The public is invited to Shoreline Community College April 21-25 for Earth Week 2008, a week of guest speakers, documentaries and videos about environmental problems and solutions.
The schedule is online at www.shoreline.edu/earthweek2008.html
The week’s speakers are:
• Monday, April 21, 9:30-10:20 a.m. Don and Sandi McVay, former Shoreline Community College professors, share their experiences in the Peruvian Amazon and in Australia with Earthwatch.
• Monday, April 21, 12:30-2:00 p.m. John Lombard is an ecologist and author of “Saving Puget Sound,” about land use, water rights, endangered species and environmental law in Puget Sound.
• Tuesday, April 22, 12:30-2:20 p.m. Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer is a retired University of Washington oceanographer who’s brought worldwide attention to flotsam drift and accumulation in the North Pacific. The ratio of plastic to plankton in the North Pacific Ocean is about six to one, with consequent harm to ocean life, according to his findings.
• Wednesday, April 23, 10:30-11:20 a.m. Dr. Richard Feely is a University of Washington oceanographer and NOAA researcher who has lead research on carbon dioxide accumulation and acidification of the oceans. The rapid increase in acidity has serious implications for marine food webs.
• Wednesday, April 23, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Barbara Hins-Turner is the executive director of the Energy Technology Center of Excellence at Centralia Community College. She speaks on career opportunities for green jobs and the green initiatives movement.
The week’s movies include “Who Killed the Electric Car” and “Star Trek Voyager ‘Night,’” a fifth-season episode where the crew’s morale is at an all-time low as their ship crosses an expanse devoid of any stars or signs of life. Little do they know that they are in the midst of a deadly conflict involving waste management.
The Environmental Club, Worldly Philosophers and Dismal Scientists Society (WPDDS), student government and the Sustainability Committee worked together to organize the week.
The college is at 16101 Greenwood Ave. N.
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