GEOG 300
Make-up Work/Extra Credit
--Make-up Work/Extra credit this term will usually consist of
attending presentations related to Environmental and/or sustainability issues, as well as some volunteer work. I will identify
appropriate options as I become aware of them. If you know of something coming up, let me know and I will consider including it.
Unless otherwise noted, each Makeup Work/Extra Credit option is worth 10 points. The options are available to anyone. There is a class limit of 40 extra
credit points (excluding points for reusing paper for assignments). To receive the extra credit points, you must follow the instructions
noted with each one.
Also, all volunteer work is on a first come/first served basis. There are no guarantees that volunteer opportunities are available.
Contact the person noted.
For most presentations, you must have your notes signed by the responsible person/event
organizer at end of the presentation, and turned into Steve Cook OR Drew Bennett for 3PM MWF Section.
The speaker's name, topic, time, and place of the presentation must be clearly written on the notes. It is also necessary to have a
signature for volunteer work, indicating the number of hours you worked. Turn ALL MU/EC work into Steve Cook or Drew Bennett for 3PM MWF Section directly--it is best to just
give it to us in lecture.
All Extra Credit write-ups must be turned in during lecture within ten days of the event. Everything for credit in Geog 300 MUST have:
Your Name; TA Name; Recitation Time and Date and Title of Event or it will not be recorded
We will accept no Extra Credit write-ups after 5:00 PM Friday March 13 @ 5PM. Steve Cook has an envelope on his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
There isn't much here yet, but things will be added as I hear of them.
Wednesday January 7, 6:30PM - 8:30PM; Corvallis Benton County Public Library 645 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis
Adapting to Climate Change in the Marys River and Willamette River Watersheds
Panel presentation, hosted by the Marys River Watershed Council. For more info: Xan Augerot 541-758-7597
This activity "pays" 20 points. Get a signature from an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the event. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday, Jamuary 10, 5:00 p.m. to ???; Old World Deli 341 SW Second, Corvallis
Benton Food Celebration
Celebration sponsored by the Bento County Community Rights Coalition, which has placed a GMO measure on the May ballot in Benton County. More Info: www.ccrc.org
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need to get a signature of an organizer, take notes and do 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Saturday, January 11, 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; First Alternative Meeting Room, 1007 SE Third, Corvallis
What is soil and How Does it Work?
James Cassidy, OSU soil scientist, will lead the discussion. Sponsored by Growing Organic. Info: Linda 541-829-1071
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need take some notes; get a signature from an organizer including time at the event; and do 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday January 12, Noon - 1:30PM; Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Annual Meeting
Review the Coalition's 2014 accomplishments and preview its plans for 2015. Info: Email: info@sustainablecorvallis.org or call 541-230-1237
This activity "pays" 15 points. Get a signature from an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Monday January 12, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Snell/MU East Forum International Forum
OSU Emergency Food Pantry
Volunteers help distribute emergency food to OSU students and non-students
The OSU Emergency Food Pantry exists to support students and community members experiencing poverty and food insecurity. It operates in partnership with the Oregon State University Foundation, and the Linn-Benton Food Share.
Students and non-students welcome, we serve everyone! Go to the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, which is located in the Snell/MU East International Forum.
Volunteers will need to watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
The pantry starts at 5pm, but they would like the volunteers there at 4:30pm. Once the crowd starts coming the volunteers will escort each person or family to the storage in the back and help them select from a variety for fresh/frozen and canned food. The pantry happens on campus in Snell Auditorium and lasts from 5-8pm.
Anyone is welcome to come by and pick up food, the pantry occurs twice a month, but people are allowed to come once a month to pick up food. This last pantry we had close to 120 come in a matter of an hour.
Before you can work at the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, you must watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Monday January 12, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from Sara including time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Monday January 12, 7:30PM - ??; Avery House, 1200 SW Avery Park Drive, Corvallis
Marvelous Milkweeds
Ken Weitemier will present a free talk sponsored by the Native Plant Society of Oregon on milkweeds, and their close association with the Monarch butterfly. Information: Jordan at 253-820-3943 or brownj@science.oregonstate.edu
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the event. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Tuesday January 13, 7:30PM - ??; Room 1107 Richardson Hall
Hemp
Everything you ever wanted to know about hemp, Marijuana's own THC free relative. There is an introduction at 7:30; a film at 8; and a Q & A with expert panel at 9PM
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the event. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Thursday January 15, 6:30PM - 8PM; Corvallis Benton County Public Library
Can Native Plants Save Urban Environments?
