Thirty lectures, contests and more pack Earth Week agenda April 19-23 at Bellevue College

Published 12:40 pm Monday, April 12, 2010

Tips on foraging for wild food and living on your land without spoiling it will be complemented by a poetry contest, a potluck of organic and locally grown foods, a “Meet Your Farmer” farmer’s market, a world’s style debate on organic foods, and numerous other lectures and activities during Bellevue College’s Earth Week Celebration April 19 – 23.

All Earth Week events are free and open to the public. They will take place primarily in the college’s cafeteria and student union (Building C, next to the fountain in the center of BC’s main campus).

The full schedule:

Monday, April 19

9:30 a.m.

“Communities of Hope on an Imperiled Planet,” lecture by Ted Bernard, professor, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University (author of Hope and Hard Times)

10:30 a.m.

“You Are What You Eat, Use, and Wear: How Toxic Chemicals In Everyday Products Contaminate Our Bodies and Homes, and What You Can Do About It,” lecture by Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, campaign director, Washington Toxics Coalition

11:30 a.m.

“Reading Food Labels: Inert, Inane and Imperative Ingredients,” lecture by Botany instructor Mike Hanson and English instructor Michael Meyer, Bellevue College

12:30 p.m.

“Better Science Through Chocolate,” lecture by Andy McShea, Theo Chocolate

1:30 p.m.

“This House Believes All Food Should be Grown Organically,” debate by Bellevue College Debate Team

2:30 p.m.

“The Real Dirt on Farmer John,” film screening and discussion

Tuesday, April 20

9:30 a.m.

“Why be a vegetarian?” lecture by Human Development instructor and counselor Rod Agassiz, Bellevue College

10:30 a.m.

“Food Allergies, Immune System Responses, and Treatment,” lecture by Barb Oswald, Bellevue College Disability Resource Center

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“Meet Your Farmer” Farmer’s Market

11:30 a.m.

“Food and Eastern Philosophy,” Philosophy instructor Mark Storey, Bellevue College

12:30 p.m.

“Local Hunger,” lecture by Hopelink staff

2:30-4:30 p.m.

“Unnatural Causes – Is Inequity Making us sick?” film screening and discussion

Wednesday, April 21

8:30 a.m.

“Future of Sustainable Careers and Jobs,” panel discussion led by Teresa McClane-Jaswal, Bellevue College Center for Career Connections

10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Interior Design Student Association Green Products Fair

10:30 a.m.

“Earth Verse: Poems of Praise, Poems of Peril,” open mic poetry reading hosted by English instructor Martha Silano, Bellevue College

11:30 a.m.

“Wild Foods of the Pacific Northwest: From Woods to Plate,” lecture by Langdon Cook, wild food forager and author of Fat of the Land

12:30 p.m.

“Save the Fish and Eat Them, Too,” lecture by Biology instructor Sue Miller, Bellevue College

1:30 p.m.

“National Parks in Japan – Conservation Differences in Japan and the US,” Consul Takashi Kuchii, Japanese Consulate General’s Office

3 p.m.

“Food Inc.,” film screening and discussion

Thursday, April 22 – Earth Day

8:30 a.m.

“Sustainability: Living as if the Future Matters,” Lisa Shaffer, Executive Director, Sustainability Solutions Institute, UC San Diego

9:30 a.m.

“Curbing Puget Sound’s Storm Water Problems,” Lisa Stiffler, researcher, Sightline Institute

11:30 a.m.

“Food and the Ancient Maya,” Anthropology instructor Chris Dixon, Bellevue College

12:30-2:00 p.m.

“”Global Weirding: The Real Story of Climate Change,” lecture by Lisa Shaffer, Assistant Director-Program Development and International Relations, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

2:30-4:30 p.m.

“Poisoned Waters,” Film screening and discussion

6:30 p.m.

“Organic Architecture,” Eric Corey Freed, sustainable urban planner and architect, author of Green Building for Dummies

Friday, April 23

10:30 a.m.

“Reading Food Labels: Inert, Inane and Imperative Ingredients,” lecture by Botany instructor Mike Hanson and English instructor Michael Meyer, Bellevue College (repeat)

12:30 p.m.

“Taste of BC” Community Potluck

Earth Week is organized by the Bellevue College Student Science Association, with assistance from the college’s Interior Design Student Association, Center for Career Connections and Pluralism committees.

For more information, http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/rv/earthweek/2010/schedule10.html

or contact Rob Viens in the Bellevue College Science Division, at rviens@bellevuecollege.edu or 425-564-3158.

Bellevue College’s main campus is located at 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue, at the intersection of S.E. 28th St. and 148th Ave. S.E.