When: 7pm, Wednesday, May 26 Where: Lecture Hall 3, Evergreen campus, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, WA 98505 Directions to campus are available here: http://www.evergreen.edu/tour/gethere.htm Price: Free, $2 parking. The Master of Environmental Studies (MES) program at The Evergreen State College will be showing Beyond the Motor City, a new PBS documentary directed by acclaimed filmmaker Aaron Woolf (King Corn) and produced as part of BLUEPRINT AMERICA, the precedent-setting, multi-platform initiative—produced by Thirteen/WNET and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation—that shines a spotlight on one of our country’s most critical issues: America’s decaying and neglected infrastructure. Beyond the Motor City examines how Detroit, a grim symbol of America’s diminishing status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in this country. The film explores Detroit’s historic investments in infrastructure—from early 19th-century canals to the urban freeways that gave The Motor City its name and made America’s transportation system the envy of the world. But it also reveals that over the last 30 years, much of the world has left Detroit—and America—behind, choosing faster, cleaner, more modern transportation. In a journey that takes us into the neighborhoods of Detroit and then beyond to Spain, California, and our nation’s capital, Beyond the Motor City urges us to ask how a symbol of America’s urban decay might transform itself into a model of urban revitalization. Can we finally push America’s transit system into the 21st century? Film will show 7pm-8:30pm followed by a 30-45 minute film discussion facilitated by MES faculty member, Rob Knapp! Check out the film’s website at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/on-the-road/home/1010/

Contact: Melanie Kincaid, Student Coordinator Graduate Association for Environmental Action Student Organization The Evergreen State College Cell: 440-623-4114; Other: 360-918-8708 Email: kincaidm@evergreen.edu FREE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM & CONSERVATION EVENT • Evergreen Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Rachel Carson Forum • Evergreen Master of Environmental Studies Program Celebrates 25th Year • Environmental Educator & Advocate Estella Leopold speaks on “Becoming a Conservationist” Olympia, WA – The Graduate Association for Environmental Action at The Evergreen State College is celebrating its 20th Anniversary of the Rachel Carson Forum with free workshops and keynote speech dedicated to environmental conservation and activism on April 10th, 2010 from 9am – Noon at the Evergreen Longhouse. The first part of the morning, 9am – 11am, will be devoted to break-out sessions that host a range of facilitators presenting demonstrations on environmental issues. Event participants are able to choose three of the five breakout sessions that include: • “Being Frank” about the Environment, presented by Billy Frank of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission • Sparking Political Progress, presented by Fuse Washington • Ethnobotanical Garden Walk, presented by Teaching Gardens • Homemade Bike Panniers, presented by the Evergreen State College Bike Shop • DIY Composting, presented by the Evergreen Organic Farm The finale of the event will be a keynote speech entitled “Becoming a Conservationist” by long time environmental educator and advocate, Estella Leopold. Her families’ commitment to the environment starting with her father, Aldo Leopold, and onto herself and her other siblings has been a dramatic influence to environmental conservation throughout the United States.

Tomorrow is the 20th annual Nisqually Watershed Festival. Visit the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge and celebrate the history, economy and environment of the Nisqually River Watershed. Saturday, September 26, 2009. 10 am to 4pm. Highlights include tribal drumming and dancing, bagpipers, storytelling, and animal shows. Kids can take part in critter parades, make salmon art, step inside a 30-foot mock salmon to see the world from the perspective of a salmon, and peer at Puget Sound creatures inside a live touch tank. Peruse educational displays from many regional organizations. Join in the grand opening of the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge's new Environmental Education Center. Celebrate the return of the tides to the estuary restoration area. Other events include guided walks and tours and the famous Nisqually Salmon Bake. Parking at Schilter Family Farm (141 Nisqually Cutoff Road SE, Olympia, WA) with a shuttle to the festival.

Capitol Land Trust and the Griffin Neighborhood Association (GNA) have formed a unique collaborative joint venture to conserve special natural areas in the Steamboat Peninsula region. This effort is known as the Steamboat Conservation Partnership.

The mission of the Steamboat Conservation Partnership is “to conserve the rich and diverse natural landscapes of the Steamboat Peninsula region.” The Steamboat Peninsula region is defined as the Steamboat Peninsula in northwest Thurston County, as well as all other areas within the Eld Inlet and Totten Inlet watersheds, including the areas within the Kennedy, Schneider, Perry, and McLane creek watersheds. The priority area for focus of outreach is the portion of the region within the Griffin School District. Capitol Land Trust and the GNA agree that this natural environment provides important quality of life benefits to area residents and is essential for sustaining robust populations of native fish and wildlife.

Through the Steamboat Conservation Partnership, Capitol Land Trust shall engage in activities designed to conserve special natural areas in the Steamboat Peninsula region and that maintain connections between these lands through corridors useful for wildlife movement. Examples of special natural areas include marine shorelines, estuaries (including pocket estuaries), freshwater streams and riparian habitat, prairies, wetlands, and upland forests.

At its annual picnic earlier this month, Board members from the Griffin Neighborhood Association presented Eric Erler, Executive Director for the Capitol Land Trust with initial pledges of support.