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It’s time to liberate your old cell phone or, perhaps, multiple phones, by giving them to Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County, a nonprofit organization providing shelter and help to victims of domestic abuse. Families can use them to call 911 for free in an emergency, domestic or otherwise. Drop-off locations include Snohomish County branches of Whitfield Insurance, First Security Bank and Frontier Bank, plus Zippy's Java Lounge in downtown Everett. Easy, right? Read The Herald’s full story about it here. ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW!
Follow my Eco Geek Tweets Greetings, Eco Geeks! Do you do Twitter? Do you tweet? I didn’t at first, but now I am a woman of the eco-techo-crazy world. How does this affect you? Well, if you read the Eco Geek blog through this page, you’ll find supershort exclusive updates from me on the lefthand side of the page under “Twitter Updates.” (Thank you, Elaine Helm, Heraldnet web goddess.) My Twitter username is EcoGeekTweets. They require less technical tinkering, so I’ll be using them often to get the news out faster and from my mobile phone, in addition to the full-on blog posts you’ve come to love, love, love. Right? If you have a Twitter account, you can get the same updates through Twitter by clicking on the “Follow Me On Twitter” blue bird logo, perched just below the aforementioned “Twitter Updates” on this page. Finally -- just one more shameful self-promtion, I promise – I’m also blogging and now tweeting about gardening with my co-worker, Jessi Loerch, here. If you don’t tweet, don’t sweat it. If you want to get started, sign up for a Twitter account here and then download the miracle that is TweetDeck, a great alternative to the often-clunky main Twitter site. Enjoy! ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW!
Eating local doesn’t have to be a seasonal thing. If you garden for food or shop in bulk at local farmers markets, you can enjoy the bounty all year long by canning fruit, vegetables, seafood and meat. Learn how through “Preserving the Harvest,” a series of summer workshops through the Washington State University Snohomish County Extension, now accepting advanced registrations. WSU master food preserver Susy Hymas and cookbook author Mary Ellen Carter will share their knowledge and passion for canning nutritious, local food. Each 2½-hour workshop will be held twice each day, with the first session at 9 a.m. and a second at 1 p.m. Each class will also include a relevant demonstration.
All sessions will be at the extension headquarters at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Advance registration is required. Class size is limited. Each session costs $25. If you take all four, the cost is $80. Download a registration form here or contact Karie Christensen at 425-357-6039 or klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu. For more information on the workshops, contact Kate Halstead at khalstead@wsu.edu or 425-357-6024. Do you have a home or garden event to share? Write me here. ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW!
Films: Save the fish. Save the planet. I don’t mean to be a downer on a Friday afternoon and all that … but here are two films, admittedly taking on some heavy stuff, to keep on your eco-radar this weekend. “The End of the Line,” which screened recently at SIFF, tackles overfishing of our world’s oceans — and what can be done to correct the crisis before it's too late. Watch this page for announcements about the next Seattle screening. Check out the trailer: ”Home,” meanwhile, is a free 90-minute film you might watch online this weekend. I haven’t had time yet to watch the whole thing, buy it feels a lot like “Planet Earth” meets the more poignant parts of “An Inconvenient Truth” – lots of aerial shots and a dramatic, orchestra-backed soundtrack. Watch it here. (Embedding is not allowed.) ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW!
Hurray for the freshman at Washington State University, which recently reinstated Michael Pollan’s 'The Omnivore’s Dilemma’ as the common reading text for fall 2009. WSU alum William Marler, a former chair of the Board of Regents, has offered to pay the $40,000 costs of bringing Pollan to the Pullman campus, a move that swiftly brought the book back into the common reading program. As Kim Kidwell, associate dean of academic programs in the College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, told Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large, WSU is the perfect place to explore agribusiness controversies and local food systems: "What I loved about this book in some ways is how much conversation it has stirred. People are talking about food and agriculture," she said, adding that WSU is an ideal place for those conversations. Read the university’s full explanation of recent events here. ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW! |
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