Sustainability-related events for the month of FEBRUARY

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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• Discussion of EnergySolutions’ • How to Grow Clean Air and Get • Rural Utah Legislative Day • 2011 Salt Lake Sustainability
Depleted Uranium Performance Through Inversion Season Summit • Seed Selecting and
Assessment • Deadline to submit • Backcountry Travel Basics Starting • Plant and Animal
comments • Botany For Gardeners Adaptations • Citizens Climate
• Citizen Lobbyist Training • The Science of Avalanches
Lobby Guest Speaker

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• SLC Bicycle Collective Class
• SLC Bites Evening Mixer
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• GPS Basics • Great Salt Lake Audubon Field • Stegner Center Green Bag: • Bald Eagle Day • Tree Biology:
Trip Mercury Programs in Utah Tree and Soil Relations • Looking
for Tracks and Signs • “A Climate
of Change” • 2011 Red Party!

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• Native Plant Sale • Nutrients and Water Quality • Free Scout Day! • Snowshoe Basics • Snowshoe Owl Prowl at the
• Park Silly Sunday Market • Mysteries of Utah Water Law • • Red Butte Garden Snowshoeing • Climbing Denali for a Cause Solitude Nordic Center
• People’s Market Environmental & Transportation • • Red Butte Garden Kids Class:
• EarthWell Festival Slow Food Utah Book Club
Planning for Public Health • “The Astonishing Worms
True Cost of Coal” • Alta Ski
Patrol & Their Avalanche Dogs

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• SLC Green Drinks SLC • “Water, Conflict and Human • Fabulous Fruit Trees • Countdown To Uprising - • Snowgoose Festival • Selling
Rights: Emerging Challenges and • GPS Basics Empowerment Summit What you Grow • Understanding
Solutions • Great Salt Lake • Spring Ski Mountaineering in • Slow Food Cache Valley Book the Basics of Bird Photography
Audubon Field Trip • CSA Utah Club • Trip to the Tropics • Climate
Utah
Open House Crisis Committee Meeting

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• Climate Trial Day of Solidarity
• Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective
Class

Please be sure to also visit event websites for detailed info, admission fees, registration and RSVP requirements.

FEBRUARY 1 FEBRUARY 15
9:00am Discussion of EnergySolutions’ Depleted Uranium Performance Assessment. Nutrients and Water Quality - A Region 8 Collaborative Workshop. Hilton, SLC
195 N 1950 W, rm 1015. RSVP: renetteanderson@utah.gov or Center. For more information & to register go to www.cwi.colostate.edu/nutrients
sophia@healutah.org 12:15pm Mysteries of Utah Water Law... Fact or Fiction? Room 106, S.J. Quinney
5:00pm Deadline to submit comments regarding The Jordan Valley Water Conservancy College of Law, University of Utah. www.law.utah.edu/stegner/
District proposal to discharge selenium-tainted water into Great Salt Lake via 5:00pm Environmental & Transportation Planning for Public Health. University of Utah
a 21-mile long pipeline. www.fogsl.org College of Architecture & Planning, rm 238. More info: nan.ellin@utah.edu
5:30pm Botany For Gardeners class begins. Red Butte Garden. www.redbuttegarden.org 7:00pm “The True Cost of Coal” by the Beehive Collective. A visual exploration of
6:00pm Citizen Lobbyist Training. HEAL Utah and Utah Rivers Council with State Senator Mountaintop Removal coal mining & resistance. PeaceUp Warehouse, 1362 S.
Ross Romero. State Capitol, please register in advance. www.healutah.org Main St, Salt Lake City.
7:00pm Alta Ski Patrol and Their Avalanche Dogs. REI, 3285 E. 3300 S. www.rei.com
FEBRUARY 3
5:30pm How to Grow Clean Air and Get Through Inversion Season. Bring your own FEBRUARY 16
container for planting or buy one there. Cactus & Tropicals: 2735 S 2000 E, Salt All Day Free Scout Day! Free entry into the Tracy Aviary for any scout wearing a uniform.
Lake City. www.utahmomsforcleanair.org www.tracyaviary.org
7:00pm Backcountry Travel Basics. REI Sandy, 230 W. 10600 S. www.rei.com 3:00pm Red Butte Garden Snowshoeing. See www.redbuttegarden.org for more info.
7:00pm The Science of Avalanches. REI Salt Lake City, 3285 E. 3300 S. www.rei.com 6:30 pm Slow Food Utah Book Club. King’s English Book Shop, 1511 S. 1500 E. in SLC.
For more info see www.slowfoodutah.org
FEBRUARY 4
9:00am Rural Utah Legislative Day. Discuss issues with rural Utah Legislators. Contact FEBRUARY 17
bevans@utah.gov or 801-538-8638 with questions. 7:00pm Snowshoe Basics. REI Sandy, 230 W. 10600 S. www.rei.com
7:00pm Climbing Denali for a Cause. REI Salt Lake City 3285 E. 3300 S. www.rei.com
FEBRUARY 5
9:00am 2011 Salt Lake Sustainability Summit - Reconnecting to Natural Genius. Salt FEBRUARY 19
Lake Episcopal Center, 75 S 200 E. www.trunity.net/slsustainabilitysummit 5:00pm Snowshoe Owl Prowl at the Solitude Nordic Center. Registration required. $10
10:00am Seed Selecting and Starting. Mountain Valley Seed Company, 455 W. 1700 S., plus snowshoe rental. www.hawkwatch.org
Salt Lake City. www.wasatchgardens.org 10:00am Red Butte Garden Kids Class: Astonishing Worms. See
10:00am Red Butte Garden Kids Class: Plant and Animal Adaptations. See www.redbuttegarden.org for more info.
www.redbuttegarden.org for more info.
10:45am Citizens Climate Lobby Guest Speaker: Charles Komanoff. 769 E Harrison Ave FEBRUARY 22
(1390 S). Questions call Bill Barron 801-699-5705. www.wasatchgardens.org 6:00pm Green Drinks. Location TBD. slcgreendrinks@gmail.com / www.greendrinks.org