Talk by Al Shay from OSU's Department of Horticulture and the Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture. Sponsored by the Benton Soil and Water Conservation District. Info: Email Office@BentonSWCD.org or call 541-753-7208
This activity "pays" 15 points. Get a signature from an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the event. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday, January 17, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Saturday, January 17, Times and Places vary, click website below
Martin Luther King Day of Service
Click Here for a Link to Student Sustainability Initiative projects
There are a variety of projects listed here. Go and contribute some of your time to the Common Good.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need to; 1) get a signature from an organizer; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in both for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Sunday, January 18, 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; First Congregational United Church, 4515 S.W. West Hills Road.
This new program from the Rainforest Action Network invites participants to examine what it would take to stabilize the climate and move toward a post-carbon future. to register or for more info: Aaron Kratzer at kratzer.canby@yahoo.com or 503-327-9232
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need to get a signature from an organizer included time you spent at the event, take notes, and do 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday January 21, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday January 21, 7:30PM - ??PM; Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Sponsored by the Spring Creek Project, features a duet of music and words by pianist Rachelle McCabe and writer Kathleen Dean Moore. Information: charles Goodrich, 541-737-6198
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the event. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Thursday, January 22, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; OSUsed Store, 644 S.W. 13th Street
January Repair Fair
Learn how to repair various household items at this free event sponsored by the OSU Waste Watachers. Info: Go to http://tiny.cc/repair-fair or contact Andrea. Norris@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-5398
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need a signature from an organizer including how long you were there, take notes and do 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Saturday, January 24, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Saturday, January 24, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Sunday, January 25, 7:00 p.m. to ?? p.m.; Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, 2945 N.W. Circle Blvd.
"Genetic Roulette--the Problem of Gnetically Modified Organism Foods for Humans and Livestock".
Free film showing, sponsored by the fellowship's Environmental Action Council. Info: Contact Elizabeth Waldorf at 541-207-3613
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need to: Get a signatuare from an organizer including time you were there; take some notes; and do 250 word write-up. Turn in ALL THREE for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday January 26, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday January 28, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Room 206 Nash Hall, OSU
"Resolving the Double-Crested Cormorant/Salmonid Issue in the Columbia River Estuary: Westward Migration of Large-Scale Cormorant Culls?
This activity "pays" 10 points. Get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday January 28, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Snell/MU East Forum International Forum
OSU Emergency Food Pantry
Volunteers help distribute emergency food to OSU students and non-students
The OSU Emergency Food Pantry exists to support students and community members experiencing poverty and food insecurity. It operates in partnership with the Oregon State University Foundation, and the Linn-Benton Food Share.
Students and non-students welcome, we serve everyone! Go to the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, which is located in the Snell/MU East International Forum.
Volunteers will need to watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
The pantry starts at 5pm, but they would like the volunteers there at 4:30pm. Once the crowd starts coming the volunteers will escort each person or family to the storage in the back and help them select from a variety for fresh/frozen and canned food. The pantry happens on campus in Snell Auditorium and lasts from 5-8pm.
Anyone is welcome to come by and pick up food, the pantry occurs twice a month, but people are allowed to come once a month to pick up food. This last pantry we had close to 120 come in a matter of an hour.
Before you can work at the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, you must watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Thursday January 29, 5:30PM--7:30PM Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Get That Garden Growing
Free garden workshop, sponsored by the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition. Information: Email info@sustainablecorvallis.org or call 541-230-1237
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including how long you were there, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Friday January 30, 3:00PM--4:00PM ??? 107 Richardson Hall, OSU
"RNAi in Agriculture: A New, Highly Specific Pest-Control Method." and after this lecture "Monsanto and Agriculture biotechnology: Who We Are, What We Do
and Where Do We Go from Here." This is followed by a Q & A session.
Bill Moar, a senior entomologist and resistance specialist at Monsanto and an OSU alumnus, will speak on Monsanto's novel pest-control technology based on RNA interference.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including how long you were there, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday, January 31, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday February 2, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Monday February 2, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Lasells Stewart Center; Austin Auditorium
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, Heinz Award-winning staff writer for the New Yorker and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (2006), comes to OSU to discuss her new book, The Sixth Extinction. By burning fossil fuels, Homo sapiens are “reassembling the biosphere,” rapidly changing the atmosphere, the oceans, and the climate, forcing potentially millions of species into extinction. Kolbert’s compelling and enlightening report forthrightly addresses the most significant topic of our lives.
Presented by the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word.
This activity "pays" 20 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in ALL THREE for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Tuesday February 3, 7:00 p.m. to ??? p.m. Peavey 130
Planting for Future Generations; Environmental Justice in Guatemala
Join the Chico Mendes project to learn about grassroots activism, climate change, and indigenous people's struggle for survival and soverignty in Pachaj
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in ALL THREE for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 4, 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 MU Ballroom
Nonprofit Opportunities Fair
Explore Service. Discover your Passions. Better the World.
Join us for the 9th Annual Nonprofit Opportunities Fair! Meet representatives from over 50 local and national nonprofit and government organizations representing a wide variety of fields who are seeking OSU volunteers, interns, and employees. Network with people who share your interests and passions and learn more about the many opportunities available in the nonprofit and public service fields.
