The Sustainability House

Next weekend (Oct. 24-25), from 10 am-4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, Terra Commons will be installing an edible forest garden in the home of Jim and Cindy Goldsmith.  

 Directions:

Total Travel Estimates : 7 minutes / 4.96 miles

A: Start at Old Highway 101 NW & Steamboat Island Rd NW, Olympia, WA 98502
1: Start out going NORTH on STEAMBOAT ISLAND RD NW.4.3 mi

2: Turn LEFT onto GALLAGHER COVE RD NW.  0.6 mi
3: 7405 GALLAGHER COVE RD NW is on the LEFT.

Turn left onto the gravel road at the top of the hill (the telephone
pole has several 7400 series addresses on it).  The Edible Forest
project is at the property with a paved driveway, on the left, near
the end of the gravel road.

There will be a potluck lunch served for all volunteers.  

If anyone is interested and going and wants a ride I'm going to try and make it in the afternoon both days and would be happy to carpool.  Email me at amazing.abi@gmail.com or RADSustainability@evergreen.edu

Please track your monthly community service hours here!  Share with your neighbors what causes and organizations you have been dedicating your time and energy to!

Natalie Pyrooz will be presenting her master's thesis Connecting Living and Learning about Sustainability: Installing Edible Forest Gardens in Housing at the Evergreen State College.  Edible forest gardens offer a sustainable approach to landscape
interaction, as they are based on ecological principles while
concurrently producing food. This case study focuses on the edible forest garden installation that took place last spring next to the HCC, and involved the participation of a bunch of folks on campus, including past Sustainability House residents.  Wild dandelion and mint tea will be served! 

Come support the Organic Farm and Community Gardens by stopping by the farm.  There will be multiple workshops and lots of great tunes all day and into the night!

Check out http://commiegardener.org/harvest-fest/ for more information!

Bike and Walk for Climate Change Action!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
10 am to noon

Join 350 families on the Chehalis-Western Trail biking and walking as a public witness for climate change action in International Climate Change Action Day.  Our October 24th event in Thurston County is one of hundreds across this country and the world – our call for governmental leaders to address the global climate crisis by adopting carbon dioxide emission limits of 350 parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere. 

Pump up your bike tires or lace up your sneakers and be one of 350 families on the Chehalis-Western Trail at 10 am.  Participants are urged to come from all directions to the trail – south, north, east and west – riding from your homes, or parking lots near the trail’s many entry points.  Our goal is to minimize car traffic and parking at any one point.

 In the Library Underground.

Any great ideas about how to eat organic and local food while on a budget here in Olympia?  Please share your tips here for the greater good!

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