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6:00pm Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective Class, 2312 S. West Temple, SLC, “Water, Conflict and Human Rights: Emerging Challenges and Solutions.
www.slcbikecollective.org Tanner Center Forum, Conference runs thru Feb. 25. www.humanrights.utah.edu
7:00pm SLC Bites Evening Mixer that will blow your mind! Alpine Art Gallery 430 East 8:30am Great Salt Lake Audubon Field Trip. Farmington Bay. Call Deedee 801-272-
South Temple, SLC, $10 per person. By RSVP only. Chantelle Bourdeaux at 8060 if you plan to attend. www.greatsaltlakeaudubon.org
chant8@gmail. www.slowfoodutah.org 6:30pm CSA Utah Open House at Squatters Brew Pub. Hear what local farmers are
offering for community supported agriculture. 147 W. 300 S. www.csautah.org
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7:00pm GPS Basics. REI Salt Lake City, 3285 E. 3300 S. www.rei.com FEBRUARY 24
6:30pm Fabulous Fruit Trees class begins. Red Butte Garden. For more info see
FEBRUARY 9 www.redbuttegarden.org
Great Salt Lake Audubon Field Trip. Oquirrh Lake at Daybreak. Contact Pomera 7:00pm GPS Basics. REI Sandy 230 W. 10600 S. www.rei.com
at 801-272-2755 or pinkstring@xmission.com for starting time and details. 7:00pm Spring Ski Mountaineering in Utah. REI, 3285 E. 3300 S. www.rei.com
www.greatsaltlakeaudubon.org
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FEBRUARY 10 6:00pm Countdown To Uprising - Empowerment Summit. Runs through Feb. 27. In
12:15pm Stegner Center Green Bag: Mercury Programs in Utah. Room 106, S.J. preparation for The Climate Trial. Vieve Gore Concert Hall at Westminster College
Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. www.law.utah.edu/stegner/ 1840 South 1300 East. www.countdowntouprising.com/home
6:00pm Slow Food Cache Valley Book Club. See www.slowfoodutah.org for more info.
FEBRUARY 12
Bald Eagle Day with Great Salt Lake Audubon Society. 5 locations statewide. FEBRUARY 26
For details go to www.greatsaltlakeaudubon.org or call (801) 521-2939. 8:00am Snowgoose Festival. Great Salt Lake Audubon Society. Call Jeanne or Ray at
9:00am Spring Arborist Series- Tree Biology: Tree and Soil Relations. MATC’s Geneva 801-532-7384. www.greatsaltlakeaudubon.org
Building in Orem. Registration required, $65.00. www.urbanforest.org 9:30am Understanding the Basics of Bird Photography. HawkWatch International
9:00am Looking for Tracks and Signs. Great Salt Lake Audubon Society. Call Sylvia Gray Office: 2240 S 900 E in Salt Lake City. $10:00 for members of HWI or Great Salt
(801-532-3486) to pre-register and to learn details of the meeting place. Lake Audubon; $15 for non-members. www.hawkwatch.org
www.greatsaltlakeaudubon.org 10:00am Selling What you Grow. Registration required, $10 suggested donation. Main
5:30pm Healthy Planet Mobilization Committee Winter Conference “A Climate of Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City. www.wasatchgardens.org
Change”. Runs through Feb. 13. University of Utah OSH and Union Building. For 1:00pm Trip to the Tropics with Tracy Aviary and Le Jardin at The Rose Shop: Activities
more info call 801-606-2074 for the whole family. Free. 10600 South 1910 East in Sandy. www.tracyaviary.org
7:00pm 2011 Red Party! Supporting Breathe Utah & Bike Utah/Utah Bike Coalition. 3:00pm Climate Crisis Committee Meeting. High Road for Human Rights Office, 438 E.
$20 includes raffle tickets, discounted drinks, food & fun. Club Jam 751 N 300 W 200 S. in SLC.
FEBRUARY 28
Climate Trial Day of Solidarity. Multiple Events. More info at
www.peacefuluprising.org/climate-trial
6:00pm Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective Class, 2312 S. West Temple, SLC,
www.slcbikecollective.org

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