Earth Week Environmental Heroes Recognition |
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Third Thursday Meeting
April 18 from 7 to 8pm
We will recognize Snohomish and Island County organizations and people for their work to address the climate crisis, environmental degradation and injustice.
You can submit a nomination until Friday!
Nominate Here.
Please join our Earth Month celebration! |
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Learn How to Champion Forests
Tuesday, April 9 at 10am on Zoom
This meeting with forest champion Kate Lunceford will strategize about how to effectively engage with the Snohomish County Council in support of our valuable mature forests.
The County Council needs to help with balancing how forests and humans can thrive in reciprocity, and you can encourage that action.
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Tulalip Hibulb Cultural Center Visit
6410 23rd Ave NE, Marysville
Sunday, April 7 at 2pm
The Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve is a place where visitors can learn about the cultural values and history of the Tulalip Tribes. The Tulalip People are the successors in interest to the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Skykomish tribes and other tribes and bands signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliott. |
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Electrify Everything In Your Life
Tuesday, April 16 at 7 pm on Zoom
Working outside and in your yard with the new electrical equipment is the topic of this month's Zoom series. The much improved batteries make it easier to protect the climate, your own health, and pollinators.
When you're done with the yard work, reward yourself with a barbeque on one of the new electric grills. |
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Upcoming Audubon Programs
Pilchuck Audubon Director Brian Zinke is giving several in-person presentations, hoping to meet birders throughout the area.
Introduction to Birding
Thursday, April 4 at 3pm
Lake Stevens Library
Make Your Yard a Bird Haven
Tuesday, April 9 at 1pm
Lynnwood Senior Center
also Saturday, April 20 at 2pm
Marysville Library
Create Bird-friendly Communities
Wednesday, April 17 at 6:30pm
Snohomish Library
Birding for Families
Saturday, April 20 at 11am
Stanwood Library
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Brian Zinke
Pilchuck Audubon Director |
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Adopt A Stream Earth Day Events
600 128th St SE, Everett
A Luminous Spring: Candlelight nature stroll through Northwest Stream Center.
Sunday April 14, 6 to 8pm
Earth Expressions: A healing Arts & Dance fundraiser.
Saturday, April 20, 5 to 8pm
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Edmonds Volunteer Fair
Saturday, April 20, 10am to 1pm
Edmonds Waterfront Center
Come and find out how you can share your knowledge and abilities for the good of our community. Volunteer work provides meaningful and rewarding activities with interested fellow citizens. A wide variety of opportunities are available to fit a range of interests.
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SnoPUD Electric Block Party
Saturday, April 27, 11am to 2pm
2320 California St. Everett
Snohomish County PUD will host the 2nd annual Energy Block Party at their Everett headquarters. PUD experts will explain the energy and cost savings rebates and programs they offer. In addition, over 20 different electric vehicles and trucks will be on display. Prizes and giveaways. Free family fun! Stop by the Sierra Club table and say hi. |
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To display your EV or share information
email Bill Trueit |
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Student Earth Day Movie
Sunday, April 28 at 2:30pm
Edmonds Woodway High School
In honor of Earth Day, Edmonds Woodway High School students are inviting the community to a movie about the environment. The film illustrates not only the dwindling orca population but also the threat to salmon, and how their diminishing numbers affects First Nations fisheries, bears, and potentially the entire human race. |
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Filmed on the ancestral homelands of 15 Indigenous Nations. |
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National Sierra Club Board Of Directors Election
Each year, five of the 15 members of the Sierra Club Board of Directors end their three-year term and an election is held to replace them. You are eligible to vote if you have been a Sierra Club member since January 2023. Eligible voters should have received ballots online or in the mail. Ballots are due back on April 24.
Additional information about the election and this year's candidates is available on the Sierra Club Website. |
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Candidates for this year's national election.
Read bios and statements online. |
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Electric School Bus Welcomed
South Whidbey School District just welcomed a new electric school bus. The bus was granted to the district through the EPA Clean School Program Rebate. The United Student Leaders group was behind the district's application for the rebate.
This zero-emission bus will not only reduce the district's impact on the environment, but it is also much healthier for students riding it. |
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Citizens and Lawsuit Save Trees
Speaking up for trees makes a difference! Currently the state Board of Natural Resources has taken all mature forests off the list for auction. Though this is likely a temporary reprieve for our forests, it does indicate that the 500 messages the Board received made an impact. Thank you to all who spoke up.
Additionally, the DNR will need to reconsider their legal standing in light of the lawsuit ruling that DNR must evaluate the climate effects of each forest sale. |
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Whidbey Climate Action
Check out the website for this group and find out about their activities to meet the challenge of climate change in their community. They are committed to lowering energy use to meet the challenges of climate crisis and biodiversity loss. |
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Advocate for Trees for Earth Day
Evergreen State Fairgrounds
Saturday, April 27
Anytime from 10am to 2pm
Advocate and educate about trees. Help staff the League of Women Voters booth and share information about urban and mature forests in Snohomish County. The County Office of Energy and Sustainability sponsors the Earth Day event. |
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Contact to volunteer:
kurlykate888@gmail.com |
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PAWS Volunteer Opportunities
The PAWS Wildlife Center is moving to a new 25 acre site south of Snohomish, creating new volunteer opportunities. There are also volunteer positions available at the PAWS Lynnwood Companion Animal Shelter. Volunteers work with PAWS staff caring for wildlife and companion animals. Other volunteer work focuses on education and community outreach. |
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Can You Help With Kicking Gas?
This climate justice program offers financial and educational support to residents switching from fossil fuel and wood heating to electric heat pump heating and cooling. Informational meetings start soon in the Everett/Mukilteo area, and help is needed to get people oriented. Volunteer training is provided. |
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Lobby Team Volunteers Needed
If you would like to be on the frontlines of the legislative process, contact us to join one of our Sierra Club small group lobby teams. We share our priority legislation with legislators before and during the legislative session and do check-ins to discuss issues of interest year around. We work together toward climate and environmental justice in our communities. |
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Don't judge each day
by the harvest you reap,
but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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