Green Sanctuary Program
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Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
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Once a month, every month April through September - Get local, get outside, get to Village Books, and Get Gardening! Once a month, April through September we'll offer a series event designed to spark your creativity and get you digging. Watch for details each month! Bellingham Farmer's Market is Open! Saturdays, 10 am to 3 pm, April 3 - December 18, 2010 Downtown Bellingham, Depot Market Square April 1, 2010 Why Workplace CSAs? Can’t get to the farm? Have the farm come to you! Come find out about Workplace CSA’s, an innovative way to bring fresh, local food directly to the workplace. Eva Agudelo from the Food & Farming Program will talk about how farmers and business owners can work together to promote employee wellness and a healthy diet, offer the convenience of purchasing fresh, affordable, nutritious local produce delivered right to work, and support local agriculture, sustainable farming practices and the local economy. All business members, including food producers, are encouraged to attend. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a unique relationship of mutual support and commitment between local farmers and community members. Before each season begins individuals pay the farmer an annual fee that will help cover the costs of the farm’s operation. In exchange, “shareholders” receive a share of fresh produce each week throughout the growing season. CSA creates a community that is closely connected to the farm and family that grows their food. Delivering directly to the workplace opens up new marketing channels for farmers and addresses the marketing and financial risks associated with a new off-farm CSA site. At the same time, they improve consumer access to locally-grown food, particularly in urban areas. Time: 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm Location: Sustainable Connections office: 1701 Ellis St. Ste. 221, Bellingham Cost: Contact: Abby Terpstra 647-7093 for RSVP or contact mariah@sconnect.org or 360-647-7093 x105 April 1, 2010 The Organic Orchard with Terry and Dave Maczuga Terry and Dave Maczuga live and garden on 7 acres just north of Bellingham. Silver Creek Garden has extensive food and ornamental areas. The more than 70 fruit and nut trees are managed using organic practices. Most of the fruit trees are apples, modern, heirloom, and cider varieties, producing fruit for table and hard cider. Terry is also the farm manager for Cloud Mountain Farm. The Maczugas will talk about choosing varieties and site selection. Also discussed will be their pest and disease management strategies, weed suppression, and pollination. Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm Location: Center for Expressive Arts and Experimental Education, 1317 Commercial Ave, upstairs (above Uisce’s Pub and Tivoli’s Restaurant) Cost: Contact: April 1, 2010 Livability Forum and Film First in a series of quarterly land use forums, brought to you by Futurewise Whatcom, Sustainable Connections and the Downtown Bellingham Partnership. Film: Making Sense of Place: Portland - 2009. Following the film will be a moderated panel discussion with some of Whatcom County's forefront land use professionals addressing "What is Livability?" for our community, featuring: Paul Schissler, Kulshan Community Land Trust Jean Melious, Whatcom County Planning Commission Darcy Jones, Jones Engineering Maureen McCarthy, Whatcom Transit Authority Time: Location: Cafe Bloom, 1320 Cornwall, Bellingham Cost: Donation Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 1, 2010 Bill Thorness - Edible Heirlooms: Heritage Vegetables for the Maritime Garden Grow some living history this year by planting heirloom vegetables. Edible Heirlooms offers more than 100 varieties suited to a Maritime climate, seed resources and techniques to enhance your results. Grow heirlooms for their unique flavors, and help preserve our dwindling seed heritage. Bill Thorness has been a Seattle gardener and writer since the mid-1980s. He writes for The Seattle Times and other regional media, and is Publications Editor for Seattle Tilth, an organic gardening educational organization. He is also the author of Biking Puget Sound, a road cycling guidebook. Includes slide show! Time: 7:00 pm Location: 1200 11th Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 2, 2010 RE Store's 9th Annual Recycled Art Show What is Recycled Art? Recycled Art is made from anything that is fished out of the waste stream. The waste stream flows deep and wide from each American home and workplace, so materials are abundant. Recycled Art can be inspiring, poignant, useful, beautiful, impractical, wearable, hideous, humorous, or just downright trashy. Time: 6-10 pm Location: Allied Arts Gallery - 1418 Cornwall, Bellingham Cost: Contact: April 2, 2010 Kathleen Dean Moore - Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature In the spirit of Rachel Carson and Annie Dillard, Moore chronicles her experiences in nature while struggling with the grief of the consecutive deaths of three loved ones. Looking at the world through the eyes of a biologist, Moore sees death as change, not catastrophe—a force of unceasing renewal that should inspire hope rather than sorrow. Wild Comfort is a book about how in seeking condolence from the earth, we find countless reasons to be grateful. Kathleen Dean Moore is an essayist, activist, and professor. She lives in Oregon. Time: 7:00 pm Location: 1200 11th Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 3, 2010 Residential Renewables: a Workshop for Puget Sound Area Residents The Five Things You Should Know About Adding Solar and Wind to Your Home. Are you interested in using renewable energy in your home? Northwest SEED is pleased to offer a workshop for Puget Sound Area residents that will tell you what you need to know before investing in a residential renewable energy system:
Time: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Location: Bellingham Central Library, 210 Central Avenue, Bellingham Cost: $25.00 Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 6, 2010 Valerie Easton - The New Low-Maintenance Garden: How to Have a Beautiful, Productive Garden and the Time to Enjoy It We’ve all seen those rare gardens that feel well-tended yet relaxed, cared for yet unfussy, both beautiful and comfortable. With helpful, practical advice, The New Low-Maintenance Garden makes this garden accessible. Valerie Easton has created a one-stop guide to creating a stylish, sustainable, and simple garden that requires less maintenance and fewer resources. Now you can have your dream garden and the time to sit back, relax, and enjoy it! Valerie Easton is a weekly garden columnist for Pacific Northwest Magazine of The Seattle Times. She has contributed articles on gardens, homes, and the people who make them to a variety of magazines. Valerie trained as a Master Gardener and was for eighteen years the horticultural librarian at the UW in Seattle. Time: 7:00 pm Location: 1200 11th Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 7, 2010 Green Drinks Bellingham RE Sources will be hosting the March Green Drinks in our very own Sustainable Living Center with beer from Boundary Bay, wine and sodas, and delicious food from Mount Bakery so come hungry! ** Remember to bring your own glass to this waste-free event! ** Green Drinks is an organic networking session that started in London, England and has since caught fire around the world. Like-minded individuals in places from Hong Kong to India, Sweden to South Africa meet every month to catch-up, network and talk about the latest green issues. According to greendrinks.org, "These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.” The best part about Green Drinks is that there is no structure, just good people meeting at a regular place and time. 21+ only please Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm Location: The Copper Hog, 1327 N. State Street, Bellingham Cost: Free Entry Contact: Megan Artz at (360) 733-8307 or MeganA(at)re-sources(dot)org April 7, 2010 Transition Whatcom Film Series: "The Age of Stupid" "We could have saved ourselves, but we didn't. It's amazing. What state of mind were we in, to face extinction and simply shrug it off?" A film about the future we could face if we don't make changes-and quickly. This one is not for the fainthearted, because the combination of documentary and a fictionalized "future" as told by the narrator carries double the impact of a purely factual film. That said, the message is conveyed creatively and clearly. Pete Postelwaite is entirely believable as the weary archivist of the future, who is still in disbelief at the facts available to humanity in 2010- and how easy it was for even the most well-intentioned of us to ignore them at times. Watch the trailers: http://www.ageofstupid.net/trailer. Discussion to follow. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Arntzen Hall 3, WWU, Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: April 9, 2010 Hugh Raffles- The Illustrated Insectopedia This is an exploration of the beautiful, ancient, successful, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with which we share this world—Insects. As long as humans have been here, insects have been here. Yet we hardly know them—the insects that eat our food, share our beds, live in our homes. Weaving together brief vignettes, meditations, and extended essays, Raffles uses the prism of history and science, anthropology and travel, economics and popular culture to show how insects have triggered our obsessions, stirred our fears, and beguiled our imaginations. Raffles provides a glimpse into the ritualized world of Chinese cricket fighting, the deceptive courtship rituals of the dance fly, the vital and vicious role locusts play in the famines that afflict the African continent, the queer sexual practices among insects, how insects deformed by Chernobyl inspired art, and how our unease with insects has prompted aberrant behavior of our own. Deftly combining the anecdotal and the scientific, Raffles has given us an essential book of reference that is, as well, a fascination of the highest order. Time: 7:00 pm Location: 1200 11th Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 10, 2010 Frances Moore Lappé - Getting a Grip2: Clarity, Creativity and Courage for the World We Really Want Co-sponsored with Transition Whatcom, Ms. Lappé kicks off Transition Whatcom's "The Great Unleashing" event. Bestselling author Frances Moore Lappé invites readers to try on a new, invigorating way of seeing the world in Getting a Grip 2. This thoroughly revised and updated