Earth Day Spokane

Forum and reception at the Davenport Hotel, the Marie Antoinette Ballroom.

RSVP: wsmith@greaterspokane.org (No charge for registration before June 11; $10 at the door.)

Come hear about the progress of clean tech initiatives this past year and the challenges and opportunities coming up in the next 12-24 months. Panel discussion includes Q&A. Plus, the new CleenNW website goes live!

Speakers include: Mayor Mary Verner, City of Spokane; Senator Lisa Brown; Hal Calbom, WA Clean Tech Alliance; and video messages from Senator Maria Cantwell and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

Exhibit tables available. Call 509-321-3644

RSVP to Wendy Smith at wsmith@greaterspokane.org
No charge for RSVPs before June 11; $10 at the door

Education that Sustains: Sparking a Love for Learning
Immerse yourself at farm school and refresh your instruction in Environmental Learning!
July 15-19, 2010

A five-day hands-on professional development workshop at Quillisascut Farm™ for College of Education faculty and administrators involved in training the next generation of primary and secondary school teachers.

School gardens offer limitless opportunities for environmental learning. In this workshop we will explore ways for you and your students to incorporate garden learning in K-12 education, learn how to connect your institution to the ecological and cultural wisdom embodied in your local farming community and connect research with hands-on environmental practices in higher learning. more info: http://quillisascut.com/education-that-sustains-sparking-a-love-for-learning/

Best wishes,

Lora Lea

Lora Lea Misterly
Quillisascut Farm
2409 Pleasant Valley Road
Rice, WA 99167 509 738-2011
www.quillisascut.com

Teya Kuhle will be presenting “Beautiful Realistic Drought Tolerant Yards” at the downtown Public Library at noon, May 20th. Bring your lunch to room 1-A just to the left of the main entrance for this free one hour presentation. Teya is a Landscape Designer for Pacific Garden and Design, and an instructor of irrigation and landscaping at SCC.

Dr. Richard Feely of NOAA and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory will speak on ocean acidification at 7 pm, Tuesday, May 4, at SCC’s Lair Auditorium, Building 6.

The Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities presents:

Community Gardens – Discussion with Local Master Gardener

Please join us for a presentation by Pat Munts, master gardener and local columnist for The Spokesman-Review.

Pat will discuss the benefits of local community gardens and advise on what to plant for first time gardeners. A question and answer session will follow.

Date: Tuesday, May 4th

Time: 10:30 -11:20 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.- 12:20 p.m. (2 sessions)

Location: Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities (SCC, Learning Resources Center, Building 16, 2nd Floor).

This event is free and open to the public. Coffee and tea will be served. For additional information, see our web page at http://www.scc.spokane.edu/?hfchevents. You can call our center at 533-8048 or 533-7045 if you have any questions about the event.

Put it on your calendar!
May 15, 2010 – Solar Power Class

Learn the basics of Solar Power and what is required to get started. The cost of the class is $35.00 to include materials and handouts. All classes are limited to 20 people.

Please contact Nadine Sullivan at 509-924-8803 or email nadine@ecodepotinc.com to register. Classes are held at Eco Depot, Inc. 1326 E. Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA.

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge and Spokane Audubon Society will host a community work party on Saturday, May 15, 2010. This is part of an on going community effort to restore native riparian habitat to benefit birds and other wildlife species. We have more than 40 native saplings to plant, and protective fencing to erect at the project site to protect the trees from deer, elk, and moose browsing. Everyone is welcome!

Attention Groups: Please call in advance to register. It helps us in our planning if we know how many are coming. The Refuge will also host a “potluck” lunch. Discovery School will be providing hamburgers. Please feel free to bring your favorite dish.

Phone:(509) 235-4723, ask for Sandy

When: May 15, 2010.

Planting Time: 9 am to 12 p.m.

Lunch: Potluck 12 p.m.

Where: Turnbull NWR Headquarters, 5 miles south of Cheney on Cheney-Plaza Road: turn left on Smith Road and drive 2 miles on gravel road to headquarters.

Clothing: Long-sleeved shirt, work pants, sturdy boots or shoes, gloves.

Equipment: (If you can) shovels and pliers.

Free Class!
Sign up now. Session Begins Tuesday, April 13th
Call 509-279-6251 to enroll now.

Community Colleges of Spokane’s Institute for Extended Learning is inviting everyone age 50 and over to explore the possibilities of making your career or business greener! This free class is the perfect opportunity for you to come learn how you can help save some green by helping to save the resources of our planet. Upon completion participants will have achieved a basic understanding of, the fundamental concepts of sustainability applicable to a broad range of professional, social and technical careers. We’ll look at the definitions of and job opportunities inherent in Climate Change, Peak Oil and Carbon Trading.

We’ll also introduce some of the tools used by players in the new green economy, including the Genuine Progress Indicator, (an alternative to Gross Domestic Product), the Global Reporting Index and its correspondence to local community sustainability indicators. And we’ll look at some green business tools like Triple Bottom Line accounting and the Natural Step program.

With this new knowledge in hand, participants will research and develop a career ladder appropriate to their Personal career goals and leave with a clearly detailed pathway for achieving success.

Possible career pathways for program participants may include enrollment in to specialized training programs including:

· degree and certificate

· credit programs,

· professional development programs,

· industry-specific online certification programs,

· new non-credit short-term certification programs related to energy.

A significant sampling of these growth opportunities will also be explored.

And finally, you’ll get some specialized counseling on the development of effective resumes, references and interview preparation relevant to a more green-targeted search for jobs or business opportunities.

The class meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings for two hours (6:00-8:00), and Saturdays for 6 hours (8:00 – 2:30 with half hour lunch break) for a total of four weeks, April 13, 2010 – May 15, 2010. That’s 10 hours a week, a total of 40 hours that could change your life.

This is the final session of this class. Check with Yvette Dunlap, 509-279-6248 for details.

If you know of someone 50 or over who would benefit from this class, please share this invitation!

Jim Wavada

Instructor

Greening Your Future

(509) 999-1864

Join Earth Day Spokane in biking to work all week!

Spokane Community College, 1810 N Greene St

Saturday, May 8th, from 9am to 5pm

“Gardening in the Wild, Wild West–Giddy up, Gardener!”

Over 200 garden-related exhibitors — nursery plants for sale, artists, crafters, organizations, services

FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING

Presented by The Inland Empire Gardeners – gardenexpo@comcast.net

Click here for more information and pictures from Garden Expo 2009!