The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics recently designated Mount Rainer National Park as a Leave No Trace Hot Spot. Learn more about this important effort during the Leave No Trace Backyard Session at The Mountaineers Program Center on Monday, June 27, 7-9 p.m.
Jordan Mammel, from Mount Rainier National Park, will discuss recreational impacts to the Paradise meadows as well as ways that we can help restore and protect these precious alpine resources.
Symposium background
The Pacific Northwest is already seeing impacts from climate change, in the form of receding glaciers, faster snowmelt and milder winters. These changes have potentially devastating effects on flood regimes, water availability and aquatic ecosystems. The better we understand the changes that have already happened and those that are predicted, the better we can plan and prepare for them. This one-day symposium will feature presentations from a range of experts about observed and modelled impacts of climate change on our region's water resources, and policy responses.
This 3-hour workshop presents an opportunity to learn new approaches to engaging in learning conversations with others (co-workers, bosses, family, friends, loved ones) with increased self-awareness. With an attitude of curiosity, learn to increase your active listening skills so that others come away from their interactions with you feeling heard, seen, & acknowledged. Experience the satisfaction of expressing your views & feelings in ways that do not invite defensiveness. In this workshop, several models of conflict management & conflict resolution will be presented.
This one day workshop discusses the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) landscape and how to create a GHG inventory. We will answer those burning questions; What are GHGs and why does this affect me? What are global warming potentials and is Laughing gas really a serious GHG? What is the current regulatory framework (Federal and Washington State)? What is the voluntary market? Who has to report, where to report, and what to report? Cap and Trade or Carbon Tax, and what is the WCI? What is a GHG inventory and how to develop it? What are Scopes and how this avoids double counting? What does Carbon Neutrality really mean? What are Offsets, how they work and are they valid? What International Standards are applicable to GHGs? Verification and Validation is 3rd party assurance, but why add this expense to yearly reporting and is it required? What's an organizational boundary and geographic boundary when we're talking about GHGs? What are typical GHG sources?
[read more and register online at http://sustainableseattle.org/training/214 ]
Are you a nonprofit staff member who finds your board frustrating, useless or inscrutable? Come to this workshop and learn how to create a productive and mutually supportive working relationship between nonprofit staff and board members.
