Local / Regional News
Election events!
See the Olympic Climate Action endorsements. Get involved: Sign waving on Monday, July 22 from 4 – 6 pm in Port Angeles, at 1st & Lincoln for Dave Upthegrove and Eric Pickens. Sign up to volunteer for Eric here.
Click links to help with phone calls for Upthegrove:
Tues, July 30 @ 5:30pm-8:00 pm
Washington Conservation Action plans to reach 50,000 state voters. Sign up! And attend WCA’s next climate cafe on July 22.
Local drought info and water conservation news – Clallam County PUD calls for mandatory conservation. Also see: Clallam County drought conditions , Port Angeles water conservation rebates
Climate Commitment Act funds to help WA tribes face sea level rise – an OPB report
Share the harvest with Clallam Gleaners
July 23: Elwha Legacy Forest monthly meeting – Local election info and updates. Zoom link
Elwha Forest protection film —
The Earth Law Center’s 20-minute documentary Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River’s Legacy Forests has been accepted to 10 film festivals! Watch it online.
July 23 & 25: Wildflower walks in the Upper Dungeness with the Nature Center
July 25: Nature art for kids–Painting Bird Eggs. Sign up with the Nature Center.
July 26: Master Gardener plant clinic at Swains, 10am-1pm.
July 27: “Gardening for Pollinators” from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road in Sequim. The Pollinator Team will share why pollinators are so important to the ecosystem and specifically about pollinators on the Olympic Peninsula. Free.
July 28: North Olympic Land Trust picnic – More info here.
July 29: North Olympic Salmon Coalition member tour of the 3 Crabs restoration area with birding experts.
July 30, 6pm: Free screening of the Spirit of Ubuntu at Field Hall. The documentary inspires with examples of how communities are coming together to recognize shared humanity and joy in finding practical solutions to problems.
Aug. 5: Nature Journaling with Forks Library and North Olympic Land Trust at the Elk Creek Conservation area.
National / International News
Sign this Costco petition to stop wasteful plastic packaging.
Solutions and Inspiration
Flower farms could supply nickel for EVs A start-up in Albania called Metalplant is trying out “phytomining,” — growing and nickel-accumulating flowers. Phytomining only works in places where the soil has a high nickel content, and Albania fits that bill. Read more from New Scientist.
Illinois solar farms give Bill McKibben hope
Aging solutions are climate solutions: Adapting communities to better serve growing elderly populations also makes those places more climate-resilient. A new book charts the path to making this connection.
Olympic Climate Action 