Free Movie Night hosted by Sierra Club and the East Lake Washington Audubon Society (ELWAS). This documentary has almost no narration, a beautiful soundtrack and is filmed primarily from a bird’s perspective. It was a big hit in the theaters - this screen will be bigger than your TV, so enjoy!

We’ll have a 6:15 dinner-in-the-round with people from the community (bring your own brown bag dinner; hot beverages will be provided). The dinner topic/discussion will feature reports on how Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue, and Issaquah are progressing on their �Cool Cities� programs.

�Winged Migration� is 90 minutes long, we will start at 7:15 and run until 8:45 (no discussion afterward) .

Directions: This event will be held at the ELWAS office in Kirkland (Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 4^th Ave. S. (corner of 4^th Ave. S. and State). Take I-405 exit 18 (NE 85^th). Drive west on Central Way to 3^rd St. (stoplight). Turn left (south) on 3^rd St. and follow it as it bears left and changes name to State St. Turn left on 4^th Ave S.

RSVP or questions, please contact Shannon.Harps@sierraclub.org or 206.378.0114 ext. 306.

New Work Party Dates:

December 1st, 8th, 15th
January 5th, 12th, 19th, 21st (MLK Day), 26th

www.naturec.org

The Nature Consortium is committed to long-term stewardship & restoration of the West Duwamish Greenbelt, the largest remaining contiguous forest in Seattle. Our main goal is reintroducing native conifer species to the greenbelt. We also focus on invasive removal, maintenance, monitoring & environmental education activities at the site.

We are currently looking for volunteers who can get involved in monthly/weekly restoration work parties and educational workshops on Saturdays from 10am-2pm. Please RSVP if you�ll be attending. Tools, gloves & refreshments provided. Wear waterproof footwear & weather appropriate clothing and we suggest that volunteers bring full water bottles to refilled. Performing artists come out to “play in the woods” during many of our work parties to entertain volunteers. During the fall and winter months we will be planting native plants and trees throughout the site.

Call to book additional dates for groups of 10 or more

Email or call Mark Tomkiewicz (
buphalo) to RSVP for work parties.
buphalo@naturec.org
206-923-0853
(Please provide your Name, Address, Phone number, Email, Age and work party of interest.)

Further Details and Directions available at www.naturec.org

Location: Daybreak Star Cultural Center (Discovery Park)

Download Flier

This series features Elder Healers from various tribal traditions bringing teachings and
ceremony together to create Mother Earth healing circles. All events are FREE and open to the public. With gratitude, a suggested donation of $20.00 goes towards Mother Earth healing efforts

SPONSORED BY:
City of Seattle, Catholic Community Services, United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, IWASIL Boys & Girls Club, World Kulturz, Community Coalition for Environmental Justice, Seattle University.

Temenos Center
7901 35th Ave SW - Seattle, WA 98126
(35th & Kenyon St - Near Chief Sealth HS)
www.mysteryschoolnw.com - 206.683.9804
Daybreak Star Cultural Center
3801 W. Government Way - Seattle, WA 98199
www.unitedindians.com | 206.285.4425

Those who have explored the Olympic National Park or National Forest, know what brilliant natural wonders they hold. Now imagine one of those wonders — the Elwha River — literally coming back to life.

The most significant river restoration effort of our time will soon begin on Washington’s Elwha River. Two large dams will be dismantled to restore the river’s once-legendary salmon runs, and to revive an entire ecosystem from the mountains to the sea.

Join Educational Directors from American Rivers and Olympic Park Institute for a multi-media presentation on the restoration effort. Through film, stories and photography, we will share an update on this pivotal restoration project.

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Time: 7:00 PM

Cost: FREE

Location: REI � Seattle store - 222 Yale Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 - 206.223.1944

For more information, please visit:

American Rivers:

American Rivers is the only national organization standing up for healthy rivers so our communities can thrive. Through national advocacy, innovative solutions and a growing network of strategic partners, American Rivers protects and promotes our rivers as valuable assets that are vital to our health, safety and quality of life. Founded in 1973, American Rivers has more than 65,000 members and supporters nationwide, with offices in Washington, DC and the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, California and Northwest regions. Information is available online at http://www.americanrivers.org

Olympic Park Institute:

Founded in 1987, Olympic Park Institute�s mission is to teach science and environmental education in nature�s classroom to inspire a personal connection to the natural world and responsible actions to sustain it. Located on Lake Crescent’s shore, Olympic Park Institute offers field science education for school groups, conference facilities and adult education programs. Olympic Park Institute was named an exemplary organization by the Environmental Education Association of Washington and is a campus of Yosemite National Institutes, recipient of the 2004 California Governor’s Award for Environmental and Economic Leadership in Children’s Education. For more information, call 360.928.3720 (800.775.3720) or visit http://www.OlympicParkInstitute.org

Elwha Science Education Project:

The Elwha River is the largest watershed in Olympic National Park, and prior to construction of two dams in the early 1900�s, was home to all five species of Pacific salmon, along with other fish species. Removal of both dams and restoration of the fishery and ecosystem will begin after water treatment facilities are built to protect area water supplies. Olympic Park Institute, working in close partnership with Olympic National Park and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, designed the Elwha Science Education Project to increase student understanding of earth science, particularly for tribal youth, using the Elwha restoration project as a living model and laboratory. For information, call 360.928.3720 (800.775.3720) or visit http://ElwhaScienceEd.org

