Environmental Speaker Series

The Salish Sea Institute partners with the College of the Environment to bring a full slate of speakers to address critical issues in the Salish Sea each winter. The Environmental Speaker Series brings guest lecturers to WWU to address topics of environmental concern, bringing together environmentally-minded members of the WWU and Bellingham communities.

Lynda Mapes and Stefan Freelan exchanging smiles while Lynda holds the Salish Sea map that Stefan created. Also in the picture is Ginny Broadhurst and Natalie Baloy.
Ray Harris chats with a student at the front of a lecture hall.
Stefan Freelan in front of auditorium of people, with slides in background

Past Speaker Series Events

Winter 2021

Energy, Economics and Electoral Politics

Ocean Outbreaks in the Salish Sea from Sea Grasses to Sea Stars are Heating Up

Salmon People: Tracing Indigenous Resistance Across the Pacific Northwest

Scaling Change: Imagining Future Ecologies

Read All About It: What’s the News of the Salish Sea?

The Salish Sea Map: How Cartography Contributed to the Adoption of the Name Salish Sea

“Our Hands are Out”: Building Partnerships for the Future by Remembering the Past

The State of the Salish Sea: Preview of the Upcoming Report

Relatives of the Deep: the Ethnoecology of a Lekwungen Archipelago in the Salish Sea

Using Clam Garden Research to Span the Boundary Between Indigenous Communities and Academic Research

Winter 2020

Environmental Policy in the 2020 State Legislature

The Youth Climate Justice Movement: Imagining the Transition

– Cancelled –

Land Education: Implications for Academic Work

– Video Unavailable –

From Coast to Coasts: Coordinated Research and Monitoring of Nearshore Habitats

Ocean Acidification in the Salish Sea

Constructed Coastlines of the Salish Sea: Integrating Archaeological, Indigenous, and Ecological Perspectives

Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Climate

Forage Fish: Research & Management in the Southern Salish Sea

Storying Climate Change in the Salish Sea

Clam Gardens in the Salish Sea

– Cancelled –

Winter 2019

Ginny Broadhurst (Director of the Salish Sea Institute), Laurie Trautman (Director of the Border Policy Research Institute), Natalie Baloy (Associate Director of Transboundary Initiatives), and Lydia Dennee-Lee (Salish Sea Institute)

Joseph Gaydos (SeaDoc Society)

Elin Kelsey (Author, Wild Ideas)

Christianne Wilhelmson (Georgia Strait Alliance) and Mindy Roberts (Washington Environmental Council)

Captain Linda Sturgis (US Coast Guard)

Lynda Mapes (Seattle Times)

Misty MacDuffee (Raincoast Conservation Foundation)

Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project)

Patti Gobin (Tulalip Tribes Natural Resource and Treaty Rights Office)

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Ray Harris (Chemainus First Nation)

Past Speakers on the Salish Sea

Before the Salish Sea Institute / Environmental Speaker Series partnership was established, the Environmental Speaker Series hosted numerous speakers on the Salish Sea. Here are some highlights: