A large native Douglas fir tree on Bainbridge Island has become more than an impressive 100-foot tall living member of our local ecosystem. It has become a symbol, at least to some of the people who live near it. To understand its significance, some background is necessary. In March a large densely wooded area of…
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Will This Tree Be Saved?
Posted on 15 May 2013.
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Salmon on Prozac? Turn in Your Old Meds on National Drug Take-Back Day April 27
Posted on 20 April 2013.
It’s bad enough that fish and mammals in the waters of the Northwest Pacific are amped on caffeine because of our coffee-loving culture here. (That’s no joke: read more.) But let’s give them a break from our medications by turning them in for safe disposal on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Coordinated by the U.S….
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Earth Day Events on Bainbridge for Three Personality Types
Posted on 19 April 2013.
There’s a lot going on this weekend in celebration of Earth Day, so much that, no matter what your profile, you’re likely to find something to suit your preferences. Are you a partier, doer, or watcher? For the Partier Green Drinks are for you. Hitchcock Chef Brendan McGill, who just won the People’s Best New…
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RePower Ship Set to Sail Away: Chance Saturday to Get Extra $800 Rebate
Posted on 09 April 2013.
RePower, the home energy solutions project of the City of Bainbridge Island, is packing its bags and getting ready to head off into the sunset. While RePower was docked in our port, 50 percent of Island homes went through the program’s free energy audit, and the program contributed to energy upgrades in 400 homes and…
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EPA Designates Bainbridge a Sole Source Aquifer, Protecting Our Drinking Water
Posted on 07 April 2013.
It took four years, but the EPA has just determined, as of March 29, that Bainbridge Islanders are 100 percent dependent on the Island’s underlying aquifers for drinking water, designating Bainbridge a Sole Source Aquifer, or SSA. That means we’re guaranteed EPA review of federally funded projects on Bainbridge to ensure they don’t contaminate or…
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Don’t Drip and Drive Campaign Gives You Repair Discounts and a Free Fluid Leak Check
Posted on 05 April 2013.
The well-named Don’t Drip and Drive Campaign has one goal and that’s to get your car to stop leaking fluids, whether of the oil, transmission, brake, or steering wheel variety. The reason for the focused effort is that the fluids contain toxic pollutants that end up in Puget Sound, adding to the precariousness of the ecosystem….
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Coal-Free Bainbridge & Sierra Club Challenge PSE
Posted on 23 February 2013.
Erika Shriner doesn’t like Colstrip, Montana. She has nothing against the town, but she doesn’t care at all for the open pit strip mine and the coal-burning power plant of the same name. According to Puget Sound Energy, Colstrip currently provides 20 percent of the company’s power, mining and burning coal to generate electricity for…
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Letter to the Editor: Please Stop Idling, from the 5th Graders at The Island School
Posted on 11 February 2013.
Dear Editor, Bainbridge Island Community, and Washington State Ferries: Our Island School community took on the task of performing a survey about car idling. Members of our class stood outside while cars picked kids up and timed how long they idled while in the loop. The results of the survey were that 20 out of 53…
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Bainbridge’s Community Energy Solutions Gives $10,000 to Red Cross for Sandy Relief
Posted on 27 January 2013.
To Islander Tammy Deets of Community Energy Solutions (CES), a Bainbridge-based nonprofit, it makes perfect sense that members of the solar industry would get involved in Hurricane Sandy relief. She explained, “It shouldn’t be surprising that those in the solar industry recognize the seriousness of climate change and how it is having a direct impact…
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Baby It’s Cold Outside: Power Down Tonight and Saturday Evening
Posted on 11 January 2013.
This is your chance to kick back and feel good about puting off that laundry and vacuuming! With expected lows in the mid 20s Friday and Saturday night, and daytime temperatures in the 30s, Positive Energy is asking Bainbridge Islanders to power down in the next few evenings, especially between 5 and 8 p.m. when…
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Land Trust Closes 3-Year Deal for Vital Shore Land Near Agate Pass Bridge
Posted on 27 December 2012.
