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
Guest Opinion | Energy transition, the bigger picture, Part 1 of 3
||| FROM ED SUIJ ||| A few notes regarding the excellent recent article by Richard Heinberg about energy transition, which was published HERE a couple weeks ago. We will have a closer look at: urgency,
Garden Club DIG IN experience | Far Reaches Farm field trip
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| DIG-IN Member Experience Crevice Garden at the Farm Far Reaches Farm & Botanical Conservancy Off-Island Field Trip Thursday ~ October 17 All Day Trip Far Reaches
SJC tourism at a crossroads? (Part 1)
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau (SJIVB) contract is up for renewal at the end of this calendar year, and discussion has centered around the question of
Council reviews Visitors Bureau contract to balance destination marketing
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| During the September 10 meeting, Councilmembers discussed how the County should proceed with its destination marketing efforts – particularly as it pertains to a contract with the San Juan
Master Gardener clinic
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| The Master Gardeners of San Juan County will be providing science based answers to your gardening questions again this Wednesday, September 11th from noon to 2:00
2024 Fall Great Islands Clean-up
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING for GREAT ISLANDS CLEAN-UP ||| Get involved with your community and help keep our islands beautiful by joining the 2024 Fall Great Islands Clean-up. This fall, the event will take place
Food resiliency and climate change in the San Juan Islands
||| FROM ISARA GREACEN, CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS INTERN ||| We’re a very long way from producing all of our own food. Right now, only around 3.5 to 4% of the food that's purchased in San Juan
Meet garden author Karla Lortz
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Garden Club presents Heaths and Heathers: Less pruning, more color by Karla Lortz. Please join Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, September 18, when we
Celebrate the return of the Kings (salmon, that is)
Tickets are now available for this annual celebration on Orcas Island ||| FROM LISA TERRY for LONG LIVE THE KINGS ||| The first salmon of the season have made it home to Eastsound and up
Join Master Gardeners in OCS school garden
||| FROM KATE YTURRI for ORCAS MASTER GARDENERS ||| The Orcas Master Gardeners are hosting a community event with the Orcas Christian School in the school garden on Sunday, September 8 at 2 pm. There
Guest Opinion | A new vision for Eastsound Water
||| FROM ROBERT AUSTIN, ELISABETH BRITT, BRIAN EHRMANTRAUT, FRED KLEIN, and MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| Openness, Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility — those are the key watchwords for a new vision we wish to propose for Eastsound
Klamath River flows free after the last dams come down, leaving land to tribes and salmon
||| FROM USA TODAY ||| The last of the four dams that nearly destroyed salmon populations on the Klamath River at the California-Oregon border was demolished last week, marking a significant victory for tribes and environmentalists who
Governor’s San Juan visit focuses on climate change, Climate Commitment Act
Tour of kelp beds, eelgrass meadows illustrates research, underscores climate issues around health of the Salish Sea ||| FROM NANCY DEVAUX for SALISH CURRENT ||| Gov. Jay Inslee visited San Juan Island last weekend, where
The Green Economy is hungry for copper—and people are stealing, fighting, and dying to feed it
With the possible exception of gold, no other metal has caused as much destruction as copper. In the coming years, we’ll need more of it than ever. ||| FROM WIRED.COM ||| Moqadi Mokoena had been
Some things about this Eastsound Water recall activity
||| FROM CAROL ANDERSON ||| Dear EWUA Members, Attending the recent EWUA board meeting the other night reminded me of being bullied when I was in kindergarten. I remember this big boy approaching me and
