Continue to join us online for the Eat Local! Campaign. For details, links to resources, farm-finder lists, and unique Thanksgiving recipes using local foods go to http://l2020.org/local-food/eat-local
And don’t forget that the Farmer’s Market in Uptown Port Townsend is still open through early December. You can find delicious fall and winter produce – squashes, pumpkins, onions, potatoes, kale and much … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest column in the Port Townsend Leader. Thank you, PT Leader!
All County “Picnic in Place” Returns in August
Neighborhood Gatherings Build Community, Emergency Preparedness
By Megan Claflin
The 9th annual All County Picnic (ACP) invites East Jefferson County to strengthen neighborhood networks as part of a community-wide celebration of resilience and emergency preparedness. … Read the rest
Find out what our local Taming Bigfoot teams learned in our recent carbon footprint reduction competition. We’ll compare our COVID-era competition with the one held in 2016. Fascinating results! We’ll take a look beyond what we can do as individuals and see how we can make a difference on a local, state, national, and global level. Each Climate on Tap… Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest column in the Port Townsend Leader. Thank you, PT Leader!
Community Visioning Report – A Fascinating Summary
By Cindy Jayne
At the start of the pandemic, Local 20/20 invited residents to share how they were impacted, and what values, priorities, and visions they had for our future during that unusual time. 170 residents responded … Read the rest
In this video, Ian Miller, Coastal Hazards Specialist, Washington Sea Grant, highlights unique findings of Local 20/20 volunteers monitoring King Tides. As an aide to visualize potential localized effects of Sea Level Rise, Washington Sea Grant archives shoreline photos taken by volunteers during predicted King Tide events. Supported by Local 20/20, a local group photo-documenting King Tides noticed water … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s regular Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader. Thank you, PT Leader!
Weighing in on the Jefferson Transit Long Range Plan
By David Thielk
The 2018 greenhouse gas emission inventory for Jefferson County attributes 66% of all in-county greenhouse gas (or carbon, for short) emissions to transportation. The vast majority of these are from passenger … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s regular Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader. Thank you, PT Leader!
COVID-19, Carbon and Bicycles!
By Sonja Hammar
Perhaps it can be said that the one silver lining of COVID-19 is that we are driving less and therefore sending less carbon into the environment. Here in our county 66% of our carbon emissions come … Read the rest
Climate and Energy Forum Federal Climate Legislation
Wednesday March 10th 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/mar-10-forum
Come learn about climate action in the 2021 Legislative session from:
– Derek Kilmer, US Representative, 6th District
– Maria Cantwell, US Senator, WA State (Invited)
Sponsored by: Climate Action Bainbridge, Sustainable Bainbridge, Citizens Climate Lobby, EcoAdapt, Local 20/20, and Olympic Climate … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s regular Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader. A similar version was published in the 1/27/21, and this has been updated a few times since that article.
Kalama Methanol Refinery and the Thin Green Line
By Polly Lyle
Jefferson County sits on the Thin Green Line–the British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon region lying between fracked … Read the rest
Now that President Biden has signed the Paris Climate Accord, what does that mean for our future? What have we agreed to do? This administration has chosen to make climate action a central part of their agenda. Who and what is involved? Find out all the good news!
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm; find link in the weekly announcements here… Read the rest