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Speaker Biographies and Lecture Information
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- Tom Barry, City of Redmond
- Katherine Davies M.A., D.Phil., Core Faculty, Environment & Community and Associate Director, Center for Creative Change, Antioch University
Dr. Davies has worked on the environmental health effects of toxic chemicals for over twenty years. Since moving to Seattle in 2002, she has served as a member of the Department of Ecology’s Rule Making Committee on Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics. She is on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health, and is a member of the Steering Committee for the Collaborative on Health and the Environment Washington. She has received several awards from local service organizations, including the Rotary Club.
- Matt Freeman-Gleeson, Co-Owner Environmental Home Center, Seattle
- Erick Haakenson, Owner/Farmer, Jubilee Organic Farm and Philosophy Instructor, BCC
- Patty Martin, founder of Safe Food and Fertilizer
Patty Martin is the founder of Safe Food and Fertilizer (www.safefoodandfertilizer.org) a non-profit organization advocating for a ban on the use of hazardous wastes in fertilizer, soil amendments and animal feed. As the former mayor of Quincy, Washington, Martin exposed the practice of disposing hazardous wastes in fertilizer after area farmers experienced crop loss, diseased livestock and health problems. The book Fateful Harvest, the True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret chronicles her battle.
- Ken Miller, President Washington Farm Forestry Association
- Tony Paulson, Supervisory Research Hydrologist, Chief, Environmental Hydrology and Geochemistry U.S. Geological Survey
Tony Paulson currently is the Section Chief of Environmental Hydrology and Geochemistry at the USGS Washington Water Science Center in Tacoma, WA, where he leads the project on nutrient cycling in the marine water of Hood Canal. After receiving his Ph. D in Environmental Engineering and Science from the University of Washington, he conducted research with NOAA-Research, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Drexel University, US. EPA and NOAA-Fisheries. He has collaborated with physical oceanographers to develop models that couple physical and geochemical processes and has published over 30 refereed articles and reports on cycling of trace metals and nutrient in Puget Sound.
- Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California
Michael Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of The Botany of Desire, which addresses the reciprocal influences of humans and plants in shaping our culture. His new book is titled The Omnivore's Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals.
- Representative Dave Reichert , U.S. House of Representatives, Washington State's 8th District
- Running-Grass, Environmental Justice Program Manager, Office of Civil Rights and Environmental Justice, EPA
- Bronwyn Scott , Life Science Instructor, BCC
In addition to being a Life Science Instructor at BCC, Bronwyn is also a PhD student at the Univ. of WA. She studies invasive plant ecology
- Kent Short, Oceanography Instructor, Bellevue Community College
- Ellen Sollod, Artist
Artist Ellen Sollod has been creating art in the public realm for over 15 years. Her work ranges from large scale site specific installations to intimate works for an audience of one. Her work is in collections ranging from Washington State Arts Commission to the New York Public Library. (Her work can be found at www.sollodstudio.com )
- Angela Storey, Pesticides Organizer, Washington Toxics Coalition
Angela Storey, Pesticides Organizer, joined the WTC staff in 2002. Angela comes most recently from assisting communities fight pesticides as an organizer in California with Pesticide Watch. She is also a graduate of the environmental advocacy training program Green Corps, and an alumna of Pacific Lutheran University. At the Toxics Coalition, Angela works with community members to stop pesticide use in schools as well as by cities and counties.
- Mark Storey, BCC, Philosophy Instructor
Mark Storey teaches Eastern Philosophy at Bellevue Community College, and is presently chair of the Philosophy Department.
- David Yamaguchi, Programmer/analyst at the Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative
David Yamaguchi is a co-author of The Orphan Tsunami, Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America. He holds a B.S. in biology, and a Ph.D. in forestry. He spent most of his 20s and 30s wandering the forests of the American West.
BCC Earth Week is organized by the BCC Science Club. For more information contact Rob Viens in the BCC Science Division at rviens@bcc.ctc.edu or (425) 564-3158.
Last Updated April 6, 2006