With the Northwest poised to become the country’s leading coal-export region, fights are emerging on several fronts, our online news partner The Seattle Times reported Sunday. On the table are proposals to capitalize on Asia’s thirst for cheap energy by building a half-dozen terminals in Washington and Oregon that would export coal from the Rockies, [...]
The natural yard care workshop scheduled for Saturday, May 19 in the Edmonds Library Plaza Room has been canceled.
Edmonds Community College’s Learn and Serve Environmental Anthropology Field (LEAF) School and the Mangrove Action Project will sponsor an event focused on sustainable oceans, “Safeguarding Big Blue,” from 7-9 p.m. this Friday, May 11, at the Edmonds Conference Center, 201 Fourth Ave N. The event features Captain Charles Moore author of “Plastic Ocean,” speaking about [...]
Do you live on Shell, Shellabarger or Willow Creek in Edmonds? Then you are one of a few lucky Edmonds residents who can enjoy a creek in their yard. Living on a stream cannot only bring joy, but it can also raise some questions like: – What is the right thing to do with the [...]
The Edmonds Watershed Fun Fair at Yost Park drew kids and adults alike Saturday for activities, demonstrations, games and exhibits on Puget Sound stewardship.
You might be shopping for plants or farm-grown berries, looking for scrapbooking supplies, or seeking ways to prevent a home burglary. Or perhaps you want to fun family activity or even help raise money for families in need. (And did we mention, you can even make your way to the ballpark and support your local [...]
The Edmonds Watershed Fun Fair is a family event in Yost Park that focuses on why “Puget Sound Starts Here.” This event, which runs from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, will feature activities, demonstrations, games and exhibits for all ages on Puget Sound stewardship, water and energy conservation, recycling, wildlife habitat, and many other topics. Learn [...]
Are you interested in learning about the financial and environmental benefits that come with owning your own solar energy system? Join Snohomish County Public Utility District May 8 in Edmonds for an informational session about the utility’s Solar Express program, which offers a range of incentives and educational support for customers interested in solar energy. [...]
The public is invited to Sustainable Edmonds/Sierra Club’s ongoing planning meetings (first Wednesday of each month) opposing coal trains passing through Edmonds and other towns in the region. Join other concerned residents to plan important activities. The next meeting will be Wednesday, May 2, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Frances Anderson Center, Room, 206, 700 [...]
Windermere Real Estate North is teaming up with non-profit 1 Green Planet this Saturday, April 28, to help their neighbors recycle difficult items and confidential data disposal to help assist in the safe disposal of confidential documents post tax season. Large appliances, car batteries, cell phones, computers, monitors, printers, televisions, stereos, ink cartridges, medical equipment [...]
The Edmonds Community Solar Cooperative is hosting a party this Friday, April 27, and anyone who wants to learn more about the cooperative’s Phase 2 system on the Frances Anderson Center roof is invited. (Deadline to purchase co-op shares, known as Sun Slices, for this latest phase is May 4.) The event will run from [...]
Nancy Moore, garden designer and Native Plant Steward, will lead a Gardening with Native Plants workshop at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Edmonds Wildlife Habitat Native Plant Demonstration Garden located at the Willow Creek Hatchery in Edmonds. Through her Richmond Beach-based business, Moore has helped many others create beautiful, sustainable, and water-saving native [...]
As the belt-tightening continues in the City of Edmonds, department directors are continuing to be creative in their efforts to find money for needed projects. At last Tuesday’s Edmonds City Council meeting, Mayor Dave Earling congratulated Public Works Director Phil Willliams for his efforts to obtain a $500,000 grant from the Washington State Department of [...]
Dear Editor, I am on the Edmonds Mayor’s Climate Protection Committee and recently found out the City of Edmonds has applied for the 2012 Assoc. of Washington Cities “Going Green” Municipal Excellence Award. I hope you will help me in spreading the word in recognition of the City’s sustainability efforts no matter if the City [...]
