EVENTS

MEETINGS

Upcoming  Meetings (all on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. in the Quinault Auditorium unless otherwise noted):

  • Tuesday, May 7, 3 p.m. via Zoom – Heather Trim, Zero Waste Washington – The speaker at our May 7 Zoom meeting will be Heather Trim, Executive Director of Zero Waste Washington. Before joining Zero Waste Washington in 2016, she was active in zero waste issues, including helping lead the Seattle bag campaign and helping to ban Styrofoam serviceware products. Previously, Heather was Director of Science and Policy at Futurewise, focusing on habitat, shoreline, storm water and other issues related to land use. Earlier she worked on similar issues including toxic pollution and plastics. Heather earned a BS in geology from Yale University and a PhD from UCLA in geochemistry.

    Zero Waste Washington is a state-wide non-profit, with a goal of making trash obsolete, using three strategies: help pass laws at city, county & state level; conduct research; and do pilot projects. Their focus areas are producer responsibility, excess packaging, reuse/repair, toxic chemicals, recycling, innovation, and plastic pollution.

    As she has done for the past three years, Heather will bring us up to date about legislation that will help move toward the goal of zero waste.

    Bills worked on in the Washington State legislature addressed recycling, battery stewardship, plastics, right to repair, compostable products, mercury light bulbs, and more.

    If you’d like to attend the meeting, you must send an email message to panoramagreenteam@gmail.com by noon on Tuesday, May 7. Then you’ll receive an email invitation with a link to join the Zoom meeting.

    Learn more at the  Zero Waste Washington website.

  • All Panorama residents are encouraged to attend Green Team meetings and presentations.

OTHER COMING EVENTS

  • Monday, April 22, 12 noon Earth Day Event – The Panorama Green Team is sponsoring tables in the Gallery at seventeen51 restaurant during “Dine and Donate” week, when Panorama will match our donations to the Capitol Land Trust.

    If you would like to join us or to learn more details, please send a message by April 18  to panoramagreenteam@gmail.com, indicating how many people will be in your party. Note that if you aren’t able to join us in the Gallery, you can still participate in the matching donations by purchasing a meal in the restaurant any time during the week of April 22-26.

  • Thursday, April 25, 1:30 p.m. Gratitude Revealed – Movie sponsored by the Green Team   Panorama Auditorium Theater


    This documentary explores how to live a more meaningful life full of gratitude through intimate conversations with everyday people, thought leaders, and personalities. This film, featuring beautiful nature cinematography, was created by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, director of Fantastic Fungi. Running time is 1 hour 22 minutes.

    We also recommend watching other movies which have been especially selected for Earth Week / Volunteer Week April 22-26.

  • Tuesday, May 14, 1:30 p.m. Into the Weeds documentary sponsored by the Green Team   Panorama Auditorium Theater

    In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate — the active ingredient in weed-killer Roundup — as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” 

    Despite being assured the herbicide was safe to use, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a former groundskeeper from California, developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He filed a lawsuit against Monsanto, claiming that Ranger Pro, another of the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides, was a substantial contributing factor in causing his cancer. 

    The documentary follows Johnson’s fight for justice against the agrochemical giant while examining how Roundup is used around the world and the potential repercussions of its use. The film also informs us of other important facts.

    A discussion will follow the film, which runs for 1 hour 36 minutes.

    References: 
    IMDB description of film
    Can Roundup cause cancer? Study from University of Washington

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