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>>> WELCOME BACK.'S LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S
CUTTING-EDGE INSTITUTE
CUTTING-EDGE INSTITUTE CONNECTING SCIENCE EXPERTISE
WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
NONPROFIT SECTORS TRYING TO
SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
WE HAVE SALLY HERE AND ALSO
JOINING US AS BEN PACKARD.
YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO CREATE
SOLUTIONS.
SOLUTIONS. TELL US ABOUT YOUR WORK.
>> WE ARE SEEKING TO CONNECT
THE AMAZING RESEARCH WITH
DECISION-MAKERS WHO CAN
ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THESE MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING.
>> I LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT
YOU ARE CONNECTING.
>> AS WE KNOW ADDRESSING THE
CHALLENGES TAKES EVERYBODY
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. FROM PAST EXPERIENCE AT
STARBUCKS AND WITH THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY I CAN SEE HOW NONE
OF US CAN SOLVE THIS BY
OURSELVES SO BRING IN THAT
CONNECTION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE CONNECTED A NUMBER OF WAYS.
WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT ARE SEEKING TO ADDRESS IT.
YOU CAN USE REAL-WORLD
DECISIONS.
DECISIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. MOST RECENTLY AND THESE ARE
TEAMS OF FACULTY THAT HAVE REAL-
WORLD QUESTIONS THAT THEY ARE
RESEARCHING.
RESEARCHING. THE OF CHEMICALS FOR WHAT THEY
DO TO CLEAN THE TRUCKS THIS IS
REALLY COOL.
REALLY COOL. WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON WHERE THEY ARE
HELPING COMMUNITIES SEE IN
ADVANCE THE DECISIONS THAT THEY
ARE MAKING AND HOW THAT WILL
AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITIES THEY
CAN WORK WITH THE WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO HELP
UNDERSTAND HOW THE CLIMATE
CHANGE MIGHT BE AFFECTING HOW
WEST NILE AND OTHER VIRUSES ARE
AFFECTING COMMUNITIES.
AFFECTING COMMUNITIES. SO REAL-WORLD DECISIONS THAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE MAKING ON
AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
>> AS A COMMUNICATOR I SEE
GREAT STORIES.
GREAT STORIES. PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE AT THE TOP
OF RAINIER OR GO TO SOME PLACES
YOU HAVE BEEN THAT IS A
WONDERFUL THING.
WONDERFUL THING. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE ALL
OF THE STORIES FROM HIS CAREER
THAT YOU HAVE THAT HELP US
UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO BE
INVESTED.
INVESTED.
INVESTED. YOU HAVE WAYS TO HELP US.
>> LET ME USE AN EXAMPLE FROM'S
LAB TAYLOR SHELLFISH CAME TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
AND SAID WE ARE STRUGGLING TO
REPRODUCE THE OYSTERS.
CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS GOING ON.
THE ALL-CITY ACIDIFICATION WAS
DRIVEN BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE UNIVERSITY TEAMED UP WITH
TAYLOR SHELLFISH TO HELP THEM
UNDERSTAND HOW TO ADJUST THE
ACIDITY IN THE WATER OF THEIR
HATCHERIES AND WHERE AND WHEN
TO PUT THOSE SEATED OYSTERS OR
CLAMS OUT INTO THE BASE WHERE
THEY ARE BEING PRODUCED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
ALL RELATE TO.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE SHELLFISH
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY. IT'S PART OF THE IDENTITY OF
THE NORTHWEST GOING BACK TO THE
TRIBES.
TRIBES.
TRIBES. THAT IS ALL THREATENED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THAT IS
EXACTLY SOMETHING THAT EARTH
LAB AND ITS RESEARCHERS ARE
DOING.
DOING.
DOING. >>
DOING. >> A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS IN
PUBLIC HEALTH ARE COMING
TOGETHER WITH PRACTITIONERS TO
CLOSE THE GAP IN UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT HOW EXPOSURE TO NATURE IS
BENEFICIAL TO OUR HEALTH.
I HAVE THREE BOYS AND I KNEW
RIGHT AWAY THAT THE EXPOSURE TO
NATURE WHEN WE HAVE THAT THIS
GROUP HAS COME TOGETHER TO HELP
WITH THIS MAINSTREAM IDEA.
WE MIGHT MAKE DECISIONS
DISTRICT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO NATURE.
THIS COULD BE APPLIED BY
CREATING PUBLIC SPACES AND
ACCESS WHICH IS REALLY AN ISSUE
AT ITS CORE.
>> STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING TO
YOU NOW WILL BE THE LEADERS AND
DECISION-MAKERS.
DECISION-MAKERS. I THINK THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT
A LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WAITERS NATURE FIT ON THAT
>> I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. IT
BACK. IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU