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NWPR News:
Satellite Will Search For Carbon “Sinks”

Does the Northwest produce more of a key global warming gas than its plant life absorbs? A satellite to be launched could deliver an answer. It will track sources and “sinks” of heat-trapping carbon dioxide... all from an orbit hundreds of miles above the earth.

Tom Banse of Northwest Public Radio speaks with WSU scientist George Mount... [ Listen] | [Read more]


 
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Read the latest:
CEREO Newsletter - January 2008

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- CEREO Retreat -

April 23, Wednesday, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Bundy Reading Room (111 Avery Hall) on the Pullman campus [meeting summary] [agenda]

Handouts:
Overview of Recent Outreach Activities
CEREO and Carbon Masters


Seminars, etc.

   Next Seminar:

Seminar listings will resume in the fall of 2008.


   Past Seminars:

"Beyond the Emerald City: History and an Ethic of Place." Presented by Dr. Matthew Klingle, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College.
April 16, 2008, 4 pm, CUE 202.   [flyer]

Cassandra Moseley

February 28, 2008, 2:30-4:00 pm, Lighty 405
Cassandra Moseley

Director of the Ecosystem Workforce Program in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at University of Oregon
The effects of declining public investment on federal forests and public lands communities   [flyer]

January 11 (Fri), 2008, 6:00 pm, CUE Room 203
Dr. David Orr, Environmental Studies Educator
- Some Like it Hot...Lots of Others Don't -- The Changing Climate of U.S. Politics   [more]

An archived video streamed may be viewed by logging onto www.experience.wsu.edu.

November 16, 2007 (Fri), 3:10 pm, T-101
Ron Sims, King County Executive
- Regional Solutions to Global Climate Change. [flyer]
This program is brought to you by Washington State University Extension in cooperation with CEREO at Washington State University. Click one of the following options to view an achived video stream of Mr. Sims' presentation: RealPlayer, Windows Media Player

King County – WSU Follow-Up Meeting (01/25/08) to Executive Sims’ Pullman Presentation
King County – WSU Meeting (03/18/08)



WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center
HIGHLIGHT: A new focus on environmental education for high school students.

  
(Above left) Dr. Gary Chastagner discusses conifer experiments with UPS summer high school science students.
(At right) Dr. Rita Hummel (far right) talks to the UPS class about her ornamental pear tree experiment.

Throughout the year, faculty and staff host science students to view and discuss environmental research underway at the Puyallup Center. This summer, a special high school tour and a proposal from two Puyallup High School teachers helped develop new ideas for expanding environmental education at the WSU Puyallup campus.

In July, students from the University of Puget Sound (UPS) Summer High School Science Program for local youth visited to learn about using genetics for sustaining the environment. Dr. Gary Chastagner, discussed propagation techniques for conifers. Dr. Rita Hummel talked about selecting superior trees for sustainable landscapes. Soil scientist Andy Bary gave a tour through the organic production systems and Dr. Jon Johnson showed the group riparian buffer strips planted with hybrid poplars. Extension Coordinator Norm Dart introduced them to applications of DNA fingerprinting for plant pathology forensics and Scientific Assistant Katie Coats showed the group equipment used in the molecular biology lab to aid in basic biological research.


PHS science teacher Meri Miller (center) shows students two wetland plants


PHS student maps a WSU wetland

In August, Puyallup High School (PHS) teacher Dave Wetzel met with WSU faculty and staff and initiated a proposal for a high school environmental education program that could expand into middle schools as the program grows. Wetzel and PHS teacher Meri Miller have been bringing science students to visit research projects at the Puyallup Center for several years. This summer, an advisory WSU committee (Andy Bary, Jon Johnson, Gwen Stahnke, Dory Clausnitzer and Tanyalee Erwin) began work with Wetzel and Miller to establish the creation of a WSU wetlands educational site where students can conduct small research experiments while working to monitor and restore the project area.

ENV Courses

   Fall 2008 Environmental Courses:

Undergraduate Environmental Courses
Graduate Environmental Courses

   Environmental Course Pathway:

Educational Pathway Document

Join CEREO

Invitation to Participate

To capture the breadth and depth of environmentally-related activities throughout WSU, we invite every WSU research, education and outreach faculty member and environmental stakeholder to become affiliated with this university-wide effort.

You can affiliate with CEREO by completing the web-based Invitation Form. Once your completed form is electronically received at CEREO you will be asked to send via electronic attachment a short (no more than two pages) curriculum vitae. When you’ve completed both steps your email address will be added to the "CEREO Affiliates" list serv and you’ll begin receiving updates on a regular basis.