Breakout sessions are 10-11, 11-12, and 12-1. Refreshments provided!
Click Here to sign up for a time to help.
Breakout sessions:
10:00AM – 11:00AM International Service in MU 208
Explore international nonprofit service and internships opportunities both during and after college.
11:00AM – 12:00PM Marketing Your Service Experience in MU 206
Meet a panel of nonprofit professionals who will share tips and strategies on marketing your service and volunteer experience to potential employers and answer your questions about the nonprofit field. This panel will include representatives from six nonprofit agencies at entry level and senior level positions.
12:00PM – 1:00PM Pursuing a Nonprofit Career in MU 208
Gain insight into the nonprofit industry. This session will include basics about nonprofit organizations and how to be best prepared for pursing a nonprofit career.
The Nonprofit Opportunities Fair is sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement and the Career Development Center. More information: http://sli.oregonstate.edu/fair.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1559901144255535/
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour (you can attend more than one, just recall that there is a 40 EC cap). For credit, get a signature of an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in ALL THREE for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 4, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Room 328 Bexel
Climate Change and Vulnerable People seminar: "Threats to the World's Poor"
Dan Bromley, professor emeritus of applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
This activity "pays" 10 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in ALL THREE for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 4, 7:00 p.m. to ?? p.m, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 NW Monroe, Corvallis
Approaches to International Water Conflict Resolution and OSU's Contributions"
Aaron Wolf of the OSU College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences will discuss conflict and cooperation regarding shared water resources internationally and in the U.S> wewst, as well as OSU's role in facilitating water conflict resolution.
Sponsored by Marys Peak Group of the Sierra Club.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in ALL THREE for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Thursday February 5, 2:00PM - 4:30PM, MU Journey Room
De-extinction and Synthetic Biology:Rescue or Boondoggle?
Presenters include: Susan Haig, ornithologist, USGS/ OSU Fisheries and Wildlife; Luis Campos, Associate Professor of History of Science, University of New Mexico; Carrie Friese, Lecturer in Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science; and George Estreich, writer, blogger for Biopolitical Times.
This activity "pays" 25 points (max) For credit, get a signature of an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in ALL THREE for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Friday February 6, Doors open at 6:30; show begins at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (I assume) Odd Fellows Hall, 233 SW 2nd Ave. Corvallis
5$ – 10$ suggested donation. Beverages and snacks will be available to purchase from Oregon Trail Brewery and New Morning Bakery.
Corvallis Environmental Center; Eco Film Festival
Open Sesame
An innovative look at the issues surrounding the ownership of seeds and the people who are fighting to keep them free
This activity "pays" 15 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in Both for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday, February 7, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday February 9, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Snell/MU East Forum International Forum
OSU Emergency Food Pantry
Volunteers help distribute emergency food to OSU students and non-students
The OSU Emergency Food Pantry exists to support students and community members experiencing poverty and food insecurity. It operates in partnership with the Oregon State University Foundation, and the Linn-Benton Food Share.
Students and non-students welcome, we serve everyone! Go to the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, which is located in the Snell/MU East International Forum.
Volunteers will need to watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
The pantry starts at 5pm, but they would like the volunteers there at 4:30pm. Once the crowd starts coming the volunteers will escort each person or family to the storage in the back and help them select from a variety for fresh/frozen and canned food. The pantry happens on campus in Snell Auditorium and lasts from 5-8pm.
Anyone is welcome to come by and pick up food, the pantry occurs twice a month, but people are allowed to come once a month to pick up food. This last pantry we had close to 120 come in a matter of an hour.
Before you can work at the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, you must watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Monday February 9, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Friday February 13, Doors open at 6:30; show begins at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (I assume) Odd Fellows Hall, 233 SW 2nd Ave. Corvallis
5$ – 10$ suggested donation. Beverages and snacks will be available to purchase from Oregon Trail Brewery and New Morning Bakery.
Corvallis Environmental Center; Eco Film Festival
"Sand Wars"
A riveting documentary about one of the most widely used but under considered resources in the world
This activity "pays" 15 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in Both for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday, February 14, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday February 16, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Tuesday February 17 5:30 to 7:00 pm in Forman 202
“Oregon Climate Campaign Video Launch! ”
Join Oregon Climate, a statewide grassroots campaign for fair & effective climate policy, on Tuesday, February 17 for a pre-release screening of our campaign video! An update on the quickly growing, youth-led campaign for carbon pricing in Oregon will follow the film, along with a discussion around next steps and how we're going to make history this year.
Winter is going extinct. Pipelines menace our forests and farms. Oceans are emptying. We all need protection from fossil fuel chaos and we all know a new energy economy is possible. The time for bold action is now. Let's enact a solution that is effective, equitable, and cuts through partisan gridlock. Let's put a price on carbon.
