Events

Put your hands in the soil, put some seeds in the ground, surround yourself with the sounds of nature and laughter of friends. And, learn how to grow great food! Want to learn how to re-invigorate a plot so that it grows great food? Come join us. Each week, we'll learn how to do something by doing it, we'll laugh, we'll unplug, and we'll remember how simultaneously vulnerable and resilient the land is (we are too, by the way).

Learn about the potential impacts of sea level rise and receive local information to help you make informed decisions about safeguarding your property. This event is especially relevant if you live in Mutiny Bay or Useless Bay.

Drop off reusables and hard to recycle items.

In addition to sharing resources about ductless heat pumps, we will be providing subsidies for hot water and electric cooking which will further help decarbonize our region and strengthen our community in the face of the energy and climate challenges today and in the future.

People helping to organize their individual neighborhoods are invited to get together to meet one another, share stories of organizing efforts, learn about resources available, and generally encourage each other to continue the process of community building and preparedness.

Informational programs about neighborhood organizing, mutual aid networks, safety, resilience, non-violence - whatever the community needs as time goes on. We are in new territory nationally. How do we respond?

Drop off reusables and hard to recycle items.

Put your hands in the soil, put some seeds in the ground, surround yourself with the sounds of nature and laughter of friends. And, learn how to grow great food!

Veterans for Peace and Sound Defense Alliance present a talk on the U.S. military's environmental impacts and contributions to the climate crisis. Guest speaker Gary Butterfield was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He opposed the war while in the military and filed for conscientious objector status.

A declaration is an important step on a journey of reducing contribution to the global climate disaster which is knocking down our doors. We plan to discuss how other WA counties have acted and how Island County can and must follow in their footsteps. We will be rallying together to build momentum for our future actions towards our goal of getting Island County to be a part of positive change.

In the classroom and in the garden, you will engage with the complexity of GROWING. Develop a practice of paying attention, assessing, and adapting your actions. Sessions will be inside and out, and will involve physical activity. Monthly content will be driven by the needs of the garden. Every fourth Friday.

Coordination between groups and individuals working to remove organics from the garbage stream and compost locally. Come, help green Whidbey with the food and yard waste from our trash!

Drop off reusables and hard to recycle items.

Patty Kuderer, Washington State's Insurance Commissioner, is speaking on "Insurance and Climate Change". WCA is co-sponsoring the talk with Whidbey Island Democratic Club.

Monthly meeting of the commission. See link for agenda and location.