This Week
BATS: Who They Are, Where They Live, and Who They Benefit – Wed, Mar 15th
Myths or Truth? Are bats blind? Do all bats have rabies? Are bats dirty? Join the Friends of Fort Flagler for this virtual event to learn the truth about bats. Bats are amazing animals with many benefits for the environment. Presenter Meg Lunnum is Executive Director of Happy Valley Bats. She received her Wildlife Rehabilitation permit from the Washington Department of Fish and Game in 2003 and has served on the Board of Directors of Bats Northwest since 2009. Happy Valley Bats is dedicated to saving bats by providing rescue in Washington State at their center located north of Seattle. Register here
Time: 7:00 PM I Location:Online
Local 20/20 Council Meeting – Wed, Mar 15th *New*
The monthly Local 20/20 Steering Council meeting is open to all and welcomes those interested in active involvement in Local 20/20 leadership. Newcomers are always welcome. If you’d like a virtual orientation, or for online meeting information, contact us at info@l2020.org.
Time: 4-6:00 PM | Location: Online
Award-winning Environmental Advocate/author Featured at Jefferson Land Trust’s Annual Conservation Breakfast – Thurs, Mar 16th
Jefferson Land Trust will present their 2023 virtual Conservation Breakfast. The program, entitled First, Fall in Love: What It Means to Love a Place, will feature noted environmental advocate, philosopher, and award-winning author Dr. Kathleen Dean Moore. This popular annual event will be held virtually via Zoom. Attendance is free, but reservations are required.
Dr. Moore will discuss the complexities of what it means to love a place, whether it’s a hushed forest, a high meadow, or a rocky shore. When so many of our beloved places are threatened by ‘development’ or decimation, our love needs to go beyond celebration to action. To love a place is to pledge yourself to its thriving, to defend it, faithfully, for all time. With video, music, and excerpts from her new books, Earth’s Wild Music and Take Heart: Encouragement for Earth’s Weary Lovers, Dr. Moore will offer her insights about how we can turn our love for our places into action for their protection.
For details and to reserve your complimentary spot, visit here.
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 pm | Location: online
Olympic Cooperative Network’s Third Annual Gathering – Thurs, Mar 16th *New*
The gathering is open to any and all organizations and individuals that identify with the network’s mission to serve the development of existing and start-up cooperatives. This year’s gathering will focus on cooperative-to-cooperative connections. Come if your cooperative is just an idea, just forming or if your cooperative has been around for decades. And bring your cooperative friends along with you!
Don’t forget to RSVP here.
Time: 5 – 7 pm | Location: Humphrey Room, Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Avenue, Port Hadlock.
How to Save Energy and Money at Home – Thurs, Mar 16th
Have you been feeling winter air seeping through drafty windows or poorly sealed doors? Are you wondering what the best steps might be to make your home more efficient, to save on energy bills and take advantage of incentives in recent legislation? If so, then join Olympic Climate Action member David Large for a virtual program on home energy efficiency. The program is sponsored by Olympic Climate Action, a grass-roots group seeking a safe, prosperous, sustainable future for residents of the Olympic Peninsula by addressing the threat of climate change.
Large, a retired electrical engineer, has 50 years of experience designing and living in energy efficient homes. For those planning on new construction, Large’s website details all the major energy-saving concepts he used in the design. But most of us live in already built homes, so in this program Large will focus on how to make existing homes more efficient. Large also compiled a comprehensive list of local, state and federal energy saving incentives that is under resources on the Olympic Climate Action website. Register here.
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm | Location: Zoom – register here for link
Quilcene Repair Event – Sat, Mar 18th
Join this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Volunteers will be present to help repair small appliances, electronics, textiles, clothing, and other household items, and to sharpen tools. There’s a limit of 2 items per person. Bring replacement parts needed if known. Questions? Email Mandi.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Location:Quilcene Community Center, 294952 US-101, Quilcene
12th Annual Port Townsend Plant and Seed Exchange – Sun, Mar 19th *New*
Seed savers and gardeners! Bring your extra seeds, plant starts, bulbs, divisions, house plants, and any other plants that need new homes to thrive in and take home something new!
Questions, email here.
Time: 10 am – 3 pm | Location: Shy Acres farm, 363 Discovery Rd (there will be signs)
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