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KEC Presents: Preserving Biodiversity on a Swiftly Tilting Planet
Presentation: Preserving Biodiversity on a Swiftly Tilting Planet Speaker: Dylan Mendenhall, Principal Ecologist, Haven Ecology and Research, LLC Dylan Mendenhall draws on over 15 years of experience in the practice and study of ecological restoration, including co-management of a small family forest. His presentation”Preserving Biodiversity on a Swiftly Tilting Planet,” further explores ecological restoration in […]
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KEC Presents: Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity
Presentation: Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity Speakers: Glen Kalisz, WSDOT Habitat Connectivity Support Structures Nate Daniel, Great Peninsula Conservancy While roads are so ubiquitous they’re practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. We share the Kitsap peninsula with abundant wildlife, from amphibians and fish to bears […]
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KEC Presents: The Rights of Nature
Films: The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement | Goeckeritz Speakers: Ansu John, College of the Environment Salish Sea Region, WWU Marla Powers, Environmental Planner, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value […]
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KEC Presents: Trees are Cool! Urban Tree Canopies
Music and Films: “If A Tree Falls” Bruce Cockburn “Weathered: The Heat is On” PBS “Establishing Urban Forests Should Be Our Legacy” Kenton Rogers Discussion: How trees help make our growing towns and cities more livable Trees are remarkable organisms that make our towns and cities better places to live. They provide resources for our health, […]
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KEC Presents: Saving Pacific NorthWest Forests
Film: “Last Stand – Saving the Elwha River’s Legacy Forests“ Documentary produced by: EarthLawCenter Watch the inspiring story of how a community stopped a timber sale along the Elwha River – against all odds. Learn about the global importance of Pacific NW temperate rainforests to mitigate climate change and witness the interconnected web of life […]
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KEC Presents: Cougar Conundrum | The Olympic Cougar Project
The Olympic Cougar Project is presented by Mark Elbroch, Caitlin Kupar & Andrew Stratton of Panthera. The relationship between humans and mountain lions has always been uneasy. A century ago, mountain lions were vilified as a threat to livestock and hunted to the verge of extinction. Their recovery has led to an unexpected conundrum: Do […]
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KEC Presents: Frogs – The Thin Green Line
Documentary film with a talk led by retired population biologist, Dr. Tom Doty. It is the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs. Population by population, species by species, amphibians are vanishing off the face of the Earth. Despite international alarm and a decade and a half of scientists scrambling for answers, the steady hemorrhaging of […]
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KEC Presents: Growing Healthy Soils to Feed the World
In the documentary Into the Soil, we follow Brigid LeFevre, who runs a community-supported agriculture operation (CSO) in Järna, Sweden. The members support this regenerative agriculture operation with money or hands-on help in the garden. […]
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KEC Presents: Earth-Soil-Plant-Animal-Humans…The Environmental Cost of our Food
Our Conversations about Climate Action for April explores the relationships that form our food with three films: Eating Our Way to Extinction, Into the Soil: The Wisdom of Regenerative Farming, and Changing Paradigms: The Power of Regenerative Agriculture. Our guest speaker, Renee Ziemann from Full Tilth Farm, will join our conversation about community support of local farming […]
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