This Week
Online Conference on Urine Diversion and Nutrient Cycling – Tues – Thurs, Nov 7th – 9th
As a follow up to their Housing+Sanitation Learning Series (see website), PHLUSH and HSN will hold the Rich Earth Summit. The 2023 theme is Reclaiming Urine as a Resource. Vermont’s hybrid international gathering brings together researchers, practitioners, policy makers, industry leaders, students, and enthusiasts. Keynote speaker, Fabien Esculier, will speak on source separation in Paris, France, exemplified by the local water agency’s 80% subsidy for new developments with urine diversion. The 3-day event features presentations on the technology, codes, and permitting for urine re-use in agriculture. PHLUSH’s Hayley Joyell Smith, PhD, is among the speakers. Registration is by donation, starting at $10. Register here. Recordings will be available after the event.
Time: 6:30 – 9 am | Location: online
“Choosing Native Plants for Your Landscape” – Thurs, Nov 9th
The Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation presents Kathy Darrow, Olympic Peninsula botanist and Master Gardener, who will give a presentation focused on how we define the idea of “native plants” as well as lessons learned in the process of establishing native species in her Port Townsend garden. She is on the Board of the Washington Native Plant Society and writes for the WNPS journal, Douglasia. With her background as a professional botanist and Port Townsend gardener she will deliver a wealth of knowledge about gardening with native plants. This presentation will be in person, the public is welcome. Kathy will also have native seeds and bulbs from her garden available. For more information go to jcmgf.org and click on “Choosing Native Plants for Your Landscape” on the right side of the web page.
Time: 3 pm | Location: WSU classroom in Port Hadlock
Sunfield Farm & Waldorf School Benefit Dinner – Sat, Nov 11th
Sunfield Invites you to a beautiful evening of delicious local food, live music, and dancing! Share in the bounty of our biodynamic farm and other local farms from the Quimper Peninsula. Tickets starting at $50/person.
Contact them by email or 360-385-3658, or see their website for more information.
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 pm | Location: Chimacum Grange, 9752 Rhody Dr. Chimacum
Washington’s Fossils – A New Book Presentation, Gallery Talk and Signing – Sat, Nov 11th
It’s a Fossil Weekend, with Elizabeth Nesbitt and David B. Williams. Join the Port Townsend Marine Science Center for these events! You can find details at ptmsc.org/gallery.
Gallery Talk and Book Signing: 12 – 2 pm, Gallery in Flagship Landing, 1007 Water St, Port Townsend
Quimper Geological Society hosts “Washington’s Fossils – a new book presentation”, 4 – 5 pm, First Baptist Church, 1202 Lawrence St, Port Townsend
Future of Oceans Lecture – Sun, Nov 12th
No matter where you wander in Washington, you are never very far from the past and the evidence of the plants and animals that came before. You can find trilobites near the Idaho border, primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau, exquisite flowers in Republic, giant bird tracks near Bellingham, and curious bear-like beasts on the Olympic Peninsula. With abundant and well-exposed rock layers, Washington has fossils dating from Ice Age mammals only 12,000 years old back to marine invertebrates more than 500 million years old. Join co-authors Dr. Liz Nesbitt and David B. Williams as they discuss this amazing array of past life, which is featured in their new book, “Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils in Washington State”.
Time: 3:00 pm | Location: Fort Worden Chapel, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend
Dabob Days – Sun, Nov 12th
Support the ongoing restoration and protection of the Tarboo watershed, from the headwaters of Tarboo Creek to Tarboo-Dabob Bay, by volunteering at monthly Dabob Days projects with Northwest Watershed Institute! This month, join student leaders from NWI’s Headwater to Bay Summer Program to remove invasive English ivy and Himalayan blackberry at a recent restoration planting site.
Please email Megan or visit here to sign up. Learn more about NWI here.
Time: 10 am – 2 pm | Location: 7560 Center Rd, Quilcene
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