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| This Week Jefferson County Recycling changes presentation – Mon, Apr 11th Starting June 1, 2022, bottles and jugs will be the only type of plastics accepted for recycling. Bottles and jugs have the highest value resins and are recyclable domestically rather than sending the other plastic to a foreign country where they pull out the good stuff and throw the |
| This Week Climate on Tap – “What is the carbon footprint of recycling?” – – Wed, Apr 6th How green are we when we recycle? Why is Jefferson County different than most in Washington? Changes are afoot! Bring ideas, answers, and suggestions to ponder this issue and look at all those R’s: rethink, refuse, repair, reuse, refill, repurpose, rot (compost!) |
| This Week TLAB Meeting – Mon, Mar 28th *New* The Transportation Lab is a Local 20/20 Action Group working to promote a transportation system that minimizes need for personal motor vehicles. Such a transportation system must be safe, convenient and healthy, and it must be based on: People walking, the most healthful mode; People bicycling, the most efficient mode; Mass |
| This Week Happy Spring from Local 20/20! Spring Plant and Tree Sale – Sat, Mar 26th *Updated* Friends of the Trees Botanicals Friends of the Trees has been doing Plant Propagation & Tree Sales since 1978. They specialize in growing perennial medicinal herbs using permaculture practices. They offer a large variety of plants but some are limited. First come first |
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The CHA Group is a long running forum of people from the community concerned about healthcare access in Jefferson County. Discussion topics include Charity Care issues at the hospital, Legislative actions supporting local healthcare, public health issues, dental care, mental health and more. There is no membership needed, the public … Read the rest
| This Week Marine Science Center Flagship Landing Building Phase 1 celebration and preview – Wed, Mar 2nd *New* In August 2021, the PTMSC announced the purchase of the Flagship Landing Building that will eventually house its aquarium, exhibits, store, labs and offices. Since then, efforts have since been underway to open Phase I of the project. The new PTMSC welcome |
| This Week Jefferson Transit’s Kingston Express Launches – Tues, Feb 22nd *New*Jefferson Transit is launching a pilot that connects with the Kingston Fast Ferry to Seattle! And you can ride free all the way to Seattle from Feb 22 – March 31, 2022, with a free ride transfer for the ferry! There will be a morning run and an afternoon run Monday – |
| This Week Meaningful Movies. Mission: Joy! Finding Happiness in Troubled Times – Mon, Feb 14th *New* *Online* Join Meaningful Movies for an encore online screening of Mission: Joy! Finding Happiness in Troubled Times, featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. If you missed this film last month, they are screening it again because it was “sold out” |
| This Week Indivisible Port Townsend meeting – Tues, Feb 8th *New* *Online* Need a cure for midterm election angst? The cure? Don’t agonize — organize! Indivisible Port Townsend organized WITH (Washington Indivisible Teams Helping) AZ & PA to help hold — and even flip — congressional seats and key state offices in two critical swing states. WITH teams are already |