From Picasso's Guernica to Marvin Gaye's Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) to Faith Ringgold's The American Collection , creativity in images, sound, or words touches us and we feel , sometimes viscerally, sometimes gently. We are compelled to see the things we've ignored, injustice, beauty, or a vision of the way things could be. As Angie Thomas says, " art is activism ." At our December meeting the roundtable question was, "What art comes up for you in relation to climate cha

Thank you donors! Thank you all applicants for great proposals! This is Whidbey Climate Fund's second year and our neighbors have again given generously. Donations are an investment in our community supporting local groups working on local projects. Thanks to the Whidbey Community Foundation for hosting the Fund and to the submitting organizations for your time and vision. The Fund's Tech Team received nine proposals and has carefully reviewed each project and talked with t

With ferry electrification, we’ll see a 90% green-house gas reduction per year.

Freeland, where art thou in our GMA plans, as our rural areas disappear?

Could a Sewer, of all things, score points in the climate arena?

Could a Sewer, of all things, score points in the climate arena?

Our ferry system is going forward in a green fashion.

The Fund  has made its first grants! Thank you donors! Thank you all applicants for great proposals! Many folks are familiar with the...

Amid the national climate nightmare of Nov 5, 2024, a few things went right locally.

Creating healthy ecosystems, healthy lives. When we invited proposals for Whidbey Climate Fund grants, we weren’t sure whether we’d get...

Can we create more healthy and resilient lives, develop a close relationship with nature, and address our ecological crisis at the same...

You know how children grow so slowly, and parents don’t notice it until the kids have outgrown their clothes? Then the grandparents come...

If you are a ferry rider or concerned about our climate, read on to see if it's worth the price of a latte to forsake both. In 2021 the...

On March 30th twelve members of eight Whidbey environmental organizations practiced how to talk about climate at the Climate Change...

Anyone keeping up on our climate emergency has very likely read many articles on the benefits of small local farms, their healthy...

We want YOU to weigh in on Island County’s Comprehensive Plan If your eyes glaze over when you hear “government planning”, you are not...

Last week 172 solar panels were installed at the South Whidbey Elementary School. This historic event was initiated last year when WCA...

As a follow up to Dean's excellent post on Whidbey farms, let's look around at the other organizations and relationships that play such...

Have you noticed what seems to be a sea change in demographics here on South Whidbey in recent years? That seemingly absent generation of...

Although it’s well documented that most Americans worry about the effects of our climate crisis, few talk about it with friends and...