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*CANCELLED* ERC Spring Science Series: Craters of the Moon

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*THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED* We may attempt to reschedule it for later in 2020.

The Environmental Resource Center’s 5th annual Spring Science Series offers exciting and interactive presentations on scientific topics ranging from plant and animal adaptations and life histories, to unique conservation strategies.  

This week of the Spring Science Series we welcome Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO). CRMO is an amazing place filled with volcanoes and lava flows with one of the harshest environments on the face of the planet.  It is a young volcanic terrain where the rocks, some only 2000 years old, slowly break down to form soil. Heated by the sun, surface temperatures can exceed 150F in the summer and temperatures can be < -30F with lots of snow in winter.  Little moisture falls in the summer--CRMO is classified as a high desert.  How do animals like marmot, pika, and pronghorn survive and thrive in such an environment? This program is offered in conjunction with the ERC’s Spring Exploration Series which brings presenters from across the Northwest to all 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms in Blaine County during the school day. This program is FREE, family-friendly and open to the public! Don’t miss your opportunity to learn about the natural world from visiting experts!

“What is the Chinese Economic Model?” with Dr. Chang-Tai Hsieh

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July 9, 2020

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Join us for the annual Judith and Marshall Meyer Lecture on China with Dr. Chang-Tai Hsieh. Dr. Hsieh will share his presentation, What is the Chinese Economic Model?, with a Q&A to follow.

Chang-Tai Hsieh conducts research on growth and development and regularly publishes in top economic journals. Recent publications on the Chinese economy include, “A Forensic Examination of China’s National Accounts” (forthcoming in Brookings Papers in Economic Activity); “The Long Shadow of China’s Fiscal Stimulus” (Brookings, Fall 2016); “A Global View of Productivity Growth in China” (Journal of International Economics, September 2016); and “Grasp the Large, Let Go of the Small: The Transformation of the State Sector in China,” (Brookings, Spring 2015).

Hsieh has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis, as well as the World Bank’s Development Economics Group and the Economic Planning Agency in Japan. He is a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Senior Fellow at the Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development, and a member of the Steering Group of the International Growth Center in London.

He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, an Elected Member of Academia Sinica, and the recipient of the Sun Ye-Fang award for research on the Chinese economy.

Dr. Hseih is currently the Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics and PCL Faculty Scholar at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He earned his B.A. in Economics from Swathmore College, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

To read Dr. Hseih’s recent publications, visit: https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/chang-tai.hsieh/.

LIVESTREAM – Preventing the Devastating Impacts of Growth with Shawn Hill

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Idaho is the fastest-growing state in the country.  A famous quote credited to Lou Holtz says, “In this world you’re either growing or you’re dying.” But too much growth can also have the same effect.  Growth, while essential for a vibrant and prosperous community, can also have devastating impacts on our environment and the way of life we enjoy here in the Wood River Valley. 

In collaboration with the Wood River Land Trust as part of its “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Speaker Series,” The Community Library welcomes Shawn Hill, Executive Director of the Valley Advocates for Responsible Development in Idaho’s Teton Valley.  Shawn will discuss regional planning and how to forge a vibrant future. 

Shawn Hill has been working across state, city, and county lines to tackle these challenges of growth head-on.  One of the projects that he has overseen is a large master plan for the Teton Valley that was completed in 2014.  The Teton View Regional Plan is a strategy and plan for a four-county, seven-city region that straddles two states, and is adjacent to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.  Its implementation relies upon initiatives of regional governments, nonprofits, businesses, and individuals.    

Shawn will discuss the key findings that lead to the development of this plan, its implementation process, and the lessons learned along the way.  This is an opportunity to learn from our neighbors in the Teton Valley. We hope you can join the discussion to find local solutions for our Valley in the face of growth before it’s too late. Following the presentations, Shawn Hill and Scott Boettger, Executive Director of the Land Trust, will field questions from the audience and discuss what we can learn from our friends over in the Teton Valley.

 

Conversation and Book Signing with Narda Pitkethly

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Join us for a conversation with Narda Pitkethly, author of Nardagani: A Memoir – Finding Light in the Shadow of a Brother’s Disappearance. The memoir begins with the story of Narda’s brother, Jay, who vanished without a trace in September 2001 near the Big Wood River in Ketchum, Idaho. This begins a a prolonged period of searching, not only for her brother, but for inspiration and meaning in her life, which ultimately leads her back to a world that makes sense. Narda’s journey is a roller coaster of emotional survival, through the chaos of her childhood and adolescence to the liberating adventures of foreign travel in her twenties; from the legacy of addiction and depression to a hard-won life of calm sobriety. Woven throughout are the often-colorful strands of a broken family, shattered relationships, creative inspiration, hope and adventure, resilience and recovery. What she discovers along the way is not the brother she loved and lost, but a priceless gift she can offer the world.

Narda will be in conversation with Helen Morgus, Children’s & Young Adult Librarian at The Community Library, around her journey and writing and publishing her new memoir.

A book signing with Chapter One will follow. 

Narda Pitkethly is a writer, glassblower, vermicompost expert, avid snowboarder, TEDx speaker, and creator of the Nardagani reading program. She lives in Ketchum, Idaho.

Be a Census Worker!

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Mary Kimball, census jobs recruiter, will be in the Learning Commons Conference Room to answer questions about working for the 2020 Census.

Public computers are available if you would like to apply onsite. Visit us on Friday or go to 2020census.gov/jobs for more information. There is no charge or obligation to apply.  

Everyone is welcome!

 

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