Climate change is not only the greatest environmental issue of our time, but also a key issue for social justice, world health, immigration and more. The observed impacts of climate change have already affected agriculture, human health, ecosystems on land and in the oceans, water supplies, and some people’s livelihoods. It touches all of the Local 20/20 Action Groups in some way. The goal of the Local 20/20 Climate Action Group is to work in collaboration with our other action groups and other local organizations to focus on Jefferson County opportunities to: • reduce our community’s greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation) • prepare for climate change (adaptation)
In the April Local 20/20 column in the Port Townsend Leader, Dave Thielk shares details of the second annual Moving in the Right Direction Conference. (The conference happened on 4/19/24, this article was published ahead of the conference.) Moving in the Right Direction By David Thielk The City of Port…
Washington Department of Ecology declared a drought emergency for most of Washington on 4/19/24, including for Jefferson County. Local 20/20 has created a new Water Resources page that has a variety of information about water resources in Jefferson County, and what you can do. Last updated:Friday, April 26, 2024
The 2024 Jefferson County Connectivity Fair will include over 80 nonprofits and service groups offering unique ways to volunteer in our vibrant community. This is a free event hosted by local community groups, such as Skillmation, Local 20/20, and many more. This inspiring day will begin in the Chimacum School…
The third showing in the series features a number of short movies from Africa and India about restoration movements that involve millions of people and have successful outcomes. The films show how we can regreen the land, restore the hydrological cycle and feed the people. African short films are: Tony…
In the March Local 20/20 column in the Port Townsend Leader, Tracy Grisman shares information about all of the R’s – Repair, restore, reuse, reduce, recycle, rethink, repurpose. The resources mentioned in the article can be found at the bottom. By Tracy Grisman I’ve been trying to stay positive…
“The Climate Restorers – Part 1” – Sun, Feb 18th This will be the first movie of the Climate Solutions Film Festival, sponsored by the Global Earth Repair Foundation, in partnership with United Earth Networks and Local 20/20. Narrated by Peter Coyote. The film directors, John Bowey and Phoebe Barnard,…
• Maintain the JeffersonCAN.org webpages that have a variety of resources for reducing one’s carbon footprint, including new resources for Electric Vehicles added in 2022.
• Provide up-to-date information for individuals and businesses on ways to reduce their carbon footprint. (See the JeffersonCAN website, originally created by the Climate Protection Campaign to provide tools for reducing the “carbon footprint” of an individual or business in Jefferson County,and now maintained by Local 20/20 Climate Action.)
• Educate ourselves and others on how we as a community can prepare for climate change. A few examples:
• We help the community visualize sea level rise through participating in the King Tides project in partnership with Washington Sea Grant and the Jefferson Marine Resource Committee. We have been photographing, documenting, and learning from photographing three sites in Port Townsend at high tides and under various weather conditions. Check out the photos here.
• Collaborated closely with the Local 20/20 Energy Action Group. The two groups have now merged into this climate action group. You can find the Energy Action group pages here, but note that they are no longer maintained.
Additionally, we are the arm of Local 20/20 that networks and collaborates with “outside” groups focused on climate change, including the joint city/county Climate Action Committee (CAC), Olympic Climate Action, etc.
There is a Climate Working Group, covering both Climate Outreach and Climate Adaptation. It generally meets monthly, see the Local 20/20 Calendar for current times/days. We welcome new members. If you are interested in participating e-mail us at CAG@L2020.org.