Events

Highlights of some of the impacts of Federal actions on the people and environment in Washington and on Whidbey. Brief presentations from local organizations will showcase opportunities to plug in. Our goal is that each individual feel empowered and connected to a community, a larger, more powerful movement to preserve and restore our climate and our democracy.

In the classroom and in the garden, you will engage with the complexity of GROWING. Develop a practice of paying attention, assessing, and adapting your actions. Sessions will be inside and out, and will involve physical activity. Monthly content will be driven by the needs of the garden. Every fourth Friday.

Join tens of thousands of people around the nation for the “Hands Off” Mass Mobilization. Together we’ll take to the streets to demand hands off Social Security, hands off health care for Veterans, hands off environmental protections, hands off federal workers, and much more!

Put your hands in the soil, put some seeds in the ground, surround yourself with the sounds of nature and laughter of friends. And, learn how to grow great food! Want to learn how to re-invigorate a plot so that it grows great food? Come join us. Each week, we'll learn how to do something by doing it, we'll laugh, we'll unplug, and we'll remember how simultaneously vulnerable and resilient the land is (we are too, by the way).

Climate scientist Richard Gammon and geologist Paul Belanger will give a presentation on the current state of the climate, climate attitudes, and solutions.

Presentation on the sustainability of Whidbey’s water, including the Peak Water prediction model and what you can do about it. We will briefly cover the history of water on Whidbey, its aquifer system, extraction history and current status are explained with stories and examples. This will enlighten and challenge you to get active in your own water supply systems. Come and learn how water connects us all.

Coordination between groups and individuals working to remove organics from the garbage stream and compost locally. Come, help green Whidbey with the food and yard waste from our trash!

Put your hands in the soil, put some seeds in the ground, surround yourself with the sounds of nature and laughter of friends. And, learn how to grow great food!

When the state of Washington made it illegal for tribes to fish for salmon in their usual and accustomed places, it was a declaration of war. FISH WAR follows the tribes' fight to exercise their treaty-reserved fishing rights. Join us for a screening of this feature-length documentary followed by discussion.

In addition to sharing resources about ductless heat pumps, we will be providing subsidies for hot water and electric cooking which will further help decarbonize our region and strengthen our community in the face of the energy and climate challenges today and in the future.

Solar energy has clear economic and environmental benefits, but installing solar on your home can seem like a daunting process. The workshop will walk you through the group purchasing program steps and introduce you to vetted local solar installers.

Sessions will cover meats, eggs, vegetables, herbs, and more: growing, harvesting, processing, storing/preserving. We will learn their nutritional profile, how to prepare them for maximum health benefits and flavor, and how climate change might affect them.

Monthly meeting of the commission. See link for agenda and location.

Join us to celebrate Earth Day on Whidbey Island! We’ll have activities, immersive experiences, volunteer opportunities, and other ways to get involved in your island home.

Open house and fundraiser to show off clean eneregy improvements. WCA helped with funding and will have a booth. Enjoy music by the Heggenes Valley Band.

Join South Whidbey Fire EMS and our partners in bringing our community together to inspire collaboration and create high functioning, resilient and disaster prepared neighborhoods on South Whidbey.

Drop off reusables and hard to recycle items.

Presentation on the sustainability of Whidbey’s water, including the Peak Water prediction model and what you can do about it. We will briefly cover the history of water on Whidbey, its aquifer system, extraction history and current status are explained with stories and examples. This will enlighten and challenge you to get active in your own water supply systems. Come and learn how water connects us all.

Informational programs about neighborhood organizing, mutual aid networks, safety, resilience, non-violence - whatever the community needs as time goes on. We are in new territory nationally. How do we respond?

Drop off reusables and hard to recycle items.

Drop off reusables and hard to recycle items.

Scotch Broom is an introduced invasive species which displaces native and beneficial plants, causing loss of grassland and open forest. Seeds are toxic to livestock. Neither the state nor county have enough staff to remove this pest. And as you know, we have a LOT on Whidbey Island. Let's do our part, have fun, and enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.

Scotch Broom is an introduced invasive species which displaces native and beneficial plants, causing loss of grassland and open forest. Seeds are toxic to livestock. Neither the state nor county have enough staff to remove this pest. And as you know, we have a LOT on Whidbey Island. Let's do our part, have fun, and enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.

Film viewing and discussion. Are we informed enough to make good water decisions? Can decentralized community-driven water management restore our ecosystem and build the common good?

Learn about the public comment process, craft your own public comments, and workshop them in front of a supportive audience of your peers. Gain the skills to speak up on behalf of future generations — and all of the people, plants, animals, and organisms who aren’t invited into our committee meetings, legislature, or board rooms.