The states are the laboratory for democracy, and no state has more power to model real climate action than Oregon. Let's put science and justice above politics, and lead the way. See you on February 17th!
This activity "pays" 15 points. Get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Tuesday February 17 7:00 to 8:45 pm at Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
“Local Initiatives to Address Climate Change”
Presenters: Linda Lovett (Chair, Corvallis Climate Action Plan Task Force) and Carly Lettero (Director, Energize Corvallis)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 18 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Corvallis Arts Center, 700 SW Madison St
David Wood, “Mission to Earth" Land Art and Sustainability
The way we are living is unsustainable. If art allows us to see things anew, can it also help reshape our dwelling on earth? David Wood will look at the legacy of earth art, and discuss his own IntraTerrestrials project and other recent work.
David Wood is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, a well-known scholar in Continental and Environmental Philosophy, and an environmental artist who combines his philosophical perspective with environmental and land art: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/philosophy/_people/_wood.html
This activity "pays" 20 points. Get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednessday February 18, 4:00 to 5:00 pm Peavy 242
"Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Energy Generation and Wastewater Treatment."
Hong Liu, OSU: Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering
This activity "pays" 10 points. Get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednessday February 18, 7:00 to ?? pm at Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
"Community Conservation: Ave energy at home and help Corvallis win the $5 million Georgetown University energy Prize
This free event shows you how you can be involved and begin earning Energy Prize Points.
For more info: Carly Letero Carly@ConvallisEnvironmentalCenter.org or EnergizeCorvallis.org
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Friday February 20, Doors open at 6:30p.m.; show begins at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (I assume) Odd Fellows Hall, 233 SW 2nd Ave. Corvallis
5$ – 10$ suggested donation. Beverages and snacks will be available to purchase from Oregon Trail Brewery and New Morning Bakery.
Corvallis Environmental Center; Eco Film Festival
"Bringing it Home"
A critical look at the possibilities and pitfalls of industrial hemp in America
Come early at 6:30 pm to browse the local organization tables, buy a beer from Corvallis’ original craft brewery, Oregon Trail Brewery and fine, local baked goods from New Morning Bakery.
“Bringing It Home” ( http://bringingithomemovie.com/) tells a story of a father’s search to find the healthiest building materials and leads him to the completion of the nation’s first hemp house. Hemp with lime is a non-toxic, energy efficient, mildew, fire and pest resistant building material. The drawback — although research is legal in some states, hemp remains off-limits to almost all U.S. farmers. BUT, Oregon is at the forefront of legalizing hemp production. Industrial hemp is a non-psychoactive plant, grown in 31 other countries that makes 1,000′s of sustainable products and offers solutions for global warming, nutrition, poverty and deforestation. Here in the U.S., hemp could be a money-making crop for farmers and create jobs. BRINGING IT HOME tells the story of hemp: past, present and future and a global industry that includes textiles, building materials, food products, bio-plastics, auto parts and more.
Following the film, we will have a panel discussion and audience Q & A about what is happening with hemp in Oregon.
Panelists include:
Dr. Russell Karow, Professor, OSU Department of Crop and Soil Science, http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/content/russ-karow
John Simonsen, Professor, OSU Department of Wood Science and Engineering, http://people.forestry.oregonstate.edu/john-simonsen
Todd Dalotto, CAN! Research, Education & Consulting, LLC, www.CanResearch.net
This activity "pays" 15 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in Both for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday February 21, 2PM - 5PM Avery House, 1200 SW Avery Park Drive
"Writing about Animals in an Age of Extinction"
The Spring Creek Project presents this free writing workshop with author Melissa Hart. Registration is required.
For more info contact Charles Goodrich, 541-737-6198 charles.goodrich@oregonstate.edu
This activity "pays" 30 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in all three for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday February 21, 7PM - ??PM Corvallis Arts Center 700 SW Madison, Corvallis
"Wild Within"
The Spring Creek Project presents this free reading by author Melissa Hart, author of "Wild Within--How Rescuing Owls Inspired a Family," and writer Elena Passarello.
For more info contact Charles Goodrich, 541-737-6198 charles.goodrich@oregonstate.edu
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer including time spent, take some notes do a 250 word writeup. Turn in All Three for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday, February 21 & Sunday February 22, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; It's complicated--you have to contact Teresa Mattson, see below
Benton County Soil and Water District Annual Native Plant Sale
Saturday, Feb 21st -
For dedicated volunteers who wish to contribute a full day, we are seeking 4 lead volunteers to:
Attend a Lead Volunteer Training on Thursday, January 22nd, 4 - 5 PM at the BSWCD office.
Work all day, 8:30 to 5:00 pm, on Saturday, February 21st.
