Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 17, 2006
CONTACT: Donna Myers, 206.546.4717

Shoreline Community College joins
City of Seattle as founding partner of
Seattle Climate Partnership

Shoreline, WA — Shoreline Community College (SCC) has joined the City of Seattle as a founding member of the Seattle Climate Partnership. The partnership will be modeled after the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement in which participating employers commit to a series of actions to reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions and help achieve community-wide targets to reduce carbon dioxide and greenhouse emission and their effects on global warming. Partnership members will work with local government on solutions to protect our environment, and consequently, our economy.

“The College is proud to be a member of this Partnership. One of Shoreline’s core values is to recognize and sustain our natural environment,” says Interim President Lee Lambert. “SCC’s 83-acre campus showcases the beauty of the Northwest’s flora and fauna and inspires our environmental stewardship. We’re dedicated to helping achieve the Partnership’s community-wide climate protection goals as we join with founding partners, the Port of Seattle, Recreational Equipment Inc., University of Washington, Starbucks Coffee Company, Urban Visions, Lafarge Seattle, and the City of Seattle.”

SCC’s best interest in protecting the environment is also evident in its selection as one of 27 National Training Centers for the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium’s (NAFTC) standardized Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) and Advanced Technology training and outreach services. SCC is the only institution in the Northwest that currently offers both alternative fuel vehicle technician certification and consumer awareness training in alternative/advanced vehicles and fuels.

Next October the National Training Center at SCC will co-host (with the Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition) the 2006 Washington State Odyssey Days to heighten public awareness about the importance of the use of alternative fuels and other practical solutions to reduce global warming. “The time is now to face the fact that we have to make climate-friendly choices and start decreasing transportation emissions from cars, trucks and off-road vehicles in the Puget Sound region. The price we pay for the effects on our physical health, the health of our local economies, and global warming, is getting too high, and we must take action to reduce these impacts,” stated Advanced/Alternative Automotive Training and Career Opportunity Consultant and Odyssey Days Coordinator, Madhuri Hosford. “This 2-day event will showcase many types of new, advanced fuels, hybrid and other electric vehicles, and new technologies that offer here-and-now choices and practical solutions each of us can adopt today to make a difference. Odyssey Days participants will also get the opportunity to explore future energy-related careers in Washington State. Professionals in advanced energy technologies and alternative fuel industries and State and local legislators will address the viability of healthier transportation choices available now and in the future, and how they will affect our economy.” The 2006 Washington State Odyssey Days event will be held on SCC’s campus and will be open to the general public. The local is event is part of the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium’s 2006 National AFV Odyssey, which will be held in more than 50 cities across the U.S. during October.

To learn more about 2006 Odyssey Days, contact Madhuri Hosford at (206) 478-6621 or madhuri@oz.net. Contact Mark Hankins at (206) 546-4758 or mhankins@shoreline.edu to learn more about SCC’s Alternative Fuel / Advanced Technology Vehicle training programs. For more information about the NAFTC, contact Judy Moore at (304) 293-7882 or judy.moore@mail.wvu.edu.

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Shoreline Community College Contacts:

1. Lee Lambert, Interim President
206.546.4552 (Asst. Michele Foley)
206.546.4551
llambert@shoreline.edu

2. Madhuri Hosford, Advanced/Alternative Automotive Training and Career Opportunity Consultant and 2006 Washington Odyssey Days Coordinator
206.478.6621
madhuri@oz.net 

3. Judy Yu, Director, Public Information
206.546.4634
jyu@shoreline.edu 

4. Cameron Hightower, Automotive Training and Career Opportunities Project Director
206.546.6797
chightower@shoreline.edu 

5. Tim Payne, Economics Instructor and International Sustainability Consultant
206.546.4706
tpayne@shoreline.edu

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