Green Sanctuary Program
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Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
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February 1, 2010 Registration Deadline for Study sustainable agriculture in Switzerland and Italy Option for one of two seminars: August 28/29 or September 11/12, 2010 (Inspiration Farm). ESTU 497a: Agroecology Intensive (8 credits) and ESTU 497b: Ecogastronomy Intensive (2 credits). Immerse yourself in an intensive food production study of biodynamic agriculture and agro-biodiversity conservation in Switzerland. Then travel to Italy for critical studies in food cultures, and gastronomic sciences and society. This hands-on program provides the following unique learning opportunities. View holistic farm systems and traditional strategies to protect wild biodiversity in agroecosystems on Lopez Island, WA to start your journey. Study the philosophical underpinnings of biodynamics as well as practical farm practice and applied research at the Goetheanum, in Dornach, Switzerland. Research artisan and conventional food systems in the home of Slow Food, Bra and Pollenzo, Italy. Immerse yourself in rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement with study of sensory taste science and heritage agriculture. Identify and utilize frameworks of analysis that apply to integrated ecoagriculture research. Complete your experience by participating in carbon-offsetting at Inspiration Farm in Whatcom County, which is initiating innovative research and farm practices. Approximate dates include six days of travel/study time to be determined once final enrollment figures are established March 1, 2010; most of the course readings to be completed before the intensive begins. Time: Various Location: Various Cost: Call for information Contact: Program contact: Gigi Berardi, Huxley College of the Environment, Application: eesp@wwu.edu or (360) 650-3308 February 2, 2010 Whatcom Watershed Pledge Workshop Gain valuable tools to reduce solid and hazardous waste at your business! The format of this workshop is a roundtable discussion, aimed to answer your various industry specific questions. Leave with a detailed plan for your business, a binder full of useful resources, and even a promotional plaque. Plus, you'll be in time to add a Watersheds Pledge icon to your listing in the 2010 Membership Directory! Please RSVP to abby@sconnect.org if you plan to attend. Time: 12:00 pm Location: Sustainable Connections office - 1701 Ellis St, Suite 221 Cost: Contact: abby@sconnect.org February 3, 2010 Pickford Cinema: "Collapse" Film Viewing When we screened this film at this year's Toronto fest, it was the most talked about, buzzed about, and compelling film in the festival. It won't leave you unmarked. Michael Roger Ebert: "I have no way of assuring you that the bleak version of the future outlined by Michael Ruppert in Chris Smith's "Collapse" is accurate. I can only tell you I have a pretty good built-in B.S. detector, and its needle never bounced off zero while I watched this film. There is controversy over Ruppert, and he has many critics. But one simple fact at the center of his argument is obviously true, and it terrifies me." Time: 9:00 pm Location: Pickford Cinema, 1416 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham Cost: Varies Contact: (360) 647-1300 February 3, 2010 Green Drinks Bellingham Attend Green Drinks AND support the Pickford Dream Space all in one visit! All proceeds of this evening's Green Drinks will help fund the renovation of our new independent movie theater space. Boundary Bay beer as well as Mount Bakery treats will be available so come hungry! Green Drinks is an organic networking session that started in London, England and has since caught fire around the world. Like-minded individuals in places from Hong Kong to India, Sweden to South Africa meet every month to catch-up, network and talk about the latest green issues. According to greendrinks.org, “These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.” The best part about Green Drinks is that there is no structure, just good people meeting at a regular place and time. Remember to bring your own glass to this waste-free event! 21+ only Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay St., Bellingham Cost: Contact: 360-733-8307 February 3, 2010 WWU Water Film Series: Blue Gold "Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours?” Time: 3:00 pm Location: Western Washington University, Parks Hall 146 Cost: Contact: February 3, 2010 Pickford Cinema: "Collapse" Film Viewing When we screened this film at this year's Toronto fest, it was the most talked about, buzzed about, and compelling film in the festival. It won't leave you unmarked. Michael Roger Ebert: "I have no way of assuring you that the bleak version of the future outlined by Michael Ruppert in Chris Smith's "Collapse" is accurate. I can only tell you I have a pretty good built-in B.S. detector, and its needle never bounced off zero while I watched this film. There is controversy over Ruppert, and he has many critics. But one simple fact at the center of his argument is obviously true, and it terrifies me." Time: 9:00 pm Location: Pickford Cinema, 1416 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham Cost: Varies Contact: (360) 647-1300 February 4, 2010 Member Lunch - Toward Zero Waste Our monthly member brown bag lunch for February will focus on the Toward Zero Waste program and feature Stephanie Harvey from Green Earth Technologies and Rodd Pemble from Sanitary Service Company. Green Earth Technologies is the first compost facility established specifically for green waste in Northwest Washington. All FoodPlus! collected by SSC is taken to Green Earth Technologies for processing – it all stays right here in Whatcom County! Stephanie will talk to us about her business and their process, biodegradable vs. compostable plastics, and answer your questions about composting. Rodd will be here to talk about SSC’s FoodPlus! recycle program. This is a great opportunity for businesses with an established recycling program to increase all members recycling knowledge and get excited about the big impact your business is making. This is also a great opportunity for businesses to learn about how to integrate a new recycling program. Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: Sustianable Connections office - 1701 Ellis St, Suite 221 Cost: Contact: abby@sconnect.org February 8, 2010 North Cascades Audobon Society - Birding the Beaches: Semiahmoo Spit Another edition of Birding the Beaches of Semiahmoo Bay and Drayton Harbor. Bird the beaches at the only designated Important Bird Area in Whatcom County. These monthly trips are co-sponsored by NCAS and Whatcom County Parks. Semiahmoo is one of our area’s most scenic, biologically-rich and environmentally- challenged places. We will see shorebirds, waterfowl, and other seabirds, as well as raptors and songbirds. Time: 9:00 am Location: Semiahmoo Park Cost: Contact: Paul Woodcock, 380-3356 or vp@northcascadesaudubon.org February 8, 2010 WWU Water Film Series: Thrist A documentary without narration that explores how water and the ownership and control of water figure into community resistance to corporations rapidly buying up local water supplies. It examines the environmental and human rights issues associated with governments and companies making the world's fresh water supply into a commodity at the expense of local communities. It visits locations in Stockton, California, Bolivia, and India. Time: 4:00 pm Location: Western Washington University, Parks Hall 146 Cost: Contact: February 9, 2010 "Poisoned Waters" "Poisoned Waters" is a shocking investigation of America's great waterways with a particular focus on Puget Sound. Learn why the Duamish river is in peril, how the Swinomish removed a damn in the Skagit River delta, and how everyday citizens are fighting for clean water. North Sound Baykeeper, Wendy Steffensen, will compliment the film with a brief overview of our own local waters and what the Baykeeper program is doing to help them. Time: 6:00 pm Location: RE Sources' Sustainable Living Center, 2309 Meridian Street, Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: (360) 733-830 February 10, 2010 New Ediible Forest Gardening Slideshow Dave Sansone played a major role in the Sustainable Bellingham sponsored Edible Forest Garden workshop two years ago. He returns to Bellingham with a lots of new info about how people can grow more food sustainably by mimicking nature and using a greater diversity of food plants. This years show will spend lots of time on the cultivation of perennial vegetables and low-tech propagation. Local sustainability groups will have tables to highlight the work they are doing in the area. Sponsored by Sustainable Bellingham. Time: 7:00 PM Location: Western Washington University, Frazier Hall, Room #4 Cost: Donations accepted Contact: February 10, 2010 Learning the Basics of LEED v3 LEED v3 and what that means for the working professional. LEED V3 - If you’re planning a LEED for New Construction project, this session will provide relevant background on the big-picture impacts, as well as information useful on a day-to-day basis such as costs and communication. The presentation includes the framework of the new system, changes to procedures, USGBC and GBCI reorganization, project timeline impacts, and project examples. Credentials - As a current or potential LEED AP you now have some choices to make and different paths that you can take. This session will discuss the choices available to those involved from design to construction and will help navigate you through the new LEED requirements. We will review the USGBC and Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) changes and breakdown the complexity of continuing education (CE) hours. In addition we will discuss what it means to be a LEED AP and how to maintain that credential as well as add additional specializations. Instructor: Alistair Jackson, CSBA, LEED AP BD&C, Homes • Principal, O’Brien & Company Agenda: 8:30 - Networking with Mt. Bakery and MokaJo 9:00 -11:30 - LEED v3 11:30 -11:50 - optional tour of Bellingham’s newest LEED building Seating is limited - RSVP to Nick Hartrich - nick@sconnect.org Time: 7:00 PM Location: Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect Street, Bellingham Cost: $10 Contact: nick@sconnect.org February 10, 2010 Solar Bellingham: Terry Meyer of Convivum Energy & Cascade Community Wind on Community Wind Time: 7:00 PM Location: ReSources Sustainable Living Center, 2309 Meridian St., Bellingham Cost: Contact: February 14, 2010 Valetine's Day at Brandywine Kitchen A special seven