NSEA Work Party (9:00AM - 12:00PM)
Join NSEA and the City of Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program as we work to maintain the streambank restoration of Whatcom Creek in Maritime Heritage Park by removing non-native vegetation and cleaning up the surrounding park areas. Please see website for directions and details.

Contact Info : 715-0283 Url: http://www.n-sea.org

Solving Our National Healthcare Crisis (2:00PM)
Free showing of short films which documents our national healthcare crisis. Audience discussion of how to solve the health care crisis through a national, non-profit single payer health care system. Blaine Public Library, 610 E. Third Street Blaine WA, 98230. 2 pm. (360) 714-8999. Sponsored by United for National Healthcare

Contact Info : For questions regarding this calendar listing, contact Aileen Satushek, 398-2295 or at aileensatushek@prodigy.net Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Chakra Sound Healing Dean & Dudley Evenson (2:05PM)
WISE AWAKENING 314 E. Holly St. (down from Co’op) Bellingham
DEAN and DUDLEY draw from three decades of experience in this dynamic, interactive workshop on sound healing principles and practices to enhance the function of the chakras. Using music, toning, Tibetan bowls and breath, participants will experience deep meditation to help balance the chakras. Energizing group games and sound and movement exercises release inner creativity. This experiential and fun event offers tools and techniques to use on a daily basis for health and spiritual well being.

Contact Info : Wise Awakening 314 E. Holly St. (down from Co’op) Bellingham Call today to register $15-20 sliding (360) 756-8075 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Url: http://www.soundings.com

Cascadia Local Fair Trade Gathering (3:00PM)

The Cascadia Local Fair Trade Gathering will explore domestic fair trade and the potential benefits to local agriculture and consumers. Speakers include Erik Esse, Coordinator of The Local Fair Trade Network in Minneapolis, MN and Ernesto Bustos, Community Organizer of Centro Campesino, located in Owatonna Minnesota. Moderated by Rosalinda Guillen, Executive Director, Community-to-Community Development.

Where:
The event will be held at Faith Lutheran Church, 2750 McLeod Road.

When:
Saturday November 1st
- Meeting is from 3pm-6pm - Free to the public
- Dinner and entertainment at 6 PM - By donation

Sponsored by Community-to-Community Development, Community Food Co-op, Skagit Valley Food Co-op, Olympia Food Co-op, Centro Campesino and Sustainable Connections

Contact Info : Rosalinda Guillen 738-0893 Jean Rogers 734-8158 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

PARKS, RECREATION AND OPENSPACE PLAN At City Council Meeting (7:00PM - 9:00PM)

Monday, November 3rd, 7p.m.
Public Hearing, City Council Meeting
Bellingham City Hall, Council Chambers
The new Parks (PRO) Plan is an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and is proposing a
huge reduction in available land for our City parks, and therefore more developable land for
neighborhood infill. At the same time, there is little acknowledgement that the PRO Plan
contradicts the City’s land supply analysis (used to determine that we must expand
development into the farmland) and that internal inconsistency in our Comprehensive Plan
is against the Growth Management Act mandates.
Read the Planning Commission’s “Findings of Fact” on www.cob.org

The mission of the CITIZENS’ FORUM is to provide an opportunity for Bellingham citizens to participate in open dialogue, to exchange ideas, and to debate important issues regarding the future growth of our community. CITIZENS’ FORUM IS DISTRIBUTING THIS LIST OF IMPORTANT PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS, SPONSORED BY VARIOUS ORGANIZATION

Url: http://www.cob.org

Radical Sustainability For Autonomous Communities (7:00PM - 9:00PM)
A Workshop in Urban Ecological Survival Skills:
Exploring the Cross-Section of Permaculture and Social Activism.
7:00 - 9:00 PM * MONDAY * NOVEMBER 3
University of Washington ~ Thompson, Room 125
FREE and Open to the Public
SCOTT KELLOGG will be in Seattle presenting an introductory workshop on the systems and techniques for urban sustainability that have been
developed and used over the last eight years at the Rhizome Collective in Austin.
Kellogg is the co-founder of the Rhizome Collective and coauthor of "Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do It Ourselves Guide".  This introductory workshop will touch on some of the systems covered in Kellogg's  weekend long intensive R.U.S.T. courses (Radical Urban
Sustainability Training) available in Austin, TX and Albany, NY.
For more information or accommodation requests for this workshop:
contact claudia -  zpackrat@gmail.com
www.radicalsustainability.org
www.rhizomecollective.org

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US Presidential Election (All Day)
Every four years the US elects or reelects a president. This is such an occasion.

