Palouse Food Innovation Summit this Monday, 11:30-4:30 (Livestock 8-11:30) at 1912 Center; the afternoon session from 1-4:30 looks especially relevant and well-planned. See details on attached flyer; it appears that everything is free including lunch and registration did not seem to have a deadline: www.uidaho.edu/
Palouse Food Innovation Summit this Monday, 11:30-4:30 (Livestock 8-11:30) at 1912 Center; the afternoon session from 1-4:30 looks especially relevant and well-planned. See details on attached flyer; it appears that everything is free including lunch and registration did not seem to have a deadline: www.uidaho.edu/
A Mock Oil Spill event on Terrell Mall at WSU, on the Todd Hall steps from 12pm-4pm on November 5th. At 12 noon, Bob Grandchamp will speak about his experience as an Americorps volunteer during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At 12:30 pm Pierre Wensel will speak about alternatives to petrochemical fuels, including his algae research. Everyone in the Palouse community is welcome to join in picketing, helping to cleanup the “oil spill”, or just coming to be a part of this environmentally conscious event. The event is being organized by the ASWSU Environmental Task Force, WSU Environmental Science Club, and WSU Wellbeing.
The next “Transition Town” meeting.
This is the Moscow premier of this film, the 2nd in a series on the Alberta tar sands. This prize-winning documentary narrated by Sigourney Weaver describes the biggest construction project on the planet in the Alberta tar sands which is destroying a Canadian wilderness and costing lives. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited to this free presentation on Friday, November 9, at 7pm at the UUCP basement, 420 E 2nd St., sponsored by PESC and the Unitarian Church.
PESC Monthly Meeting.
This will include the PESC group and another group presenting waste/recycling and consumption.
from Helen Yost – “Two more Sunshine Oilsands wastewater evaporators could traverse U.S. Highway 12 between 10 pm and 5:30 am next Monday and Tuesday night, December 3 and 4.” “Join monitoring and protesting carpools provisioned with video and still cameras, audio recorders, and notebooks, converging and departing the corner of Second and Washington Street in Moscow, at 9 pm on Monday and Tuesday evening, December 3 and 4, and possibly other following weeknights influenced by impending rain and snow.” Contact: Helen Yost at wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com.
Additional speakers may begin earlier. This is a unique opportunity to provide your input to the Army Corps of Engineers on what topics should be evaluated in an environmental impact statement. If you are able to go and need a ride, let Helen Yost know by tomorrow (Monday) evening: wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.
And from Helen Yost: “Most of the information and links about both the proposed Boardman and Bellingham coal ports and their public processes is included in this previous WIRT email message, now posted on the front of the WIRT website: http://wildidahorisingtide.
from Helen Yost – “Two more Sunshine Oilsands wastewater evaporators could traverse U.S. Highway 12 between 10 pm and 5:30 am next Monday and Tuesday night, December 3 and 4.” “Join monitoring and protesting carpools provisioned with video and still cameras, audio recorders, and notebooks, converging and departing the corner of Second and Washington Street in Moscow, at 9 pm on Monday and Tuesday evening, December 3 and 4, and possibly other following weeknights influenced by impending rain and snow.” Contact: Helen Yost at wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com.
David Montgomery, author of “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations” will give the keynote address for the CSANR (Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources) celebration at WSU. I strongly recommend this: he has an incredible story about the significance of soil, impact on past civilizations and predicted future impact. At 5:20pm at Ensminger Pavilion on the WSU campus. Pat has the PDF announcement for all the events at the celebration and a map to the Pavilion – let him know if you’d like them.
Kirsten Peter’s book signing at Bookpeople of Moscow this Saturday 11 am-noon. “The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals About the Nature of Endless Change” by WSU faculty member E. Kirsten Peters: Focus on adapting vs. eliminating.
PESC Monthly Meeting.
Palouse Transition meeting Wednesday at 5:30 pm at UUCP Church basement. We will begin to establish working groups at that time, so please try to attend as we really need all the help we can get to start making things happen. Possible groups: Generational / Food-producer vs. consumer (growing-processing) / Energy / Waste / Education / Youth / local economics / Water / Transportation / Local government-Political / Transition Town process
This group is re-forming and will meet at this time.