11:18 a.m. Our trusty Bainbridge Island Land Trust (BILT) has done it again. Yes, as a year-end gift to us all, especially our salmon, just last week they exercised an option to purchase a new priority shoreline property. As a fitting end to an outstanding year for conservation on the Island, BILT invested $250,000 toward…
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Where to Recycle That Christmas Tree AND Those Lights on Bainbridge
Posted on 26 December 2012.
4:15 p.m. When you’re ready to say goodbye to that lovely tree, and if you have lights that no longer work or you are ready to part with, the good news is you can recycle both things here on Bainbridge Island. Christmas Lights Recycling Whatever kind of lights (and whether they are working or not),…
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Community Rallies to Give Home Energy Upgrade to a Bainbridge Family in Need
Posted on 04 December 2012.
2:35 p.m. Yesterday morning a small crowd gathered at a historic 1904 home on the corner of Wyatt and Weaver. Gathered were an unusual amalgam of reporters, contractors, and members of the Housing Resources Board, RePower, and the St. Barnabas congregation. The occasion was the launching of the first RePower Organizational Challenge project in Kitsap…
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Weed Warriors Provide Free Holly for the Holidays, Need Volunteers
Posted on 25 November 2012.
7:13 p.m. It’s pretty, but Holly is an invasive species that is poisonous to local wildlife and takes away important habitat from native Northwest species that make for a healthy ecosystem. Sustainable Bainbridge’s Weed Warriors are teaming up with the Bainbridge Park District to remove an English Holly tree at Fort Ward Park on Friday,…
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Preparing for Emergency: Focus on Your Neighborhood
Posted on 18 November 2012.
by Scott James, November 18, 2012, 12:30 p.m. The house had been dark for four days. No electricity, no heat, and, now, no food. Ross watched as his children ate through the last of their “Three Days, Three Ways” emergency kit rations. He began to feel panic edging into his normally clear-thinking brain. Lisa came downstairs…
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Bye Bye Baggie: Plastic Ban Begins This Week
Posted on 30 October 2012.
10:50 a.m. This Thursday, November 1, 2012, Bainbridge Island retailers will no longer provide single-use, thin, plastic carry-out bags—you know, the ubiquitous super-thin grocery bags. Paper carry-out bags will still be available but will cost five cents, plus sales tax. Last April, the Bainbridge Island City Council unanimously approved the Single Use Carry-Out Bag Ordinance,…
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It’s on the Bag: The Winner of the COBI Reusable Bag Contest
Posted on 18 October 2012.
1:09 p.m. Forty-four designs were submitted to the City of Bainbridge Island in the city’s reusable bag design competition. The city has just announced the winner, the Bainbridge-themed design submitted by Diane Walker. The competition was created to raise awareness about the city’s new plastic bag ordinance, which prohibits the use of single-use carry-out plastic…
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BI Enviro Conference This Weekend Looks at Our Water World
Posted on 19 September 2012.
11:30 a.m. Co-sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Land Trust and Association of Bainbridge Communities, the BI Environmental Conference is back in its 12th year. Through site tours, presentations, and panel discussion, the conference, titled “Downstream–Surprising Connections Between Your Life and the Marine Life of Puget Sound,” explores our interconnectedness with the water that literally surrounds…
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Living by Design: Synchronicity, Service, Spirituality, Selfica, and Sustainability
Posted on 18 September 2012.
by Chuck Estin, September 18, 2012, 10:00 a.m I’ve been living in one of the two dozen nucleos that make up the Federation of Damanhur. Each nucleo has approximately two dozen people living in it—the nucleos typically are restored farmhouses located throughout the Valchiusella Valley. My wife Judy has joined me in the New Life…
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Enter the Bainbridge Reusable Bag Design Competition: It’s in the Bag!
Posted on 10 September 2012.
5:25 p.m. Our plastic bag ban ordinance kicks in November 1, 2012, prohibiting plastic bags less than 2.5 millimeters in thickness in Bainbridge businesses at check out or point of sale. As a way to prepare our fair community for our plastic bag ban, the City is holding a design competition for “The Bainbridge Bag”…
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