September Outing Adventure
Tuesday, September 24, starting 9:30 am
Have you ridden the Link Light Rail now that it has reached Snohomish County? Here's a fun way to do it with a group: Meet at the Lynnwood Light Rail station and ride to the UW station. Once there, you can choose a short walk through the UW campus and the Burke Gilman Trail; or those up for more exercise can walk through the Washington Park Arboretum. If this is your first Light Rail trip, you will be guided through ticket purchase. |
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Lynnwood Light Rail Station
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Kicking Gas Induction Stove Program
Wednesday, September 25 from 6 to 7 pm
Sno-Isle Sierra Club Zoom meeting
A recent Climate Commitment Act grant is helping Kicking Gas electrify even more homes in Snohomish and Island Counties. If you currently use propane, oil, "natural" gas, or wood heat, you may be eligible for savings of 20% to 50%, up to $7500. Subsidies are already available for switching from fossil fueled appliances to electric or induction stoves. Heat pump water heaters will soon be added to the list. |
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Cynthia Jones with her
new induction stove
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Help Defeat Initiative 2117
This initiative on our ballots in November threatens crucial state investments in clean air and water, clean energy, forests, farmland, and transportation. Voters must be educated about the damage it would do. Join a team for distributing flyers and talking to your neighbors about why I-2117 must be defeated. |
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Impact Snohomish County Comp Plan
You have through September 10 to comment on the Snohomish County Comprehensive Plan Update and ask the County Council to adequately address climate change impacts. Your comments can recommend ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as adopting the Tree Canopy Policy and limiting urban sprawl.
Send your comments to council members here: contact.council@snoco.org |
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Protecting Our Legacy Forests
The fate of our mature Legacy Forests very much hinges on the outcome of the election for state Commissioner of Public Lands. In the meantime we can support efforts to protect a specific mature forest currently threatened in Snohomish County.
The 150-acre forest, called Stilly Revisited, has been awarded by the Dept. of Natural Resources to the lumber company Sierra Pacific. The forest parcel, about 13 miles from Arlington, contains old growth trees as well as mature trees with old growth characteristics. The Legacy Forest Defense Coalition is filing a lawsuit to save Stilly Revisited; you can help fund that. |
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Republic Recycling Center Plant Tour
Monday, September 9 from 10 to noon
2733 3rd Ave. S., Seattle
Meet at 9 am to carpool
The group Green Snohomish is hosting a tour of the Republic Recycling Plant to help the public better understand how recycling works. This understanding will guide more responsible and effective recycling efforts.
To carpool, contact Don Dillinger, 425-422-1306. |
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RainScaping and Rain Gardens
Northwest Stream Center
600 128th St SE, Everett
Thursday, September 19 at 7 pm
Learn how to design and install a rain garden and make a difference in your home watershed. |
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RainScaping Expo
Willis Tucker Park
Saturday, September 21 from 10 am to 4 pm
Display booths, food trucks, prizes, workshops, and demonstrations! Presentations will include ways to develop rain gardens, add rainwater collection, attract native birds and plants, plus suggestions for transitioning away from a lawn. No registration. |
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Concert Invites Reflection on Climate
Sunday, September 22 from 4:00 to 5:30
Methodist Church, 828 Caspers, Edmonds
Addressing climate change can seem like an insurmountable challenge, but bringing the arts into the conversation can energize and inspire us. This performance, titled "For the Birds," features a jazz quintet performing original music, coupled with images and poetry that invite reflection on our changing climate.
A donation of $10 - $20 per ticket is suggested. Contact gaylashoemake@yahoo.com |
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Recording for Electrify Everything: Solar
In case you missed them, the popular Sierra Club Electrify Everything information programs were recorded on Zoom. The August program focused on the question "Is Solar Right for You?" |
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Report: Urban Forest Outing
The weather cooperated for a pleasant time as 11 participants explored the North Creek Forest in Bothell last month. Organized by Sierra Club's David Jones, the hike was guided by Cathy Ferbrache, a founding member of Friends of North Creek Forest. Hikers heard about the process of preserving the small urban forest and also heard from tree champion Kate Lunceford about why preserving mature trees is important. |
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State Primary Election Results
In an election proving yet again that every vote matters, all of the candidates endorsed by the Sierra Club moved on to the general election, with one outcome still pending. In the race for state Commissioner of Public Lands, Dave Upthegrove appears to have prevailed by just 51 votes; a hand count is underway.
Watch the Sierra Club website for further endorsements in the general election. |
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Dave Upthegrove, candidate for
Commissioner of Public Lands
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Lynnwood Light Rail Opening
Sierra Club volunteers braved the bright sun to spread the word about why Initiative 2117 is bad, using smart energy is good, and how to enroll in the Kicking Gas Campaign to convert dirty fossil fuels to clean energy fuels.
Pictured are Ron & Caryl Gates, Nancy Johnson
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Saving Salmon from Killer Chemical
Snohomish resident Doug Ewing and his work to remove tires from the Snohomish River were highlighted in an Everett Herald report about removing the chemical 6PPD from rivers. A group of young volunteers has stepped up to help haul the heavy tires from the river and into Doug's truck for recycling at Les Schwab Tires. The salmon-killing chemical comes off tires into stormwater, and tires discarded into streams and rivers add to the problem. |
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Truck loaded with tires from river.
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Advocates Speak Up for Urban Trees
The Urban Tree Canopy policy had its hearing in August, with over 100 comments plus endorsements from 34 state and local organizations. The Climate Alliance of Snohomish County, led by the League of Women Voters and Futurewise, rallied massive support for adoption of the policy at the Snohomish County Council hearing. The goal is natural climate solutions to combat climate change and ensure economic and social justice. |
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Join Our Team of Leaders
Sierra Club Sno-Isle Group Leader Nominations are closing this month. Do you know someone in Island or Snohomish counties who has an interest in helping direct our future activities to protect our environment and promote social justice? Help us build a diverse leadership team. Self-nominations are welcomed. Contact our nominations committee at:
Sno-Isle@Washington.SierraClub.org |
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We owe to one another all the wit
and good humor we can command;
and nothing so clears our mental vistas as
sympathetic and intelligent conversation.
Agnes Repplier
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