Green Sanctuary Program
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Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
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Ferndale's Farmer's Market has begun and is open on Saturdays & Wednesdays from 9am-3pm through Oct. 25th on Riverwalk (just after the bridge) Refuge Week - October 12-18 Wolf Awareness Week - October 12-18 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! Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: TBD Contact: (360)778-8930 October 1-2: LID Technical Workshop Series This workshop will provide the technical details necessary to properly design, build and maintain low impact development (LID) practices and are arguably the most extensive set of technical LID trainings offered in the U.S. Clearing and Grading: preserving native vegetation, LID construction sequencing, site planning review and inspection. Cost includes: workshop materials, light breakfast (coffee/tea and pastries) and lunch both days. Catering provided by Ciao Thyme Catering Time: 8:30-5:00 pm Location: Bellingham Cruise Terminal Cost: $75.00 Contact: Hilary Culverwell hilary@starrfish.org October 4: Birding the Beaches For the third year, "Birding the Beaches" continues as a cooperative effort of NCAS and Whatcom County Parks on the first Saturday of each month. It is a half-day trip to some of Whatcom County's most scenic, biologically rich and heavily used shorelines on Semiahmoo Bay and Drayton Harbor. We will view large numbers of seabirds, waterfowl and shorebirds, as well as raptors and songbirds. 9:00 AM. No Registration Required. Trip Leader: Paul Woodcock. Time: 9:30 am Location: Semiahmoo County Park Cost: Free Contact: Paul Woodcock 380-3356 October 4: Solar Washington Presents: The Bellingham Solar Tour Solar Washington, a State Chapter of the The American Solar Energy Society is sponsoring the Bellingham Solar Tour. See for yourself and visit homes where solar systems have been installed. The kickoff point for the Bellingham/Whatcom County Tour where "Solar Tour Kits" will be available - will be a booth at Depot Market Square Saturday Market (downtown Bellingham on Railroad between Chestnut and Maple). Local tour coordinators are Dana Brandt at Ecotech Energy Systems, LLC_dana@ecotechenergy.com or 360-510-0433_and Shannon Maris, Director, Bellingham Chapter of Solar Washington 360-676-1859. Visit http://www.iinet.com/~solarwashington/tour/2008/BellinghamTour.htm for more information. October 4-5: Cloud Mountain Fruit Festival An annual event for the past 17 years, we have more than 200 varieties of common and uncommon fruits, ciders, nuts, plus rare fruit jellies and sauces for you to taste and enjoy. All fruits that can be grown in NW Washington! Live music provides a fun-filled family event that many people attend. A nominal entrance fee helps support the WSU Fruit Research Station. Time: Oct 4: 10 AM-5 PM, Oct. 5: 11 AM-4 PM Location: Cloud Mountain Farm, Everson Cost: $2.50/person, $6/carload Contact: 360-966-5859, www.cloudmountainfarm.com October 6: Smart Growth Tour - UniverCity & SE False Creek Join Sustainable Connections as we Amtrak up to the BC province for a day of in depth Smart Growth projects. Hear from the developers of UniverCity, Simon Frasier University’s master planned sustainable community and winner of the 2008 National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Green Community Planning. Cost includes R/T Amtrak transportation, Skytrain pass, lunch and detailed tours from the experts Time: 9:30-7:30 pm Location: British Columbia Cost: $50 for SC members ($75 for non) Contact: Nick at sconnect.org October 7: This Old Tree: Bellingham’s Heritage Tree John Wesselink presents an illustrated survey of many of Bellingham’s oldest, finest, and most interesting trees. He will present a catalogue of about 50 trees of merit in our community. The program is the third in a series of Tuesday Brown Bag presentations to celebrate national Urban Forestry Month. This event is cosponsored by Village Books. Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Whatcom Museum, 1892 Old City Hall Building Contact: (360)778-8930 October 8: Green Business Strategies : Green Business Strategies Effective practices to develop a leaner, greener business. Learn how to promote healthy green practices while, improving image, social responsibility and profitability. Time: 8:30 am Location: 3600 Meridian St. Suite 100 Bellingham Contact: RSVP (360) 647-6922 October 9: LEED-H Builders Slam The LEED for Homes program is here and SC has the details and success stories to making this program work. Builders can trouble shoot concerns with the checklist, certification and any other details that leave you shaking your head and continuing on building as usual. At this training you will: develop an overview for LEED-H, learn the strengths and weaknesses of the program, discuss challenges associated with LEED, trouble shoot with builders who have built under LEED-H certification. Time: 4:00-6:00 pm Location: Sustainable Connections - 1701 Ellis Street Cost: $15.00 Contact: 360-647-7093 x107 October 16: About Sustainable Connections Come and learn about what Sustainable Connections does in Whatcom County! This purely educational event will bring you up-to-date on Sustainable Connections' programs, endeavors, and overall mission in the community. This is not a member event, anyone can attend. Hear directly from Sustainable Connections' Executive Director, Michelle Long! Please RSVP at Laura@Sconnect.org Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: 1701 Ellis St. Ste. 221 Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: Laura Witham Laura@Sconnect.org October 16: "Feeling Free in a Finite World" with Vicki Robin We live in the "era of limits". Food and energy prices are going up. Climate's changing. Resources are strained by the demands from a growing population. What's an American used to freedom to do? Celebrate! We live in the most challenging and therefore creative of times. We can transform our relationship with limits and liberate vast amounts of energy for change. Understanding, embracing and transforming limits can make the difference between dithering and mastery in our personal and collective work. It's not left wing or right wing, it's up wing - a frame that encompasses polarities. Expanding on the principles in "YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE," Vicki will talk about this new work on "liberating limits." Time: Mix & Mingle 6:30 Presentation 7-9 PM Location: Center for Spiritual Living 2224 Yew Street Road, Bellingham (across from KGMI) Cost: $5-10 