edition responds to Obama’s presidency and the global financial collapse. With her characteristic boldness, she takes on a set of disempowering ideas driving economic and ecological crises, challenging readers to rethink the meaning of power, democracy, and hope itself. Author of the much-loved Diet for a Small Plane, Lappé was named the James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year (2008). She also co-founded Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy and Small Planet Institute. Time: 4:00 pm Location: Bellingham High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 10, 2010 - Being Rescheduled - Watch for new date Biodynamics in the Garden with Mike Long, Alpenhorn Farm In 1924, Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner delivered his historic Agriculture lectures to farmers in what is now Poland. His goal ~ to bring about the realization that our farms and gardens must be treated like living organisms! Today, thousands of farms and countless gardens worldwide employ the methods proposed in those same lectures. Join biodynamic practicioner Michael Long of Alpenhorn Farm for a discussion about practical biodynamics, as well as how to stir and apply one of the key ingredients in Biodynamic farming and gardening-Horn Manure (BD 500). Come find out how your home, garden, and neighborhood benefit from the addition of these fascinating processes. Discussions will lead through topics such as: composting, beekeeping, companion planting, biodynamic preparations, and elements of a happy, healthy garden. Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm Location: TBA Cost: Contact: April 10, 2010 NSEA Terrell Creek Work Party On Saturday April 10th NSEA will no longer be working on Terrell Creek at Birch Bay State Park. Instead, we will be working just off of Jackson Rd. at Terrell Creek to remove non-native, invasive plant species and plant more than 100 new native trees and shrubs. Tools and gloves are provided. Refreshments are provided by The Bagelry, the Community Food Co-op, Erin Baker's Wholesome Baked Goods, Starbucks, and Tony's Coffee and Teas. Please wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. Bring your enthusiasm, your friends and family, and anyone else that can hold a shovel! Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Jackson Rd. Cost: Free Contact: April 10-11, 2010 Transition Whatcom's "The Great Unleashing" Because of the inevitable problems we’ll experience as a result of energy issues, we’re going to be challenged profoundly in the ways we live. As a community, we have two choices: we can sit back and wait, or we can respond proactively and begin making real changes that will lead to a more resilient community. The GREAT UNLEASHING is an event that will engage Whatcom County in a collective and committed response, and will kick-off the process of creating a 10-20 year energy descent action plan. THE GREAT UNLEASHING will be a two-day celebration and extravaganza that will motivate, excite, educate and engage our community in coming together to envision a vibrant, resilient, and dramatically less energy-dependent Whatcom County, and will unleash our collective genius as we start working towards a tangible and compelling plan to get us there. Day 1 will have many activities, including a recorded greeting from Rob Hopkins, and keynote talks by the noted author and Transition U.S. board member, Vicki Robin, author Frances Moore Lappe (Diet for a Small Planet), and Transition U.S. board member, Permaculturist, and Executive Director of Daily Acts, Trathen Heckman. You can also expect a parade, exhibits, breakout sessions on numerous themes, and more. Day 2 will see the formation of Transition Whatcom Work Groups to address a number of critical issues our community is facing. Time: Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 - 4:00 pm Location: Bellingham High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: April 12, 2010 The Local Food Factor: How Food Businesses are Strengthening the Local Economy Join us for a special brown bag lunch to hear from Michael Shuman, staff member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) and author of The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition and Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age. Most recently Michael has co-authored a study analyzing 24 local food businesses, half in the U.S. and half abroad. The study has found that the local food movement is fast spreading around the planet, in rich and poor communities, and increasingly are a centerpiece for economic development. Come learn about the dozen specific techniques local food businesses are using to compete effectively against global-scale food businesses. Seating is limited. Time: Noon Location: Sustainable Connections, 1701 Ellis St Suite 221, Bellingham Cost: Contact: RSVP to laura@sconnect.org, or call 360-647-7093 April 12, 2010 Big Box Hearing: Bellingham City Council A Hearing on a proposed amendment of the \"Big Box Ban\". The proposed amendment as modified in the Council draft retains the same exemption area and Green Factor requirement as the original proposal but would also require LEED™ silver or equivalent green building certification and prohibit “superstores.” A “superstore” is generally defined as a store over 90,000 square feet that sells a wide range of household products and devotes more than 10 percent of the sales floor area to groceries (or non-taxable merchandise.) The definition excludes membership warehouse clubs where shoppers pay a membership fee. If unable to attend, send your comments to the Council Office, 210 Lottie Street, or email to ccmail@cob.org by April 7th. Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Bellingham City Council Chambers (210 Lottie St.), Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: More info: http://www.cob.org/government/departments/pcd/big-box-retail.aspx Or call Marilyn Vogel, 778-8361 April 13, 2010 Linda Chalker-Scott - The Informed Gardener Blooms Again Picking up where The Informed Gardener left off, The Informed Gardener Blooms Again uses scientific literature to debunk a new set of common gardening myths. Once again, Linda Chalker-Scott investigates the science behind each myth, reminding us that urban and suburban landscapes are ecosystems requiring their own particular set of management practices. Linda Chalker-Scott is an urban horticulturist and associate professor at Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 14, 2010 Ted Bernard: Hope and Hard Times: Communities, Collaboration, and Sustainability In the 1990s Ted Bernard co-authored The Ecology of Hope, chronicling the stories of nine communities across the United States who shared a common goal of resolving natural resource conflicts and achieving more sustainable use of local resources. In Hope and Hard Times, he returns to these places to find that each of their sustainability initiatives had survived the hard times of the first decade of this century. Their struggles and successes reveal a remarkable resilience that will be needed in the coming post-carbon era. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 14, 2010 Full Cycle Bike Class Part 1: First Gear First Gear, introduction to essential skills and techniques for confident, comfortable cycling on roads and urban trails. The course is based on the League of American Cyclists certificate curriculum. First Gear is the first of the three-part everybodyBIKE Full Cycle course. Distance & Pace: Class takes place indoors. Class may be postponed if low registration Age: Class is oriented toward adults. Children age 14 and up may attend with supervising adult Weather: Class takes place indoors Bring: No equipment required. Optional: Bring your bike and helmet for a safety and fit check. See and Be Seen. Light the Bike, See the Bike. Take First Gear and you may be eligible for a FREE front light! Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Location: REI Sehome Village, Bellingham Cost: Free for Whatcom Smart Trips participants who register in advance. Others $10 Registration Contact: Mary Anderson 671-BIKE (2453) or info@everybodyBIKE.com April 15, 2010 Cascadia LIVE: The Living Building Challenge Welcome to Cascadia Live; a NW Washington spin on accelerated green building education. The first event in series of networking workshops promoted to the Cascadia bioregion. Join us for drinks, networking and a panel discussion on the Living Building Challenge and how jurisdictions are "bending" codes to allow for advance building methods. This event is designed specifically for government officials, staff, policy makers, builders, designers, developers and business owners. Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Location: Pickford Dreamspace, 1318 Bay St., Bellingham Cost: Varies Contact: April 15, 2010 Full Cycle Bike Class Part 2: Fixing to Ride Basic bicycle function, repairs, and maintenance to keep you going or to help you select the right bike and equipment for your needs. Complex traffic situations and preparation for the on-the-road class. Advance registration required by April 14. Time: 5:00 pm - 7:45 pm Location: REI Sehome Village, Bellingham Cost: Free for Whatcom Smart Trips participants who register in advance. Others $10 Registration Contact: Mary Anderson 671-BIKE (2453) or info@everybodyBIKE.com April 17, 2010Earth Day Beach Cleanup Don’t want to make the journey all the way out to the Olympic Peninsula for the Coastal Clean Up? Come join us along our coast where we’ll be hosting one right here in Bellingham Bay at Locust Beach. Meet us at the Bellingham Kite Boarding Community Center which is located to the right off of Locust Ave. To get there, head down Holly Street from downtown Bellingham and continue on the same road as it turns into Eldridge and then Marine Drive. After passing by Bennett Drive on the right hand side, make your first available left onto Locust Ave. Meet at 10 AM for light refreshments and coffee. Then we’ll head down to the beach to clean up trash and recyclables. At noon, join us as we’ll head on back up the bluff for a barbecue! Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Location: Locust Beach, Bellingham Bay Cost: Free Contact: Wendy Steffensen (360) 733-8307 or wendys@re-sources.org April 17, 2010Mind, Body and Soil Healthy soils = Healthy people. Learn more about Soil, Compost, Biodynamics, Biochar, Worms and Teas. Just how do these all work together to create better soils that allow you to grow the most nutrient dense food possible. Soil is more then just dirt, it is a universe teaming with a diverse array of interconnected micro organisms working together to perform multiple functions. Learn how to support this community and in turn sequester carbon, build soil, grow healthy disease and drought resistant plants and eat from a more nutritious garden as a result. Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: Inspiration Farm, 619 E. Laurel Rd., Bellingham Cost: $165 Contact: 360-398-7061 April 17, 2010 Sustainable Gardening In this workshop, we will discuss ways to have a beautiful and productive food and/or ornamental garden while being sensitive to the environment. Topics will include plant selection, reducing water usage, reducing chemical usage and integrated pest management, weed control, and pest control. These Workshops take place outside in our demonstration gardens. Please be prepared for inclement weather. No registration necessary. Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pmn Location: Cloud Mountain Farm, 6906 Goodwin Rd., Everson Cost: Free Contact: 360-398-7061 April 17, 2010 Full Cycle Bike Class Part 3: On the Road Practice bicycling skills on the road, learning techniques to avoid hazards and prevent crashes. Bring your bike and helmet. Students are required to take Full Cycle Parts 1 and 2 in order to register for the On Road class. Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Class departs from Whatcom Smart Trips office at 314 E. Champion Street Cost: Free for Whatcom Smart Trips participants who register in advance. Others $10 Registration Contact: Ellen Barton 671-BIKE or info@everybodyBIKE.com April 17, 2010 NSEA Whatcom Creek Work Party Join NSEA and the City of Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program as we work to improve natural habitat for salmon and other wildlife at Maritime Heritage Park. We’ll be removing non-native, invasive plant species along the new trails through the park. Parking is available in the lot on C St. just off of Holly St. in downtown Bellingham. Look for signs and check in at the blue NSEA tent. Tools and gloves are provided. Refreshments are provided by The Bagelry, the Community Food Co-op, Erin Baker's Wholesome Baked Goods, Starbucks, and Tony's Coffee and Teas. Please wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. Bring your enthusiasm, your friends and family, and anyone else that can hold a shovel! Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Maritime Heritage Park Cost: Free Contact: April 21, 2010 Integrating Northwest Native Plants in the Landscape Washington Native Plant Society-Komo Kulshan Chapter - Program by Terry and Dave Maczuga. The Pacific Northwest is home to some wonderful native plants that work well integrated in gardens and landscapes. There are even selected cultivars that are a bit more ornamental, or whose growth habits make them easier to use in smaller gardens. Terry Maczuga is the farm manager at Cloud Mountain Farm and Nursery. She and her husband Dave garden obsessively on 7 acres just north of Bellingham. Their garden includes wild and selected forms of natives integrated into both ornamental and wild gardens. Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location: Re Sources, Meridian Dr., Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: April 20, 2010 Rain Barrell Construction: Harvesting and Storing your Rainwater Includes all parts for your own rainbarrel to build and take home. Anitra Accetturo is the Water Conservation Specialist for Bellingham Public Works, training people in do-it-yourself rain barrel tech for over five years. Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Location: Re Sources, Meridian Dr., Bellingham Cost: $25.00 Contact: Anitra Accetturo, 778-7732 April 22, 2010 The Chuckanut Radio Hour - David Boyd, author of Dodging the Toxic Bullet: How to Protect Yourself from Everyday Environmental Health Hazards Our Earth Day show highlights David Boyd, co-author of David Suzuki’s Green Guide, and his new book Dodging the Toxic Bullet. Following David Suzuki’s Green Guide—called "the green bible” by the Canada’s Globe and Mail—Dodging the Toxic Bullet presents workable strategies that show how we can live longer, healthier lives by breathing clean air, eating healthy food, drinking safe water, and using non-toxic products. Boyd provides accessible background on a range of hazards including mercury in fish, carcinogens in cleaning products, lead in toys, and lethal "E. coli" in ground beef. His clear directions for reducing risk include growing lots of houseplants, choosing whole foods, avoiding consumer products with strong or long-lasting smells, and using green cleaning products. Easy-to-follow advice and informative sidebars and checklists make this a must-have guide, especially for parents of infants and children. “In Dodging the Toxic Bullet, David R. Boyd cuts through the confusion and gives us the practical information we need to protect ourselves and our families from harm. I will recommend this book to patients, colleagues, and friends." — Andrew Weil, MD, bestselling author of Natural Health, Natural Medicine Time: 6:30 pm Location: The Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold Retirement Residence, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Cost: $5.00 Contact: April 23, 2010 8th Annual Environmental Heroes Award Celebration Join us as we cheer our local un-sung heroes for all their hard work to save the environment: Heroes include
