We have also posted the minutes from our first Conversation multi-agency meeting on  Whidbey. We are planning a second  Conversation meeting in  December.  Then for Winter and early Spring  months we will be working at our sister site in Hawaii, the One Island Sustainable Living  Center   to start up the exicitng new West Hawaii Sustainable Energy Project .

Please register and login to share your ideas for NW Green Living and community capacity building activites. You can post questions here – and get feedback on your ideas too. Welcome!

This One Island blog is a great place to engender creative problem solving among friends in the Northwest Islands. We welcome this friendly, collegial sharing as a valuable part of overcoming geographic and communication barriers that have inhibited much needed resource sharing. These new human and inter-agency cross-connections can potentially become a foundation for stimulating project-oriented problem solving.

Putting our heads – and intentions – together is a powerful way to identify, address, and meet our foremost regional and local sustainability needs.

THE INVITATION   Lots of great problem solving is currently going on in local pockets that could benefit a wider community through better communication  and best-practices trainings. We invite you to begin by describing your current green practices, then go on to describe practices and resources that you are interested in implementing, and wrap it up by offering suggestions community greening strategies that you are most curious about. Car share? Electric bikes?  Solar hot water on homes? Better recycling system with local drop offs? Electric shuttle buses? Share on!

HOW TO BEGIN     Register on the upper right and then submit your postings. We can also send one another comments and responses – even brainstorm back and forth. Easy!

Potential subjects are: Arts & Culture, Affordable Housing, Green Building, Transportation, Energy Efficiency, Health & Wellness, Green Business Development, Recycling, Simple Living, Giving Back, Local Food Systems, Community Gardens – and the list will grow.