suggested donation Contact: 714-9305 October 22-23: LID Technical Workshop Series This workshop will provide the technical details necessary to properly design, build and maintain low impact development (LID) practices and are arguably the most extensive set of technical LID trainings offered in the U.S. Green roofs, LID foundations, rainwater collection: green roof modeling, green roof, cistern and foundation design, installation and maintenance. Cost includes: workshop materials, light breakfast (coffee/tea and pastries) and lunch both days. Catering provided by Ciao Thyme Catering Time: 8:30-5:00 pm Location: Bellingham Cruise Terminal Cost: $75.00 Contact: Hilary Culverwell hilary@starrfish.org October 23: "Solar In Bellingham" with Dana Brandt Learn the basics of: • How solar energy worksDana Brandt, owner of Ecotech Energy Systems in Bellingham, has a wide range of renewable energy experience. He holds a Master of Science degree in Renewable Energy and hasnvolved in renewable energy projects in eight countries on five continents. He is also active in the emerging field of microgrids and distributed generation. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I St., B'ham, Sanctuary Cost: Free Contact: 733-3837 < October 23: DES KENNEDY, AN ECOLOGY OF ENCHANTMENT With his usual endearing, self-effacing wit, Des Kennedy captures the natural rhythms and rumblings of a year in his garden on British Columbia’s Denman Island. For the past 36 years, Des and his partner, Sandy, have lived in their hand-hewn home, enjoying their intimate contact with the Earth, its creatures, and the changing seasons. The book’s 52 chapters explore, week by week, the Kennedys’ triumphs, failures, mishaps, and magic during a year-long dance with nature. The author of countless magazine pieces and five previous books, Des Kennedy has also made numerous TV and radio appearances and written for and narrated documentary films. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: (360) 671-2626 October 25: GREG MELVILLE, GREASY RIDER When Greg first laid eyes on the 1985 Mercedes that would soon become he and his wife’s vegetable-oil fueled car, he never dreamed he’d someday set off across the country with the goal to be the first to drive from one coast to the other in a grease guzzlin’ vehicle. Soon after proposing the idea to his college buddy Iggy, though, the two were on the road. Greasy Rider is the hilarious and insightful tale of Greg and Iggy’s trek. We follow the two from Burlington, VT to Berkeley, CA, stopping at green meccas to learn about other alternative energy along the way: the solar-powered Google headquarters, the wind turbines of southwestern Minnesota, and the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, CO, among others. You’ll be amazed at what is happening around the country to help Mother Nature. Greg Melville is a freelance journalist and author of 101 Best Outdoor Towns: Unspoiled Places to Visit, Live & Play. He’s written for Men’s Journal, Outside, Popular Science, and National Geographic Adventurer. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: (360) 671-2626 October 25: Backyard Poultry 101 with Paul Farley Learn the most important considerations in caring for a small flock of hens in limited space, including chicken physiology, behavior, health, nutrition, and housing . This class also covers the wide variety of chicken breeds. Questions are encouraged. This presentation will provide everything you need to know to start raising chickens in your own backyard. Instructor Paul Farley has been raising poultry and teaching others how to do so for over fifteen years. This class is a benefit for Common Threads Farm. Please park off-site! Time: 1-4 pm Location: Co-op Connection Building on the south side of the parking lot on Forest Street Cost: $25 members $28 non-members Contact: 714-9305 October 25: "The Chances of the World Changing" Filmmaker Eric Metzgar found himself captivated by one of those TV news human–interest segments about a quirky guy who had let turtles take over his New York City apartment. Was there more to this story? After two years of immersive journalism, Metzgar produced this startlingly accomplished film, telling the story of a driven man, Richard Ogust, who is dedicated to saving the world’s endangered turtle populations. Ogust is, in effect, building an ark, and as he races against time, the palpable tension mounts. A bracing parable about our own fragile foothold on the planet. Time: Varies Location: Pickford Cinema Cost: Varies Contact: http://www.pickfordcinema.org, (360) 738-0735 October 26: "Building & Renovating Green" with Jason Darling Jason Darling, a member of the Re Sources/Re Store Team will give a presentation on alternative building and renovating materials. We will then walk down to the Re Store and Jason will provide us a tour through the ReStore and all the options and services it has to offer. Time: Immediately after the second service (somewhere around 12:30 p.m.) Location: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I St., B'ham, Sanctuary Cost: Free Contact: 733-3837 October 27: "The Greening of Southie " This inspiring film argues for widespread adoption of green building practices while still presenting the contradictions and quandaries this new frontier presents. Estimates suggest that buildings and their construction account for 40 to 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumed annually. Through design, architects could cut that number in half. Example: The Macallen Boston building saves 600,000 gallons of water, uses 30% less energy, and employs earth–saving building materials like highly compressed straw. The film achieves natural tension by following the struggle to achieve LEED gold status, and revels in the greening of southern Boston’s construction workers—born skeptics who rise to the occasion. Time: Varies Location: Pickford Cinema Cost: Varies Contact: http://www.pickfordcinema.org, (360) 738-0735 October 28: "Cecile Andrews - Simple and Sustainable Living" Cecile Andrews, author and founder of the Phinney Ecovillage in Seattle will be holding a free workshop addressing the idea of simple living and sustainable living through stress management, time management and community building. Cecile is also the author of the book currently used in our simplicity circles, "The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life". More information on the event can be found at: Time: 7:30PM Location: WWU Viking Union 464 Cost: Free Contact: http://www.pickfordcinema.org, (360) 738-0735 October 28:, at the |
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