News

• SUN POWER

• PREPARE with and for Neighbors

• Island Conversation: Resistance is NOT FUTILE

Will a Freeland Sewer fight Climate Change?  The State Growth Management Act thinks so.

• SHAPE the Comprehensive Plan

• Springtime is Veggie-planting Time

• Island Conversations: Community Resilience

• ADVOCATE for Climate

• REDUCE Inorganics in our Garbage

• "Blue Carbon" Film Showing

• Island Conversations: [Climate] Economics for Real People

• REDUCE Organics in our Garbage

• Island Conversations: The Commons, Common Goods, and Community

Whidbey News-Times: Our ferry system is going forward in a green fashion.

Many folks are familiar with the idea of a “carbon footprint” stomping on ecosystems. We like to think of these grants as our “ecosystem handprint” – the good we can do to improve health and resilience for ourselves and our environment.

• BUILD Community, ACT Locally!

• Island Conversations: Community is the Unit of Survival

Amid the national climate nightmare of Nov 5, 2024, a few things went right locally, including a WCA that is more energized than ever to counter a new climate denial mindset at the national level.

When we invited proposals for Whidbey Climate Fund grants, we weren’t sure whether we’d get any response. To our delight, we have received NINE great proposals to restore community resilience and reduce climate pollution, right here on Whidbey

Can we create more healthy and resilient lives, develop a close relationship with nature, and address our ecological crisis at the same time?