Mark your calendars for the 6th annual All County Picnic held this year on August 19th at HJ Carroll Park 11am to 4pm
Bring your neighbors, friends and family and celebrate our Jefferson County community resilience. There will be more than 25 booths of disaster resilient resources to browse and pick up information, products and ideas. You will have opportunities … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s Resilience Review column in The Port Townsend Leader for May 2018. (Thank you, PT Leader!)
By David Engle
My story begins as a post-war baby born in 1948. During this early post-war period the US decided to go all in for the automobile and build the infrastructure necessary to support a car for everyone who wanted
Here is Local 20/20s’ April Column in the Port Townsend Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review. It is copied below.
By Joe Calodich
Public transportation is often viewed by commuters as a last resort, an undesired alternative that is dangerous, unsanitary or boring. This reputation has helped make cars very popular and reduced the ridership of public transportation.
Here is Local 20/20s’ March Column in the Port Townsend Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review. It is copied below, as submitted.
TAKE A BITE OUT OF YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL
by Phil Lusk
Have your energy bills crept up this past winter? Energy conservation is a cost effective way to reduce energy bills in our Jefferson County homes … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20s’ February Column in the Port Townsend Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review. It is copied below, as submitted.
Taming BigfootTM is Loose
by Bob Bindschadler
Did you happen to hear the story on KUOW, or read the article in the Seattle Times about how the Taming Bigfoot competition that started in Jefferson County … Read the rest
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!
Have you ever … Read the rest
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
Here 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
Here 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