Contact Info : For Whatcom County, contact Shirley Forsloff at the County Courthouse with any questions.

Green Drinks Bellingham (5:00PM - 7:00PM)
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.
What: Green Drinks Bellingham
When: Wednesday, November 5th
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Where: Uisce Irish Pub, 1319 Commercial Street, Bellingham
Admission: always free
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 or contact Megan Artz at (360) 733-8307 or MeganA@re-sources.org. Location updates will be posted on the Green Drinks website at www.greendrinks.org.

Contact Info : Megan Artz, RE Sources (360) 733-8307 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Url: http://www.re-sources.org

NSEA Work Party (9:00AM - 12:00PM)
Join NSEA, the Whatcom Conservation District, and the Maple Ridge Community Association to plant native plants and spread mulch around Scott Creek. Please see our website for directions and details.

Contact Info : 715-0283 Url: http://www.n-sea.org

Guide Meridian Community Garden Committee (2:00PM - 3:00PM)
A newly-formed Community Garden Committee will have its second meeting Monday, November 10, at 2 p.m., at the El Dorado Condominium Club House.

The meeting is a result of Bellingham Master Gardeners approaching The Guide Meridian/Cordata Neighborhood Assoc. about establishing a community Garden. We're really under the gun since we have to have forms filled out by December 1. Right now, we're lining up land and people to till the gardens.

The Guide Meridian/Cordata Neighborhood Association has monthly meetings which are held the second Tuesday of each month (we go dark July & August) at the Birchwood Presbytereian Church, 400 Meadowbrook Ct.

Bob Sanders
647-8773
bichonz3@msn.com

Contact Info : Bob Sanders 647-8773 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Changing The Dream Open Space Salon (7:00PM - 9:30PM)
The next
Changing the Dream Open Space Salon
Is Nov. 10th
Monday evening from 7 - 9:30pm
Arriving on time means the flow of conversation is uninterrupted With no need for updating and introducing new arrivals

Location: Cindi Landreth’s home
516 Ridgeway Dr. Bellingham
(See directions below)
Please consider coming to work toward building a world that will work for all: gather and share perspective, build community and awareness, inspire and be inspired about the changes we are facing with regards to issues around social justice, spiritual fulfillment and environmental issues.

If you would like to bring someone you feel is ‘up to speed’ on the issues, feel free to do so. We don’t want to spend a lot of time convincing people of what is going on – we want to connect, inspire, be inspired, re-frame, and….. get to the root of where we are and how we will face the changes – each of us…separately and together.

Also - @ 8:30am every Sunday morning (at the Public Market/Terra Organica) there is a group of people that meet to spend time in the wilderness – learning to track, learning to be stealth in the wild, learning plant and animal habits, learning more about ourselves, and it is open to YOU! You are all invited – we go at the pace of a 4 year old and an 86 year old so it is easy to keep up. We are there to ‘be’ rather than ‘do’. And we go no matter the weather! So, come prepared to stay dry and warm and bring some lunch! This Sunday we will be going to the Eagle Park in Deming – the Salmon and Eagles are coming home!! It is a great place to go tracking for other critters that feast on the salmon, too.

At our next Salon:
No particular topic planned per se – the magic of the conversation will arrive when you do!

Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Url: http://www.sustainablebellingham.org/news/82-changing-the-dream-open-space-salon

BUF Fair Trade Event (7:00PM - 8:00PM)

Fair Trade is much more than a fair price!  Fair Trade principles include:
• Fair price
• Fair labor conditions
• Direct trade eliminating unnecessary middlemen
• Democratic and transparent organizations
• Community development
• Environmental sustainability

Join the BUF and its Green Sancutary and Social Justice Teams for the film
"Black Gold"- As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice. In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry, Black Gold traces one man's fight for a fair price.  Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil.  But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields.
Film conversations to follow and Fair Trade vendors available throughout the evening.