Hear Bob Aegerter of the Sierra Club’s Cascade Chapter talk about “Cool Cities: What Communities Can Do to Help Stop Climate Change” at the Padilla Bay Interpretive Center, 1043 Bayview Edison Rd., Mt. Vernon. All over America, communities are taking action to help solve global warming. From hybrid fleets in Charlotte, to green buildings in Austin, to homes powered with renewable energy in Seattle, local governments are moving forward with innovative energy solutions that curb global warming, save taxpayer dollars, and create healthier cities. Come learn what Washington State is doing! This free lecture is the third in the Fall Climate Change Lecture Series sponsored by Skagit Beat the Heat and WSU BeachWatchers. For more info, call 360-293-4048. www.skagitbeattheheat.org

First Friday Earth Forums – “Life at the End of Empire”Nov 2 and Dec 7, 7 to 8:30 pm.  Rainier UU Center (

)Contact: 
Dick Burkhart,  206-721-5672, dickburkhart@comcast.net(Rainier Valley UU Congregation, 206-722-4880, www.rvuuc.org) 

First Friday Earth Forums “Life at the End of Empire”Film Screenings and Discussion 

On Nov 2^nd and Dec 7^th the Rainier UU Center will host public Friday evening forums that feature the provocative new film What a  Way To Go:  Life at the End of Empire.  The first half will be viewed on Nov 2^nd, followed by group discussion focused on understanding the developing crises featured in the film – peak oil, climate change, mass extinctions, and population explosion.  The second half will be viewed on Dec 7^th, with dialogue on possible resolutions to these crises, especially David Korten’s vision of the Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community that helped inspire this film. 

Filmmakers Tim Bennett and Sally Erickson follow Tim’s life from his earliest years, when he  believed that we live in a special time of peace and prosperity.  Reading Tom Hartman’s The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight was quite a shock to him.  How had economic prosperity become ecological bankruptcy? 

The movie adds brief interviews with thinkers like Jerry Mander and Thomas Berry to a rich legacy of powerful film clips.  Mr. Bennett sees no easy answers.  For him there is something endemic to our culture and ourselves which must be transformed before we discover a way back to our true humanity.  We must learn to recognize the false stories of empire and to envision stories of civilization evolving to become ever more in tune with Gaia.  

Come early at 6:30 for coffee, conversation, and dessert.  The forum is free but donations to cover building usage and film screening fees are appreciated. RSVP for childcare.

First Friday Earth Forums – “Life at the End of Empire”Nov 2 and Dec 7, 7 pm to 8:30 pm.  Rainier UU Center (

)Contact:
Dick Burkhart,  206-721-5672, dickburkhart@comcast.net(Rainier Valley UU Congregation, 206-722-4880, www.rvuuc.org) 

First Friday Earth Forums “Life at the End of Empire”Film Screenings and Discussion 

On Nov 2^nd and Dec 7^th the Rainier UU Center will host public Friday evening forums that feature the provocative new film What a  Way To Go:  Life at the End of Empire.  The first half will be viewed on Nov 2^nd, followed by group discussion focused on understanding the developing crises featured in the film – peak oil, climate change, mass extinctions, and population explosion.  The second half will be viewed on Dec 7^th, with dialogue on possible resolutions to these crises, especially David Korten’s vision of the Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community that helped inspire this film. 

Filmmakers Tim Bennett and Sally Erickson follow Tim’s life from his earliest years, when he  believed that we live in a special time of peace and prosperity.  Reading Tom Hartman’s The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight was quite a shock to him.  How had economic prosperity become ecological bankruptcy? 

The movie adds brief interviews with thinkers like Jerry Mander and Thomas Berry to a rich legacy of powerful film clips.  Mr. Bennett sees no easy answers.  For him there is something endemic to our culture and ourselves which must be transformed before we discover a way back to our true humanity.  We must learn to recognize the false stories of empire and to envision stories of civilization evolving to become ever more in tune with Gaia.  

Come early at 6:30 for coffee, conversation, and dessert.  The forum is free but donations to cover building usage and film screening fees are appreciated. RSVP for childcare.

Shop for Cruelty-Free Gifts at the 2^nd Annual Vegan Holiday Festival 

This Year’s Celebrity Guest: Ironman Triathlete and Best-Selling Author Brendan Brazier 

FREE ADMISSION

Saturday, November 3, 2007

10am to 6pm

Benson High School

Vegan health expert and professional Ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier will headline the 2^nd Annual Vegan Holiday Festival on November 3 in Portland. The event will feature cooking demonstrations, FREE food samples, live entertainment and an array of exhibitors and non-profit groups that will share information on nutrition and health, exercise, and environmental sustainability. Holiday-themed and animal-friendly products and services including crafts, gifts, and food will be available for purchase. 

Brazier, 32, is a best-selling Canadian author on performance nutrition. His newest book, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Losing Weight, Reducing Stress and Staying Healthy for Life, is scheduled for an American debut in early 2008. 

Local presenters include culinary expert Chef Al Chase; cookbook author Julie Hasson; Bo Rinaldi and the chefs from Blossoming Lotus Café; and Piper Dixon, co-owner of Proper Eats Market and Café.  

