Camano Coming Events

March 27th, 2019 – “Plastic in our environment and in our lives: Problems and solutions” – Heather Trim, Zero Waste Washington

Joint training for Whidbey & Camano classes at Padilla Bay 

April 3rd, 2019 – “Stormwater Pollution: Challenges and Solutions”

Matt Zupich, Whidbey Island Conservation District   

This presentation will cover the basics of watershed hydrology, the impacts of stormwater, and scalable management techniques that can be applied to minimize stormwater pollution.

April 10th, 2019 – “Art as a way to communicate science: Illustrating marine life with microscopes and fiber art” – Carla Stehr                        

Carla is an artist-scientist who uses her scientific background to inspire her art. During her career as a Fisheries Biologist (now retired) she examined fish, invertebrates and plankton with a Scanning Electron Microscope. High magnifications reveal that marine life is far more complex than we can see with our unaided eyes. Even individual fish skin cells or single-celled plankton have amazing structures. Images of these stunning patterns can communicate a sense of that complexity to a broad audience. Carla also uses fabric and stitch to create art illustrating aspects of marine life that might go unnoticed. She will talk about how science and art influence each other in her work, show microscopic views of marine life and their connection to her fiber art and share her experiences of using the art in nature to encourage education about the marine environment. https://carlastehr.com/nudibranch-series