Green Sanctuary Program
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Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
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Farmer’s/Garden Markets Bellingham: Saturdays, 10:00 am - 3 pm, Depot Market Square, Railroad & Chestnut Streets, April - Christmas Fairhaven: Wednesdays, 12:00 - 5:00 pm, Fairhaven Village Green, June - September Ferndale: Saturdays, 9:00a to 3:00p, Centennial Riverwalk Plaza, April 18 - October 17 Blaine: 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm - June 13, 2009 - September 19 First Gear Bicycling Class Get the tips and secrets that make bicycling safe, comfortable and fun for getting around town. Learn communication and positioning skills that make traffic or trail riding easy and stress-free. First Gear is a great introduction for getting back on the bike or a refresher for those already biking. Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location: Co-Op Connection Building_Community Food Co-op, Forrest St, Bellingham Cost: Free with prior registration Contact: 360-671-BIKE_www.everybodybike.com June 3, 2009 Green Drinks Bellingham! Join RE Sources for another session of Green Drinks Bellingham every first Wednesday of the month from 5-7 pm to connect with other green thinkers, movers and shakers. Tell all your friends and co-workers to come, too! The location has yet to be determined for this particular month so stay tuned for more information or visit the RE Sources website below to get on our email list. 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. Visit www.greendrinks.org to see the rave reviews from Green Drinkers across the planet! For more information about RE Sources for Sustainable Communities or any updates on the Green Drinks Bellingham, visit our website at www.re-sources.org. Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: TBA Cost: Free Contact: Megan Artz (360) 733-8307 June 4, 2009 Eat Local at Billy McHale's Sustainable Connections Eat Local Series. _Complete local menu special features a stuffed mushroom appetizer, Portabella Foccaccia or Lemon Pepper Pasta Primavera & Shrimp entree, and Strawberry Cheesecake or Strawb-Rhubarb Tart & Mallard Ice Cream. All ingredients sourced from local growers including Twin Sisters Mushrooms, Holistic Homestead, DEVine Gardens, Appel Farms, Mad Jax’s seafood, Sumas River Farm. Time: 7:00 pm Location: BILLY MCHALE'S, 4301 Guide Meridian, Bellingham Cost: Varies Contact: June 5, 2009 Walk When the Moon is Full Enjoy beautiful Semiahmoo beach at sunset. Explore the tidal pull of the Moon of Salmon’s Return with naturalists Rachel Castor and Holly Roger. Each month we delve into the night, exploring local parks by moonlight and honing our naturalist skills. Group size is limited. Registration is required. Register via email (wildwhatcomwalks@gmail.com) or call Rachel at 392-8992. Time: 7:30p to 9:30p Location: Semiahmoo Park, Blaine Cost: Donations accepted Contact: (360) 393-7827 June 5, 2009 Contractor Salvage Social Hour: How deconstruction and reuse approaches can impact a contractor's bottom line Learn the strategies to reuse, salvage and deconstruction on the job-site. These techniques give your construction firm a competitive advantage. The RE Store and Sustainable Connections are partnering to help contractors eliminate unnecessary disposal and labor expenses all while reducing hauling fees. Participants will also compare notes about stumbling blocks that prevent building materials reuse in Northwest Washington. This invitation-based networking event will provide happy hour beverages and refreshments for building contractors and managers. Limited availability to the first 50 contractors who RSVP. RSVP is required. To do sign up, please contact us. Time: 4:00 - 6:00pm Location: The RE Store, 2301 Meridian Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: nick@sconnect.org June 06, 2009 Lummi Island Discover Day Trip Experience extremely diverse flora and fauna including eagles, seals, nesting peregrine falcons (on700 ft cliffs!) and a good chance at cruising Orca whales. If you are a Bellinghamer, this is your opportunity to be amazed once again by the beauty in our own back yard. All trips include a gourmet lunch on Lummi Rocks (a Nature Conservancy owned island) boasting gorgeous views of Orcas, Clark, Barnes, Matia and Sucia Islands. Location: The Willows Inn on Lummi Island. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Community Boating Center, 555 harris ave, Bellingham Cost: $110/adult, $80/child (9-12) Contact: (360) 714-8891 June 06, 2009 Birding the Beaches: Semiahmoo Spit Join us for Birding the Beaches, a cooperative effort of NCAS and Whatcom County Parks. This trip, on the first Saturday of each month, is usually about three hours in length. It is a great outing for beginning birders. We will tour beaches on Semiahmoo Bay and Drayton Harbor and view large numbers of seabirds, waterfowl and shorebirds as well as raptors and songbirds. Semiahmoo/Drayton Harbor is Whatcom County’s only designated Important Bird Area. We all need to know and value this important habitat. Trip Leader: Paul Woodcock. Time: 9:00 AM Location: Meet at Semiahmoo County Park Cost: Free Contact: Paul Woodcock 380-3356 or e-mail at vp@northcascadesaudubon.org. June 06, 2009 Lynden Heritage Celebration Celebrate Lynden’s traditions at the Farmers Day Parade, stroll through craft/flower booths, sample local cuisine at the Taste of Lynden, & enjoy folk dance! View county art & attend a choir concert. Watch a thrilling demo derby & check out the car show, swap meet, & carnival at the fairgrounds! Time: 9:30am-4:00pm; Fairgrounds 12:00-9:00pm Location: Downtown Lynden (Front Street); Northwest Washington Fairgrounds_Citywide, Lynden Cost: Most events FREE; Demo Derby $10/$5; Car Show $5 Contatct: (360) 354-5995 or www.lynden.org June 7, 2009 Seaweed Ramble with Ryan Drum, PhD Ryan Drum returns to Bellingham to lead a seaweed safari. The class will learn to identify delectable sea vegetables; to harvest them in an environmentally friendly fashion; and details of their myriad culinary, nutritional, and therapeutic uses. Along the way, Ryan will entertain us with seaweed anecdotes and more. Bring rubber boots, a bucket, and a cheap pair of stainless steel scissors. Note: This class will meet at Marine Park in south Bellingham (and probably will carpool to a point further south). You must obtain a shellfish-harvesting license prior to class—available at sporting goods stores for $11. Time: 9 am–2 pm Location: Meet at Marine Park Cost: Register at Co-op $34 members, $38 non-members Contact: 360-734-8158 or email kevinm@communityfood.coop June 7, 2009 Shoreline Treasures and Tribulations Explore the shore for buried treasures and other biological wonders! Embarking from the wildlife theater at Birch Bay State Park, we’ll trek down the watershed (a short walk), pausing along the way to reveal some hidden dangers to our bay and to appreciate what people in our community are doing to protect it. Down on the tideflats, we’ll dig for treasured clams and seek out other intertidal wonders with roving volunteer Beach Naturalists. Time: 10-11:30 am Location: Birch Bay State Park Cost: Free Contact: Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee: http://whatcom-mrc.whatcomcounty.org/MRC June 8, 2009 World Oceans Day The concept for World Oceans Day was proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and it had been unofficially celebrated every year since then. Official designation by the U.N. is a significant step in conserving and protecting our world's ocean. World Oceans Day provides an opportunity each year to celebrate our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea. The Ocean Project, working closely with the World Ocean Network each year, helps to coordinate events and activities with aquariums, zoos, museums, conservation organizations, universities, schools, businesses. As of 2009, "World Oceans Day" has been officially declared by the United Nations as June 8th each year! June 8, 2009 Amy Stewart, Wicked Plants: a Book of Botanical Atrocities Get Gardening Series June Event. A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; and a leaf that triggered a war. Amy Stewart, bestselling author of Flower Confidential, takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, Wicked Plants will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham Cost: Contact: June 10, 2009 Bellingham Solar WA meeting Guest speaker Chris Clay from the Building Performance Center on Home Energy Audits. Open to the public. Time: 7 PM Location: 2309 Meridian Street, ReStore upstairs classrooms Cost: Free Contact: Shannon Maris June 11, 2009 Eat Local at La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza Sustainable Connections Eat Local Series. Local Special: Caramelized onion, rapini & goat cheese pizza with ingredients from Gothberg Farms, Terra Verde Farm and Samish Bay Cheese. Time: 11:00a to 10:00p Location: 200 E. Chestnut St. at Railroad Ave, Bellingham Cost: Varies Contact: 360-647-0060 June 13, 2009 Whatcom Falls Park Work Party Lend a hand weeding the newly planted hillside just above the stone bridge in beautiful Whatcom Falls Park. Take Silver Beach Rd off Lakeway to the parking lot near the fish hatchery. Time: 10:00a to 12:00p Location: Whatcom Falls Park, 1492 Silver Beach Rd Cost: Free Contact: June 13, 2009 - September 19, 2009 Blaine Gardener's Market Grand Opening Locally grown farm products and hand made items will be sold on 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Grand Opening June featuring music and prize drawings. Times: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Location: H Street Plaza 728 Peace Portal Drive, Blaine Cost: Free admission Contact: 360-332-6484_www.blainechamber.com June 13, 2009 4th Annual Woodstock Farm and Chuckanut Breeding Bird Survey and Potluck This event is co-sponsored by NCAS and Bellingham City Parks. The morning count will be followed by a potluck dinner and presentation in the afternoon. We are looking to enlist a few experienced birders for a dawn to mid-day bird count of the Woodstock Farm, Mud Bay, and Clark’s Point area. Everyone is invited to the potluck which will begin with a birding tour of Woodstock at 3:30 PM followed by dinner (take a dish to share) and a presentation of the survey results and the birds of Woodstock Farm. Time: 3:30 pm Location: Cost: Free Contact: VP by calling Tim Wahl at 319-2290 if you plan to attend the potluck. Paul Woodcock 380-3356 or e-mail at vp@northcascadesaudubon.org. June 13, 2009 SALMON AT THE BAY ART SHOW AND BARBEQUE Yes We Can! Our Hope for Salmon The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) in partnership with Boundary Bay Brewery presents the 7th annual Salmon at the Bay. The celebration honors our community’s personal, cultural, historic, economic, and environmental connection to salmon. This year’s theme, Yes We Can, marks our distinct and rich history of salmon fishing and canning, as well as our momentous efforts and strong vision for the future of salmon recovery here in Whatcom County. The day is a great opportunity for family and friends to gather or meet new people. The art show opens at noon with artwork donated by several local artists. The salmon barbeque is available for lunch and dinner with musical accompaniment by the Celtic style Warren Street Session. Lunch is served from 12 to 3 for $10 and dinner is served from 5:30 to 8:30 for $20. The festivities continue with a late show featuring Lucky Brown and the Funk Revolution for those over 21 beginning at 9:30 for $8. “Salmon at the Bay is a vital opportunity for the community to collectively reflect on and share our connection to salmon while taking positive action towards the recovery of salmon and the health of our community.” Kerry McManus, NSEA Education Coordinator The art show continues through August 15th when the silent auction closes. All proceeds from the event and auction benefit NSEA salmon education and stream restoration projects throughout Whatcom County. Other sponsors include Bellingham Cold Storage, Seafood Producers Coop, WildCatch, Starbucks, Brandywine Kitchen, and Applied Digital Imaging. Time: 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM Location: Boundary Bay, Railroad Ave Cost: Varies, see above Contact: Randy Leventhal http://www.n-sea.org or (360) 715-0283 June 13 -14, 2009 Permaculture Design Weekends At Inspiration Farm Meets one weekend a month, May - September, including a special four day Permaculture Camp-out in August! This weekend is with Inspiration Farm resident Bruce Horowitz, Carolyn Feffer, and this weekend's special guest instructor Sarah Sullivan - Director of Hawaii SEED - a statewide Genetic Engineering action group. Register at www.inspirationfarm.com. Co-sponsored by Sustainable Bellingham, Transition Whatcom and Transition Laurel Time: 9:00 am (all day) Location: Inspiration Farm, 619 E. Laurel Rd Bellingham Cost: one day ($95) or the entire weekend ($175) Contact: gg@inspirationfarm.com http://http://www.inspirationfarm.com June 15, 2009 Introduction to Herbal Medicine with Nancy Swanson Nancy Swanson, owner of Bruja Botanicals, provides a thorough introduction to the therapeutic uses of plants. Learn about the classic herbal manuals and how to select one that will meet your needs. Get tips on how to choose specific herbs for a variety of conditions and situations, and how to harvest and preserve herbs to maintain freshness and potency. Find out how leaves, roots, and seeds are turned into poultices, tinctures, teas, salves, and creams. A hands-on how-to class on salves and tinctures will be held June 17. Time: 7–9 pm Location: Downtown Co-op (Forest St.) Cost: Register at Co-op $10 members, $12 non-members Contact: 360-734-8158 or email kevinm@communityfood.coop June 15, 2009 Building a Community of Businesses: A “How-To” Workshop with Sustainable Connections Who should attend? Local business owners and organizers of new community business organizations focused on green jobs, sustainable industries and buying local first. What will be covered? This workshop provides the “how-to’s” behind the creation and operations of Sustainable Connections. Topics covered include: the key steps for getting started, principles for catalyzing community change, operations and staffing, communications and community based social marketing, fundraising, and membership recruitment. Also includes step-by step program and campaign planning, timelines, budgeting, volunteer management, and partnerships. You will walk away with next steps for your own community. Price includes: Continental breakfast and lunch, 100pp workbook with key steps for getting started, step by step program planning information, and a clear understanding of the need for new community business networks that focus on sustainable industries, green jobs and thinking local first and a full packet of sample language and program ideas to share in your community. Register at: BROWN PAPER TICKETS Limited spots available. Time: 8:00 AM to 05:30 PM Location: TBA Cost: $125 for one registration; $99 for each additional member of your team (includes Contact: Laura Witham Laura@sconnect.org June 16, 2009 Whatcom Museum’s New Lightcatcher Building Patricia Leach, Whatcom Museum’s executive director, will present an update on the Museum’s new Lightcatcher Building scheduled to open in November. Learn about the environmental focus of this LEED Certified Silver building, hear about the fabulous exhibits planned for this year and into the future, and discover new opportunities to get involved with the Museum. Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: Whatcom Museum, Old City Hall Building, Cost: Free Contact: (360)778-8930. June 17, 2009 Making Herbal Tinctures and Salves with Nancy Swanson A hands-on class on how to produce your own salves and tinctures without destroying the medicinal properties in the process. We will discuss the merits of various carrier substances (vinegar, alcohol, or water) for tinctures, oils for salves, and the use of non-herbal ingredients as preservatives and emulsifiers. The instructor will then demonstrate the steps in making salves and tinctures using pre-prepared ingredients in various stages of production so that we can proceed from start to finish. Each participant will take home a small sample of the finished product. Nancy Swanson is the owner of Bruja Botanicals and has been studying, using, and making herbal products for more than 30 years. Time: 7–9 pm Location: Downtown Co-op (Forest St.) Cost: Register at Co-op $15 members, $18 non-members Contact: 360-734-8158 or email kevinm@communityfood.coop June 17, 2009 Salal: Listening to the Northwest Understory WA Native Plant Society--Koma Kulshan Chapter presents Dr. Laurie Ricou, as he tells stories about his travels in search of salal and writing an “affectionate biography” of this commonplace northwest native plant. The program will feature information about his recent book Salal: Listening to the Northwest Understory, featuring interviews, commentary, and research about salal’s critically important role in forest ecosystems, how salal is used, what it means to northwest writers and artists, and profiles the salal industry in the Pacific Northwest. Ricou’s work shows how salal transcends the artificial divide between nature and culture, ecology and the marketplace. Dr. Laurie Ricou is a Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. He is the former President of the Western Literature Association and editor of the journal Canadian Literature. He wrote The Arbutus/Madrone Files: Reading the Pacific Northwest and is currently working on a new book, Invader Species, examining what role invasive species play in Pacific Northwest environments. Time: 7:00 PM Location: 2309 Meridian Street. Enter the back of the building and go up the steps to the Sustainable Living Center. Cost: Free Contact: Wendy Scherrer 715-2993 scherrers@fidalgo.net June 18, 2009 Eat Local at Diego's Mexican Grill Sustainable Connections’ Eat Local Restaurant Series. Local Special - Taco salads and tostadas will all contain Joe's Garden lettuce blends. Time: 11:00a to 10:00p Location: 300 N. Samish Way, Bellingham Cost: Varies Contact: (360) 714-9426 June 18, 2009 Natural Home Design with Rob Austin-Murphy, M Arch. What is it that makes a home comfortable, healing, harmonious, and naturally beautiful? We will view examples of homes that help us feel relaxed and peaceful while connecting to ourselves, the Earth, and all of life. We will examine how our homes and their designs. Registration Requested Time: 7–9 pm Location: Downtown Co-op (Forest St.) Cost: Register at Co-op, Free Event June 20, 2009 Shoreline Treasures and Tribulations Explore the shore for buried treasures and other biological wonders! Embarking from the wildlife theater at Birch Bay State Park, we’ll trek down the watershed (a short walk), pausing along the way to reveal some hidden dangers to our bay and to appreciate what people in our community are doing to protect it. Down on the tideflats, we’ll dig for treasured clams and seek out other intertidal wonders with roving volunteer Beach Naturalists. Time: 10-11:30 am Location: Birch Bay State Park and Semiahmoo County Park Cost: Free Contact: Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee: http://whatcom-mrc.whatcomcounty.org/MRC June 25, 2009 Wild Whatcom: The Nature of Bellingham II Join North Cascades Institute for an illuminating stroll through Bellingham with a personable field naturalist, visiting with local experts and historians along the way. Our specially priced excursion begins and ends on the banks of Whatcom Creek, the resurgent pulse that courses through Bellingham’s past, present and future. Together, we'll unbraid the many stories the creek keeps and learn about its major characters: fish, humans, hatcheries, birds, urban living, art, commerce, fire and restoration. Salmon running under sidewalks, falcons hunting overhead, Chuckanut sandstone supporting downtown buildings--the very streets will come alive when you begin to look at them with a naturalist's eye! Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Location: Whatcom Creek Cost: $10.00 Contact: North Cascades Institute http://www.ncascades.org/programs/seminars/course.html?workshop_id=959 June 25, 2009 Garden & Vine: Pairing Local Veggies and Washington Wines Share an evening with Mary Ellen Carter and Dan Radil celebrating the season's best local vegetables paired with stunning Washington wines. Enjoy assorted toppings for bruschetta such as fava bean and pea puree, a spring minestrone with barlotti beans, a farro risotto with wilted greens, and a luscious dessert featuring fruit plucked from the fields. Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Cordata Co-op Local Roots Room Cost: $39 member / $44 non-member June 25, 2009 Why Transition Whatcom? We believe that the dual crises of global climate change and peak oil are going to profoundly impact our lives and our communities. Climate change requires that we choose to quickly and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Peak oil, which will result in much more expensive and thus reduced energy supply, will soon force us to use much less energy. Transition Whatcom will work with our neighbors in all Whatcom County communities to catalyze local efforts to build greater local-self reliance in terms of food, transportation, winter heating, and medical care — and to build a positive life beyond oil. Come to this session to learn more about peak oil, global climate change, and Transition Whatcom. Time: 7-9 pm Location: Community Co-op’s Connection Building (on the south side of the parking lot on Forest Street) Cost: Free Contact: david.marshak@gmail.com for more info. June 25, 2009 Eat Local at Book Fare Cafe Sustainable Connections' Eat Local Every Week series. Local Special - Locally grown salad with grilled salmon and a vegetarian soup sourced from the Bellingham Farmers Market. Time: 10:00a to 9:00p Location: 1200 11th St, Fairhaven Cost: Varies Contact: (360) 734-3434 June 25, 2009 Garden and Vine: Pairing Local Veggies and Washington Wines_with Mary Ellen Carter and Dan Radil Share an evening with Mary Ellen Carter and Dan Radil celebrating the season’s best local vegetables paired with Washington wines. We’ll sample assorted toppings for bruschetta such as fava bean and pea puree, spring minestrone with barlotti beans, and a farro risotto with wilted greens, before finishing with a fruit dessert plucked from the fields. Time: 6-8 pm Location: Cordata Co-op Cost: Register at WCC $39 Co-op members, $44 non-members (price includes wine) Contact: 383-3200 or www.whatcomcommunityed.com June 26, 2009 Whatcom Land Trusts Junior Stewards Program Kickoff This free event is the beginning of the WLT’s summer environmental education program, featuring Sardis Wildlife “Hunters of the Sky” Program. Children will receive their booklet for self guided tours and activities to complete during the summer. Booklets will also be available online at Whatcomlandtrust.org for those who are unable to attend. Time: 3:30 pm Location: Bloedel Donovan multi-purpose room Cost: Contact: Connie at 650.9470 June 27, 2009 Letting Go of Clutter: An Introductory Workshop Clutter drains your energy, gets in your way, distracts you from what's important, and doesn't have a real place or use in your life. Physical clutter is often connected to mental and emotional clutter. Whether clutter is a minor annoyance or a major issue, this workshop is an important first step in creating the space for the life you want to live. Carolyn Koehnline, MA, LMHC, is a local psychotherapist in private practice. She has taught clutter classes and workshops for many years and takes a creative approach to helping adults navigate the practical realities of life. Time: 9:00 am to 12 pm Location: Whatcom Community College, Cascade 104 Cost: $35 Contact: June 27-28, 2009 Sustainable Connections 7th Annual Imagine This! Home & Landscape Tour Featuring the BEST in natural, eco-friendly, creative and cost-effective homes and landscapes & the businesses that help create them! Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: Whatcom County Cost: $10/person or $30/carload Contact: Laura Witham [Email this contact] June 28, 2009 Peter Laufer, The Dangerous World of Butterflies: The Starling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists War weary after writing a book about Iraq, Peter Laufer joked to an audience (right here at Village Books!) that his next book would be about butterflies. The result: an invitation to a Nicaraguan butterfly preserve and a book that covers not only the beauty and magic of butterflies, but also takes unpredictable turns into the high-stakes realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, species depletion, natural history museum integrity, and chaos theory. Set in locales throughout the Americas and beyond, this fascinating book takes us into a behind-the-scenes world sure to alter our view of butterflies forever. Time: Location: Village Books, 1200 Eleventh Street, Bellingham Cost: Contact: |
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