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ECO Net NEWS is an e-newsletter that updates ECO Net members with announcements on current events. If you have events that you would like to see here in the future, please e-mail me a descriptive, one-sentence blurb (with headline, date, time, location and a link to more information).

News for January 13, 2009

FREE Workshop. Save the Sound, Build a Rain garden
Impervious surfaces in Puget Sound have increased by 10.4 percent, leading to further changes in streamflow runoff and expanding a major pathway for a host of other pollutants to enter our rivers, soil, and food supply. Please join Stewardship Partners for a hands-on classroom workshop on rain garden design and construction.  
Learn more http://www.stewardshippartners.org/raingarden_workshops.html

2009 NOAA B-WET Competitions
NOAA B-WET provides grants in support of locally relevant experiential learning through meaningful watershed educational experiences in the K-12 environment. Funded projects will provide meaningful watershed educational experiences for students and related professional development for teachers in support of regional education and environmental priorities in the
Pacific Northwest.
Learn more http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/BWET/BWET_funding.html

Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment Conference
Join us February 12, 2009 to learn more about the results of the assessment of climate change impacts on Washington State and discuss implications for Washington's communities and ecosystems. Updates on global climate change science, resources for building adaptive capacity for climate change, and state-level actions to address climate change will also be discussed.
Learn more http://cses.washington.edu/cig/outreach/waccia/index.html#Home

South Sound Sustainability Expo
The higher education institutions of Pierce County invite you to participate as an exhibitor in the second annual South Sound Sustainability Expo. This exciting outreach event provides you an opportunity to  display some of the most interesting and innovative goods, services, and initiatives you are doing to address sustainability in our region.
Learn more http://www.ups.edu/sustainabilityexpo.xml

Puget Sound Low Impact Development Technical Workshop Series
Registration is now open for the LID Technical Workshop Classes in Lacey; they begin in January and run through February. Developed by WSU Extension Pierce County and funded by the Partnership, this four-part series covers all elements of low impact development.
Learn more http://capps.wsu.edu/conferences/lidworkshops/