Check out the Wisescape exhibit and other conservation information at the exhibit booth! The City will be at the Latah County Fairgrounds to answer questions, provide literature and show off the latest water saving programs.
Join us for a dance party featuring Henry C. and the Willards to help PCEI break in and support the new Nancy Taylor Memorial Pavilion. Donations collected that evening will go support the completion of the Nancy Taylor Memorial Pavilion at the PCEI Nature Center.
Check out the Wisescape exhibit and other conservation information at the exhibit booth! The City will be at the Latah County Fairgrounds to answer questions, provide literature and show off the latest water saving programs.
Agenda items include deciding on support for the Nez Perce benefit concert. Schedule date for Sustainable Energy presentation – Graham Stevens. What other agenda items are there?
Meeting will be followed by discussion of plans for a presentation on this year’s trip to the Healing Walk. Pat Rathmann, Anne Remaley and Pat Fuerst.
The City of Moscow and Avista are hosting a free admission showing of Liquid Assets from 5:30pm–8:00pm. This 90 minute documentary explores the critical role that our water infrastructure plays in protecting public health and promoting economic prosperity. The film viewing, at the Kenworthy theater, will begin with a reception and book sale of Drinking Water- A History, James Salzman. He is the keynote speaker at the October Palouse Basin Water Summit.
“Our Freshwater Future” Thursday, 9/19 presentation by Sandra Postel in the WSU CUB auditorium and 7 pm. She is a TEDx presenter. Details at http://environment.wsu.edu/lanelecture – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufQggKQ5u1Q.
We have finalized arrangements for a Nez Perce megaload blockaders benefit concert at the Unitarian Church in Moscow and will bring our plans to the Tribal Activist Meeting tonight (Sept. 5). The Friday, September 20, tentative performance schedule sees the Moscow Volunteer Peace Band (Fritz Knorr contact) marching from Friendship Square/(downtown loop?) at 6:30 pm, Jeanne McHale and the Threat Level Purple Singers playing at 7 pm, the Galactic Tofu Farmers (Chris Norden and Leontina Hormel contacts) taking the stage at 8 or 8:30 pm, and Undiscovered Country (Tom Drake contact) performing at 9:30 or 10 pm. For further information, contact Helen Yost at wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com.
Draw the Line: Momentum has been gathering to have a forceful presence in support of the nation-wide “Draw the Line” campaign by 350.org to send a message that we oppose the Keystone XL pipeline – a decision by Obama is imminent. We will be doing photo petitions with an artificial pipeline both individually and in groups with as many people as possible, writing messages on a white board. We are engaging student groups from WSU and UI. There are ways you can help – let me know if you are willing.
Here is the link to our events:
http://act.350.org/event/draw_the_line/search/?akid=3543.591886.3aVyce&rd=1&t=3&zip=99163.
Draw the Line: Momentum has been gathering to have a forceful presence in support of the nation-wide “Draw the Line” campaign by 350.org to send a message that we oppose the Keystone XL pipeline – a decision by Obama is imminent. We will be doing photo petitions with an artificial pipeline both individually and in groups with as many people as possible, writing messages on a white board. We are engaging student groups from WSU and UI. There are ways you can help – let me know if you are willing.
Here is the link to our events:
http://act.350.org/event/draw_the_line/search/?akid=3543.591886.3aVyce&rd=1&t=3&zip=99163.
Elaine Alvey, a native of Kentucky, will give a presentation on “Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia”. She will discuss the process and impacts of mountain top removal for coal. Elaine is a WSU graduate student in the college of education. As an undergraduate at the University of Kentucky she explored the relationship between the coal industry and public education in Appalachia. This presentation is at 7 pm on Monday, September 23rd in room 103 of the Menard Law Building on the University of Idaho campus, with free parking nearby. The event is sponsored by the UI Environmental Law Society and the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition.
Spokane and Tri-Cities rallies co-coordinated with Occupy Spokane at the Millennium Bulk (coal export) Terminals Longview public scoping hearings (9/17 Cowlitz Expo Center in Longview, 9/25 Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, 10/1 The Trac Center in Pasco, 10/9 Clark County Fairgrounds in Vancouver, 10/17 Tacoma Convention Center in Tacoma)
The scoping period for the environmental review process is Aug. 16 to Nov. 18. During this period, comments to assist in a decision of what impacts to analyze in an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be gathered. During the scoping period there will be multiple ways for the public to submit comments, including online, by mail, by email and at public scoping meetings.
More information at Washington State Department of Ecology
Regional Rising Tide strategy summit (Bellingham, Washington location and dates TBA)
“Our Liquid Asset”
