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OneNOAA Seminar Series Webinars
2019-08-02 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
OneNOAA Science Seminars are the most complete and integrated summary of NOAA science and climate seminars across the nation. The Series aims to bring you the most comprehensive summary of public access, NOAA hosted science seminars available. For remote access and more, visit the OneNOAA Science Seminar Calendar. All seminars are posted in Eastern Time. Join us!
A few upcoming topics include:

August 2nd: Ocean acidification global to local
changes: what is in store for us?
August 6th: Climate Change and Tribes and Indigenous Peoples: Findings from the
Fourth National Climate Assessment
August 13th: Enhancing Marine Weather Awareness using Crowd-Sourced
Observations from Mobile Devices

Climate Change Kid Lawyer Camp!
2019-08-05 08:30 - 2019-08-09 16:30 | St. Agatha School, 7960 SE 15th Ave., Portland, OR, 97202, United States
This is a great opportunity for middle schoolers (grades 6-8) to learn about law by doing it – using the Juliana kid climate case, just argued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, as a model. Young people can take parts as appellate lawyers for the kid plaintiffs or for the government defendants, or if they prefer they can choose media roles as reporters or photographers. Experienced practitioners will guide them through climate science, the federal government and justice systems, the interesting legal doctrines in this case, how to construct and deliver an argument, how to capture images for maximum impact and how to interview people and write articles. This is a fun and empowering way to learn how the legal process works from different perspectives. Scholarships are available through Saturday Academy.

Bark Base Camp
2019-08-20 17:00 - 21:00
For two decades, Bark has worked to create opportunities for people to experience the forest firsthand and to learn about the flora, fauna, rivers & meadows, as well as the threats posed by industrial logging. Bark’s boots-on-the-ground approach strengthens our advocacy and legal tactics and has helped us save countless special places across the Mt. Hood National Forest. This August, we invite you to join us again in the forest to continue this work while we celebrate your tenacity in defending & protecting Mt. Hood National forests for the last 20 years! This year at Base Camp, we will not only document the threats to the forest, but also set a course toward a better future for this ecosystem that supports us all.
Staff & volunteers will host a family-friendly group camp in a free, undeveloped site in Mt. Hood National Forest. Base Camp is open to all who wish to join for any length of time, even if just for one day. Campers support Bark’s work by volunteering to gather critical information about current and past logging projects, document potential beaver habitat, swap stories over shared meals, and much more. As we spend time together in the forest, we will build connections to environmental, social, and other place-based movements.

Bird Safe Portland: Developing a Bird‐friendly Buildings and Dark Sky Campaign
2019-08-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
The National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in collaboration with the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program (UWCP) is pleased to announce its third webinar, sponsored by the Urban Bird Treaty Program (UBT Program). This webinar series is open to all who are interested in participating, so, please forward to your own partner networks.
SPEAKER: Mary Coolidge, Portland Audubon
DESCRIPTION: Up to 1 billion birds die in window collisions every year in the United States alone, at all scales of development, from single family residential to low rise commercial buildings to high rises. Moreover, light pollution from artificial light at night contributes not only to collisions in migrating bird populations, but impacts behavior, movement, reproduction in many wildlife species. Today, over a dozen North American cities have developed Bird Safe Building standards, including San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Portland and Toronto, paving the way for similar efforts in other municipalities. Many cities, counties and states are also implementing sustainability initiatives to address climate change and reduce energy-efficiency demands, which presents opportunities to integrate lights out and dark skies initiatives that protect the ecological function of our cities at night. Portland has been a UBT City since 2003, and Audubon’s Bird Safe Program has been generously funded by a National Fish & Wildlife Foundation grant to educate the public as well as architects, landscape architects, designers, planners, and elected officials about these issues to ensure that we are designing our built landscape for ecological resilience into the future. From data collection and development of a voluntary Resource Guide, to legislative advocacy to integrate Bird Safe measures into the city of Portland’s Green Building Policy and zoning code, we have been on this road for a while. We will discuss the tactics, best practices, resources, collaborations and key stakeholders used to develop an urban hazard reduction campaign.
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The UWCP webinar series is intended as a resource for conservation professionals (i.e., biologists, educators, communicators, interpreters, law enforcement officers, and natural resource managers) in the Service and in partner organizations who seek innovative community-based solutions for wildlife conservation. This webinar series aims to support the diverse work of its members, who work to establish and strengthen relationships with urban audiences to protect and conserve our wildlife resources, by taking a “deeper dive” into a variety of topics identified during the 2018 “Community Connections Academy”. Webinars will showcase successful approaches, tools, and resources used by members to advance progress in reaching the goals established in the UWCP
Standards of Excellence. This series also provides a venue to share experiences and connect with others in the UWCP community.
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WEBEX INFORMATION
To REGISTER for the event, click here.
The playback of UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files requires appropriate players. To view this type of rich media files in the meeting, please check whether you have the players installed on your computer by going to https://doilearn2.webex.com/doilearn2/onstage/systemdiagnosis.php
Recordings of previous UWCP webinars can be found in the NCTC Video Gallery at: The Urban Wildlife Conservation Program Webinar Series.
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For Webex assistance, contact NCTC WebEx Host 4, Shannon Connors, send a message to shannon_m_connors@fws.gov