This year’s event offers live performances by world fusion guitarist Michael Mandrell and punk horror author and animal rights activist David Agranoff.  A silent auction will showcase nearly $10,000 worth of vegan-friendly gifts and services, including vacation get-away packages, spa packages, holiday-themed food baskets, dinner and date packages, and more!  Fifty percent of auction proceeds will benefit Northwest VEG,
Oregon’s largest vegetarian organization. 

The Vegan Holiday Festival is the brainchild of Portland’s Robert Cheeke, President of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness and Director/Producer of the popular documentary “Vegan Fitness Built Naturally.”  Saddened by the unthinking cruelty that goes on in food and clothing production for the holiday season, Cheeke envisioned a festival that would inspire, educate, and motivate people to make healthier and more compassionate food and lifestyle choices now, and throughout the rest of the year.                                                           

Vegan Holiday Festival Co-sponsors:  Blossoming Lotus, Northwest VEG, Food Fight Vegan Grocery, Vega, Papa G’s Vegan Organics, VegNews Magazine 

Volunteer Help Needed:  Contact volunteerfest@yahoo.com  for information.  All volunteers receive a voucher to be used during the festival.

For All Other Information: Visit www.veganholidayfestival.com or contact Robert Cheeke at 541-231-6269 mobile, 503-206-6136 office, or veganholidayfestival@yahoo.com.

Location:

University Congregational
United Church of Christ
4515 16th Ave NE Seattle
(U district) 98105
206.524.2322 (www.ucucc.org )

Your Free Will Love Offering is invited!

Come, come, whoever you are,
wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving,
Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times,
Come, and come yet again. ~ Rumi

Our program will include the Whirling Dervishes of the Mevlevi Order of America led by Suleyman Scott Hofmann, Recitation of Rumi Poetry in Persian by Katayoon Naficy and friends, plus exquisite music offered by local musicians!

Hosted by: Pastor Don Mackenzie, Jamal Rahman & Karen Lindquist.

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization) has declared 2007 the ‘International Year of Rumi,’ commemorating
the 800th anniversary of the birth of 13th century Sufi mystic teacher,
Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. His universal teachings, mystic poetry & timeless stories have remarkable relevance for our lives today.

Your love offering will be shared with the Mevlevi Order of America, a not-for-profit
educational organization dedicated to making the Teachings of Rumi accessible to ALL through classes, workshops, cultural experiences, music, movement and prayer events. For more information, visit: www.hayatidede.org. This event is a collaboration between Interfaith Community Church www.interfaithcommunitychurch.org , UCUCC, Bet Alef Meditation Synagogue www.betalef.org, Northwest Interfaith Community Outreach (NICO) in support of interfaith harmony and understanding.

October is International Walk to School Month!
Join children all around the world for HEALTH, for CLEAN AIR, and for FUN by walking to school instead of being driven or taking the bus.

For more information or to see if there are Walk to School events happening at your school, contact Jen Cole or Ellie Taylor at 206.652.2310, or jen@feetfirst.info. See www.saferoutes-wa.org for more information on Safe Routes to School.

Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center is offering classes this fall on ways to create an environmentally friendly, sustainable household. There are classes on putting solar panels to use, using all the fruit from a fruit tree, remodeling a home with sustainable materials, and education on the salmon life cycle. Please register for the courses one week prior to the class date. All classes will take place at the Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center located at 950 NW Carkeek Park Road.

Intro to Green Living
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 7 - 9 p.m.
Considering a remodel? Help is here! Learn to incorporate health, efficiency and environmental performance into your home improvements. Thor Peterson is the Residential Green Building specialist with Seattle Department of Planning and Development, and has more than seven years of experience working with green building programs. This two-hour workshop will explain what makes a remodel “green,” describe how the green remodeling approach is distinct from conventional remodeling, and show case studies of real Seattle remodels. Samples of green materials and recommended books will also be displayed, and there will be plenty of time for project-specific questions. Thor is a graduate of the Sustainable Building Advisor Certificate program, and author of Seattle’s Green Home Remodel guides.

Saving Green: Customer Generation, Green-Up and Energy Conservation
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 10 a.m- Noon
Seattle City Light is leading the way as the Seattle’s first Carbon Neutral utility. Come find out more about how you can get involved in conservation, alternative energy sources and generating your own power. Producing your own electricity using solar and other technologies is a growing reality in many parts of the U.S. and around the globe, due partly to recent federal and state incentives. Hear about our cutting edge programs like Production Incentives or Customer Generation (available since 2002) which credits you for power generation that offsets consumption. Make a day of it and join the 2007 International Solar Tour after the program!

Finding Your Inner Green (Green Interiors)
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007 7 - 9 p.m.
Sustainable Building Advisor, Alicia Silva, is the founder of Synergy Design Studio in Greenlake and co-founder of Greener Lifestyles in Ballard. Her firm specializes in Green remodeling and interior design for aspiring LEED developments. Ms. Silva has vast experience in a variety of Green materials and applications. Join us to learn what makes these products sustainable and how each could perform and integrate into your specific project. You will be able to touch and see a wide variety of products including: flooring options, paint qualities, tiles, carpet, and countertops. Come share in her green building experience, and focus on achieving true quality of life using green, environmentally friendly products, and design.

