Posts Tagged ‘Climate Conversations NCW’
What’s Your Carbon Footprint? NCW Eco-Challenge Starts Tomorrow
The North Central Washington EcoChallenge is back this year and looking for participants in Chelan and Douglas Counties. This program seeks to inform locals about climate change and carbon footprints, while keeping things entertaining. It starts tomorrow, Friday May 11. Joining Dan Langager in the KOHO studio is Jana Fischback, Executive Director of Sustainable Wenatchee, and Joan…
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NCW Eco-Challenge Back, Encouraging Chelan-Douglas Residents To Decrease Carbon Footprints
The North Central Washington EcoChallenge is back this year and looking for participants in Chelan and Douglas Counties. This program seeks to inform locals about climate change and carbon footprints, while keeping things entertaining. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
Read More‘Water, Wind & Fire Tour’ Coming to Wenatchee – A Case For Bipartisan Climate Legislation
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) and Audubon Washington volunteers are conducting the “Water, Wind & Fire Tour,” a 12-city tour around Washington state and the panhandle of Idaho intended to engage citizens and leaders in a conversation on smart climate change and energy policy. CCL and Audubon volunteers, along with Climate Conversations NCW, will visit Wenatchee this…
Read MoreNCW Eco-Challenge Kicks Off Today With Downtown Wenatchee Party
The NCW EcoChallenge starts tomorrow, a community-wide competition for Chelan and Douglas county residents, charging participants with trying new, environmentally-friendly behaviors for two weeks. In addition to learning how to reduce your carbon footprint, there are chances to win prizes for yourself and cash for nonprofit agencies. Organized by Climate Conversations NCW, the group is…
Read MoreHow Large is Your Carbon Footprint? NCW Eco-Challenge Can Tell You
Climate change is a global issue, but NCW residents are working to increase awareness and advocacy at the local level. The group Climate Conversations North Central Washington is hosting a community-wide competition, asking participants to try new, environmentally-friendly behaviors for two weeks. Dan Langager sat down with two of the organizers, Carolyn Griffin-Bugert and Joan Qazi, to…
Read MoreBishop Asks NCW Residents to Consider Moral, Ethical Approach to Climate Change
The topic of climate change doesn’t often intersection with the Church. But Bishop emeritus William Skylstad wants to change that. He’s giving a talk in Wenatchee this Sunday called “The Moral Dimensions of Climate Change: A call to prudence, the common good and environmental justice.” The talk, which begins at 7 p.m., Sunday April 23rd at Kuykendall…
Read MoreDemonstration in Wenatchee Protests Dakota Oil Pipeline
Demonstrators fanned out across North America yesterday to demand the U.S. government halt or reroute the Dakota Access pipeline. Meanwhile, companies behind the controversial project in central North Dakota asked a federal court for permission to complete it. Activists called for demonstrators to protest at Army Corps of Engineers offices and offices of banks that…
Read MoreCan Climate Change Impact Your Personal Health?
Increased intensity of wildfires, warmer winters, decreased soil nutrients for crops. These are just some of the potential health impacts to Washingtonians due to the effects of climate change, says Nurse Mary Margaret Thomas with Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. Thomas will be in Wenatchee this Sunday to give a presentation on the relationship between…
Read MoreChelan-Douglas Counties’ Energy Future – A Chat with Ross Macfarlane
When talking about energy in North Central Washington, and specifically Chelan and Douglas Counties, the conversation can largely begin and end with hydro-power from local dams. Two groups are working to widen that discussion – Climate Conversations of North Central Washington and Climate Solutions, based in Seattle. At an event this Sunday in Wenatchee, Senior…
Read MoreChelan-Douglas Counties’ Energy Future – Full Ross Macfarlane Interview
KOHO’s Dan Langager sat down with Ross McFarlane of Climate Solutions for his thoughts on energy in Chelan-Douglas Counties, Washington and the globe. Macfarlane’s talk is this Sunday March 20 at 7 p.m. in Van Tassell Hall at Wenatchee Valley College. Learn more at climatesolutions.org.
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