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Young people are today’s stakeholders and advocates for change. Using EarthEcho Expedition: Shell Shocked videos and project-based learning tools, educators can activate students’ critical thinking around this “wicked” global problem. This webinar will provide tools to embed best practices of service learning and project-based learning into a unit on Ocean Acidification for middle-grade level youth. The webinar will explore the Five Stages of Service Learning—investigation, preparation, action, reflection, and demonstration—and connect that process to ocean acidification resources. Please register for this…

Did the Alaska earthquake and tsunami on October 19th have you wondering how you’ll be alerted if a tsunami is about to strike Washington? Join experts from the Washington Geological Survey and Washington Emergency Management Division in this free webinar to learn about how tsunamis can impact Washington's inner and outer coasts, and what to do before, during, and after a tsunami. The webinar will be hosted via Microsoft Teams at the following link: http://bit.ly/tsuwebinar2020 Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/354912442381639/ For…

A case for Indigenous storytelling in museums Part of centering equity and justice in environmental work includes honoring the knowledge and work of communities that disproportionately face environmental harms. This idea comes to bear when we consider the social and ecological harm Indigenous communities are experiencing due to large environmental events such as climate change, yet much of the academic and institutional community dismiss Native knowledge as non-scientific and non-relevant. As public institutions, museums are often the primary, self-proclaimed expert…

This is a conversation with the UW Tribal Leadership to discuss pathways to UW land acknowledgement and research partnerships with Tribal nations. We use a tribal government-to-government framework and history to define and breakdown the process. This will be done through the lens of tribal sovereignty and self-determination created via treaties, acts of congress, and executive orders. This event is part of an EarthLab series on partnering with Tribal nations and is offered in connection with the College of the…

The Burke Museum will host a live virtual celebration of Ray Troll's Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline exhibit on December 4, and we want you to be there. This online event will include a peek into the gallery, a presentation with artist Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and a live Q&A with the audience. Buckle up; it's going to be a wild ride. Note: Only one reservation per household is required, but the whole family…

This virtual training is the first in a series being planned by NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management to help build knowledge about funding and financing for coastal resilience activities. The guest speakers are experts on this topic who will share the basics of funding and financing mechanisms, project examples, and lessons learned. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their funding and financing challenges. To register, visit http://noaacsc.adobeconnect.com/fundingwebinar012621/event/event_info.html For questions, please contact Lauren.Long@noaa.gov.

NOAA's Coastal Resilience Grants are helping communities that are interested in faster and better recovery from coastal hazards. This webinar is part of a series designed to share the lessons learned from these projects. The risks associated with natural hazards in the state of Washington, including high tide flooding and eroding coastlines, are exacerbated by sea level rise. The Washington Coastal Resilience Project employed risk projection, informed planning, technical innovations, and community engagement to rapidly increase their capacity to support…

Presented by: Lauren Brohawn, assistant director of UW Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship; Michael Pomfret, managing director of Washington Clean Energy Testbeds (run by the University of Washington Clean Energy Institute); Mel Clark, president and CEO of CleanTech Alliance Learn about the role these groups each play in the cleantech and entrepreneurial ecosystem, what collaboration looks like for their group, and best practices for collaborating across difference.   Learn more about the EarthLab Lunch and Learn Series: Collaborating Across Difference. Co-sponsored by: UW Center for Global Studies,…

Dr. Jonathan Warrick from the U.S. Geological Survey will be presenting, "Coastal Landslides (and other changes) Through the Lens of SfM Photogrammetry": Over the past decade, Structure-from-Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry has provided new opportunities to measure topography and topographic change in the earth sciences. USGS will present an overview of SfM developments by the USGS Remote Sensing Coastal Change project, with a focus on the coastal landslides and bluff erosion along the California central coast. New applications are allowing for the measurement of…

This online webinar is part of the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series. Title: Strategies for Successful Research to Application Projects: A Case Study of the National Sea Grant College Program Abstract: As coastal landscapes change, management professionals are working hard to transition research results into actions that support scientifically informed decisions impacting coastal communities. This type of research faces many challenges due to competing priorities, but boundary spanning organizations can help mediate these conflicts by forming transdisciplinary collaborations. The National Sea…

Join us in a Zoom Webinar to learn about the natural conditions that create king tides, projected sea level rise for Port Townsend, the Washington King Tides Program, and local efforts to monitor these events and document total water levels. A demonstration on how to use the MyCoast app for contributing your observations of king tides will also be provided.