Salmon Steward Training
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Do you have the desire to educate others about the wonders of the outdoor world? Do you want to learn more about the salmon life cycle? Looking for a reason to spend more time outside during fall and winter? Come to Carkeek and learn about the importance of salmon and how to talk to visitors about them. We will ask that you sign up for four 3-hour shifts between November and early December to wander by the creek or staff a table and answer visitors’ questions. Bring your calendar and a bag lunch! (NOTE: if you can make it for salmon stewards this fall, consider being one our volunteer feeders this winter). These are great ways to earn school service credit! Please pre-register one week in advance by calling (206)-684-0877.

Use Your Fruit!
Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 7 - 9 p.m.
Have a fruit tree in your backyard? Tired of seeing that fruit go to waste? Come to Carkeek for a fun, hands-on tutorial, and learn creative ways to preserve your fruit. From baking, to step-by-step canning, you’ll save money, conserve resources, and enjoy your produce all winter long. Join Colin McCrate, founder of the highly praised Seattle Urban Farm Company, and partner Brad Halm as they use fruit from the Carkeek orchard to teach us an age-old practice. On the way, also learn tips for winterizing your garden and growing next year’s backyard crops in a sustainable, organic, salmon-friendly way.

Clean Water Act Forum: Water Quality and You!
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 7 - 9 p.m.
Topics: Focus on research by Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project’s (CWCAP) Water Quality Committee chair, Gary Minton PhD, and Michele Gamble on the fecal coliform levels in Seattle’s urban Creeks and the health effects on humans and wildlife. Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council and Larry Phillips, King County Council will respond. Forum Moderator, Kathy Fletcher, People For Puget Sound (PFPS), will speak on the current Status of Clean Water Act legislation. Questions from the audience are welcome. The Forum will be followed by a viewing of the short film of 2003 dive off of Carkeek by Wayne Paulson, WDFW, and a report from CWCAP’s Salmon Committee on Piper’s Creek 2007 Salmon Supplementation Program. Sponsored by CWCAP, PFPS and the Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club Water and Salmon Com.

Piper’s Creek Watershed Council Meeting
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 4 - 6:30 p.m.
The Piper’s Creek Watershed Council is the group of shareholder agencies and community groups responsible for tracking the implementation of the Piper’s Creek Watershed Action Plan. They meet two times a year to hear updates on watershed projects and special presentations on issues that impact water quality. Meetings are open to the public. For more information please call Beth Miller (206) 386-9154. Why not make a night of it? Stay for the Clean Water Act Forum from 7 - 9 p.m.

Natural Water Catchment for the Home
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Join us for an in-depth discussion about passive and active rainwater harvesting and management strategies. Mike Brolli will reveal the mysteries of rainwater harvesting systems for flushing toilets, how to design rain gardens, vegetated roofs, waterwalls, best soil management practices, and many other techniques for managing rainwater on site. This presentation discusses the importance and techniques of restoring/healing the hydrology in the built environment to pre-development levels. Mr. Broili, director of Well Home Program at Phinney Neighborhood Association, has extensive experience in the construction trades as a contractor and designer with a low impact and sustainable approach to environmentally sensitive ventures.

What’s Good For You Is Good For The Watershed
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 7 - 9 p.m.
Welcome to November! It’s time to close the windows and turn on the furnace…. doesn’t sound too appealing does it? Closing up one’s home for the winter can result in headaches, sinus problems and even mold! A healthy home environment improves the quality of life for children, elders, or for anyone with asthma or allergies. There are many free, inexpensive and easy things that you can do to make your home healthy. Come learn about how to reduce pollutants in and around your home and make your home a safe place to live. Join Aileen Gagney, American Lung Association of Washington Master Home Environmentalist Program Coordinator for this info-packed evening!

Greener (and Healthier) Household Alternatives
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007 7 - 9 p.m.
How toxic is my disinfectant? Do I really need it? What should I do about mold growing in my house? How toxic are laundry and dishwashing detergents? How toxic is chlorine bleach? What can I use instead? Do cleaning products contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals? What is the least toxic soap for washing a car? Come find out which cleaning products are the most toxic and where to find recipes for home-made cleaning products? Philip Dickey is on the Washington Toxics Coalition and is internationally known as an expert on household chemicals. He has worked for WTC since 1989 and holds a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of Illinois.

Piper’s Creek Annual Salmon Festivities
Weekends: November-December 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
and Friday Nov. 23
Come see the yearly salmon run from early-November to early December. Each weekend between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. you can join our trained Salmon Stewards by the creek and learn all about the salmon’s life cycle and habitat.

On Nov. 23 join us for activities by the creek and for CWCAPs special family activities at the Carkeek Environmental Learning Center between 12 noon and 2 p.m. Fun for all ages.

For further information on these classes please contact Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center at 206-684-0877 or www.seattle.gov/parks

Event Website

Hosted by: Washington Conservation Voters

Location: The Westin Seattle

Description:

7:00 Registration
7:30 Program
Featuring Guest Speaker
Governor Chris Gregoire

Hosted by: NW Ecobuilding Guild

Location: Pilgrim Firs Conference Center outside Port Orchard, WA, map

Description:

Mark your calendars now! Save the Date! This year’s Retreat is gonna be Great! Join us October 19th – 21st at Pilgrim Firs Conference Center outside Port Orchard, Washington for a weekend full of fun, learning, and camaraderie!

