Speakers

Dylan D’Haeze

At the age of 13, Dylan D'Haeze had a simple question. What happens when we throw plastic away? The more he learned, the more he realized how big the problem is - and the more it scared him. But rather than be afraid, he decided to do something about it! That was the beginning of the Kids Can Save The Planet documentary series. Issues that face our planet - from a kid's perspective!

This portion will include a screening of D'Haeze's movie "Everything Connects," with a Q & A to follow.

Reports on Vashon groups

Audience members will learn of the progress Vashon's environmental groups have been making, and will learn about the next steps that everyone can take.

1:00-1:30 Speaking of connections...

Anne Guerry

Anne is a Senior Research Associate at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and serves as the Chief Strategy Officer & Lead Scientist for the Natural Capital Project.

She has a lifelong love of the sea and believes that making explicit connections between human activities and their impacts on the full suite of nature's benefits can inform management decisions and yield better outcomes for the environment and for society.

Josh Lawler

Josh Lawler moved to Vashon in 2017 with his wife, Anne Guerry, and their son. Josh is a Professor in the UW College of The Environment. He is an ecologist driven by applied conservation questions and their real-world applications, with climate change at the root. In particular, he is interested in how climate change can drive shifts in plant and animal distributions, and the impacts those shifts have at both the species and the ecosystem level. Additionally, he studies how climate change affects not only animals and plants, but also people, in this case through the loss of ecosystem services such as carbon storage, as well as the ways that human health, climate, and environment are connected. Lawler holds the Denman Endowed Professorship in Sustainable Resource Sciences and is the Co-Director of the Center for Creative Conservation.

John Browne

A Seattle native and Vashon resident for many years, John Browne has played guitar since his teens and picked up the harmonica in the mid-1960’s. A man of many talents, Browne has driven metro buses, worked as a logger and commercial fisherman, and for many years helped run Wax Orchard farm. He and his wife Vicki now own Judd Creek Nursery, specializing in native plants.

Odin Lonning

Northwest Tribal Art

Odin Lonning (Tlingit name SH NOW TAAN) was born in Juneau, Alaka in 1953. He is Woosh Ke Taan (Eagle and Shark) clan through his Tlingit mother. He is named after his Norwegian father.

At age ten, Odin saw is first traditional dance performance. This motivated him to explore Tlingit art. When he was twenty, the Juneau school district, Juneau Centennial Committee, Goldbelt Corporation, and Sealaska Corporation commissioned several of his pieces for permanent display.

In 1989 Odin attended the Institute of American Indian Art in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

Odin now lives on Vashon Island near Seattle, where he works on projects and private commissions. He does cultural presentations with his fiancee for nonprofit groups, museums, schools, galleries, and treatment centers. He also works with Northwest Native Designs, a custom leather furniture company employing the talents of many native artists. Native Peoples magazine featured Odin's furniture design.