Train and supervise workers at your station through changing shifts
Be responsible for the accurate distribution of plants
Regular volunteers help fill pre-paid customer orders during the following shifts:
8:30 - 11:30 AM
11 AM - 2:30PM
2 - 5 PM
Please reply with your preferred volunteer shift and station.
The stations include: conifer, deciduous, large shrubs, small shrubs, grasses & groundcovers, and flowers.
No native plant knowledge necessary.
We also need 6 volunteers for the parking crew to direct parking and prevent collisions - very important job!
Sunday, February 22nd from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
We need volunteers with native plant knowledge to staff the plant stations. The Sunday shoppers have many plant questions.
Sunday at 3PM we need 4 – 6 volunteers to help with site cleanup.
Thanks for your reply.
Teresa Matteson
Benton Soil & Water Conservation District
456 SW Monroe Avenue, Suite 110
Corvallis OR 97333
541-753-7208
tmatteson@bentonswcd.org
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need Contact Teresa Mattson above, get a signature including how long you worked; and do 250 word write-up.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Saturday, February 21, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Saturday, February 21, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Jackson-Frazer Wetland, North Corvallis
Checkermallow Transplanting
Sponsored by Benton County Natural Areas and Parks
Take part in helping to save a rare plant right in our ‘backyard’! Benton County Natural Areas and Parks need your help in transplanting Nelson’s Checker-Mallow: a beautiful BUT threatened native plant. Meet at Jackson Frazier Wetland to plant checker-mallow bulbs. Benton County will provide all tools, along with supervision and snacks! Be part of the work to help save this beautiful rare plant!
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need 1) to get a signature of an organizer, including time worked; 2) take notes; and 3) do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday February 23, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Monday, February 23, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (approx); Old World Deli, 341 SW 2nd St, Corvallis
Marys Peak Alliance meeting
The Marys Peak Alliance is presenting “The Early Human History of Marys Peak.” Judy Juntunen, co-author of “The World of the Kalapuya: A Native People of Western Oregon" and retired assistant director and research librarian of the Benton County Historical Society and Museum will speak about the Kalapuyan tribe and early pioneer settlers and their relationship with Marys Peak. Following a Q & A, Bob Lillie, OSU Professor Emeritus will provide information on how local residents can become Marys Peak interpreters for visitors to the Peak. OSU Instructor Steve Cook will close the presentation with a PowerPoint show about winter hiking on Marys Peak. The Marys Peak Alliance is a committee of the Alliance for Recreation and Natural Areas (AFRANA) and is committed to promote the conservation of Marys Peak and public appreciation of its unique ecological communities. For further information on this presentation or the activities of the Marys Peak Alliance, contact Dave Eckert at deckert@willamettewatershed.com.
This activity "pays" 15 points. To get credit you need a signature from an organizer including how long you were there, take notes and do 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Wednesday February 25, Noon - 1PM, Burt Hall, room 193
"Recent Northeast Pacific Warming, OR How I Learned to Stop Worrying and love the Blob"
University of Washington research meteorologist Nick Bond will present cutting-edge research about an area of warm surface water in the Northeast Pacific, nicknamed "the Blob," that has implications for the marine ecosystem and could affect weather in the Pacific Northwest.
This activity "pays" 10 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in All Three for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 25, 4PM - 5PM, Room 206 Nash Hall
"Saving the Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle"
Salina Hempoell, associate department head and associate professor of Fisheries, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, OSU
This activity "pays" 10 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in All Three for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 25, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Snell/MU East Forum International Forum
OSU Emergency Food Pantry
Volunteers help distribute emergency food to OSU students and non-students
The OSU Emergency Food Pantry exists to support students and community members experiencing poverty and food insecurity. It operates in partnership with the Oregon State University Foundation, and the Linn-Benton Food Share.
Students and non-students welcome, we serve everyone! Go to the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, which is located in the Snell/MU East International Forum.
Volunteers will need to watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
The pantry starts at 5pm, but they would like the volunteers there at 4:30pm. Once the crowd starts coming the volunteers will escort each person or family to the storage in the back and help them select from a variety for fresh/frozen and canned food. The pantry happens on campus in Snell Auditorium and lasts from 5-8pm.
Anyone is welcome to come by and pick up food, the pantry occurs twice a month, but people are allowed to come once a month to pick up food. This last pantry we had close to 120 come in a matter of an hour.
Before you can work at the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, you must watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 25, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; MU Horizon Room (#49)
“Carbon Tax Event to Combine Humor with Data”
Presenters: Stand-up Economist, Yoram Bauman, and Jenny Liu of the Northwest Economic Research Center (NERC)
Bauman, a professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Washington, has made a name for himself as the world’s only stand-up economist. Casting a humorous light on economics, he has received rave reviews from students and policy makers alike. Jenny Liu, Assistant Director of NERC, will present the findings of their carbon tax study that was commissioned by the 2013 Oregon State Legislature. This in-depth analysis of carbon pricing in Oregon was presented in December 2014 to Legislative committees meeting in Salem. NERC confirmed some of its original findings about the potential benefits of a carbon tax, as well as analyzing how a carbon pricing policy would affect 70 different Oregon industry sectors and six Oregon regions.
