Skagit PUD is once again joining with area environmental organizations and groups to hide “letterboxes” up and down the Skagit watershed this summer.
Because minor water leaks account for more than 1 trillion gallons of water wasted each year in U.S. homes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared “Fix a Leak Week,” March 15 through 21, 2010. Fix a Leak Week is sponsored by EPA’s WaterSense® program as an annual reminder to Americans to check household plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems for leaks.
Festive Tips for a Waste-Wise Holiday! A Skagit Living Green Lecture series.
Starting at 7 p.m., December 3, at Burlington Public Library (820 E. Washington St)
Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day Americans throw away 25% more trash. Reduce, reuse and rethink your holiday experience in this fun and festive workshop. Maribeth Crandell, city of Oak Harbor Environmental Educator, will offer tips on re-gifting, shopping, decorating and no-waste wrapping. Find a fresh perspective on giving and receiving, while putting more meaning and less waste in your holiday. Enter a raffle to win waste-wise holiday supplies!
For more information about the series, call 428-4270, ext 223 or visit http://www.padillabay.gov/ClimateStewards.html.
The Skagit County Climate Stewards volunteer program is sponsored by Northwest Clean Air Agency, WSU Extension and Padilla Bay Estuarine Research Reserve. The series is presented in partnership with the Burlington Public Library.
Remember how parched it was this past summer? Now's a good time to prepare our gardens for the dry times!
For everyone who traveled the Letterbox Trail this summer, there will be a special wrap-up celebration from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, November 12 in Skagit PUD’s Aqua Room (1415 Freeway Dr, Mount Vernon). There will be fun activities, entertainment, and lots of great food.
Awards will be given for all participants and certificates for trail finishers starting at 7 p.m.