Here’s a thought…
“The competition between Nature and the economy is deep and broad.
In the short term, the economy usually wins. In the long term …?”
BILL APPEL
Why Native Plants?
||| FROM VICKI LEIMBACH for SAN JUAN COUNTY GARDNERS ||| Remember what drew you to the San Juans? Maybe you were moved by the lushness and beauty of the vegetation in our landscape. Maybe you
Brrrrr! Community Church will open severe weather shelter tonight
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| This was a last minute decision, but the Severe Weather Shelter is open tonight at the Community Church. Check in is 7pm.
Upcoming Tidal Town Hall has a new location
||| FROM JOHANNA LANGE for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The OPALCO Tidal Town Hall meeting scheduled for January 23, 2025 on Lopez Island has changed to a new location. The meeting will now
Garden Club tool sharpening & pruning workshop
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| DIG IN Member Experience: Tool Sharpening & Pruning Hands-on Workshop Saturday, February 8th, 1:30 p.m. The Orcas Christian School 107 Enchanted Forest Rd, Eastsound Click here
Last Call? A whale in search of humans
||| FROM THE CLIMATE ACCORDING TO LIFE ||| Imagine a mother losing her infant daughter after birth and being so overwhelmed with grief she carries her daughter’s lifeless body with her wherever she goes. This
OPALCO Tidal Town Hall Events
||| FROM JO LANGE for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO is hosting a series of in-person town hall style meetings related to the feasibility of the Tidal Energy Pilot Project. Please join us
Happy New Year from The Exchange
||| FROM THE EXCHANGE ||| Happy New Year from The Exchange! 2024 was a great year at The Exchange—we reused and recycled more material than ever, saved a ton of carbon emissions thanks to our
Land Bank to meet
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on January 17, 2025 from 8:30am – 11:15am via Zoom. The meeting will
Local Power Generation | Why the Bailer Hill Microgrid: Part 2 of 3
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The Bailer Hill Microgrid project on San Juan Island is a future Community Solar and battery storage site. Community Solar is a local solution
Reflecting on wildfire risk in the islands in wake of devastating So. California fires
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Lea este documento en español: https://www.sanjuancountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/31654/250109-Wildland-Fire-Awareness-ESP Fellow Islanders, The news of the catastrophic fires near Los Angeles is heart-wrenching. As we witness from afar the magnitude
A rare alignment of planets is about to take place in the sky
||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear
Southern Resident orcas face uncertain future despite groundbreaking research efforts
||| FROM KOMO TV ||| It’s a race against the clock for scientists and researchers to learn more about two Southern Resident whale calves and their mothers. One calf, J61, was only a few days
Barcelona uses its tourist tax to tackle the effects of climate change
||| FROM CBS NEWS ||| After wide scale anti-tourism protests over the summer, Barcelona is trying to turn a negative into a positive by spending some of the money raised from the city's tax on visitors
La Niña has officially arrived. Here’s what that means for western Washington
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| After months and months of anticipation, we have officially entered the La Niña climate pattern we've been waiting for. La Niña is the opposing end of the spectrum from El
2025 Marine Naturalist Training Program Opens Registration
||| FROM CONOR AGNEW for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum has opened registration for the 2025 spring and summer sessions of the Marine Naturalist Training Program! This hybrid program is an intensive multi-day
