PESC meeting Sunday April 20 at noon
with Pizza — at the Yellow House (414 E. 2nd St. Moscow). Send agenda items to Pat Fuerst.
Fossil Fuel Divestment TOMORROW (Friday 4/ 18)at WSU, 3 pm, room 220 CUE (Smith Center for Undergraduate Education):
“People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.” (South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu). We need an apartheid-style boycott to save the planet. Trillium Asset Management was active in the successful South African divestment campaign of the 80s. Now they are working with the “Fossil Fuel Free” campaign of 350.org which is encouraging universities, businesses and individuals to divest from companies in the fossil fuel industry. Will Lana of Trillium will present ‘Fossil Fuel Investment and Divestment: Choices for a Responsible Investor’. He will provide socially responsible information for people and institutions to move their personal investments out of coal, oil and gas companies and about reinvesting in companies that are related to clean energy and a more sustainable economy. Sponsored by WSU Environmental Science Club and the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition. Directions to the CUE, Smith Center for Undergraduate Education:http://virtual-tour.wsu.edu/
Additional information on environmentally responsible investment is available at 350.org and this whitepaper “Extracting Fossil Fuels From Your Portfolio”, http://www.trilliuminvest.com/
You can read the rest of what Archbishop Tutu says about climate change and divestment here.
Earth Week next week at WSU: three events:
Emily Hunter Monday, 4/21 7pm WSU – CUB Auditorium
Emily Hunter is an environmental author and filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. Born into the environmental movement, her father was the late Robert Hunter, first president of Greenpeace and her mother, Bobbi Hunter, the first woman to save a whale by blocking a harpoonist at sea. For nearly a decade Emily has reported from the frontlines of global environmental campaigns, from the Sea Shepherd ships saving save whales in Antarctica to the rainforest of Borneo waging a media battle against the palm oil industry.
WSU Earth Day Fair, Tuesday April 22, 11am-2pm–Terrell Mall
Please come celebrate all that Earth provides on April 22nd at the biggest Earth Day Fair ever on WashingtonState University’s Terrell Mall. This year there will be at least 25 Washington and Idaho community groups and WSU student groups that are involved in the sustainability of Earth tabling on The Mall. In addition to all the conscious groups that will be tabling and informing students, faculty, staff, and the public community of their sustainability-related mission, there will be an open-microphone for anyone to freely speak about the environment, other open-mic entertainment, and free “Earth Week 2014”: sustainable coffee mugs, magnets, t-shirts, and drawstring bags for visiting some of the Earth Day Fair group tables and learning about what they are all about. There will be many opportunities to get involved in the conservation, preservation, and restoration of Earth through the 25 groups that will be there. The WSU Earth Day Fair is sponsored by the ASWSU Environmental Sustainability Alliance and WSU Environmental Science Club. We truly hope to see there!
Markese Bryant Tues. 4/22 7pm CUB Auditorium
Markese W. Bryant is a 2012 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow. In 2010, Markese was selected as a winner in a nationwide business plan competition called “Energy, Economy and Innovation” at Morehouse College. After graduation, Markese joined the Green For All to build and manage the College Ambassador Program, which focused on fostering young, green-economy champions at fifteen Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Through this program, Markese played an integral role in organizing the largest delegation of African American college students to attend any Power Shift conference to date. Markese also partnered with Green For All to release a music video entitled “The Dream Reborn”, which garnered over 32,000 views on youtube.com and won 2nd place in the Environmental Protection Agency nationwide video contest. Markese will be coming to WSU to talk about diversifying the sustainability movement and making environmental education available to everyone regardless of their background. For more information about Markese and his mission visit his non-profits webpage: fightforlight.org
Weds. April 23: Goliath Staggered: How the People of Highway 12 Conquered Big Oil
Wednesday April 23, Moscow BookPeople, Wild Idaho Rising Tide and FOC are co-sponsoring a reading/discussion with author Steve Bunk from his new book Goliath Staggered: How the People of Highway 12 Conquered Big Oil. The event starts 7 pm at Moscow BookPeople, 521 S. Main Street.
Goliath Staggered News Release.pdf
Wednesday April 30 DamNation at Kenworthy:
On Wednesday April 30, FOC and Save Our Wild Salmon are co-sponsoring the documentary DamNation, which takes a critical look at the dam building era of the 20th Century and the efforts to decommission dams and recover native fish and aquatic ecosystems in the 21st Century. The film starts 7 pm at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre,508 S. Main Street, Moscow. Watch the trailer.
Best write-up on our Tar Sands presentation that I know of:
http://provost.wsu.edu/tribal-