This event is co-sponsored by the LWV of Corvallis, Northwest Friends of Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the OSU Student Sustainability Initiative.
Students and non-students welcome, we serve everyone! Go to the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, which is located in the Snell/MU East International Forum.
This activity "pays" 20 points. Get a signature from an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday February 25, 7PM - ???PM, MU Horizon Room
"Pricing for Oregon: Clean road Ahead?"
Yoram Bauman and Jenny Liu will speak on pricing carbon pollution as a strategy for reining in pollution.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer including how long you were there, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in All Three for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Thursday February 26, 7PM to ??PM, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis
"Carbon Goals and Getting There"
The Sierra Club presents a free talk by the organization Our Children's Trust about passing science-based greenhouse gas reduction goals and the steps a community can take to get there.
For more information: Debra Higbee-Sudyka, 541-554-6979, dwhigbes@gmail.com
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer including time at event, take some notes, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in All Three for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Friday February 27, Doors open at 6:30p.m.; show begins at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (I assume) Odd Fellows Hall, 233 SW 2nd Ave. Corvallis
5$ – 10$ suggested donation. Beverages and snacks will be available to purchase from Oregon Trail Brewery and New Morning Bakery.
Corvallis Environmental Center; Eco Film Festival
"What Rivers are Worth"
Short films from the Willamette River and beyond with local director Jeremy Monroe
This activity "pays" 15 points. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, do a 250 word writeup. Turn in Both for Credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Saturday, February 28, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Saturday, February 28, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Oak Creek Building Lobby
Oak Creek Restoration Project
Free OSU's primary waterway, Oak Creek, from the grip of invasive species! Help eradicate English ivy and Himalayan blackberry, maintain areas that have already been cleared, look after young replanting, and check on the progress of restored areas. Tools will be available while supplies last, but if possible bring your own gloves and shovel/clippers. Contact the sustainability office for more info at sustainability@oregonstate.edu.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need 1) get a signature of an organizer, including how long you were there; 2) take notes; and 3) do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event.
Monday March 2, 6:30PM to ???; Good Samaritan Regional Conference Center, Rooms A & B, 3600 NW Samaritan Drive (out by the Hospital)
Corvallis City Council Meeting, including "Divest Corvallis from Fossil Fuels discussion
Come see government in action. The Divest group has time to present their petition and request to the Corvallis City Council. Their statement: "We have been working hard drafting a resolution to bring to the Corvallis City Council and we need your support."
We need supporters to come to the City Council meeting when we present our resolution.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Monday March 2, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders within 10 days of the event
Wednesday March 4, 7:00PM to ???; Corvallis Benton County Library, 645 NW Monroe, Corvallis
THE LOOMING THREAT TO OREGON OF NATURAL GAS PIPELINES AND EXPORT TERMINALS
Educational forum featuring Dan Serres, Columbia Riverkeepers; Ted Gleichman, Sierra Club; and Charlie Miller, oceanographer. At .
Contact: townesj@peak.org, 541-745-5210
Sponsors: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, 350 Corvallis, Sierra Club
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Friday March 6, 7:00PM to ???; Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2945 NW Circle Blvd, Corvallis
COWSPIRACY: THE SUSTAINABILITY SECRETS
Why does meat matter, more than we ever thought?
What are its greenhouse gas equivalencies when compared with transportation?
A quote from the film: “So my calculations are that without using any gas, or oil or fuel ever again from this day forward, that we would still exceed our maximum carbon equivalent GHG emissions ( 565 gigatons) by the year 2030 without the energy sector even factored into the equation….All simply by raising and eating livestock.” That is Dr. Richard Oppenlander, author and environmental researcher
This activity "pays" 15 points. To get credit you need 1) get a signature of an organizer, including how long you were there; 2) take notes; and 3) do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
At Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2945 NW Circle Blvd.
