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- 1. www.e3washington.org Thanks To Our Raffle Contributors! Thanks To Our Summer Evening Sponsors! Thursday June 26, 5:00pm - 8:30pm At the McKinstry Innovation Center Seattle, WA A Summer Celebration of Sustainability and Systems Education Innovation and Leadership Argosy Cruises The Broadway Center National Wildlife Federation Northwest Outdoor Center Pacific Science Center Palisade Restaurant Palomino Restaurant Jenny Rieke Woodland Park Zoo Cynthia Walker and Larry Beale
- 2. • Welcome and Recognition Abby Ruskey, Emcee, Executive Director, E3 Washington • Reading Tom Hulst, Board President, E3 Washington, and book author • About McKinstry and the Innovation Center Lauren Frugé, Program Manager, McKinstry • Tribute to Billy Frank Jr. Steve Robinson, SR Productions • E3 Washington Green Apple Awards Jessica Aronson-Cook & Jennifer Pritchard, E3 Washington Awards Committee Co-Chairs • U.S. EPA Presidential Awards Linda Anderson Carnahan, Associate Director, Office of Ecosystems, Tribal, and Public Affairs • Guest Speaker – Voice of the Youth: A Panel Discussion • Closing Comments & Silent Auction Results Tom Hulst, Board President; Mike Maryanski, Treasurer; Courtney Sullivan, Board Member • Create Sustainability teams of site representatives (such as a school’s students, faculty, staff, facility managers, and trustees) to develop programs for everybody to learn and play a role in “greening up”their site. • Empower teams to evaluate site design and operation from a seventh generation perspective and make recommendations for renovations, new construction and maintenance. • Partner schools with businesses, agencies, colleges and others by organizing teams of students and professionals that advance sustainability measures in schools, campuses and neighborhoods. • Develop friendly E3 competitions with incentives and awards for localities involved in sustainability projects. - Nani Castor-Peck, John Stanford International School - Formal Educator - PreK-5 - Midge Yergen, West Valley Junior High, Yakima - Formal Educator - 6-8 - John Devine, Tacoma Science and Math Institute - Formal Educator - 9-12 - Clive Pursehouse, University of Washington - Formal Educator - College/ University - Mike Maryanksi, Superintendent of Tahoma SD - Formal Educator - School Administrator- Superintendent - Christine Benita, Science Specialist, Jane Addams K-8 - Formal Educator - School Administrator- Curriculum Specialist E3 Washington Green Apple Awards - Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe - President’s Award - Joshua Berger, Captain, Sound Experience - - Bob Taylor, WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter - Outstanding Informal Educator - Jessie Dirks, Chief Sealth International High School, Seattle - - Alexandria Chuang, Garfield High School, Seattle - - Jennifer Kabat, Avanti High School, Olympia - K-12 Student Environmental Leader - LOTT Clean Water Alliance and their WET Science Center - Nonprofit/Community Organization- Local - Washington Green Schools - Nonprofit/Community Organization- State - First Green - Business Excellence - Cedar Grove - Business And School Partnership - City of Tacoma Office of Environmental Policy and Sustainability - Government Agency - Senator John McCoy - Diversity in Action- Individual - IslandWood - Diversity in Action- Organization - Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation - Tribal Leader - Students for Sustainability, Port Townsend High School - Winner - Natural Resource Connections Program, Emerson High School, Mt. Vernon - Runner Up U.S. EPA President’sYouthEnvironmentAward The Evening’s Program Congratulations Awardees! For more information on the 5 E3 Goals, visit www.e3washington.org E3 Washington’s Lead Green Goal: Lead the Change—Turn school sites, campuses, businesses, and public places into learning laboratories and sustainability models. We need to figure out a planning approach that honors the philosophy and practice of Seventh Generation decision-making. - Billy Frank Jr., Chair, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission; Co-Chair, E3 Washington