When:
November 13, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Where:
BUF Sanctuary
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
1708 I St. Bellingham WA 98225

Contact Info : Deb Cruz Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

NSEA Work Party (9:00AM - 12:00PM)
Help NSEA and WWU's L.E.A.D. volunteers remove invasive species and plant new native plants along Squalicum Creek. Please see our website for directions and details.

Contact Info : 715-0283 Url: http://www.n-sea.org

Feel Clear With Money: Intro To Financial Integrity (9:30AM - 10:30AM)
A free workshop with Alan Seid, November 15th, 9:30am - 11:30am.
Community Food Co-op Healthy Connections Building
Corner of Forest and Chestnut (Street parking only please).

Do you feel clear and empowered in your relationship to money?
Do you, or will you ever, have enough?
Are all the aspects of your life, incuding money, aligned, integrated, and making sense?
Do you need effective personal financial skills, that also align with higher values?

Introduction to Financial Integrity, a process for creating a relationship with money that is clear, empowered and non-stressful, in which money plays an intentional role in creating the life you want to live. Find out how FI is applicable in our current uncertain economic environment.

To Register, or if you have any questions, contact Angela: 360-966-5659 or email: angela@cascadiatraining.com



Contact Info : Angela: 360-966-5659 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Url: http://www.cascadiatraining.com

Forest Garden Urban Ecology Action: Building Garden Beds (10:00AM - 11:00AM)
Nov 16 10am Meet at Fairhaven Middle School parking lot
1) Tour "Beneficial Boundaries: Edges& Hedges"
2) Lunch...
3)"Building Garden Beds:Sheet Mulching"
Be prepared for weather & work. We will be building garden beds. Bring lunch, and call 676 0691 if you require assistance on the walk. $25
forestgarden123@gmail.com

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Urban Ecology Workshop Nov 16 10am (10:00AM)
"Beneficial Boundaries: Edges & Hedges" "Building Garden Beds:Sheet Mulching"
$25
Nov 16 meet at 10am Fairhaven Middle School
Be prepared for weather & work.
We will be building garden beds.
bring lunch, and call 393-7818
if you require assistance on the walk or need
directions to the garden site

Contact Info : Forest Garden Urban Ecology Center 905 E. Victor St. Bellingham Wa 98225 360 676 0691 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Beyond Petroleum: Local Transportation Solutions (7:00PM - 8:00PM)
"Beyond Petroleum: Local Transportation Solutions for a Global Problem." – Tuesday, November 18th, 7pm-8:30pm, B’ham City Council chambers, second floor, B’ham City Hall (210 Lottie St.) WWU Associate Professor Eric Leonhardt will present his lecture on transportation solutions for Bellingham.
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1538/236309/

Url: http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1538/236309/

Margaret Wheatley: Engaged Citizens Book Group (12:00PM - 1:00PM)
Join us for a thought-provoking lunch-hour discussing books that ask us to consider how we, as community members, can more skillfully contribute to the creation of a civilly engaged community. Facilitated by Mary Dumas.

Nov. 19th at noon, Village Books Reading Gallery: Finding Our Way by Margaret Wheatley. This book is filled with practical advice on applying the ideas in Wheatley's other groundbreaking books and has particular relevance for managers and leaders who are trying to run their organizations in more progressive, egalitarian, and effective ways.

Contact Info : 360-671-2626 Url: http://www.villagebooks.com

Western, Wind Energy, And Renewable Energy Credits: Setting A New Standard In Environmental Leadership (5:00PM - 6:30PM)
On Wednesday November 19th at 5pm, the Students for Renewable Energy
Club (SRE) will be hosting a Panel Presentation on Wind Energy and Renewable
Energy Credits (REC) in the Communications Facility room 125. The
panel is entitled “Western, Wind Energy, and Renewable Energy Credits: Setting a
New Standard in Environmental Leadership”. Western currently purchases 100% renewable energy by supporting a wind energy plant, thereby offsetting fossil fuel driven plants. A selection process was recently completed for who Western will buy their Renewable Energy Credits (REC) from in the future. The Panel discussion will focus primarily on an environmental economic analysis of REC’s and carbon trading by Professor Dan Hagen. Ron Bailey, Western’s Property Manager of Facilities Management, will discuss his role in the planning committee and also his endeavors to improve environmental sustainability on campus. Also, Rose Woofenden, the SRE President, will explain the history of SRE and our motivations behind buying 100% renewable energy. By hosting this presentation, SRE seeks to inform Western
Students and the public as to why Western students pay a renewable energy fee. Western’s REC program is setting a new standard in environmental leadership for other universities across the
country, and we hope to inspire the community to take similar actions to reduce their carbon emissions. The presentation has no cost and is open to the public. If you have any questions you can contact Andrea Thomas at thomasa8@cc.wwu.edu.

