🌿 Coming Up this Month in Sustainability 🌿

A monthly collection of opportunities to learn, volunteer, celebrate, and get involved in sustainability across Evergreen, Thurston County, Washington, and online.

📅 Upcoming Community Events

You can find more details and events at https://sites.evergreen.edu/ccas/calendar/events-calendar/

• 8/6 – Pier Peer at Boston Harbor Marina
• 8/7 – Seed Saving Workshop
• 8/7- Book Talk “The Ground Beneath Our Work: Nature Informed Therapy…”
• 8/9 – Explore Your Shore: A guided Beach Walk
• 8/11 – Free Food Preservation Workshop
• 8/12, 10-12 PM – South Sound Eco-Network Meeting
• 8/14 – Festival of the St̓əč̓as (Steh-Chass)!
• 8/14 – Seed Saving Workshop
• 8/19 – Fix-It Fair at Steamboat Island
• 8/25 – Envisioning Thurston County 2055 Workshop
• 8/26 – Climate Youth Grant Workshop
• 8/29 – Feast at the Reach

🌱 Opportunities

Find volunteer opportunities, grants, internships, jobs, calls for artists/speakers, student leadership positions, below or at: sites.evergreen.edu/mesweekly/

• Submit to the Agroforestry NW Zine Competition – All about Bats! 

• Job: Multi-Day Trip Program Coordinator, Washington Trails Association (Seattle, WA)

• Internship: Coastal Survey Technician, Dept. of Ecology (Lacey, WA)

• Internship: Urban Forestry Specialist, City of Tacoma (Tacoma, WA)

• Internship: Aquatic Reserves Puget SoundCorps Team, Dept. of Natural Resources (Olympia, WA)

📣 Calls to Action

Upcoming public comment periods and needs for civic engagement!

• Live, work, or play in Tumwater sometimes? Then help weigh in on the Home Energy Score (HES) discussion at the next public comment session! If you feel strongly about homeowners and community members being able to know how much their house will cost them in energy over its lifetime, this is the time to speak up!

🎉 Climate Wins & Good News Highlight

Evergreen Game Design and Climate Justice unite! The Game Design Professor and the team of students are looking back on a year of collaborations and activities to showcase the intersectionality between education, eco-awareness, and games as a tool for learning. Including a video podcast! Read more here!  

💚 Have Something to Share?

Know of an upcoming event, volunteer opportunity, or sustainability success story? Either:

• Email: it to the South Sound ECO-Net
• Email: ccas@evergreen.edu or
• Submit the info on this form!