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ClimeTime – Hope and Resilience: Watersheds and Salmon Workshop
Bring climate hope and resilience into the classroom! 3 STEM clock hours, 1 Equity hour, $100 stipend and various teaching materials Calling all Whatcom County educators for grades 3 – 12 who want to connect real-world solutions to climate change: This field-based workshop focuses on equitable solutions currently being implemented in Whatcom County. The Teaching for the […]
ClimeTime – Teaching Outside: Ferndale (Cohort D)
Using the outdoors and teaching climate change. 2 STEM clock hours, receive $50 stipend upon implementation of an outdoor lesson! Calling all Whatcom County elementary teachers and staff serving grades K-5 looking to integrate the outdoors into everyday lessons: Gain skills to incorporate the outdoors and climate-related lessons with students. Our Teaching Outside workshops are designed to provide teachers […]
Pickford Film Screening: From Tree to Sea: Fighting for Salmon & Forests on Earth Day
Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay St., Bellingham, WA, United States"From Tree to Sea" is a special Earth Day screening of films highlighting the ways in which the fates of the Northwest's iconic salmon, rivers, forests, and communities are inextricably linked.
Earth Day Park Cleanup!
Maritime Heritage Park 500 W Holly St, Bellingham, United StatesEarth Day is coming up and you want to make a difference. Grab a trash grabber and meet us at the beach! To combat plastic pollution in the Salish Sea, we host beach cleanups — as well as cleanups along rivers and lakes — throughout Whatcom and Skagit counties, providing cleanup equipment and a place to […]
RE Store 30th Anniversary Party: Music, Food, and Fun for All!
The RE Store 2309 Meridian St, BellinghamThe RE Store is excited to host a free, all-ages party on Saturday, April 22nd from 3pm-8pm to celebrate 30 years of supporting local reuse in Bellingham. This outdoor event will feature live performances by The Legendary Chucklenuts and True Stars, as well as a beer garden, hot dog stand, Ragfinery’s Community Mending Booth, and […]
Bellingham waterfront cleanup: Whatcom Waterway site comment period (Ends May 24th)
Granary Building 1211 Granary Ave, Bellingham, WA, United StatesGet familiar with the cleanup and redevelopment process along Bellingham’s waterfront! This site, Whatcom Waterwaym, has sediment contaminated with toxic substances from past industrial operations. You can have a say in how the WA Department of Ecology might address the contaminants! Our walking tour has passed, but check out the video tour below. Public comment […]
ClimeTime – Hope and Resilience: Land and Forests Workshop
Bring climate hope and resilience into the classroom! 3 STEM clock hours, 1 Equity hour, $100 stipend and various teaching materials Calling all Whatcom County educators for grades 3 – 12 who want to connect real-world solutions to climate change: This field-based workshop focuses on equitable solutions currently being implemented in Whatcom County. The Teaching for the […]
Pickford Film Screening: Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay St., Bellingham, WA, United StatesIncludes the voices of climate experts, Indigenous people and fire survivors, and asks us to reimagine our relationship with wildfire as we prepare for an increasingly hotter future.
Pickford Film Screening: Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay St., Bellingham, WA, United StatesIncludes the voices of climate experts, Indigenous people and fire survivors, and asks us to reimagine our relationship with wildfire as we prepare for an increasingly hotter future.
Walking tour of Blaine Waterfront contaminated cleanup sites
218 McMillan Ave, Blaine 218 McMillan Ave, Blaine, WA, United StatesGet familiar with the cleanup and redevelopment process at two sites along Blaine's waterfront! These two sites, Sea K Fish and Westman Marine, have sediment contaminated with toxic substances from past industrial operations such as boat maintenance, petroleum storage, and fish oil processing. You can learn about — and have a say in — how the […]
*CANCELED* Beach cleanup @ Semiahmoo Spit for World Ocean Day
Semiahmoo Park 9261 Semiahmoo Pkwy, BlaineDue to a staff incident, we are canceling this cleanup. Apologies for the inconvenience! To combat plastic pollution in the Salish Sea, we host beach cleanups — as well as cleanups along rivers and lakes — throughout Whatcom and Skagit counties, providing cleanup equipment and a place to connect with like-minded community members. Join us on […]
Microplastics survey — no experience needed
All American Marine 1010 Hilton Ave, Bellingham, WA, United StatesWant to help inform plastic pollution prevention policies? We're holding an impromptu microplastics survey on Thursday June 8th starting around 2:30! We will park in a lot near All American Marine (1010 Hilton Ave, Bellingham) and walk a short path to “H Street beach”. Following an EPA protocol, we will sift through the top layer […]