Please respond today! Your response information will then become part of our data base, and included in a roster of WSU colleagues possessing expertise in one or more of the following themes initially being emphasized by the Center:

  • Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases

  • Economic Development and Environmental Quality

  • Ecosystem Dynamics

  • Education for Ecological Literacy and Citizenship

  • Environmental Entrepreneurship

  • Environmental Justice

  • Human and Natural Systems Interaction (including Global Warming and Climate Change)

  • Relationship between Culture, Society and the Environment

  • Subsurface Science

  • Temporal Responses to the Environment (Paleo and Evolutionary)

  • Water and Atmospheric Resources

If you need any additional information please feel free to contact the CEREO office. Thanks for your interest. We look forward to hearing from you!

Local Environmental Groups

Opportunities to connect with the environmental community
on the Palouse and at WSU

Looking for an opportunity to connect with the environmental groups in the area? Listed below are environmental groups at WSU and throughout the communities of Pullman and Moscow. We invite you to get involved!
Also, please let CEREO know if you would like your environmental group to be included in this list.


PALOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS


Friends of the Clearwater
Mission: To educate the public concerning and advocate for the protection of the Clearwater River drainage's public wildlands, found in North Central Idaho.
Website: http://www.friendsoftheclearwater.org
Email: foc@friendsoftheclearwater.org

Groundworks
Mission: To protect and restore the land while promoting cultural change for an ecologically sustainable future.
Website: www.ground-works.org
Email: groundworksmail@verizon.net

Palouse Audubon Society
Mission: To raise the level of public awareness for wild birds of all types, birds and wildlife of special concern, and habitat needs for wild birds and animals.
Website: www.palouseaudubon.org
Email: clgtlg@moscow.com

Palouse Conservation District
Mission: To actively assist current and future generations of land managers (rural & urban) in implementing conservation practices by providing educational, technical and financial assistance.
Website: www.palousecd.org
Email: palousecd@pullman.com

Palouse Prairie Foundation
Mission: To promote preservation and restoration of native Palouse Prairie ecosystems in Latah and Whitman Counties (in Idaho and Washington), through public awareness, education, literature resource, encouraging responsible local seed production, and acting as a leader or consultant in Palouse Prairie restoration efforts.
Website: www.palouseprairie.org
Email: ppf@palouseprairie.org

Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute
Mission: To increase citizen involvement in decisions that affect our region’s environment.
Website: www.pcei.org
Email: info@pcei.org

Pullman Civic Trust
Mission: To provide the opportunity for citizens to build a better community through civic and environmental projects in Pullman.
Website: www.pullmancivictrust.org

Pullman Community Gardens
Mission: To provide community garden plots to anyone interested in growing food in a healthy and environmentally friendly way.
Website: www.pullman-wa.com/svcorg/pcg/default.htm
Email: Koppelfarm@pullman.com


WSU ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS


Emerging Green Builders
Mission: To further the interest in Green Development and Sustainability in the Built Environment, and to prepare members with the necessary tools to take and pass the LEED exam.
Website: http://www.egb.wsu.edu/egb.aspx

Engineers Without Borders
Mission: To develop an organization capable of efficient coordination, funding, supervision and documentation that links university engineering schools with hands on project opportunities, primarily in the developing world.
Website: http://www.wsu.edu/~ewb/home.html

The Environmental Science Club
Mission: To give Washington State University students who are studying environmental science and regional planning and related fields an opportunity to interact with their fellow peers who are interested in the well being of the environment and to work to improve the environment on campus and in the community.
Website: http://www.sees.wsu.edu/ForStudents/index.html

Environmental Task Force
Mission: To incorporate the various environmental and sustainability groups around campus in order to pool resources, connect groups, and facilitate the University's progress towards becoming a more sustainable and environmentally friendly institution.
Website: http://etf.wsu.edu

WSU Organic Farm
Mission: To pass on the skills necessary to grow organic fruits and vegetables in an intensive small-scale environment, to conduct organic research projects, and to provide fresh produce to local food banks and non-profits.
Website: http://css.wsu.edu/organicfarm/

Progressive Student Union
Mission: To seek political change of one form or another through non-violent activist means.
Website: http://wsuprogressive.com/

Roots & Shoots
Mission: To improve our world through service learning projects that promote care and concern for animals, the environment and the human community.
Website: https://www.rsoportal.com/WSU/Public/ViewPublicGroupProfile.aspx?ID=323, or visit www.rootsandshoots.org

Sustainable Agriculture Club
Mission: To promote and implement sustainable social, economic and environmental practices by fostering multi-disciplinary relationships across campus and the larger Pullman community through research, education, and advocacy.
Website: http://wiki.wsu.edu/wsuwiki/Sustainability_Club