Just a quick congradulatons to everyone for getting out and voting and asking your friends to vote in this past election. Due to your hard efforts King County and Seattle have great leadership for creating a sustianable future. State wide, Washington State has rejected a ballot measure that would have severely undercut our efforts to educate ourselves and maintian our natural endowment. And it is not great to live an a state that recognizes everyones civil rights!

Sincerely,
Arvia Morris
Climat… Continue

A new study has come out which descibes the impacts of Climate Change region by region. Check out the page: http://research.yale.edu/environment/climate/

Towards the top this link has a button to watch a tv interview about it – it is about 10 minutes and is very good. It also looks like on this page that it maybe possible to download it free – the study. It is actually an associated book: A Climate for Change that describes how each region will be effected.

Boxer-Kerry Senate Climate bill
Over all this is considered a good bill and is endorsed by many environmental groups. It undoes some of the bad measures in the house bill such as stripping the enforcement power of the EPA with coal power plants. see one sky summary http://www.1sky.org/files/1sky-kerry-boxer-bill-analysis-10-8-09.pdf

It has a big emphasis on green jobs and technology. This the heart of the issue for the US. Are we going to be defining 21st century energy technology or are we goi… Continue

Northwest Power and Conservation Council is accepting public comments on their energy plan for the next 20years. PUBLIC COMMENTS DUE NOVEMBER 6th.

While the plan does hold C02 emissions at the current level for the next 20years, it does not include a plan for reduction of C02. They say that to including reductions in their plans would hurt the poor. Our position is that the poor will be hurt the most by climate change, thus mitigating it with the development of renewable energy and more aggress… Continue

Late September and early October are a wonderful time to plant your early spring crops and some over-wintering leafy greens. If you are looking forward to a garden next spring, let's get planting!

According to a publication by Tilth late September is the time to plant:

Merida Carrots
Many Fava Beans (a hardy favorite of aphids and, by association, ladybugs)
All of your favorite Beets
Red Romaine, among other lettuces
Chinese Snow Peas
...and a variety of annual flowers including sweet peas and… Continue