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January 2004
Youth For Global Awareness Conference
A conference for high school students and their advisors
Logistics: Held at Camp Killoqua near Everett, Washington
Description: Join high school students from
throughout the Pacific Northwest for two days of exploring worldwide efforts to
build a strong, vital global community. You'll be inspired by dynamic forums,
projects, and speakers. Meet a University of Washington professor with more
than 20 years of experience with international programs and education. Develop
and share projects to implement after the conference. It's
a great chance to build connections and get new ideas. The weekend will
focus on four aspects of global awareness:
· Environmental Protection
· Culture and
Diversity
· Public Policy
· Health and Safety
Educators - Are your students interested in their roles as
members of a global community? The Youth for Global Awareness conference is an
opportunity to get students involved with a global issues. In addition to
the youth-oriented program, the conference offers an "Advisor Focus,"
specially designed for adult advisors of teen groups. Connect with your peers,
share ideas, and participate in activities that help you support and facilitate
youth-led programming. This conference was created and planned by members of
Teens In Action, a service learning program of Camp Fire USA Snohomish County
Council. Go to the website for full details: www.campfireusasnohomish.org/conference.
Registration Required! To register and for more information, contact
Joanna Cerar, Leadership Director, Camp Killoqua, Camp Fire USA Snohomish
County Council, by phone at (360) 652-6250 ext. 113, or by email at jcerar@campfireusasnohomish.org.
Sponsored by RE Sources and the Beach Naturalist Program
Description: Russel Barsh will present how traditional Coast Salish tribes shaped and were shaped by the land and the sea Thursday, January 22, 7:00 PM at the Skagit PUD aqua room.* Barsh, director of the Center for the Study of Coast Salish Environments, has been studying
archaeological sites, conducting experiments and researching written, and oral history to learn how local tribes "gardened" the environment in which they lived. There is a common misconception that native populations merely, "plucked the preverbal, ripened fruit from the vine." But, according to Barsh, "the tribes actively worked to keep the sea and land looking the way it did." Through this talk, Barsh will explain how Native American methods of fishing, burning and clearing uplands, waste disposal and shoreline modifications were major factors in the historic Pacific northwest environment. Russel Barsh has worked with Native North American communities for more than 25 years as a researcher, teacher and lawyer with a focus
on indigenous ecology, medicine and geography. His current projects, through the Center for the Study of Coast Salish Environments, focus on paleoecology; studying ancient environments, plants and animals.
To register and for more information: Contact Crina Hoyer 360-733-8307, 800-760-8434, CrinaH@re-sources.org
Our Health, Our Environment: Making the Link - 2004 lecture series
Sponsored by Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation, organized by the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health and the Oregon Environmental Council.
Logistics: All events will be held at the Seattle Art Museum, 100 University
Street, downtown Seattle, from 7:00-8:30 pm, with a speaker reception
afterwards.
It has been a long-held truth that the "dose makes the poison" when it comes to toxic chemicals and their impact on our health. However, recent science indicates that even low-level exposure, particularly at the wrong time in the development of a fetus or small child, can cause subtle yet serious health impacts. John Peterson Myers, Ph.D., will highlight cutting-edge science, the conceptual shifts that are occurring as a result, and opportunities for health professionals to advance public understanding of the emerging evidence. Dr. Myers is co-author of Our Stolen Future, CEO of Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org, a daily collection of links to press articles on environmental health, and Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation and Commonweal.
We can't see them, but toxic pollutants such as dioxin are now routinely found not just in our environment, but in our bodies. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other research institutions are beginning to "biomonitor" people as a way to measure this "body burden" of synthetic chemicals. Jane Houlihan, MS, vice president of research at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and coordinator of EWG's body burden study (conducted in partnership with Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York and Commonweal in California), will share recent findings in this area and discuss how biomonitoring could be an important piece of the puzzle as we learn more about how environmental threats are linked to our health.
One out of nine women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime - a risk that was one out of 14 in 1960. Commonly accepted risk factors, such as age, only partially explain breast cancer risk. Recent studies suggest that exposures to certain environmental chemicals are linked to breast cancer. What are these chemicals? Can we avoid them? What should health care providers recommend to patients? Internationally renowned epidemiologist, toxicologist and author, Devra Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H, will identify the known and suspected environmental risk factors for breast cancer.
To make a reservation: Mail a check payable to "Tides Center/ICEH" for $25 for all three lectures or $10 for just one lecture to: Institute for Children’s Environmental Health 1646 Dow Road, Freeland, WA 98249 Or by calling 360-331-7904 or e-mailing:
For more information: About the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health see
www.iceh.org and for more information about the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation,
please see www.SBLFoundation.org.