course tasting dinner made by Brandywine Kitchen. Delectable delights will feature food from local producers such as Taylor Shellfish, Lone Boot Bison, Bellingham Pasta Co., and Pure Bliss Desserts. Each course will be paired with a mead, wine or cider from Honey Moon. In 2002 Azizi Tookas and Chris Sunde began with the idea to incorporate cuisine and local farming into one. Brandywine Kitchen is the culmination of their passion for food and sustainable agriculture. Brandywine first began as an heirloom tomato farm and has grown its niche to include a diversity of produce. In 2008 Brandywine Gardens expanded into the prepared food business as Brandywine Kitchen. The result of this process is that Brandywine Kitchen can offer sustainable food that is locally based, delicious, and affordable. From seed to plate! Time: Dinner menu Location: 1053 North State Street, Bellingham Cost: $50 + tax/person Contact: 360-734-0728 February 14, 2010 North Cascades Audobon Society - Whatcom Creek Walk This will be the February edition of the walk that’s opening a few eyes to the birds that we can find in the heart of downtown Bellingham. We’ll walk both sides of Whatcom Creek in the heart of downtown. We’ll amble downstream to its mouth and see what we might in the Whatcom Waterway. Then, we’ll return upstream on the opposite side of the creek to get a better view of what we might have missed. The meeting place will be in front of city hall. There is potential for a variety of winter birds where fresh water meets salt. Trip limit, 12. Time: 10:00 am Location: Bellingham City Hall Cost: Contact: Joe Meche, 739-5383 or mechejmch@aol.com February 17, 2010 WWU Water Film Series: Empty Oceans, Empty Nets This film explores the immense changes threatening marine fisheries worldwide. Entire populations of fish are becoming commercially extinct, yet consumer's demand for fish is on the rise . [The film] examines the full extent of the global fisheries crisis and the forces that continue to push many marine fish stocks toward commercial extinction. It also documents some of the most promising and innovative work being done to restore fisheries and protect essential fish habitat"--reaping vast profits from declining supplies, and how ordinary people from around the world have banded together to reclaim the public's right to clean water, creating a grassroots global water justice movement." Time: 4:00 pm Location: Western Washington University, Parks Hall 146 Cost: Contact: February 18, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: "Murder in the Snow" (2008 / Australia / 52 min) The Himalaya range, “the roof of the world,” is the setting for spectacular mountaineering – and the desperate flight of refugees from Tibet. The two are dramatically intertwined in this unforgettable film, one that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit, while raising disturbing moral questions. Time: 6:30 pm Location: Pickford Cinema –1416 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham Cost: Free varies Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 20, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: Red Gold (2008 / USA/ 50 min) In Bristol Bay, Alaska, the most abundant sockeye salmon runs in the world are being threatened by proposals to build what could become the largest copper and gold mine in North America. Native and non-native community members and fishermen come together to raise alarm over what this may mean for salmon and humans alike. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Fairhaven College Auditorium Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 20, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: River of Renewal (2009 / USA / 55 min) Competing demands for water, food, and energy have pitted farmers, Native Americans, and commercial fishermen against each other in the Klamath Basin in northern California. It takes environmental disaster to bring remarkable consensus to decommission dams and put the health of the river first. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Fairhaven College Auditorium Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 20, 2010 Birds of Whatcom County Did you know that Whatcom County is home to 350 species of wild birds? This fun workshop explores the bird life of Washington State, emphasizing those you are likely to see in your own backyard. Learn about the habits and migration patterns of our local avian friends and the best places to view them. Leave class with a wealth of resources, inspired to continue your hobby year-round! Instructor Gwin Cooper is a lifelong birdwatcher who enjoys sharing her knowledge and admiration for birds. Time: 9:00 am Location: Whatcom Community College Cost: $35.00 Contact: (360) 383-3200 February 18, 2010 Brenda Peterson, "I Want To Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here On Earth" Fundamentalism meets deep ecology in this unusual memoir. The author’s childhood in the high Sierra with her forest ranger father led her to embrace the entire natural world, while her Southern Baptist relatives prepared eagerly and busily to leave the world. Peterson survived fierce “sword drill” competitions demanding total recall of the Scriptures and awkward dinner table questions (“Will Rapture take the cat, too?”) only to find that environmentalists with prophecies of doom can also be Endtimers. Peterson paints such a hilarious, loving portrait of each world that the reader, too, may want to be Left Behind. