[volunteer] – Volunteer at the Aboretum with Student Conservation Association

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Join Student Conservation Association (SCA), the University of Washington Botanic Gardens (UWBG), and Seattle Parks and Recreation for a day of fun projects at the Washington Park Arboretum on Saturday, April 23.

Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. and then there will be a kick-off rally at 9:30 a.m. After the rally, the volunteers will head off to work projects until 3 p.m. Register to join us.

Get your hands dirty helping to improve the Arboretum. Meet SCA members and alumni, SCA supporters, Rotarians from Seattle Rotary #4, community members, SCA staff, UWBG staff, and Seattle Parks and Recreation staff.

[event] – UW Dasani Campus Clean Up

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Looking to make a difference for Earth Month? Come join Dasani and Honest Tea at the University of Washington on Thursday, April 21st at 12:30 p.m. for the 1st Annual Campus Cleanup Challenge! 

The Challenge starts at 12:30 in Paccar Hall! You and your team (1-5 people) will have 2 hours to make UW look beautiful, collecting as much garbage and recycling as possible from campus, and returning it to Paccar Hall to compete against all other teams! Who will collect the most?

There will be goodies for everyone and prizes for the winners!

More information available at: http://f2.washington.edu/oess/campuscleanup

**Interested in forming a team?  Ask your fellow classmates – we would love to have PoE have huge representation**

Regenerative Design Institute Training

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http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/ecology-of-leadership 

The Ecology of Leadership weekend workshop is coming
to the greater Seattle community in May!

Offered: May 7 – 8, 2011
Location: 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?

Do you wish you had some support to cultivate your unique capacities and gifts?  

Do you want to to feel more lit up in your life and become more confident, effective, and successful in the ways you bring your leadership forward?

You are not alone. 

Whether you are just emerging as a leader, well on your path, or are connecting to a new chapter in your life, we invite you to join the uprising of people committing to greater service and leadership during this critical time.

EPA Green Power Partnership Webinar

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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. As colleges and universities face steep budget cuts and unstable energy costs, many institutions are grappling with how to finance urgently needed energy efficiency upgrades on campus when operating and capital funds are scarce. The webinar will cover innovative approaches, such as using return-oriented green revolving funds (GRFs) – a rapidly growing trend at colleges and universities. GRFs can help colleges and universities invest in a variety of cost-saving initiatives, resulting in significant financial and environmental benefits.

 

While GRFs are increasing rapidly on college and university campuses across the county, the concept can also be adapted for public and private sector organizations.

This webinar will explore the key findings and trends of Greening the Bottom Line, the first ever survey of GRFs at 52 colleges and universities published in partnership with GPP and more than 10 other organizations. It will also highlight the work of Harvard University’s $12 million Green Revolving Loan Fund, one of the oldest and largest funds in the country.

 

Webinar participants will learn:

·         Innovative approaches to financing energy upgrades

·         Trends from Greening the Bottom Line – a survey on GRFs being used at colleges and universities nationwide

·         One college’s experience with a Green Revolving Loan Fund

 

Speakers include:

·         Blaine Collison, U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership

·         Mark Orlowski, Sustainable Endowments Institute

·         Heather Henriksen, Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), an association of colleges and universities that are working to create a sustainable future, is partnering with GPP on this webinar. More information about AASHE is available atwww.aashe.org.

Register for this webinar at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/990881370.

Earth Day at the UW

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Earth Day is rapidly approaching, and it will be celebrated at the UW with a variety of events planned by the UW Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Office, SEED, and the UW Earth Club:

Husky Green Award Ceremony!
Music!
Exhibitors!

for more information, click here. 

UW Trash-In

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There’s still time to join the fun at the UW Trash-In. Sign up today!

Join the Fun! Trash-In 2011 will take place on April 13 at the Bryants Building Annex. Recycling & Solid Waste will receive one day’s worth of trash from eight designated campus buildings and sort it into categories currently collected on campus. Please share your availability to volunteer, or email us at recycle@uw.edu for more information. Let’s get trashy! 

