Kalama Methanol Refinery and the Thin Green Line – Updated 3/9/21

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

Taming Bigfoot is Back!

Here is Local 20/20’s regular Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader, published 12/16/20. Thank you PT Leader!

Taming Bigfoot® is Back!

By Bob Bindschadler

Five years ago, the Local 20/20 Climate Outreach group created and ran a new community program called Taming Bigfoot®.  It engaged county residents and businesses in an uplifting and educational activity aimed at helping … Read the rest

Climate on Tap – Dec 7 – Jeff Co GHG Inventory

This month’s topic is Update: Jefferson County Greenhouse Gas Inventory 

How are we doing on reducing our carbon footprint in Jefferson County? Our first assessment was in 2005 and initiated our City/County climate action plan to reduce our carbon footprint by 80% by 2050. The inventory was updated in 2019. What is our largest carbon emitter? Home heating? Personal transportation? … Read the rest

It Took a Townsend: A Fond Memory from 2020

Here is Local 20/20’s regular Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader, published 11/25/20. Thank you PT Leader!

The Repairocene (a noun):  A time when common goals of healing, repairing, and restoring of our lands, our things, and our relationships are shared.

                                  It took a Townsend:  A Fond Memory from 2020

By Tracy Grisman

     It’s hard to believe … Read the rest

Climate on Tap – Nov 2nd – Taming Bigfoot is Back!

This month’s topic is Taming Bigfoot is back! 

The hugely popular and engaging “Taming Bigfoot” community carbon footprint reduction competition is coming back! Perhaps you participated last time (5 years ago!) … perhaps you heard about it and wanted to participate next time … perhaps you are new to this and want to learn more. Our guest speaker will be … Read the rest