Here is Local 20/20s’ January Column in the Port Townsend Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review. It is copied below, as submitted.
Food Resilience in Jefferson County
by Judy Alexander
One thing we all have in common: FOOD. We all eat food. It may not be true, though, that we all eat locally sourced food!
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Learn about solutions to world hunger, land degradation and climate change at the North Olympic Peninsula Farming Film Festival 2018! The films will be shown most Mondays from January 22 – April 9, 6-8 pm, at the Jefferson County Library, at 620 Cedar Ave, Port Hadlock. Free admission. See poster below for details.
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Here is Local 20/20’s December column in the Port Townsend Leader titled “Resilience Review”. (Thank you, PT Leader!) It is copied below, as submitted.
The Power of Telling a Story
By Roarke Jennings
The great thinker David Korten wrote in his book “Changing the Story, Changing the Future” in 2015 that “we humans live by shared cultural stories that serve … Read the rest
DetailsHere is Local 20/20’s November column in the Port Townsend Leader (go to page 9 of the Good Works section), titled “Resilience Review”. (Thank you, PT Leader!) It is copied below, as submitted.
Spread the Word: Get Everyone Insured!
By Mark Secord
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) coverage in 2014, the share of our neighbors who … Read the rest
DetailsHere is Local 20/20’s October column in the Port Townsend Leader titled “Resilience Review”. (Thank you, PT Leader!) It is copied below, as submitted.
There is unease across America; many of us sense trouble on the horizon. Record-high inequality of wealth, political processes dominated by globalized capitalism, and national leaders who seem unresponsive to the needs of the majority. Biologists … Read the rest
DetailsHere is Local 20/20’s September column in the Port Townsend Leader titled “Resilience Review”. (Thank you, PT Leader!) It is copied below, as submitted.
Public Buses: Unfulfilled Potential
By Joe Calodich
In Renaissance Italy, a sculptor named Benvenuto Cellini promised to cast a metal statue for the city of Florence. This ambitious statue had many sharp angles making it hard … Read the rest
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Local 20/20 has a monthly column in the Port Townsend Leader titled “Resilience Review”. (Thank you, PT Leader!) Copied below is the August column, as submitted, about king tides and sea level rise.
King Tide or Crystal Ball?
By Dave Wilkinson
One of the joys of living in a coastal community is to simply watch the water as it … Read the rest
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Did you know Local 20/20 has a monthly column in the Port Townsend Leader? (Thank you, PT Leader!) This was done previously, and we recently restarted this.
The July column (text copied below) was all about Emergency Preparedness, and of course, the upcoming All County Picnic on August 20, 11-4, at HJ Carroll Park.
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The Peninsula Daily News kindly asked Local 20/20 what our comments were regarding the President’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and the published a nice article on local responses on Sunday here. Below is our full response.
Local 20/20, a Jefferson County-based organization focused on local sustainability and resiliency is appalled by Donald Trump’s action to … Read the rest
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1:00 – 2:30 pm Town Ride to tour some of our bicycling and walking facilities,