Each winter, king tides—the highest tides of the year—offer a spectacular shoreside show and a sneak preview of what rising sea levels will mean in years to come. Join Washington Sea Grant, along with the Jefferson Marine Resource Committee and Local 20/20, for Port Townsend’s first King Tide Viewing Party, presented with support from the Washington Department of Ecology. … Read the rest
DetailsJesse Wear, Regional Sales Manager, Itek Energy, Bellingham, WA
Thursday, November 17th at 12:30 PM, Port Townsend Yacht Club, 2503 Washington Ave, Port Townsend
This month’s Energy Lunch programming takes a closer look at developing the sun (or solar) part of the SW2 Energy in Jefferson County. More specifically we will continue our discussion from last month … Read the rest
DetailsThursday October 20th at 12:30, Port Townsend Yacht Club, 2503 Washington Ave, Port Townsend.
Dick Wanderscheid, Vice President, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Portland Oregon
In recent months the Jefferson County Energy Lunch Program has moved from outside direction and large amounts of volunteer support to a primary energy program of a new local for-profit energy development organization, the Jefferson County Energy … Read the rest
DetailsThursday, Sept 15th at 12:30 PM, Port Townsend Yacht Club, 2503 Washington Ave, Port Townsend WA
Energy Technology [ET] or tools for working with energy is frequently the focus of Energy Lunch programming: ET for electric power, ET for green fuels, ET for energy storage, and more. ET will be addressed again in September but, this time with an additional … Read the rest
DetailsThursday, August 18th at 12:30 PM
Port Townsend Yacht Club, 2503 Washington Street, Port Townsend
Rather than outside energy experts this month’s Energy Lunch program will feature two key speakers on public power each of who is currently a candidate for Commissioner of the Jefferson County Public Utility District (PUD). Each has been among the group of local energy enthusiasts … Read the rest
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Local 20/20 is proud to be sponsoring X PRIZE $2000, a competition between teams of students at Port Townsend High School. Students who opt to participate will work with a team on a project intended to promote some aspect of community resilience – something supportive of Local 20/20’s mission statement:
Working together toward local sustainability and resilience – integrating … Read the rest
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Due to the very large turnout for the screening of TIME TO CHOOSE last week, The Rose Theatre has kindly brought the movie back for one week only. The provocative and hard-hitting film by Academy Award®-winning documen
tary director, Charles Ferguson (Inside Job; No End In Sight) that addresses worldwide climate change challenges and solutions. Narrated by Oscar … Read the rest
Check out this interesting graphical way of displaying temperature changes since 1850: https://twitter.com/ed_hawkins/status/729753441459945474
… Read the rest DetailsSpiralling global temperatures from 1850-2016 (full animation) https://t.co/YETC5HkmTr pic.twitter.com/Ypci717AHq
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) May 9, 2016
Come see Sonic Sea, an award winning film on how ocean noise from vessel traffic, Navy sonar and drilling imperils marine life, and how it may be mitigated. Meet Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research and Michael Jasny of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Both are international advocates for whales, sea mamm
als and marine life. Regional … Read the rest
Access to preventive care, including preventive dental cleanings, was identified as one of the 4 major health priorities (2014 Jefferson Priority Factsheets AccesstoCare) in Jefferson County in 2014. Come learn about the problem and how Sea Mar Community Health Centers and the Washington Dental Service Foundation succeed in providing needed care in other counties.
When: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 … Read the rest
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