We’re putting together another great program that will include:

• Jason McLennan is our Saturday Keynote speaker. Jason is the director of the US Green Building Council’s Cascadia Chapter.
• Architect Carol Venolia, a frequent contributer to Natural Home Magazine and co-author of Natural Remodeling for the Not So Green House, will be our Sunday Keynote.
• Patti Southard of King County Metro
• Jonathan Campbell will be talking about Sustainable Business Planning Globally
• Sandy Bishop from Lopez Island Community Land Trust
• Jonathan Scherch who teaches Permaculture at Antioch College

We’ll also have presentations on:

• Green Building Rating Systems with Tom Balderston
• Photovoltaics in Developing Countries with Brad Burkhartzmeyer
• Dealing with Difficult Clients, a seminar by the firm of Linville-Ursich
• Beyond Fossil Fuels with Charlie Stephens
• Our Wonderful, Annual Slideshow of Member Projects
• And Much, much More!

Event Website: Seattle Bioneers

Hosted by: The Northwest Environmental Council

Location: Seattle Center, map

Description:

Seattle Bioneers

The first annual Seattle Bioneers Conference is taking place October 19-21 at the Seattle Center.

This three day event seeks to inspire and motivate all those who care for the Earth. Each morning of the conference will include live satellite feed from the Bioneers Headwaters in San Rafael, CA. This year’s speakers include Eve Ensler, Evon Peter, Winona LaDuke, Jay Harmon, and Van Jones among others.

The afternoons will be filled with local, Pacific Northwest specific workshops and presenters. These topics include:
Pachamama Symposium~~Organizing for Social Change~~How to Build Your Own Grassroots Campaign~~Population Growth~~Socially Responsible Investing~ Biodiesel~Regional Food Systems~~Puget Sound Eco Economics~~Computers, Environmental Health and Justice~~Conscious Language~~Environmental Toxins and the Duwamish River~~Climate Change~~Yoga~~Intentional Communities~~Learning from Nature~~Routes to Sustainability~~Mt. Rainier Recover Efforts~~Permaculture~~and many others!

Friday, Oct 19 includes a keynote address from renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, featured in the new film ‘The 11th Hour’, speaking on How Mushrooms Will Save the World.

Saturday, Oct 20 includes a Pachamama Symposium on Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream

The conference concludes Sunday, Oct 21 with a Community Connections panel facilitated by Cecile Andrews.

Hosted by the University of Washington Program on Climate Change

Location: Charles L. Pack Forest educational center at the foot of Mt. Rainier

The 2007 Graduate Student Conference (GCC) will bring together approximately 60 graduate students for a three-day event. Through student presentations, poster sessions and informal interactions, the conference aims to provide a forum for discussion between graduate students in climate sciences from a multitude of disciplines, including earth, atmospheric, biological, and ocean sciences. The conference will allow students to take the lead in presentations, moderation, and discussion in a conference early in their scientific careers.

Event website: Whidbey Institute Offerings

Hosted by: Whidbey Institute at Chinook

Location: Whidbey Institute at Chinook, in Thomas Berry Hall

Time: 9:30am - 5:00pm

Cost: $65 (includes lunch)

Description: “The cosmological powers of the Universe are coursing through us moment by moment. To become aware of these powers is to touch the Source of Life.”

Brian Swimme is a noted author, lecturer, and teacher of evolutionary cosmology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

The 2007 A World beyond Capitalism Conference is an annual event of unparalleled access and outreach, and so it should be no surprise that we’re going to try a radical 2-city approach to the AWBC this year: The Seattle, Washington venue will feature open forum networking amongst activists who desire a world free from capitalism, rather than speakers and topics. The Olympia venue will feature speakers and workshops from all over the world. Both events are completely free of charge.

The first portion of the ABWC on October 4th will be in Olympia, Washington. The first day of the conference, including lunch with free vegan and vegetarian food, will be held at the Millersylvania Park Environmental Learning Center (ELC) starting at 1pm. The ELC includes a dining hall/ kitchen, restrooms/ showers, one amphitheater, one private swim area, eight canoes, two rowboats, three Ballfields, plus a volleyball and a
horseshoe court so there will be plenty of room for break out groups.

The initial workshops (such as Theatre of the Oppressed at 1pm) will be taught here and there will be free time to enjoy the hiking trails and canoes, rowboats, ballfields, and the volleyball and a horseshoe court.

The ELC also has about 40 tables so people are free to exhibit on these tables with their non-corporate, non-government (and definitely non-politician) activist group material from 1pm-3pm.

Millersylvania Park is an 842-acre camping park with 3,300 feet of
freshwater shoreline on Deep Lake. The park, filled with trails, is
abundant in old-growth cedar and fir trees.

Millersylvania Park is located at 12245 Tilly Road South, Olympia,
WA, 98512.

Free shuttles to Millersylvania departs at 12noon on October 4th, 2007 from 225 Milroy Street NW, Olympia, WA 98502 and returns by 4pm on the same day.

There will also be many film festivals by night at other locations on October 4th and many classes, workshops by day on October 5th and as well as Riotfolk performing on October 5th!

The second portion of the AWBC will be in Seattle beginning on Saturday, October 20th, 2007. It will begin at 1pm.

The AWBC will officially end at 3pm on Oct 20th, 2007.

Location of Oct 20th event:
4001 - 9th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105

Everything is free…As it should be.

Love for the people,

-AWBC 2007 organizers

The AWBC 2007: 4 Days, 3 Venues, 2 Cities, 1 Mission: Networking and Working Together to Create A World of Peace, A World of Equality: A World That is Beyond Capitalism!