Contact: kjoseph@spiritone.com
Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Environmental Action Committee
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes and do 250 word write-up of the experience. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Saturday, March 7, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Benton County Fairgrounds, Grueber Building (way in the back--follow crowds)
Corvallis Winter Farmer's Market
This activity "pays" 10 points. To get credit you need Buy Something--Anything; visit 5 booths, take notes on what each vendor is selling; vendor background; etc., get a signature from EACH VENDOR; and do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
This activity can be repeated for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Saturday, March 7, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; 35th Street Solar Site via Campus Way (out by the covered bridge)
Solar Site Maintenance
Did you know the OSU main campus has nearly 8 acres of ground-mounted solar arrays, which amount to 1,725,000 watts of solar power? Help maintain these sites by visually inspecting equipment and wiring, removing invasive weeds like English ivy and Himalayan blackberry and performing other necessary maintenance tasks. Tools will be available while supplies last, but if possible bring your own gloves and shovel/clippers. Contact the sustainability office for more info at sustainability@oregonstate.edu.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need 1) get a signature of an organizer, including how long you were there; 2) take notes; and 3) do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Sunday, March 8, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; Organic Growers Club farm just east of the golfcourse--see their website for directions
Planting spring veggies
Come help plant stuff. Planting Cauliflower, Broccoli, Fava Beans & MORE!!!
Its on babe!!!! ITS ON!!!
OSU Organic Growers Club – we’re it man!!!
Treats? Coffee? Truth! FREEDOM FROM THE MAN!!!
Against-the-grain and with-the-flow babe!!!!
Calling all fair-weather farmers!!! – its fair weather and we got starts to get in the ground!!!!
OSU Organic Growers Club…
It would be a different place without us!
Pass the hope and take a HEAPING plate!!!!
Changing the Ion Concentration and exchanging the strongly adsorbed culture with hope for the future!!!
MAKING SOIL CITIZENS EVERY SPRING!!!!
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. To get credit you need 1) get a signature of an organizer, including how long you were there; 2) take notes; and 3) do 250 word write-up including what you bought. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work in Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Monday March 9, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Snell/MU East Forum International Forum
OSU Emergency Food Pantry
Volunteers help distribute emergency food to OSU students and non-students
The OSU Emergency Food Pantry exists to support students and community members experiencing poverty and food insecurity. It operates in partnership with the Oregon State University Foundation, and the Linn-Benton Food Share.
Students and non-students welcome, we serve everyone! Go to the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, which is located in the Snell/MU East International Forum.
Volunteers will need to watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
The pantry starts at 5pm, but they would like the volunteers there at 4:30pm. Once the crowd starts coming the volunteers will escort each person or family to the storage in the back and help them select from a variety for fresh/frozen and canned food. The pantry happens on campus in Snell Auditorium and lasts from 5-8pm.
Anyone is welcome to come by and pick up food, the pantry occurs twice a month, but people are allowed to come once a month to pick up food. This last pantry we had close to 120 come in a matter of an hour.
Before you can work at the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, you must watch a 20 min video on how to behave around people who come in. Which can be done in Snell 231. After which they can come to any of the pantry dates they wish.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. Get a signature from an organizer including time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Monday March 9, Every Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (usually 2-2.5 hours); First United Methodist Church, 12th & Jackson, Corvallis
Jammin' for the Hungry
Volunteers meet weekly to make jam for local food banks.
Jammin' for the Hungry provides an extra "treat" to food bank customers to go with the USDA peanut butter provided. Each week, we make jams and jellies for Corvallis-area food banks in our commercial kitchen. We make both low-sugar and sugar free jams – a healthy alternative to traditional sugar-laden fruit spreads. Fruit and all ingredients are provided by local donations and from Linn Benton Food Share. Volunteers from the church, the larger Corvallis community and from an OSU class on sustainability make this possible. Since September 2008, we have made over 9500 jars of jams and jellies.
We meet most Monday nights between 5 and 8 in the FUMC Community Center Kitchen on the corner of 12th and Jackson in Corvallis. No experience necessary and volunteers get free samples and make new friends! Email saragpower@gmail.com to check that we are not on vacation the night you want to come.
Sara has set up a site for first time volunteers to "Jammin' for the Hungry." Click Here to sign up for a date. NOTE. Anyone who signs up and doesn't show up will receive 20 NEGATIVE EC points (-20 with a maximum possible of 20 instead of 40)
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, turn in the pink slip from Sara with time worked, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Monday March 9 7PM to ??? Troubadour Music Center, 521 SW 2nd St., Corvallis
Kurt Fausch: For the Love of Rivers
Rivers and streams supply our water and capture our imaginations. We seek the more pristine ones to fish or paddle, to hike along or simply sit and watch. But what is it we are seeing? What is essential about streams and rivers for us as humans? In his new book, For the Love of Rivers, stream ecologist Kurt Fausch draws readers across the reflective surface of streams to view and ponder what is beneath, and how they work. While celebrating their beauty and mystery, he uses his many years of experience as a field biologist to explain the underlying science connecting these aquatic ecosystems to their streamside forests and the organisms found there—including humans.
Kurt Fausch is a professor in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University. His collaborative research in Japan was chronicled in the PBS documentary film “RiverWebs.” Corvallis filmmaker Jeremy Monroe produced a beautiful trailer for the book.
