration Section Manager - Nuclear Waste Program, Washington State Department of Ecology
Critical Issues in Environmental Cleanup: Hanford Overview
9:30 Kathe Winkler-Low,UW Masters of Public Administration Program (former BCC student)
Coming soon to a city near you: carbon neutrality
10:30 Sara Needleman-Carlton, Political Activist and former BCC Student Body President
Power of You: Activism, Volunteerism and Politics for the Planet
11:30 Lisa Dupar, Owner and Chief Creative Officer, Lisa Dupar Catering and Pomegranate Bistro
Sustainable Chefs - How the Food Industry Can Support Local Farming
12:30-2:30 Films - KIng Corn and E2/Energy: Growing Energy - film summaries

Throughout the Week:
Clothing Swap
Displays and information
Film series
Photo Contest

Read more about environmental issues
See the display of books related to Earth Week topics in the BCC library.

BCC Earth Week is organized by the BCC Student Science Association. For more information contact Rob Viens in the BCC Science Division at rviens@bellevuecollege.edu or (425) 564-3158.

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