Zero Registration Fees…as it should be!

The Third Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference

http://www.aworldbeyondcapitalism.org

PDF Schedule and Flyer:

http://aworldbeyondcapitalism.org/awbc2007/2007schedule.pdf

Open office Schedule and Flyer:

http://aworldbeyondcapitalism.org/awbc2007/2007schedule.odt

http://pugetsound.org/index/siteevent-details-action/id.350

Date: October 20, 2007

Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Location

Union Slough Restoration Site
Hwy 529
Everett, WA
Snohomish county

Details

Dig in and give us a hand planting native trees and shrubs at the Port of Everett’s Union Slough restoration site! There is lots of open space just aching for new plants after this summer’s weeding events…and now is the best time for those new baby natives to nestle into their new home. Join us as we bring more beauty and healthy habitat to this unique urban restoration site.

Kids under 12 welcome with adult supervison. All the tools you need will be provided, plus snacks and water. Please wear sturdy footwear and bring raingear and a lunch.

Contact

Keeley O’Connell
koconnell@pugetsound.org
360-336-1931

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Event: Winter Farmer’s Markets seattlefarmersmarkets.org

Hosted by: Neighborhood Farmer’s Market Alliance

Location: University District (Saturday), West Seattle (Sunday)

Description:

FARMERS MARKETS IN THE WINTER: Remember that U-District is open year round and West Seattle is open every Sunday through February 24! The winter markets feature all kinds of squashes, root veggies, greens and other goodies, plus meats, cheeses, poultry, eggs and seafood - PLUS all kinds of preserves, pickles, ciders, holiday wreathes, and more! Support local farms and enjoy the bounty of local harvests at holiday meals and all year-round.

Come celebrate our harvest from the historic Piper Orchard in Carkeek Park.Enjoy locally made desserts and fresh hot cider in our cafe while listening to live music and storytelling! Bring a pie and join our apple pie baking contest! Cider pressing! Auction of delicious dessert made by professional local bakers!Lots of fun activities for kids!

WHERE? Environmental Learning Center @ Carkeek Park

All the proceeds will benefit the continued organic care and restoration of
Piper Orchard in Carkeek Park.

For more information call 684-0877 or go to www.piperorchard.org

This event is sponsored by: Friends of Piper Orchard, Sustainable Ballard,
Carkeek Park Advisory Council, Seattle Parks & Recreation, and REI.

Hosted by: Seattle Art Museum

Location: Olympic Sculpture Park, map

Cost: FREE

Description:
Explore the bugs, insects and other creatures living in the Neukom Vivarium. Then head to the Art Lab to create your own cool critter costume, just in time for Halloween! Designed for kids ages 3–12 and their parents or guardians. Download our PDF form to register for the program.

Program is free.

Family Fun programs at the Olympic Sculpture Park are presented by Wells Fargo.

For more information: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org.

www.naturec.org

The Nature Consortium is committed to long-term stewardship & restoration of the West Duwamish Greenbelt, the largest remaining contiguous forest in
Seattle. Our main goal is reintroducing native conifer species to the greenbelt. We also focus on invasive removal, maintenance, monitoring & environmental education activities at the site.

We are currently looking for volunteers who can get involved in monthly restoration work parties and educational workshops. Please RSVP if you’ll be attending. Tools, gloves & refreshments provided. Wear waterproof footwear & weather appropriate clothing and we suggest that volunteers bring full water bottles to refilled. Performing artists “come out to play in the woods” during many of our work parties to entertain volunteers.

The Nature Consortium hosts volunteer work parties at least one per month on Saturdays from 10am - 2:00pm and occasional other dates. Each work party begins with a Forest Ecology Workshop. During the fall and winter months we will be planting native plants and trees throughout the site.

Call to book additional dates for groups of 10 or more

Email or call Mark Tomkiewicz (
buphalo) to RSVP for work parties.
buphalo@naturec.org

Details and Directions available at www.naturec.org

206-923-0853
(Please provide your Name, Address, Phone number, Email, Age and work party of interest.)

Reclaim the Media presents the Seattle premiere of Pirate Radio USA, presented by filmmakers Jeff Pearson and Mary Jones). Seattle-based filmmakakers “DJ’s Him and Her” take you on a live tour of the underground world of illegal broadcasting in the USA. Radio Davids battle Media Goliaths and find out the real price of freedom. Cosponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Community Radio and the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Part of the Reclaim the Media Community Media Film Festival. All screenings take place at Central Cinema, 21st and E. Union (map).

Visit www.reclaimthemedia.org for complete festival information.

Reclaim the Media presents the new documentary film Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad/A Little bit of So Much Truth, presented by filmmaker Jill Freidberg).

When the people of Oaxaca decided they’d had enough of bad government, they didn’t take their story to the media…They TOOK the media. In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century. But it was the people’s use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca.

A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice. Cosponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Community Radio and the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Part of the Reclaim the Media Community Media Film Festival. All screenings take place at Central Cinema, 21st and E. Union (map).

Visit www.reclaimthemedia.org for complete festival information.

Dr. Paul Johnson, UW School of Oceanography, will talk about “Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Impacts, Choices, and Change” at the Anacortes Library, 1220 10 St. Sponsored by Skagit Beat the Heat and WSU Beach Watchers. For more info, please call 293-4048 or e-mail evelynadams1@verizon.net.

