| Happy New Year from Local 20/20! This Week Local 20/20 Health & Wellness Group Meeting – Wed, Jan 3rd The Health & Wellness Group is a Local 20/20 Action Croup working to promote health and healthcare access in East Jefferson County, with a particular focus on local, affordable, quality healthcare, including behavioral and dental healthcare. Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at noon, and all meetings are via Zoom. The next meeting will have a discussion on what might get accomplished during the 2024 Legislative Session. What bills are you supporting and why? What other bills might be needed in the future to support our long-term access to healthcare, clean water, and healthy foods? Come prepared to talk about what you are focusing on in 2024. For more information on the group, or to get on our regular email list, send an email here. Time: 12 pm | Location: Zoom Local 20/20 Climate Group Meeting – Thurs, Jan 4th The Local 20/20 Climate group’s scope includes reducing greenhouse gases, increasing carbon sequestration, and preparing for climate impacts. Newcomers are most welcome! The group meets alternately via zoom (3:30 – 5 pm) and in person with hybrid option (5 – 6:30 pm) every other month, always on the first Thursday. Contact cag@l2020.org for more information, including the online meeting link. Time: 3:30 – 5 pm | Location: Online “A Way Out: Resources For Managing Chronic Pain” – Thurs, Jan 4th – Feb 1st Olympic Peninsula Mindfulness offers this 5-week course to help you manage pain and increase your quality of life. The content is based on research that has been made around the neuroscience of pain. The course will discuss how the mind works for and against our whole-body experience. Each week, you will have the opportunity to practice and experience methods that can help rewire the mind to lower stress, pain, and suffering, including various mindful meditations, short imagery exercises, breathing exercises, and conscious movement practices. Registration and information here. Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Location: Fillmore Street Studio, 629 Fillmore St, Port Townsend |
| Upcoming Events Local 20/20 Beyond Waste Group Meeting – Tues, Jan 9th *Updated* The Beyond Waste Action Group will meet on the second Tuesday in January, via zoom. However, beginning in February, meetings will be on the first Wednesday of the month. The group looks at a number of issues including food waste composting, plastics reduction and recycling, reduction of garbage on an individual and community level, and various other waste-related topics that spontaneously come up during the meeting. Newcomers are always welcome. Email Lisa for info on monthly agenda and zoom link. Time: 10:30 am – 12 pm | Location: Online Song Sparrow Co-housing Meeting – Jan 10th *New* Song Sparrow Cohousing is a small group interested in starting a new cohousing group. They are meeting at Aldrich’s balcony for a Coffee Klatch. Come join the conversation. For more information, email Kate. Time: 9 – 10:30 am | Location: Aldrich’s Market, 940 Lawrence St, Port Townsend Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation Presents “Awesome Facts About Bats” – Thurs, Jan 11thMeg Lunnum, Executive Director at Happy Valley Bats, a nonprofit organization that rescues and rehabilitates bats, will be speaking about bats in general, including why they have a beneficial presence in our yards, their life cycle, their needs, and how we can help them help us. For more information, go here and click on ‘Awesome Facts About Bats’ on the right side of the web page.Time: 3 – 5 pm | Location: WSU Extension classroom, Kively Center, 97 Oak Bay Rd, Port Hadlock Future of Oceans Lecture “Thalassophilic Impressions: Nautical Pursuits, Ocean Conservation, and the Confluence of Art and Science” – Sun, Jan 14th Nam Siu will talk about how his art was inspired by his love of the ocean and informed by his work and experiences around the sea. Nam is a local naturalist and artist. To keep this series accessible to all, regardless of ability to pay, there is no set charge for the event; however, donations are always welcomed and appreciated. Assisted listening devices are available. Contact information here. Web links here. Time: 3 pm | Location: Fort Worden Chapel, 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend Jefferson Land Trust Tidelands to Timberline Course – Register by Sun, Jan 14th Lottery registration is now open for Jefferson Land Trust’s 2024 Tidelands to Timberline Northwest Naturalist Course (April 19 – June 7). This eight-week, field-based course offers committed participants the chance to become intimately familiar with the natural history and ecosystems of the northeast Olympic Peninsula and absorb the knowledge of some of the greatest naturalists in our area. In addition to six to eight hours every Friday, the course curriculum asks participants to spend an additional three to ten hours per week learning about our local natural history — a commitment of 15 hours per week. In an effort to make access to this popular course as equitable as possible, in 2024 eighteen course participants will be randomly selected from a list of those who wish to register and who are prepared to commit to the course. To learn more and enter the lottery by midnight January 14, click here. Humpback Whales & Bubbles Rings: An Invitation from a Watery World? – Thurs, Jan 18th *New* Finnriver Farm & Cidery presents a thought-provoking series of speakers on meaningful ecological matters on the third Thursday of the month. Sip cider while steeping in planetary inspiration and possibilities for sustainability and earthly interconnectivity. The series starts on Thursday, January 18th, with biologist and author Dr. Fred Sharpe speaking. Dr. Sharpe, with the Alaska Whale Foundation, has been investigating the behavior of humpback whales for over a quarter century. Humpback whales release bubbles to catch fish and signal among their kith and kin. However, this mode of communication is poorly understood, as bubbles are not wielded by terrestrial animals. More information about the presentation here.Time: 6 – 7:30 pm | Location: Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Rd, Chimacum “What is the Food Co-op Future?” – Tues and Wed, Jan 23 and 24 *New* The Port Townsend Food Co-op presents a special evening with Jon Steinman, author of Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants. Jon will give a short presentation on “What is the Food Co-op Future” and then will facilitate a cooperative dialogue on “The Ever-Changing Food Co-op.” A cooperative dialogue is a forum where all voices are of equal value. It’s a chance for people who love the Co-op and the community to talk about where the Co-op is going next and what community means today. Both sessions are the same; choose the best for your schedule. Both are free, but you must register here to attend. Light food provided. Contact Loren with any questions. Times/Locations: Jan 23, 4:30 – 8:00 pm, Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St, Port Townsend Jan 24, 4 – 7:30 pm, Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Rd, Chimacum Arts and Cultural Events Local 20/20 recognizes the positive impact that the arts have on the well-being of our community, and we are so grateful that we reside in such a community that fosters creativity. To avoid overloading these announcements and duplication with other sources, Local 20/20 announcements include art and cultural events if they are directly related to our mission of promoting sustainability and resiliency through action and education. We encourage folks to check out “Bareboards”, My City Scene, KPTZ, the Port Townsend Leader and its community calendar, and the Peninsula Daily News for local arts, music, and cultural events. For the full set of announcements, including Recurring Events, Community Notices, Community Resources, and Resilience Readings, see here. |
