April 2017
Lorraine Loomis by Lorraine Loomis The health of Puget Sound is getting some much-needed help from efforts to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and a proposed new law that would prohibit sewage discharge from boats. Polluted stormwater runoff from urban areas is the number one source of pollution entering [Read More...]
Peter HeffelfingerPhoto: Evelyn Adams by Peter Heffelfinger Before plunging into the first plantings of spring, it is useful to look back and consider what survived the bouts of snow and cold temperatures that came down from Canada this winter. Beyond the vegetable garden, under the second-growth cedars and [Read More...]
by Robert A. Duke “America’s health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system” Walter Cronkite said long ago. Right on Walter! Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) has benefited 20 million previously uninsured persons, BUT repealing or replacing it will do little or nothing to improve the healthcare of [Read More...]
The name Red Wheelbarrow Writers is from the iconic poem by William Carlos Williams. They are a loose affiliation of Bellingham based writers. Meeting at least twice monthly to support, encourage and learn from one another — creating community, building skills, and having fun. They can be found at www.redwheelbarrowwriters.com [Read More...]
Shellfish. photo: RE Sources for Sustainable Communities by Lee First When the pressure is on, we have to increase our resolve to work together to share the land, air, and water we depend on. Industry and environment can and must find a way to thrive simultaneously. One cannot [Read More...]
Earth NASA Image Editor’s Note: An international conference was held February 27 to March 1, 2017, in Rome, Italy: “Biological Extinction: Proceedings of the Joint PAS/PASS Working Group.” Leading [Read More...]