Please join The Evergreen State College's Graduate Program on the Environment at the 26th Annual Rachel Carson Forumhttp://www.evergreen.edu/mes/rachelcarson on April 23, 2015, 5:30-9pm in Evergreen's Recital Hall. The Rachel Carson Forum is an annual student-run event dedicated to Rachel Carson’s legacy of exploration and understanding of complex environmental issues and questions. This year's topic is urban ecology.

Date & Time:

Thursday, April 23, 2015, 5:30-9:00pm
(5:30pm-6:30pm - environmental organization fair; 6:30pm-9:00pm - speakers)

Location:
The Evergreen State College Recital Hallhttp://www.evergreen.edu/tour/docs/areamap.pdf in Olympia, WA

Speakers:
Gail O’Sullivan & Karen Nelson are co-founders of the Commons at Fertile Groundhttp://commons.fertileground.org/, a non-profit in downtown Olympia whose mission is to demonstrate urban sustainability. For the last 16 years they have been developing the site for use by the community. They host many large and small events and have incubated a number of small, local businesses by adding their support and exposure. The Evergreen State College has played a key role in their development by participating with internships, field trips and panel discussions on urban sustainability.

Kathy Wolf, Ph.D. is a Research Social Scientist at the College of the Environment, University of Washington, and does research that integrates landscape design and environmental psychology. She has a joint appointment with the U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station to help develop a program on Urban Natural Resources Stewardship. She has worked professionally as both a landscape architect and as an environmental planner. Since receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Dr. Wolf has done research to better understand the human dimensions of urban forestry and urban ecosystems. Wolf's professional mission is to discover, understand, and communicate human behavior and benefits as people experience nature in urban settings. Moreover, she is interested in how scientific information can be integrated into local government policy and planning. She is a member of or has advised the Environmental Design Research Association, the International Society of Arboriculture, the Transportation Research Board national committee on Landscape and Environment, the Washington State Community Forestry Council, and the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF). Dr. Wolf has presented her research throughout the United States, in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan. An overview of Dr. Wolf's research programs can be found at naturewithin.infohttp://www.naturewithin.info/ and the Green http://depts.washington.edu/hhwb/ Cities: Good Healthhttp://depts.washington.edu/hhwb/ website.

Admission:
Free and open to the public. Parking $2.

See you there,

Gail Wootan, M.Ed.
Assistant Director, Graduate Program on the Environmenthttp://www.evergreen.edu/mes
The Evergreen State College
Lab 1, Room 3022 | 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA 98505
360-867-6225 (p) | 360-867-5430 (f)
wootang@evergreen.edumailto:%7Cwootang@evergreen.edu
http://www.evergreen.edu/mes/admission.htm

Those planning to attend Rachel Carson Forum on April 23, 2015 from Tacoma.

In the spirit of the theme of the conference, I feel that it is not worth my
carbon footprint to drive alone from Tacoma to Olympia for this event.

If anyone is traveling to the conference by way of University Place,
Steilacoom, DuPont, I would like to carpool with you at my share of the
$0.575/mile reimbursement rate.

If interested, please email Anthony.paulson@nventure.com
mailto:Anthony.paulson@nventure.com  for time of pickup up at Grandview
Road and Chamber's Creek Road (gravel patch of top of Chambers Creek hill).

From: Tacoma-EnviroNews [mailto:tacoma-environews-bounces@cityoftacoma.org]
On Behalf Of Wootan, Gail
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 3:51 PM
To: tacoma-environews@cityoftacoma.org
Subject: [Tacoma-EnviroNews] Urban ecology evening forum in Olympia, April
23

Please join The Evergreen State College's Graduate Program on the
Environment at the 26th Annual Rachel Carson Forum
http://www.evergreen.edu/mes/rachelcarson  on April 23, 2015, 5:30-9pm in
Evergreen's Recital Hall. The Rachel Carson Forum is an annual student-run
event dedicated to Rachel Carson's legacy of exploration and understanding
of complex environmental issues and questions. This year's topic is urban
ecology.

Date & Time:

Thursday, April 23, 2015, 5:30-9:00pm
(5:30pm-6:30pm - environmental organization fair; 6:30pm-9:00pm - speakers)

Location:
The Evergreen State College Recital Hall
http://www.evergreen.edu/tour/docs/areamap.pdf  in Olympia, WA

Speakers:
Gail O'Sullivan & Karen Nelson are co-founders of the Commons at Fertile
Ground http://commons.fertileground.org/ , a non-profit in downtown
Olympia whose mission is to demonstrate urban sustainability. For the last
16 years they have been developing the site for use by the community. They
host many large and small events and have incubated a number of small, local
businesses by adding their support and exposure. The Evergreen State College
has played a key role in their development by participating with
internships, field trips and panel discussions on urban sustainability.

Kathy Wolf, Ph.D. is a Research Social Scientist at the College of the
Environment, University of Washington, and does research that integrates
landscape design and environmental psychology. She has a joint appointment
with the U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station to help develop a program
on Urban Natural Resources Stewardship. She has worked professionally as
both a landscape architect and as an environmental planner. Since receiving
her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Dr. Wolf has done research to
better understand the human dimensions of urban forestry and urban
ecosystems. Wolf's professional mission is to discover, understand, and
communicate human behavior and benefits as people experience nature in urban
settings. Moreover, she is interested in how scientific information can be
integrated into local government policy and planning. She is a member of or
has advised the Environmental Design Research Association, the International
Society of Arboriculture, the Transportation Research Board national
committee on Landscape and Environment, the Washington State Community
Forestry Council, and the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF). Dr. Wolf has
presented her research throughout the United States, in Canada, Europe,
Australia, and Japan. An overview of Dr. Wolf's research programs can be
found at naturewithin.info http://www.naturewithin.info/  and the Green
http://depts.washington.edu/hhwb/  Cities: Good Health
http://depts.washington.edu/hhwb/  website.

Admission:
Free and open to the public. Parking $2.

See you there,

Gail Wootan, M.Ed.
Assistant Director, Graduate Program on the Environment
http://www.evergreen.edu/mes
The Evergreen State College
Lab 1, Room 3022 | 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA 98505
360-867-6225 (p) | 360-867-5430 (f)
wootang@evergreen.edu mailto:%7Cwootang@evergreen.edu