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books, 1200 Eleventh Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: (360) 671-2626 February 21, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: River of Renewal (2009 / 55 min) Competing demands for water, food, and energy have pitted farmers, Native Americans, and fishermen against each other in the Klamath Basin in northern California. It takes environmental disaster to bring consensus to decommission dams and put the health of the river first. Time: 6:00 pm Location: Lummi Youth Academy - 2330 Lummi View Dr. Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 21, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: Split Estate (2009 / USA / 75 min) In vast areas of the United States, mining and oil companies have virtually unlimited rights to extract subsurface minerals, including through destructive methods such as “fracking.” Seen through the eyes of homeowners and farmers, this unnerving documentary reveals their complete absence of rights even in the face of horrific consequences for the environment, health, and property values. Time: 1:45 pm Location: Fairhaven College Auditorium Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 21, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: The Story of Cap & Trade (2009 / USA/ 10 min) A much heralded response to global climate change is succinctly explained, and artfully challenged, in this engaging short film. Time: 3:15 pm Location: Fairhaven College Auditorium Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 21, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: Flow, For Love of Water (2008 / 86 min) Scientists, activists and ordinary citizens worldwide respond to the growing privatization of dwindling fresh water supplies, in an unflinching critique of politics, pollution, and the dangerous emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Time: 3:30 pm Location: Fairhaven College Auditorium Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 22, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: Children of the Amazon (2008 / 72 min) Decimation of the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous communities continues at an alarming rate. This extraordinary film pairs current images with footage taken when highways first penetrated deep into the forest, revealing powerful impacts on children photographed 15 years earlier as well as profound implications for the entire planet. Time: 6:00 pm Location: Lummi Youth Academy - 2330 Lummi View Dr. Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 22, 2010 First Gear Bicycle Class: Confidence & Comfort Introduction to essential skills and techniques for confident, comfortable cycling on roads and urban trails. The course is based on the League of American Cyclists certificate curriculum. First Gear is the first of the three-part everybodyBIKE Full Cycle course. Oriented toward adults. Children under 16 may attend if accompanied by supervising adult. Registration required by February 20. Bring your bike and helmet for a fit and safety check Time: 6:00 pm Location: REI, Sehome Village, Bellingham Cost: $10 or Free for Smart Trips participants who register in advance Contact: Mary Anderson 671-BIKE or info@everybodyBIKE.com February 23, 2010 Dan Baharav, "Seakayaking From Mountians To Ocean: Reflections On Watershed Ecolog In The Washington Pacific Northwest" Presentation Includes Slide Show! This book explores the watershed and urban ecologies of the Northern Cascades, the Olympic Peninsula, and the Olympic Coast waterways on both sides of Interstate 5, a major artery of industrial-urban growth, as the author sea kayaks the lakes, rivers, estuaries, deltas, bays and inlets coursing into the Puget Sound and into the Pacific Ocean. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books, 1200 Eleventh Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: (360) 671-2626 February 23, 2010 Puget Sound Bites Presentation by Vincent Nattress. Meet Whidbey Island chef and insightful food blogger, Vincent Nattress, as he describes his vision for the food industry, the health of local farms, help people eat organic and eat well. A former student of Fairhaven College, Vincent focused on the cultural and historical perspective of the culinary arts. Laura Ridenour from Sustainable Connections' Food and Farming program will also be present to introduce the efforts and successes they have achieved to preserve local farms. Time: 6:00 pm Location: RE Sources' Sustainable Living Center, 2309 Meridian Street, Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: February 24, 2010 WWU Water Film Series: The Water Front What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer afford to use it? Residents of Highland Park, Michigan, known as the birth place of the auto industry, have received water bills as high as $10,000; they have had their water turned off and are struggling to keep water, a basic human right, from becoming privatized. The Water Front is the story of an American city in crisis, but it is not just about water. The story touches on the very essence of our democratic system and is an unnerving indication of what is in store for residents around the world facing their own water struggles. Time: 4:00 pm Location: Western Washington University, Parks Hall 146 Cost: Contact: February 24, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: Red Gold (2008 / 50 min) In Bristol Bay, Alaska, the most abundant sockeye salmon runs in the world are today threatened by proposals to build what could become the largest copper and gold mine in North America. Native and non-native community members and fishermen come together to raise alarm over what this may mean for salmon and humans alike. