The Evergreen Magazine—Fall 2007
Features
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Weaving a Sustainable Pattern
by Char Simons
Evergreen’s focus on sustainability combines social justice and the environment
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Creating Sustainable Connections
By Nancy A. Parkes ’78 Member of the Faculty
and Co-chair, Sustainability Task ForceFrom the Evergreen campus to the fragile Galapagos Islands, John Pumilio is connecting people with the natural world.
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Indigenous Nations Include Climate Change in Historic Treaty
by Char Simons
The lifespan of Native Americans has decreased significantly with the unavailability of traditional foods, making indigenous peoples the miner’s canary of climate change.
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A Virtual Classroom at
the Arctic’s Edgeby John McLain
One teacher’s passion brings climate change research home to middle school students.
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Garden Raised Bounty a Hotbed
of Greener Activityby Elizbeth She '99
Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) runs two basic programs, Cultivating Youth and the Kitchen Garden Project. Cultivating Youth works with at-risk teens to develop their leadership skills, and model positive and supportive relationships in their lives.
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Toxic Trail Leads Faculty to Jobs,
The old smelter and towering smokestack in Ruston are gone. They have been replaced with piles of fill dirt destined to become an upscale housing development overlooking Tacoma’s Commencement Bay.
Health and Justice Project