Environmental Education Speaker Series

Ten Thousand Recollections: Black Faces, White Spaces & the Possibility of US

Photo by Michael Estrada
 

Cultural geographer, performer, and author Dr. Carolyn Finney. Dr. Finney’s book, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors examines the representation, participation, and history of African Americans in U.S. parks and public lands. Her work asks us to reconsider public lands as racialized spaces and to explore the implications of this for the environmental movement.

Solutions for the International Waters of the Salish Sea

A conversation between Mindy Roberts and Christianne Wilhelmson discussing challenges and solutions for the international waters of the Salish Sea.

 

The Winter, 2019 Huxley Speaker Series is co-sponsored by Huxley College of the Environment and WWU's Salish Sea Institute, presenting a 10-week series on issues facing the Salish Sea.

 

Wild Contagious Hope

On World Ocean's Day, June 8 2014, Elin co-launched a twitter tag called #OceanOptimism. To her surprise, it went viral, engaging more than 90 million users with marine conservation successes to date. #Ocean Optimism is a harbinger of a collective hunger for hope.

Lynda Mapes (Environmental Journalist, Seattle Times)

 

The Winter, 2019 Huxley Speaker Series is co-sponsored by Huxley College of the Environment and WWU's Salish Sea Institute, presenting a 10-week series on issues facing the Salish Sea.

 

Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project

"According to the First Nations Development Institute, food sovereignty is defined as 'the inherent right of a community to identify their own food system.' This means that as a community we have the power to choose the food on our table."

Subscribe to Environmental Education Speaker Series