Contact Info : Anders: helluma@cc.wwu.edu Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Catalyze The New Dream Emerging (7:00PM - 9:00PM)
Bellingham Institute of Noetic Sciences – BIONS –
invites you to join us for this event on:
November 20th  7.00 – 9.00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30)
At Wise Awakening Orca Room
314 East Holly Street, Bellingham
The new dream emerging is community, collaboration,
life enhancing and earth honoring.
The Pachamama Alliance has developed a Symposium that is now being presented world-wide. Called "Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream", the Symposium is the topic of this evening's BIONS meeting. Stunning audio/visual material and interactive processes provide insight into the depth and breadth of the Symposium as a resource and catalyst. 
We are living during what may be the largest social movement of all time -- millions of people and organizations around the world are recognizing that our current ways are not working. People are coming together to create a new world defined by environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment.

Contact Info : Leslie Shankman 360 733-4356 or Wise Awakening Bookstore, 360 756-8075 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Play Bingo To Support Habitat For Humanity (1:00AM - 4:30AM)
All Proceeds will go to Whatcom County Habitat for Humanity
Fun for the Whole Family - Open to the Public!
Book of 25 cards $10 or 3 books for $25
Cash Prizes - Raffle - Food - Drinks
Saturday, November 22, 1:30-4:30PM - Doors open at 1:00
Fox Hall at the Hampton Inn - 3985 Bennett Drive
Sponsored by Whatcom County Association of Realtors
Come learn about Habitats local efforts
Celebrity callers will be Whatcom Co. Executive Pete Kremen, along with Miss Whatcom County Zandra Dennis
Call Shenandoah Myrick 360-303-9083 with any questions
This will be a “Toward Zero Waste” Event

Contact Info : Shenandoah Myrick 360-303-9083 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Url: http://www.shenandoah4homes.com

NSEA Work Party (9:00AM - 12:00PM)
Join NSEA, the City of Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program, and WWU's L.E.A.D. volunteers at the corner of 24th St. and Old Fairhaven Parkway as we work to remove non-native, invasive plant species and spread mulch around Padden Creek. Please see our website for directions and details.

Contact Info : 715-0283 Url: http://www.n-sea.org

Elwha Dam Removals: Bringing About Ecological Restoration & Cultural Revitalization (7:00PM - 9:00PM)
A showing of the documentary, Unconquering the Last Frontier: The Restoration of a River and a Culture in the Fairhaven auditorium on November 24th at 7 pm.
The documentary focuses on the construction of the 1910 dam on the Elwha River and the effect that it had on the Native Elwha Klallam people who relied heavily on the river.
The film describes the 90 year struggle of the Elwha tribal community to lobby for the removal of the dams and the restoration of the river’s ecology. The documentary will give a good background on the issue prior to the panel discussion on Tuesday, November 25th.
The Elwha Dam two day event is put on by Western Washington University's Environmental Center, the Social Issues Resource Center and the Native American Student Union.

Contact Info : Chelsea Davis or Kayla Henson Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Elwha Dam Removals: Bringing About Ecological Restoration & Cultural Revitalization (7:00PM - 9:00PM)
Tuesday night will be a panel discussion in SMATE 150 at WWU on November 25th at 7 pm. The panel is made up of members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, tribal youth, scientist, and representatives from the city of Port Angeles and the Olympic National Park.
The panel will be addressing the ecological and cultural impacts the dam has had on the region as well as what will happen once the dams are removed. The panel will give the audience a better understanding of colonialism, American Indian fishing rights and how activism and organizing pushed the removal process along.
This event will also address how environmental justice and social justice are intertwined. This panel discussion will be a great way to learn more about a long term local issue that has a solution in sight; and hear from the people directly linked to the restoration of the river and the culture of a community.
The second day of the two day Elwha event is put on by Western's Environmental Center, Social Issues Resource Center and Native American Student Union.

Contact Info : Chelsea Davis of Kayla Henson Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it