Time: 5:30 pm Location: Bellwether Ballroom, One Bellwether Way, Bellingham Cost: $50 per person, includes dinner Contact: Megan Artz at MeganA(at)re-sources(dot)org. April 24, 2010 NSEA Terrell Creek Work Party Help NSEA and the Chums of Terrell Creek restore habitat for coho and chum salmon by planting native trees and shrubs along Terrell Creek. From I-5, take the Grandview Rd. exit (exit 266) and head west. Follow for about 7 miles and turn right at the stop sign at Jackson Rd. Parking is available in the parking lot at the Birch Bay Bible Community Church on the left. Cross Jackson Rd. and check in at the blue NSEA tent. Tools and gloves are provided. Refreshments are provided by The Bagelry, the Community Food Co-op, Erin Baker's Wholesome Baked Goods, Starbucks, and Tony's Coffee and Teas. Please wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. Bring your enthusiasm, your friends and family, and anyone else that can hold a shovel! Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Terrell Creek Cost: Free Contact: April 28, 2010 The results are in! As a community, we're making more of our trips by walking, bicycling and riding the bus. Join Whatcom Smart Trips for a presentation followed by small group discussions of survey data showing changes in Bellingham residents' travel habits from 2004 to 2009. Survey data will be presented by Werner Brög, Managing Director of Socialdata (the firm that completed the survey research) and an international expert in travel behavior. The data shows remarkable differences in the trips of Bellingham residents-depending on which side of the freeway they live on. Following the presentation will be a brainstorming session: how can we help residents overcome obstacles to making more Smart Trips? This event is co-sponsored by RE Sources. Time: 6:30 pm Location: RE Sources' Sustainable Living Center, 2309 Meridian Street, Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: April 29, 2010 Joan Fitzgerald - Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development Here is a refreshing look at how American cities are leading the way toward greener, cleaner, and more sustainable forms of economic development. Fitzgerald shows how in the absence of a comprehensive national policy, cities like Chicago, Portland, and Seattle have taken the lead in addressing the interrelated environmental problems of global warming, pollution, energy dependence, and social justice. Cities are major sources of pollution but because of their population density, reliance on public transportation, and other factors; Fitzgerald argues that they are uniquely suited to promote and benefit from green economic development. She also examines how investing in green research and technology may help to revitalize older industrial cities. Lucid, forward-looking, and guided by a level-headed optimism that clearly distinguishes between genuine progress and exaggerated claims, Emerald Cities points the way toward a sustainable future for the American city. Joan Fitzgerald is the Director of the Law, Policy and Society Program at Northeastern University and the author of Moving Up in the New Economy: Career Ladders for U.S. Workers and Economic Revitalization: Cases and Strategies for City and Suburb. Co-sponsored by Village Books, Sustainable Connections and BUF's Green Sanctuary Program. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I St., Bellingham Cost: Contact: Nan Macy at 360.733.1599 or nan@villagebooks.com April 30, 2010 Bellingham Trash Fashion Show This year's Bellingham Trash Fashion Show is partnering with W.W.U.'s Fine Arts and Theater Department to bring one epic evening of trash fashion to the Viking Union's Multi-purpose Room. The evening will feature student work as well as professional/amateur designs. Tickets go on sale in April. In partnership with WWU Fine and Performing Arts College Time: 8:00 pm Location: WWU, Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room Cost: TBA Contact: April 30, 2010 2010 Future of Business Conference: 2010 and the New Economy In a world that's been "reset" by a sharp worldwide recession, accelerating climate change and a collapse of trust in business--the implication and opportunities for local business are enormous. Billions of dollars are being invested to stimulate the economy and most of that money is going toward energy efficiency. The local food sector is soaring. There are new opportunities in the building industry through building perfocmance and energy efficiency. Localization is a new marketing tactic for all - big/small and near/far. Now is an essential opportunity to learn how to leverage your resources, implement changes, and succeed in a world where business as usual is no longer viable. Come and learn what these changes in the marketplace and the new economy mean to your business. After the Conference join us for great local food, libations, and an opportunity to connect with leaders of the local food economy AND our region's most influential and innovative business owners and employees. Time: 8:00 am -5:00 pm (registration opens at 7:45 am) Location: Whatcom Community College, Syre Student Center, 237 West Kellogg Road Cost: $99 - SC member early bird $109 - general admission early bird $119 - SC member (after April 2) $149 - general admission (after April 2nd) Contact: Laura Leigh Ridenour at 360-647-7093 x106 or lridenour@sconnect.org, Mariah@sconnect.org (sponsorship) Contact: |
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