Town Hall and the Burke Museum present the award-winning nature photographer Florian Schulz showing and talking about his photographs of the Rocky Mountain West. German-born Schulz has dedicated ten years to documenting the drama and beauty of North America’s largest wildlife corridor: the Rocky Mountains. Schulz’s Rocky Mountain photos are compiled in a book and exhibition at the Burke Museum, both entitled Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam. Presented by Town Hall, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, and Mountaineers Books. Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

Reclaim the Media presents the Seattle premiere of Paper Tiger Reads Paper Tiger TV, presented by Paper Tiger co-founder DeeDee Halleck).

Paper Tiger Television (PTTV) has been creating fun, funky, hard-hitting, investigative, compelling and truly alternative media for 25 years, and its groundbreaking productions have influenced generations of media artists and activists around the world. Paper Tiger Reads Paper Tiger TV tells the story of how this NYC video collective has grown and evolved since 1981. It’s a jubilant mosaic of archival footage featuring interviews with media critics and historians as well as current and past Tigers.

followed by Waves of Change, a panel discussion on the future of community media broadcasting. Guests include DeeDee Halleck (Paper Tiger/Deep Dish TV), Jill Freidberg (Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad), Joaquin Uy (KBCS), Jeff Reifman (NewsCloud.com), Jonathan Lawson and Karen Toering (Reclaim the Media), and other community media practitioners, evangelists and pioneers. Event cosponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Community Radio and the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Part of the Reclaim the Media Community Media Film Festival. All events take place at Central Cinema, 21st and E. Union (map).

Visit www.reclaimthemedia.org for complete festival information.

Event website

Hosted by: Church Council

Location: Town Hall, map

Cost: Dinner only: $50, Lecture only: $25, Combined: $65

Contact: Brianna Thomas 206-525-1213

Description:

Guest Speaker Tony Campolo, noted Evangelical social justice advocate

• Doors Open 5:30
• Dinner Served 6:00
• Lecture Begins 7:30

Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus are veteran environmental advocates who two years ago authored a provocative articl “The Death of Environmentalism” in which they criticized environmental movement for its unwillingness and inability to present a bold, positive vision for the country. They believe that a new kind of aspirational politics that resonates with modern American values is required to address both the big picture of global climate change as well as specific issues such as American oil dependency. Shellenberger and Nordhaus will launch their new book, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, at Town Hall. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with University Book Store. Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street.
Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating

BINN: Because We’ve ‘Been’ Ignored By Corporate and Progressive Media For Far Too Long.

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Free Pizza!

Staff Members of the Olympian, the News Tribune, Works in Progress, Green Pages, The Sitting Duck, The Volcano Weekly and Cooper Point Journal are asked not to enter this conference in order to encourage people to speak out about the way we’re left out!

A Free Event Because We’ve Been Ignored By Corporate and Progressive Media For Far Too Long.As minorities, marginalized people, activists and progressive members of the community, we already realize that corporate media censors news about marginalized people. But what exactly do we do when progressive newspapers, magazines and media groups also ignore marginalized people?

Recent scientific research has demonstrated that biases thought to be absent or extinguished remain as “mental residue” in most of us.

Studies show people can be consciously committed to egalitarianism, and deliberately work to behave without prejudice, yet still possess hidden negative prejudices or stereotypes.

So even though we believe we see and treat people as equals, hidden biases may still influence our perceptions and actions.

Psychologists at Harvard, the University of Virginia and the University of Washington created “Project Implicit” to develop Hidden Bias Tests — called Implicit Association Tests, or IATs, in the academic world — to measure unconscious bias.

Here in Olympia, Washington we plan to talk in detail about these hidden biases that exist in Progressive Northwest Publications.

Have you ever felt that news which and events which affect you were ignored by your local progressive newspaper or magazine? This is your time to speak up!

Has it ever bothered you that these issues are absent from the front page of your local corporate progressive newspaper:

• News stories about Patriarchy and Sexism in Newspapers dominated by male employees
• News stories about the rise in progressive media groups that objectify a woman’s body in their advertisements accepted
• News stories about African-American People
• News stories about People of Color
• News stories about Trangendered People
• News stories about Immigrant Issues
• News stories about Physically and Mentally Challenged People
• News stories about Other marginalized groups
• News stories about the injustice of Capitalism Now is your time to speak up!(Bring any type of dish but please write down all the ingredients of your dish on a small sheet of paper for the consideration of vegans and vegetarians, thanks.)Even if you have never been the victim of discrimination you are welcome to share your thoughts on “bias from the unbiased.”

  A few topics you may want to discuss if you have never been a victim of bias are…

  Ageism?
  - How can we get more attention paid to the plight that the elderly are facing while living in abominable, understaffed and deadly multinational corporate nursing homes… even though youth rarely see the insides of them until they are old and visitors and cameras are strictly prohibited?

  Sexism?
  - Do you think it is fair that so few progressive newspapers and media groups refuse to allow several weeks of paid maternity leave when activist groups and progressive businesses with lower budgets in the UK and other industrialized countries have over twice as many paid weeks of maternity leave?

  Homophobia?
  - Why do so few progressive newspapers and media groups refuse to mention homophobia in their statement of anti-discrimination?

