There is a talk on ocean health on October 7th, including ocean acidification. Speakers are Dr. Simone Alin, Supervisory Oceanographer at NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab; and Betsy Peabody, the Director of Puget Sound Restoration Fund. You’ll learn about changes in the marine waters of Puget Sound, and what’s being done to address them by some of the amazing people … Read the rest
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| Come hear about Clark County’s 7 year experience with a Local Food System Council, a group with membership across the various food sectors, from farmers, to food banks, to restauranteurs and institutional chefs, health department regulatory folks, all the way through food waste management.FREE and open to the public, this event hopes to | ||||
Come join in the People’s Climate March in Port Townsend on Sunday, September 21, 3:00 – 4:30 pm, at Pope Marine Park, and be part of a worldwide climate demonstration!
On the weekend of Sept. 20-21, people around the world will gather for what promises to be the biggest climate demonstration in history, centered upon the People’s Climate March… Read the rest
DetailsTues., September 16, 2014, 12:30-1:30 PM: Ryan Dicks, the Sustainability Manager for Pierce County, will be the presenter of this month’s Jefferson County Energy Lunch program. He directs Pierce County programs in Air Quality, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability Education, Green Purchasing and Recycling, Transportation, and Water Quality and Quantity. Mr. Dicks will present his sustainability goals and policies, describe the action … Read the rest
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The 2014 All County Picnic is not to be missed! Please help us spread the word. You can email this poster or download this larger file to print and post in your neighborhood. We hope to see you and your neighbors there! Sunday, Aug 17, 11-4, HJ Carroll Park.
… Read the rest DetailsTues., August 19, 2014, 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Mark Miller, an account executive at the Bonneville Power Administration, will discuss BPA operations and BPA’s wholesale purchase of electric power. His presentation will include discussion of the 31 federal dams and nuclear power facility, the network of power distribution lines that provide power to the Pacific Northwest region, the management of river water … Read the rest
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I would love some suggestions for useful and interesting outside links that relate to the Action Groups listed on the “Other Groups” page. Just include the link in a comment to this post and I will take it from there.
Better yet, if you would like to post an article or a video (your own or someone else’s) that fits … Read the rest
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Local 20/20 has a brand new website!
The new site has been produced using the WordPress platform, a change facilitated by Nate Malmgrem of CodePress in Port Townsend. Most of our pages are brand new as well. We hope you enjoy exploring the new site. It is, of course, always a work in progress.
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June 29 (Sunday), 2:30 to 5:00 PM, Elwha Klallam Heritage Center, 401 East First Street, Port Angeles
A new group is forming to lobby our Jefferson County and Clallam County federal congresspeople on climate change. This is part of a national/international organization, the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL). In just six years, that organization has grown to over 180 chapters in … Read the rest
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