June Newsletter 2011

Photo from the Everett Herald

Volunteers of America on an annual basis to grow food for our hungry neighbors in Everett and greater Snohomish County.

Several neighborhoods will be working together to develop a large grant application to be consider this summer. By late summer, we hope to be able to put in considerable improvements for next summer.  click here to learn more and become involved with this project.

January 2011 Newsletter

 

photo courtesy of Gary Purves

Join Transition Port Gardner

January 9th from 12:30 to 3pm for Potlucks with a Purpose at UCC in Everett. This month Marilene Richardson of SongCroft.com will be the guest speaker hoping to inspire all in a new way of  thinking about everyday life. Plan to bring a dish to share and your picnic ware, so a Zerowaste event is achieved. click here to find out more

NEW:Green News Online in Snohomish County
 

Snohomish County now has a Green Newspaper:  www.transitionportgardner.org/news comes on line this week with news about projects that are happening in Snohomish County and nearby.  Dean Smith, editor is doing this as a project for Transition port Gardner and Carbon Masters.

The site will carry daily stories for those who want to make their lives more sustainable.  "News for them that's thinking from them that's doing," says Smith.  This week's front pages contains articles about urban farming, solar power, electric cars and the coal trains that are passing through the county. 

Click here to add your group to the Transition Port Gardner Networking list.

To read the the January Newsletter click the button

December 2010 Is Ready to Read

Photo Gary Purves

"When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world."
John Muir

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Understand Fair Trade Organic and Shade Grown Coffee Take 5 to listen to the interview.  click here

As an artisan coffee roaster, I often receive requests and orders for “Fair Trade-Organic-Shade Grown” coffees.In an effort to assist and educate our friends and customers, I like to take the time and explain the differences.  We often read and hear about Organic, Shade Grown and Fair Trade Coffees.  While these terms are often used cohesively, they are in fact are separate and distinct.  To better understand these differences let’s visit each individually.

click here to read more

Rick MacDonald, Blue Stilly Coffee Roasters www.bluestilly.com

November Issue is Available to Read Online

 photo by Gary Purves of the Snohomish River Summer 2010

http://community.icontact.com/p/livingsustainablyinsnohomish/newsletters/march-2008/posts/living-sustainably-in-snoco-november-newsletter-20102

Transition Port Gardner

 

Join Transition Port Gardner on November 14th at Kleisick Farms. No movie this month. Instead, a real live farmer! Come and hear the farmer talk about organic gardening, farming and life. www.klesickfamilyfarm.com

September Newsletter is Online to Read

October 2009 350.org Tree Planting at Forest Park

 "When we tug at a single thing in nature,

we find it attached to the rest of the world."
John Muir

click here to read online

August Newsletter is Now Online

RETHINK/REUSE/RECYCLE

E-Wastes is a Certified Processor
of E-Cycle Washington

Since 2009 Washington has had a FREE, convenient and environmentally responsible recycling program for computers, monitor laptops and televisions.  E-Wastes.com in Lynnwood is part of the E-Cycle Program of Washington, who’s mission is to recycle end-of-live electronics in a safe and environmentally sound manner. They do not export any unprocessed end-of-life electronics to underdeveloped countries.

Listen to Mary Reading, a woman owned e-cycle business in Lynnwood, WA. www.e-wastes.com or call 425-239-4118 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              425-239-4118     

 Click here to view the August Newsletter

July Newsletter Is NOW Available to Read Online

"It is often said that water crisis and scarcities will at some point lead to armed conflict. Whatever else divides the human community, whether we live upstream or downstream, in cities or in rural areas, water issues - the global water cycle itself - should link us in a common effort to protect and share it equitably, sustainably and peacefully. "
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Riverside Neighborhood is sponsoring the first ever chicken coop tour in Everett. This self-guided tour will give tour-goers the opportunity to see how city dwellers raise their chickens, view a variety of coop designs, ask fowl questions and learn about backyard chicken keeping. 

This and some much more:
http://community.icontact.com/p/livingsustainablyinsnohomish/newsletters/march-2008/posts/living-sustainably-in-snohomish-county-july-2010