  Classism?
  - Is a Co-Op business, based on buying plans and purchasing clubs, blatantly discriminating against the poorest classes of people who cannot afford such plans and cannot afford co-op membership fees?

  Ableism?
  - African-American Americans had to struggle through slavery, a civil war and a civil rights movement for the right to use the front door and the right to sit in the front of a bus or a business. Do you think it is fair for so many progressive newspapers and media groups to deny wheelchair users the right to use their front door? Do you think it eats away at the dignity and the self-esteem of wheelchair users on a daily basis when they are told that they must go to the rear… and use the side door or the back door..just to sit at a meeting of a progressive media group?

  Media Kick-backs?
  - Do you think it is fair for progressive newspapers and media groups to ask marginalized people for sponsorships and kickbacks before running a news story? Important: if you have proof (emails, receipts, etc) of a progressive media group requesting kickbacks to run a news story, please bring it!

  Come share your thoughts!
  No fees, no donations, no money and no hateful rhetoric please. Come as you are. People of all ages, genders, physical abilities (the meeting room and the studio are all 100% wheelchair accessible), races, sexual orientations and backgrounds are greatly welcome!

  “Many in our movements preach the value of free speech, open dialogue, and debate, yet as soon as somebody challenges our most basic assumptions, or dares to level a public criticism at the liberal powers-that-be, they are barked down and accused of creating a “circular firing squad.” It seems to me that when you’re simultaneously losing on nearly every one of our so-called “issues” — abortion, civil rights, the environment, the economy, foreign policy — questioning everything should no longer be our right, it should be our responsibility.”

  -Adam Werbach, Former president of the Sierra Club, from the controversial speech “Is Environtalism Dead?”. Adam Werbach resigned from the Sierra Club, and decided to stop calling himself an ‘environmentalist’, shortly after determining that the Sierra Club chose to remain ‘neutral’ in regards to the growing number of anti-immigrant environmental ‘activists’ within the Sierra Club who were supporting anti-immigration laws and using ‘over-population’ and ‘protection of the environment’ as their rational for their extreme racism and bias.

  Come share your thoughts!

• BINN Website: http://www.dsame.com/binn.html

World Leader in Sustainable Ecology Talks at Cascadia Convergence

Scientist and environmental activist David Suzuki addresses the urgent need for climate action

WHAT: Keynote speech by Dr. David Suzuki, well-known scientist and environmental activist who will address “Sustainability within a Generation” and the urgent need for climate action. Dr. Suzuki, featured in the recently released film, 11^th Hour narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, has helped expand public awareness on issues like the climate crisis, peak oil and threatened ecosystems that sustain our quality of life. The evening also includes a panel discussion with local community leaders like KC Golden of Climate Solutions on how to accelerate a path forward in our bioregion, Cascadia.

WHEN: Friday, October 26^th, 7pm

WHERE: Town Hall 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

COST: $25 public, $23 student, $45 corporate; Purchase tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19665

Includes pre-event reception with David Suzuki: $75 general, $95 sustainability supporter; Purchase tickets:

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19686

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Dr. Suzuki’s speech marks the beginning of the Cascadia Convergence (www.sustainablecascadia.org) a two day event which provides a forum where the public can come together with community groups and businesses to explore sustainable ways to live now and in the future. It’s just one of many events occurring during Green October 2007 (www.greenoctober2007.com), a community campaign to highlight dozens of sustainability related events.

Sustainable Cascadia is the organization behind the Cascadia Convergence. It is a new project under the fiscal sponsorship of Sustainable Seattle, with a mission to foster ongoing collaboration toward sustainability in one generation across the Pacific Northwest bioregion called Cascadia.

MEDIA CONTACT: inquiries@sustainablecascadia.org or (206) 228-3321.

Event: Sustainable Funerals Seminar

Hosted by: One Earth One Design, A Sustainable Lifestyle Store

Website: OneEarthOneDesign.com

Location: 14300 Greenwood Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98133 (on the NE corner of 143rd and Greenwood Avenue North)

Cost: FREE

Description: In celebration of the life we live as caretakers of this earth and the legacy we leave behind, One Earth One Design is presenting a seminar on sustainable funerals. Discussion will cover a variety of environmentally friendly options for funerals and burials, including laws and regulations, family rights and support groups, green burial sites, and eco-friendly shrouds and containers.

Hosted by: Washington State Association for Multicultural Education

Location: Pigott Hall, Seattle University, Broadway & Madison, Seattle

Description:

13th Annual Fall Multicultural Conference to bring together individuals, members of organizations and student groups to discuss and share information related to multicultural, intercultural, and diversity issues and concerns. Special Anti-Racism Student/Staff School Team Training. Intensive Workshops. 20 Breakout Sessions. Cultural Performance Complimentary Diversity Resources. Up to 5 Clockhours. Multicultural Vendor Sales. Multicultural Excellence Awards. Silent Auction. Scholarship Fundraiser. Keynote Speaker: Elliott Lewis, television journalist and author, Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America. WSAME Special Recogniti on Award: Dr. James A. Banks: U.W. Killinger Professor of Diversity Studies; Director, U.W. Center for Multicultural Education. Dr. Cherry A. McGee Banks: Worthington Distinguished Professor; Associate Editor, Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. Keynote Address: Lessons from the Mixed Race Experience. info wsame@mindspring.com or 206- 522-5438 or http://www.wsame.org