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Sehome High School Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 24, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: Children of the Amazon (2008 / 72 min) Decimation of the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous communities continues at an alarming rate. This extraordinary film pairs current images with footage taken when highways first penetrated deep into the forest, revealing powerful impacts on children photographed 15 years earlier as well as profound implications for the entire planet. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Squalicum High School Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 25, 2010 Kathryn Wadsworth & David DearDorff, "What's Wrong With My Plant . . . A Visual Guide To Easy Diagnosis And Organic Remedies" This is a “must have” for every gardener! By offering an easy visual system for diagnosing any plant malady—and matching it to the right, organic, cure—plant problems will be a thing of the past. If you can see it, you can fix it! Authors David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth have culminated their lives’ work into this one indispensable resource. They own a landscape design and garden coaching firm in Port Townsend, and Deardorff is also a plant pathologist and botanist. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books, 1200 Eleventh Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: (360) 671-2626 February 25, 2010 EverybodyBike Winter Slideshow Series: Olympic Peninsula and Cycling to San Francisco Olympic Peninsula and Cycling to San Francisco Family Friendly Bicycling Vacation in the Olympic Peninsula and San Juan Islands. Local educator and travel writer Laural Ringler will share photos of her family’s recent adventure, providing tips for how to plan a fun local bicycle vacation. Seattle to San Francisco, 1,000 miles by bike. Dr. Covert-Bowlds participated in an annual fund-raising bike ride with 26 cyclists from across the country. He’ll describe the sights and delights of this challenging ride. No registration required. All ages welcome. No equipment required. Time: 6:00 pm Location: REI, Sehome Village, Bellingham Cost: Suggested donation $2 Contact: Mary Anderson 671-BIKE or info@everybodyBIKE.com February 25, 2010 NSEA's Annual Community Celebration Join NSEA for food, fun, and fish-highlights as we celebrate 20 years of working cooperatively to restore sustainable wild salmon runs to Whatcom County. This free event is a great opportunity to see what NSEA has done in the past year, hear what we will be working on this coming year, and make a difference for the wild salmon in our local watersheds by becoming a NSEA Member. Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm Location: The Majestic, 1027 N. Forest, Bellingham Cost: Contact: 360-715-0283 or info@n-sea.org February 27, 2010 Tradition of Cedar An Evening to Celebrate Coast Salish Art With Barbara Brotherton, Curator Native American Art, Seattle Art Museum This is a fundraiser to raise money for the story pole, entitled \"It\'s Mine,\" to be carved by Lummi Carver Felix Solomon. This 10-foot horizontal cedar pole is Felix Solomon’s newest project, which is to carve and install a Coastal Salish sculpture which tells the story about the decline of salmon populations and the impact on Lummi culture within the community art collection in the heart of Bellingham at Maritime Heritage Park. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Whatcom Museum, Rotunda Room Cost: Contact: (360) 778-8930 February 27, 2010 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festivel: Children of the Amazon (2008 / Brazil / 72 min) Decimation of the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous communities continues at an alarming rate. This extraordinary film pairs current images with footage taken when highways first penetrated deep into the forest, revealing powerful impacts on children photographed 15 years earlier as well as profound implications for the entire planet. Facilitator: Dr. James Loucky, Professor (WWU Anthropology Dept.) Time: 7:00 pm Location: Fairhaven College Auditorium Cost: Free Contact: bellinghamhrff@gmail.com or http://www.whrtf.org/ February 28, 2010 Out of the Forest: A talk with Andrew Vallee, Smith & Vallee Woodworks What is behind the walls in the new Family Interactive Gallery? Andrew Vallee discusses sustainable woodworking in the Northwest, what the Smith & Vallee Woodworks team have been doing since The Tree Project and the amazing new installations at the Lightcatcher. This event is sponsored by Village Books. Time: 12:30 pm Location: Old City Hall, 121 Prospect Street, Bellingham, Rotunda Room Cost: $3.00 per person, members are free Contact: (360) 778-8930 |
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