Preparing for Campus Sustainability Month 2019
2019-08-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
October is Campus Sustainability Month! Join this webinar to gain ideas and inspiration for how you can leverage #CampusSustainabilityMonth to engage and inspire incoming students and other campus stakeholders to become sustainability leaders. Speakers will share examples for how campuses can participate, lessons learned and suggestions for how to use this international event to promote sustainability on your campuses and beyond.
Register today
Billie Hardin, Sustainability Project Manager, Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
Billie directs and supports the 16 KCTCS Colleges and the KCTCS System Office in establishing sustainable development strategies. She also manages the KCTCS space utilization initiative designed to enhance space and enrollment efficiencies to increase student access, completion, and retention. Billie is the chair of the Kentucky Environmental Education Council, an agency attached to the Kentucky Cabinet of Education and Workforce Development. She is an Executive Committee member and the immediate past chair of the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education Board of Directors and serves as a liaison to the Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education (KUPEE). Billie also serves as an Advisory Council member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. She has served as a liaison for the U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Challenge and as a Board member of the Kentucky Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. Billie obtained a B.S. from the University of Louisville, a Master’s of Public Administration from the prestigious Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky, and a Master’s of Science in Education from the College of Education at the University of Kentucky.
Ashwani Vasishth, Associate Professor of Sustainability and Director, Center for Sustainability at Ramapo College of New Jersey
Ashwani Vasishth is Associate Professor in Sustainability, Convener of the undergraduate Sustainability Program (BA), and Director of the Center for Sustainability at Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is President of the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS). He directs as well the AASHE Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum at RCNJ. He is part of the Environmental Studies Major, and is a faculty member in both the South India and Peru Study Abroad Convening Groups. His pedagogy is focused on Education for Sustainability from within a transdisciplinary framework, and within the context of a globalizing International Development paradigm.
He has research interests in an ecosystem approach, urban ecology, systems thinking and mental models.
He received his PhD from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in Environmental Planning, and his Master’s Degree from MIT, Cambridge, in International Development. He has an undergraduate degree in Architecture from India, with a focus on vernacular shelter systems.

History of Botanical Gardens - Chet Orloff
2019-08-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Leach Botanical Garden, 6704 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97236, United States
With beautiful photos and entertaining stories, Chet Orloff will take us from the gardens of antiquity forward to the great documentary gardens of the 18th and 19th centuries and finally to the gardens of our own Pacific Northwest. He will discuss the work of some of the great names in garden design, including Brown, Jefferson, and the Olmsteds and what they contributed to our current garden tradition. Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society from 1991 – 2001, Chet teaches urban studies, history, and planning at Portland State University and the University of Oregon School of Architecture. He is founding president and director of the international Museum of the City. Chet has served on the Portland Planning, Landmarks, and Arts & Culture commissions, as well as the Portland Parks Board and numerous other city, state, and national boards and committees.

All lectures will take place in the Manor House at Leach Botanical Garden
6704 SE 122nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97236. Use Creekside Parking lot
Doors open at 6:00 pm for refreshments and strolling in the Garden. Lectures begin at 7:00 pm
Note. Although the link on Yapsody says PayPal, you don’t need a PayPal account. After you click on Paypal, you have the option to pay with a credit card.
Please contact the Education Coordinator for more information: 503-823-1671 or jvrilakas@leachgarden.org

THANK YOU TO PORTLAND NURSERY, OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR
