Synergy – A Local Event with a Global Message Aims to Build Support for Equity, Ecological and Economic Sustainability May 17 to May 22 The Synergy conference, a local event organized by the students of The Evergreen State College, brings together the community to achieve a common goal of working to establish sustainable systems and build on sustainable ideas and practices for equity, ecology and economy. Events feature talks and presentations on earthen structures, biodiesel, bioenergy, sustainable food, wild food, alternative transportation and youth as essential advocates in the sustainability movement. Complete event lists, times and places are noted at http://blogs.evergreen.edu/synergy/eventinfo/ Synergy was introduced because the founding groups and individuals believed in combining issues of culture, design, ecology, agriculture and social justice and critically analyzing their interconnectedness. The goal of Synergy is to create a community opportunity to discover its capacity to foster change and contribute to a collective vision for sustainability, resilience, mutual inspiration and support. The Evergreen State College is located at 2700 Evergreen Parkway, NW, Olympia, WA 98505. Directions to campus are available here: http://www.evergreen.edu/tour/gethere.htm Students have funded this conference through their Student Activities and Clean Energy Fees. Many academic programs and community organizations also support the event. The Synergy coalition is made up of members from the following campus groups: • The Clean Energy Committee • Black Student Union • Students of Color Coalition • Environmental Resource Center • Developing Ecological Agriculture Practices • Evergreen Health Society • The Evergreen Bike Shop • Women of Color Coalition • Women’s Resource Center • Student Green Energy Association • The Sustainable Prisons Project • WashPIRG

“Lost Film Fest is my favorite film event ever” - Sam Green, dir. The Weather Underground.

...hosted by vj SCOTT BEIBIN (co-founder of the EVIL TWIN BOOKING AGENCY, HOLLYWOODCAN SUCKIT.COM, and founder of BLOODLINK RECORDS), LOST FILM FEST is a mix of live performance and rare short films featuring pranks by culture jammers like THE YES MEN, sexy-smash-it-up riot footage, illegal art, media archaeology, clips censored by the mainstream media, video re-mixes, and so much more. Lost Film Fest Travels the planet year round. You never know where it will turn up next! Revolutionaries and “the kids” all agree: Lost Film Fest “is better than bad, it’s good!”. This jam is about smashing the illusions cast by Hollywood, the Pentagon, and FOX News. Yeah! Lost Film Fest: resurrecting Abbie Hoffman since 1999.

At the Evergreen State College in Lecture Hall 1 (right next to Red Square) from 7-10pm.

SYNERGY presents: Paul Stamets

Today - 5:00 P.M. - The Evergreen State College, Lecture Hall 1 - Free!

Learn practical methods for using fungal allies in gardening, mycoforestry, habitat restoration and human health, and how they can reduce pollution and provide immune-enhancing fungi for communities from Paul Stamets. This presentation will unveil new horizons for using fungi as allies for helping people and planet.

An Evergreen graduate (class of '79), Paul has received several environmental awards, and recently has been awarded a breakthrough patent for replacing chemical pesticides using naturally occurring fungi. He is active in protecting the genome and a strong advocate for exploring natural remedies resident within the biosphere.

Synergy: The 7th Annual Sustainable Living Conference kick's off tomorrow, May 19th, at The Evergreen State College. Some of Monday highlights include:

• Native Story Telling Kickoff with Pauline Hillaire of the Lummi Nation.
  10:00 AM - Lecture Hall Rotunda
• Thurston County Environmental Health Workshops
  11:00 AM - Hazards on the Homefront
  1:00 PM - Toxins in Personal Care
  Lecture Hall Rotunda
• Dan Daniels, Director of Olympia Waste ReSources
  3:00 PM - D1105
  Cullen Stephenson, Deputy Director of Puget Sound Partnership
  4:00 PM - D1105

All Synergy events are FREE of charge and open to the public, all are encouraged to attend. A full schedule for the weeklong event as well as bio's and event descriptions can be found at:

http://www.evergreen.edu/synergy

More detailed information, speaker bios and event times and locations can be found at

http://www.evergreen.edu/synergy

Synergy: The 7th Annual Sustainable Living Conference is being held at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. The dates for the 2008 conference are Monday, May 19th through Friday, May 23rd. This conference has grown to be a powerful platform to engage and address the intertwining themes of Ecology, Design, Culture, Health, and Social Change.

Synergy is organized by a non-profit coalition of student organizers. The title of the event reflects our belief that the solutions to the world’s problems can only be solved though collaboration, where the whole becomes more then the sum of it’s parts. This year’s conference will include presentations by notable leaders in their respected fields.

Dr. Mitchell Joachim of New York based non-profit Terreform, will be presenting a keynote lecture on the future of ecological urban design at 6PM on Thursday May 22nd in Lecture Hall 1. Dr. Joachim, a MIT Media Lab graduate, is best known as being the creator of the Fab Tree Hab. He won the History Channel and Infiniti Design Excellence Award for the City of the Future, New York and Time Magazine Best Invention of the Year 2007, Compacted Car with the MIT Smart Cities Group.