| This Week Waterwise Homes & Landscapes: Greywater Reuse & Rainwater Harvesting – Tues, Nov 29th The long term drought that threatens the western part of the United States has brought new water-saving technologies. Presenter Laura Allen is a founding member of Greywater Action and has spent the past 20 years exploring simple and ecological water solutions. She is the lead |
Books for sale on farming, agriculture, herbal medicine, ethnobotany, botany, horticulture, social change, ecosystem restoration, etc. Mostly used books, some new. This is a fund-raiser for the Global Earth Repair Foundation.
Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Location: Global Earth Repair office. 10644-B Rhody … Read the rest
Meaningful Movies – The Wisdom of Trauma – Mon, Nov 14th
Join Meaningful Movies and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Jefferson County for a community discussion about the film The Wisdom of Trauma. One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death … Read the rest
| This Week Tour the City Compost Facility – Mon, Nov 7th Next up in the Housing+Sanitation learning series is a field visit to the City of Port Townsend’s Compost Facility, which serves residents throughout Jefferson County. The first of its kind in the state of Washington, this award-winning facility combines an underground wastewater treatment plant and an above-ground |
There was a higher than average predicted tide on October 27th (8.5′ predicted), that gave us another chance to visualize the higher sea levels that will become more often in the future due to global sea level rise, and a few of Local 20/20’s Climate Action Group volunteers were out there to capture it. You can learn more about the … Read the rest
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| This Week LION Public Forum – Wed, Nov 2nd LION – the Local Investing Opportunities Network – welcomes all community members to an Open Forum. Since 2006 LION members have invested over $10 million in about 100 Jefferson County businesses and nonprofits. At the event you will learn how LION works and, hear from two local businesses plus homeowners who |
| This Week Global Earth Repair Summit – Fri, Oct 21st-24th Friends of Earth Repair are called to join the Global Earth Repair foundation for a weekend summit. They are bringing in some of the world leaders in eco-restoration together to educate the public, create an archive of world-class information and create a Global Earth Repair Action Plan. Please consider donating/sponsoring |
| This Week Master Gardener Lecture Series – Wed, Oct 19th This fall the Master Gardeners’ Growing Groceries Team is offering a free short lecture series on Growing Small Fruits for the Home Garden! Home grown fruit is one of the most delicious and economically effective ways to grow groceries in your home garden. Blueberries, Raspberries, Strawberries and Currants (for those |
In the latest Local 20/20 column in the Port Townsend Leader, Scott Walker describes how housing, parking, climate and community are all interrelated, and opportunities to address these issues simultaneously.
By Scott Walker
On a recent trip outside our idyllic community bubble, I saw our dystopian future: an asphalt ocean surrounding a sprawl of chain stores and homes, all … Read the rest
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Discussion of FLUSH The Documentary. Oct 11th
How do sewers work? How much does flushing cost households? What is science and medicine learning from poop? How do climate change and environmental justice affect housing affordability? The Housing Solutions Network’s Kelsey Caudebec moderates a discussion of the overlapping issues in FLUSH The Documentary. Among her guests are … Read the rest
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