What’s it all about? In 1970, UW students held the first ever “Trash-In” on campus to emphasize the waste associated with American life. They collected trash from around campus and separated it into categories, returning recyclable materials to the original producers for reprocessing. Today, the UW Trash-In aims to increase public awareness about how much recyclable or compostable material is still being thrown away on campus. We’ve come a long way, but there’s still more to do!  Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to see this information on our Web site, or visit www.uwrecycling.com.

Vegetable Garden Planning and Planting

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For more information: UW Botanic Gardens Classes and Events Calendar

Vegetable Garden Planning and Planting

WHENSaturday, March 5, 2011, 10am – 12pmWHEREDouglas Classroom, Center for Urban HorticultureNOTE

The second in a two-part vegetable gardening series, this class will still be informative even if you didn’t attend the first class. Join Colin McCrate of Seattle Urban Farm Company (www.seattleurbanfarmco.com) as he discusses the essentials of pre-season garden planning and demonstrates a variety of spring planting techniques. Through a mixture of slideshow, lecture, and discussion the class will cover how to choose the right vegetable crops, how to plan for a long harvest season, how to use organic fertilizers, proper plant spacing, and year-to-year soil management.

Instructor: Colin McCrate, Seattle Urban Farm Company
Fee: $40 Early Bird Discount; $45 after February 26
2 CPH Credits

Seattle Audubon Presents: From the Gulf to the Arctic

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Seattle Audubon Presents…

From the Gulf to the Arctic: Energy Challenges and Opportunities

Thursday, March 17th, 7-8PM at Seattle REI

 

The largest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history brings damaging impacts to the sensitive habitats vital to the diverse wildlife that travel along the Gulf Coast up to the Coastal Plain of the Arctic.  Taldi Walter, Assistant Director of Government Relations of the National Audubon Society, visits Seattle to discuss Audubon’s continuous efforts in response to the Gulf Oil Spill and this disaster’s grave implications in the Arctic.  As the Gulf Spill serves as a warning for our country’s exploits, we ask: what are the challenges we face and what opportunities do we have in our future energy developments?  

 

You don’t want to miss out on this fascinating discussion!  Refreshments and treats provided.  Doors open at 6:30pm and the program begins at 7pm. All attendees are eligible to win a door prize from the Seattle Audubon Nature Shop. This is a FREE event and all are welcome.

 

Seattle Audubon cultivates and leads a community that values and protects birds and the natural environment. For more information about this event please visit our Events page at  http://www.seattleaudubon.org/sas/GetInvolved/Events.aspx

                

For more information, please contact Leah Lee at 206-523-8243 x 16 or emailleahl@seattleaudubon.org.

Sustainable Community and Regional Revitalization Symposium

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Sustainable Community and Regional Revitalization Symposium on March 8

Please join the Evergreen Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association (HAPSA), University of Hyogo, Japan, for a day-long symposium on economic, social, and environmental sustainability in communities and regions on March 8 at the Evans School of Public Affairs.

The symposium is the fourth is a series of exchanges between the Evergreen Chapter of the ASPA and the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association. The event is open to the public and the cost is $10 for students, $15 for ASPA members, and $20 for non-members. Registration includes morning refreshments and a box lunch. The registration deadline is March 3.

Three panels, comprised of academics and practitioners from Japan and the U.S., will address local government response to economic crisis and revenue shortfall regarding issues affecting community and social services; sustainability efforts including sustainable agriculture with industrial and rural/urban linkages; and use of community volunteers in response to disaster crisis and community revitalization.

Bill Stafford, president, Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, will serve as moderator.

In the fall of 2003, the Evergreen Chapter of ASPA entered into an international Memorandum of Understanding with HAPSA. This agreement was arranged to honor a 40 year history of the State of Washington and the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan, as sister-states.

ASPA, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., is the largest organization of professionals in public administration. Founded in 1939, the organization seeks to advance excellence in public service through programs and services that foster core public service values including accountability and performance, professionalism, social equity, and ethics at the local, national and international levels. For additional information, contact Tammy Esteves, 510.995.8509.