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[course] - URBDP 498A: Practical Ecology for Planners

URBDP 498A Practical Ecology for Planners Summer 2011 Instructor: Julia Michalak SLN: 13731 Course description: Humans are transforming the ecology of our planet at a massive scale and nowhere are these changes more evident than in the urban environment… Traditional ecological conservation approaches have focused on separating and protecting “nature” from people. 

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Part II of the video interview with PoE Director Julia Parrish, starting with an answer to the question, “What are we teaching today’s students that will help them with future disasters?” (Source: https://www.youtube.com/) 

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Part I of a video interview with PoE Director Julia Parrish talking about a number of subjects, including the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon oil spills. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/) 

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[event] - Earth Day Celebration at Gas Works Park

Earth Day Celebration at Gas Works Park Environmental Community hosts free event to support a Coal-Free Future for Washington SEATTLE — Sierra Club, CoolMom, Earth Ministry, Washington Environmental Council and Climate Solutions will host a free community Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 23, from 11am—3pm at Gas Works Park.This event will be a great opportunity for the community and local organizations to come together and celebrate the tremendous environmental work that has been accomplished in Washington State and look ahead to future projects. 

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Regenerative Design Institute Training

http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/ecology-of-leadership  The Ecology of Leadership weekend workshop is comingto the greater Seattle community in May! Offered: May 7 – 8, 2011Location: The Tree Farm in Carnation, Washington (Seattle area)Instructors: James Stark & Christopher Kuntzsch Cost: $195 per person Transforming lives for the dawning of a new era Do you feel the urgency of these times of both great global change and opportunity, and long to make a greater difference? 

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EPA Green Power Partnership Webinar

Webinar on Greening the Bottom Line: How Campus Green Revolving Funds are Saving Energy and Money On Wednesday, April 20, from 1-2 pm (EST), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Green Power Partnership (GPP) will host a webinar on Greening the Bottom Line: How Campus Green Revolving Funds are Saving Energy and Money. 

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