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More details at http://flightline.highline.edu/sustainability/ftn/.
Earth Week celebration: Climate Change Day Date: Wednesday, April 18th, 2007. 10:00am-2:00pm Location: Highline Community College, Building 2 and campus Click here for directions to Highline's main campus. Click here for a campus map. Description: Movies: An Inconvenient Truth, Who Killed the Electric Car, The Road Warrior Bldg. 2- 9:00 am-3:00 pm Literature Table- Learn about global to local climate change issues and win prizes! Bldg 2- 10:00 am-2:00 pm Photography exhibit: Show us what you want to do about climate change! Get your picture on bldg 2 and our website. Look for us all over campus 10:00 am-2:00 pm More details and complete schedule of events during Earth Week at Highline.
Raising the Temperature: A Global Climate Change Community Roundtable Date: Saturday, March 10th, 2007. 10:00am-12:30pm Location: Highline Community College, Buildings 2 and 3, Rooms 2-101 and 3-102 Click here for directions to Highline's main campus. Click here for a campus map. Description: Highline Community College is hosting a free roundtable teach-in. Participants will have time in between five speaker presentations to discuss local climate change issues with questions following presentations. Speakers: The five invited speakers reflect the diversity of challenges we may face from this environmental crisis. They are, Lara Whitely Binder- Outreach Coordinator for the Climate Impacts Group. http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/ Peter Illyn- Founder and Executive Director of Restoring Eden: Christians for Environmental Stewardship. http://www.restoringeden.org/ Rosemarie M. Ives- Mayor of Redmond, one of the original 8 mayors to sign and pass around the US Mayors climate protection Agreement. Jessica Eagle- Volunteer with Cascade chapter of Sierra Club, a local environmental community action group. http://cascade.sierraclub.org/
Screening of An Inconvenient Truth Date: Friday, February 9th, 2007, 12:00pm and 7:00pm Location: Highline Community College, Building 7. Description: Inspired by recent local events, Highline Community College hosted two free screenings of Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. A post-film discussion led by Highline's Woody Moses (About Us), Climate Solution's Megan Dixon (Community Partners), and The Sierra Club's Jennifer Eagle (Community Partners)focused on what you can do about global warming. Action Item Handout: At the Inconvenient Truth screenings, Highline's Climate Change Group prepared a handout with ideas for people to reevaluate and take action against climate change. Click here to see a copy of the handout with active links.
Other Local Events Step It Up Seattle: A Call for Global Warming Solutions Date: Saturday, April 14 2:00pm-6pm Location: Begins at Occidental Park ends at Myrtle Edwards Park, Seattle Description: On Saturday, April 14th, thousands of concerned citizens like you will converge in Seattle and launch a movement to stop climate change. For more information: http://www.stepitupseattle.org/
Sustainable Systems: Seeking Solutions Date: Wednesday, April 18 6:30pm-8pm Location: Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle Description: Sponsored by the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation (SBLF) and organized by ICEH, the Environmental Health Lecture Series strives to educate Puget Sound residents about the latest science on environmental health issues and what we can do personally and professionally to protect and sustain human and ecological health in this region. http://www.iceh.org/CHE-WAlectures.html
Global Warming and Ocean Acidification: Deep Trouble for Marine Ecosystems Date: Monday April 23, 7:00pm Location: Kane Hall 130, University of Washington, UW Seattle Campus maps: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/ Description: Lecture by Dr. Richard Feely, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For more information visit: http://depts.washington.edu/focus
What's Wrong with Climate Change? and Harming the Grandchildren Date: Thursday May 3, 7:00pm Location: Kane Hall 220, University of Washington, UW Seattle Campus maps: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/ Description: Lecturers Dr. Dale Jamieson and Dr. Henry Shue join forces to discuss some of the crucial moral issues involved in global warming. For more information visit: http://depts.washington.edu/focus
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