PAGE 6 OCTOBER, 1974 ( Eco NE~r REPOR~I'S J EEC A lot has happened in the last several months. The Environmental Education Center has been presented with both new resou~ces and opportunities. These events have suggested the necessity for a reorganization of both our people and our thinking about the "big picture" of environmental education in the tri-county area, the Pacific Northwest and the nation. PEOPLE Director of four. funded projects for FY 7lf-75 is Don Stotler. Environmental Education Center (Environmental Ed. Act) PSU fiscal agent, Laura Williamson, manager. National Demonstration Center at PSU (Environmental ed. Act), PSU fiscal agent, Laura Williamson, manager. Energy Center (Environmental E. Act) OMSI fiscal agent, Dean Ivy, manager. Enviornmental Communications Network (2nd of 3 yrs.) Hill family foundation. OMSI fiscal agent. Dean Ivy manager. ECO NET Because we feel that all four of these projects constitute a common thrust toward an environmentally concerned, literate, active, and aware future society, we are calling this common thrust Eco-net. PRIORITY OF CONCERU Although each one of the above projects has specific objectives all projects share general goals and areas of priority concern and action. These areas of common concern are: Centers EEC---remodelling and new rooms Action toward Bi-Centennial Three new employees (Randi Krogstad, Anita Helle, Steve Johnson) Energy Center (OMSI)--now underway Spokane Center--U.S Pavillion retained after EXPO? Cleveland High School--Eco-Aesthetics Center? Hillsboro Public Schools-~ community center? Information Exchange Bend In The River and Syncon conferences NW Video Network SHARE-- _computerized Eco-exchange RAIN--new eco-net newsletter Slide show with audio tape on centers Data Gathering by Students Noise and water quality proposal Boise ECO NET Meeting 15 people from 15 northwest region environmental education groups and projects met to suggest information sharing methods and ideas which would enhance individual pr-ojects. Ini'tial focus areas included~-media access information, access to computer services and assistance; access to technical and legal environmental information on a crisis basis. Lots of other topics were touched on. _The group asks you to brainstorm on your own and with co-workers and friends on information needs, information sharing projects, techniques and the NW environment. For regional Eco-net brainstorm group minutes, for more information, contact Dean Ivy, OMSI, 4015 SW Canyon rd. Portland, Or. 97221. 224-9500. ECO NET Video One of the components of the ECO NET project is a video access facility where you can learn to use portable, 1/2 " television equipment. The video staff, Bob Phillips and Charles Auch, are located at OHSI and can be reached hy phoning 224-9500. The video equipmen~ three portable camera/recorders and an editing system, serves as a means for anyone to document environmental ideas and problems. Tapes in the ECO NET files can be seen at the EEC or OMSI. In addition, Bob and Charles are cataloging tapes produced elsewhere in the Northwest with the assistance of Jack Eyerly (of Experiments in Art and Technology) and Carole Smith. The catalog process involves a printed format for information about individual tapes, along with the conditions for access and the names/addresses of producers. If you have tapes and would like to have them included in the catalog, write to F.CO NET Video, 7 OHSI, 4015 SW Canyon Rd., Portland, Or. 97221. The catalog forms should be returned to OMSI, where they will be reproduced, The catalog will consist of the combined entries of all contributors and will be distributed to everyone who participates in it. Additional copies will be available through access points throughout the Northwest, or by writing ECO NET Video and including a check, to cover whatever costs of reproduction we have. Examples of video projects:during the summer include equipment assistance to the Creative Outlet's project, "Neighborhoods in Transition", which is compiling images/ history of Portland's Buclanan neighborhood. The Buckman neighborhood is in the urban core of Portland and has many of the problems of crime, absentee landlords, industrial encroachment, and transient populations associated with that location. Tapes from this project can be seen at the Creative Outlet, 201 SE 12th, phone 233-3654; talk with the Director, Ed Lyle, for further details. Tom Taylor, of PSU's Center for the Moving Image, has worked on his project, "Cannon Beach, a Community Conversation", spending most of his time with the people of Cannon Beach, sharing the ideas that innividuals have of their town. Tom comes back to OMSI to edit and condense these statements. He then returns and plays the edited tape for each of the participants. The conversations Tom has with his neighbors are part of a feedback process; everyone has the right to delete or change their statements. After the edited. tape is shown to individuals, Tom plays it for the community at large. These edited tapes then provide the impetus for further discussions. (See also Audio-Visual) Energy Center My main task so far has been creating an Energy Information File. This has turned out to be a much more involved undertaking than I think anybody had originally thought ·it would be. Especially since the information is nationwide and with Canada and some foreign resources included. Thus far, I have gleaned information from several lists and sources, i.e. directories, guides, etc., to compile a random list. From
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