Members of the Edmonds Tree Board came to the Edmonds City Council meeting Tuesday to present Mayor Dave Earling with a plaque announcing that the City has received a Tree City USA designation. Edmonds joins 80 other cities in Washington state and 3,400 nationwide that are Tree City USA communities, created by the Arbor Day [...]
Just in time for Earth Week events, Snohomish County Public Utility District announced Tuesday that the utility and its customers have hit an all-time high for energy conservation, saving nearly 9.3 average-megawatts of energy in 2011 – enough to serve about 7,000 homes. Collectively, consumers and businesses reduced their energy bills by more than $6 [...]
By Laura Spehar Whether you live in the “bowl area” of Edmonds or in the neighborhoods just above known as the “rim,” you must at one time or another have heard about the Edmonds Marsh. Edmonds has a precious commodity, as this estuary is one of the very few still in existence within urbanized areas [...]
The Edmonds Wildlife Habitat Project is conducting a public survey and invites you to participate as an anonymous way to voice your opinion and suggestions. You can take part here. For more information about this survey or the Edmonds Wildlife Habitat Project, contact Laura at edmondsbwh@gmail.com.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has again recognized Edmonds City Hall for its superior energy performance. According to Jim Stevens, City of Edmonds facilities maintenance manager, the City Hall building first achieved the ENERGY STAR distinction in 2011. The award acknowledges that the building performs in the top 20 percent of comparable structures across the [...]
More than 5,500 homes and 170 businesses are saving energy after working with Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) the last two years on a broad range of energy-efficiency projects under the utility’s Community Power! program. Customers collectively have saved more than 5.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough to serve nearly 450 homes – or [...]
The public is invited to Sustainable Edmonds/Sierra Club’s ongoing planning meetings opposing coal trains passing through Edmonds and other towns in the region. The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 7, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in room 113 of the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St. (east of the Edmonds Library). For more information, email Richard [...]
People For Puget Sound, Friends of Edmonds Marsh and the City of Edmonds are hosting a volunteer work party on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to plant 140 native shrubs and ground cover to re-establish wildlife habitat at Edmonds Marsh. The marsh is a unique asset to the City of Edmonds as it [...]
A hot topic now being discussed in Edmonds – the environmental effects of coal trains running along the Edmonds waterfront on their way to a proposed facility in Bellingham – is the topic of Justice Friday, sponsored by the Edmunds Unitarian Universalist Church, at 7 p.m. Friday. At issue are plans to develop one of [...]
The Edmonds Community Solar Cooperative is holding a members and friends meeting on Monday, Feb. 13, from 7-9 p.m. at the Meadowdale Community Clubhouse, 6801 N. Meadowdale Rd., Edmonds. Find out what the cooperative has accomplished, including the installation and operation of a rooftop solar system on the Frances Anderson Center roof in downtown Edmonds, [...]
Television personality David Mizejewski – host and co-producer of “Backyard Habitat” on the Animal Planet television channel – came to visit Edmonds Saturday at a winter celebration of the Wildlife Habitat Demo Garden, located just off Highway 104 on the way to the Edmonds ferry. Volunteers for the Edmonds Backyard Wildlife Habitat, People for Puget Sound and [...]
Television personality David Mizejewski – host and co-producer of “Backyard Habitat” on the Animal Planet television channel – will be the special guest in Edmonds Saturday at a winter celebration of the Wildlife Habitat Demo Garden, located at the Willow Creek Hatchery, 95 Pine St. (just off Highway 104). Prior to Mizejewki’s appearance, the Edmonds [...]
Are you interested in learning about the financial and environmental benefits that come with owning your own solar energy system? Join Snohomish County Public Utility District this month for informational sessions about the utility’s Solar Express program, which offers a range of incentives and educational support for customers interested in solar energy.The utility’s program covers [...]
Edmonds Ferry Alerts Edmonds Library Events