This event pays 10 points/hour. Get a signature of an organizer indicating how long you were there, take some notes and do a 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit. All EC write-ups must be turned into Steve or Drew by 5PM March 13.
Wednesday March 11, Table of food at 12PM-1PM, Marketplace West Dining Center Foyer; Seminar @ 3PM-4PM, ALS 4000
Lentil Underground
"Lentil Underground" tells the true story of a group of organic farmers and their dedication to the thriving sustainable food movement. These renegade farmers work with heirloom seeds that don't require irrigation or industrial fertilizers. Join Lentil Underground author Liz Carlisle and these farmers for:
A special table from 12-1PM Marketplace West Dining Center Foyer--taste delicious heritage grains and lentil specials prepared by our talented UHDS Chef. Learn more about these delicious staples that are packed with nutrition and flavor.
a seminar from 3-4PM in ALS 4000
and a reading at 7PM at Grassroots Bookstore, 227 SW 2nd Street Corvallis.
This activity "pays" 10 points.hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
All EC writeups MUST be turned in to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Wednesday March 11, 7PM, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library Meeting Room, 645 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis
FUKUSHIMA UPDATE & IS NUCLEAR POWER A SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
Charles K. Johnson (Director, Joint Task Force on Nuclear Power, Oregon and Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility) will give the presentation.
Mr. Johnson will discuss the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, and how it continues to unfold 4 years after that fateful day, March 11, 2011, and address questions raised by the accident. What, if anything, are U.S. regulators doing to better protect the hundreds of millions of Americans who live near one of the nation’s 99 operating nuclear reactors, including the Columbia Generating Station (CGS) in Washington State? What are some of the known risks at CGS and what is being done to address them? And what is the future of nuclear power in the Northwest in the face of climate change?
Mr. Johnson is a long-time nuclear power analyst. He was co-author of Oregon’s 1980 voter-approved nuclear power moratorium law requiring a permanent disposal site for the high-level nuclear waste from a proposed nuclear power plant in Oregon, plus voter approval, before new nuclear power plants can be built in our state. Johnson served in five Oregon State Legislative sessions, including Caucus Administrator for the Senate Majority Leader in the 1980s and as a field organizer for national Physicians for Social Responsibility in Washington DC, and Executive Director for Nuclear Free America in Baltimore, in the 1990s. He has been a development officer for Western Oregon University and Portland State University and recently completed a political biography, “Standing at the Water’s Edge: Bob Straub’s Battle for the Soul of Oregon,” published by Oregon State University Press in 2012.
This talk is sponsored by the Sierra Club, and the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.
This activity "pays" 10 points/hour. For credit, get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do 250 word write-up of the experience.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
All EC writeups MUST be turned in to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Thursday March 12; 3:30PM - 5:00PM 107 Richardson Hall
Douglas fir; The Legacy and future of the Pacific Northwest's Most Iconic Tree
Chad Oliver; Pinchot professor of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Director, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
History & Possible Futures of Silviculture in the Douglas-fir Region: Reactive VS Proactive. Past and possible future scenarios of Douglas-fir Silviculture will be described in the context of the scientific, social, economic, ownership, and political forces that have and will shape them. Forestry in the Pacific Northwest will be faced with a potentially expanding global interest in wood products, the climate change concerns, a recognition that forests are dynamic, and a need for invigorating rural communities. The forestry community might react to these changes with one suite of silvicultural practices—or it could chart a creative, proactive course of action that would shape these changes. The proactive course of action would enable other silvicultural practices to be viable that will benefit society, the environment, and the economy.
Starker Lecture Series, presented by the OSU College of Forestry and teh Oregon Forest Resources Institute
This activity "pays" 15 points. Get a signature of an organizer, take some notes, and do a 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
Thursday March 12; Sustainability Fair, 5-7PM and Town Hall Meeting 7PM-9PM, CH2MHill Alumni Center, 725 SW 26th Street (OSU campus)
7th ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY FAIR & TOWN HALL
Fair features more than 50 local exhibitors, local food and music. Town Hall keynote by Sean McGuire, national expert on well-being indicators, “A New Path: Toward creating a culture that serves our needs.” Register for Town Hall at sustainablecorvallis.org by March 9.
Contact: info@sustainablecorvallis.org, 541-230-1237
Sponsor: Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
You can get 10 points by attending the fair between , asking some questions at five booths and getting a signature at each, taking some notes and doing a 250 word write-up. Turn in all three for credit.
You can get 20 points by attending the Town Hall Meeting, from 7PM - 9PM and participating in the round-table discussion. Get a signature of the leader of your table, take some notes, and do a 250 word write-up.
Turn in ALL MU/EC work In the Quiz Folders to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.
All EC writeups MUST be turned in to Steve or Drew by 5PM Friday March 13. Steve has an envelope outside his office door, 140 WLKN. Drew has a mailbox in WLKN 104.