January 2012 Sustainability Events Calendar - PLEASE DISTRIBUTE
Annette Mills
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Please take a look at the January 2012 Sustainability Events Calendar and forward both versions to your organization’s members and to anyone else you know who may be interested.
A complete list is posted below and on our website (www.sustainablecorvallis.org) under “New and Events”.
NOTE: The Sustainability Coalition’s Annual Meeting is next Thursday! See details below.
Thank you for your help spreading the word about all of these great events.
Annette Mills, Facilitator
Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
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Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
SUSTAINABILITY EVENTS CALENDAR
January 2012
Events for people who want to learn about and get involved with efforts to make Corvallis and Benton County sustainable communities
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4 (9:00 am)
Introduction to Building Science and Home Performance Diagnostics
CSC Wx Training Center 240 SW Washington St (Behind the Beanery)
Contact: dfe...@communityservices.us, 541 753-0509
Sponsor: Community Services Consortium (CSC)
THURSDAY, JAN. 5 (12 noon – 1:30 pm)
SUSTAINABILITY COALITION ANNUAL MEETING
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Contact: in...@sustainablecorvallis.org, 541-230-1237
Sponsor: Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
MONDAY, JAN. 9 (7:30 pm)
Tenacity of Living Things in a Hostile World
Avery House in Avery Park
Contact: Esther, 541-754-0893
Sponsor: Native Plant Society of Oregon, Corvallis Chapter
TUESDAY, JAN. 10 (7:00 – 8:45 pm)
RETHINKING THE ECONOMY: ARE THERE VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO “BUSINESS AS USUAL”?
Presentations/panel discussion - Rob Dietz (Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy), Steve Hughes (Oregon Banks Local), Jason Bradford (Farmland LP), Cheryl Good (Corvallis HOUR Exchange)
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave.
Details at www.lwv.corvallis.or.us
Contact: ami...@virginiavillageproductions.com, 541-230-1237
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Corvallis
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JAN. 10 & 12 (7:00 pm)
Corvallis International Film Festival, part 6: “Human Planet: Jungles – People of the Trees” and “Voices of the Forest: Thailand” movies from the UN-sponsored Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.
Richardson Hall room 107 (30th and Jefferson, OSU campus)
Contact: Susan...@oregonstate.edu or see http://international-programs.forestry.oregonstate.edu
Sponsors: Corvallis Sustainability
Coalition; OSU College of Forestry, International
Forestry Students Association, Student Sustainability Initiative; and Majestic
Theatre
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11 (12:30 pm)
The
Boardwalks of Benton County, Oregon – Jackson Frazier Wetlands, Marys River
Natural Park
and Finley Wildlife Refuge
Preregistration required
Contact: Leslie Hogan 541-924-0130, qwi...@peak.org <mailto:qwi...@peak.org>
Sponsor: Marys Peak Group of the Sierra Club
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11 (7:30 pm)
SUstainable Economy Discussion Group (SEDG)
Imagine Coffee House, 53rd and Philomath Blvd. (Highway 20), S.W. corner
Contact: Skip Wenz (edi...@ecotecture.com)
Sponsor: Ecotecture® Publishers
SATURDAY, JAN. 14 (7:30 am – Noon)
half-day
local birding walk
Meet at Benton Center to organize carpool, trip to
Basket Slough NWR and Livermore
Road north of refuge
Contact: Bill Proebsting, proe...@gmail.com
Sponsor: Audubon Society of Corvallis
SUNDAY, JAN. 15 (7:00 pm)
Audio program with pictures based on the book, "The Polluters" 2010 by Benjamin Ross. A 30-minute film on the history of the chemical industry followed by a discussion led by Robertal Hall.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, room 7, 2945 NW Circle Blvd., Corvallis
Contact: Elizabeth Waldorf (dewa...@comcast.net)
Sponsor: UUFC Environmental Action Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JAN. 24 & 26 (7:00 pm)
Corvallis International Film Festival, part 7 double feature: “Amazon Alive: Jungle of the Mind” and “Hope in a Changing Climate” plus short film “Death of a Forest”
Richardson Hall room 107 (30th and Jefferson, OSU campus)
Contact Susan...@oregonstate.edu or see http://international-programs.forestry.oregonstate.edu
Sponsors: Corvallis Sustainability Coalition; OSU College of Forestry, International Forestry Students Association, Student Sustainability Initiative; and Majestic Theatre.