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Written by David MacLeod
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Sunday, 22 June 2008 11:17 |
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News Release from the City of Bellingham website, seeking volunteers for an Energy Resource Scarcity/Peak Oil task force to address local impacts of uncertain energy supplies. Applications due June 30.
Please forward to those you think would be good people to staff the task force.
City and county officials are accepting applications through June 30 for volunteers to serve on a task force to address local impacts of uncertain energy supplies.
The group, recently formed by resolution of the city and county councils, is charged with examining the energy-related vulnerabilities of local economic, social and environmental infrastructure and recommending strategies to ensure our community's resiliency during declining energy supplies and rising costs.
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Written by Rich Taylor
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Friday, 15 February 2008 10:43 |
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Sustainable Bellingham is a proud Village Books affiliate. This means that you can support both a local bookstore and Sustainable Bellingham while buying buying your favorite books! When you purchase a book after following a link to Village Books from our site, we get a small commission. We are a non-profit organization so all money we obtain goes back into our community in the form of hosting guest speakers, film viewings, and similar ways. Click here to see the new page on our website for book reviews and suggested reading. Right now we're featuring books related to Alan Seid's workshops on Tools for Social Change: Integral Sustainability & Life Practice that Sustainable Belilngham is co-sponsoring. These books by Ken Wilber, Marshall Rosenberg, David Holmgren, Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin will help us implement tools and skills for sustainable living and impacting our world in a meaningful way. |
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Written by David MacLeod and Dan Martin
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Friday, 18 January 2008 18:07 |
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“I am so glad I got a chance to be a part of that experience… I learned a lot, not just about the process, but about a lot of different plants that can grow here, their various uses, the benefits... I'm really curious now and want to learn more… I would love to continue helping other people with their own gardens and community forest gardens as well. Thanks for all your work in helping to put it together, I had a lot of fun and met some great people, new ideas, really felt like what a strong community should be. Thanks again.” - Dorothy, a happy participant Thank you to everyone who came and participated, the workshop was a real success! It's amazing how much can be done in a short period of time when people come together. If you received Dave Sansone's booklet on Edible Forest Gardens I recommend you read the part where he talks about why forest gardening is even better then organic farming and gardening, (great stuff). |
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Written by David MacLeod
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 09:05 |
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2008 Bike Tour, photo by Jeff Westcott Jeff Westcott led Sustainable Bellingham's Permaculture Bike Tour around Bellingham on Saturday March 22nd, visiting several sites demonstrating steps that have been taken to make Bellingham more sustainable. A great time was had by all as we visited different yards around Bellingham and had the owners explain their methods of creating edible lawns. Click on "Read More" to see more pictures |
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Written by Rich Taylor
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Friday, 11 January 2008 01:51 |
Interactive web video with Annie Leonard From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.Be sure to see the full video at http://www.storyofstuff.com/ . Here is the first chapter: |
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