SDTF Sponsors November Green Drinks in Everett at Bucks

submitted to the National Trust for Historic Preservation "This Place Matters" photo contest

Historic Everett’s Halloween Fundraiser

Start-up for Everett History Week

                Spaghetti Dinner

                        Costume Party 

                            Silent Auction

Friday 10/30/09

5-8 pm

Historic Anchor Tavern

1001 Hewitt Avenue

$15.00 suggested donation

We are accepting items for the auction. Please contact 

Annie Lyman at 425-259-2513 if you have neat old/new 

stuff/services you can donate.

Proceeds of the event go to help pay legal fees to 

Save the Collins Building.

Learn more at www.HistoricEverettt.org

LEED & Beyond presented by James Jenkins with O'Brien & Company

The ABC Green Council is hosting
a free presentation
on Thursday, September 3rd
from 11:30 - 2:30 pm in Renton

The topic is LEED & Beyond presented by James Jenkins with O'Brien & Company. James will help us explore the relationship of sustainability in the built environment, green building rating systems and code compliance, specifically addressing LEED v 2009 and the Living Building Challenge.

If you plan on attending, please respond back to this email with your RSVP. Don't miss out on this free presentation. We hope to see everyone there! click here to print your flyer

Kim Trautman

Member Services Coordinator

Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Washington

Direct: 425-646-8000

Fax: 425-455-5701

http://www.abcwestwa.org/

Everett Renewable Living Fair Oct. 3rd

October 3, 2009 -- Snohomish PUD Auditorium
2320 California Avenue
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Sustainable Living Exhibits -- Renewable Energy -- Solar Tour -- Food & Entertainment

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Snohomish County Conservation Awards Luncheon

9/24 - Snohomish County Conservation Awards Luncheon
from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Everett Events Center
2000 Hewitt Avenue, Everett WA 98201

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Snohomish County Councilman
Dave Somers

HONORING

PHIL AND LAURA ZALESKY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Henry and Betty Graafstra
CASCADE AGENDA LEADERSHIP AWARD
Joyce Olson Eleanor and Community Transit
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Louise Lindgren and the Friends of Heybrook Ridge
INNOVATIONS IN CONSERVATION AWARD
The McKinlay Family and Hidden Valley Camp

Historic Preservation and the City of Everett

The following "http" links to a City of Everett survey regarding historic preservation in the core downtown area. Interest and input is important to the success of this effort. Please encourage your contacts to take a few minutes and complete the survey. http://www.everettwa.org/default.aspx?ID=1643

Appreciated.

The Good Taste of Sustainability

12:30 Invocation-Pastor Ken Collins

Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon

Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream owner Barry Bettinger

Darigold Vice President of Consumer Products Division Brian Linney

Snohomish County PUD Commissioner District 3 Toni Olson

Puget Sound Partnership Linda Lyshall

Sustainable Development Taskforce of Snohomish County Dena Peel

1:30-2:30 Live Music by "May Palmer Queen of Ivory Soul" click here to see the Queen of Ivory Soul's website

2:00-4:00 Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream Tours ( allow 30-minutes)

1:30-4:00 Networking –Relaxing-Ice Cream Treats

Ongoing Demonstrations: Pervious concrete, worm-bin How-to’s;* mini-dog training show;* solar

Visit exhibit booths

· Sustainable Development Taskforce of Snohomish County- www.sustainablesnohomishcounty.org

· Washington State University Extension Rain Garden Coalition

· Tree Frog Enterprises

· Puget Sound Partnership http://www.psp.wa.gov/

· Edmonds Community College

· Built Green www.usgbc.org

· Department of Ecology www.ecy.wa.gov

· Snohomish County PUD www.snopud.com

· Cedar Grove Compost www.cedar-grove.com

· Bonneville Environmental Foundation www.B-E-F.org.

*See how easy turning your food scraps into the best of all plant foods can be! We’ll bed and feed a worm-bin every half-hour and cover all sorts of fun facts about compost. Kids’ activities too.

* Dogs can be very disruptive to the landscaped yard-learn some tips on how to train Fido to minimize damage.

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July 8th GreenDrinks Snohomish County

Lowell Art Works will be our Host for the new Snohomish County GreenDrinks day of the second Wednesday of the month. Everett Shorlines Coalition would like all to celebrate this evening nearly 10 years of appeal, negotiation, endless conversations, fundraisers, tears/laughter, and a tremendous sense of accomplishment with the adoption of the Marshland Sub-Area Plan.

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Everett Build it LEED for Contractors

What	Washington
When	July 23, 2009 07:30 AM July 23, 2009 12:00 PM July 23, 2009 from 07:30 am to 12:00 pm
Where	PUD Electric Building Headquarters,2320 California Street, Everett, WA
Contact Name	Angie Morgan
Contact Email	angie@cascadiagbc.org
Contact Phone	(206) 223-2028

Learn LEED Requirements From The Ground Up

A step-by-step process for managing the construction of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System projects from preconstruction to documentation. Designed for construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, construction companies, and builders, this training will get you and your company ready to implement LEED on your next project, including preparation of the LEED documentation required from contractors. At this training, you will:

• Understand why LEED is such a big deal in the construction marketplace

• Learn the 17 points in the LEED system that every contractor should know

• Understand the complete management process for constructing a LEED project from preconstruction through documentation

• Practice planning and documenting key LEED Credit items

• Master "difficult" points that present a challenge on LEED project

Check-in/Breakfast at 8:30am, workshop starts at 9:00am

registration costs:

$150 Cascadia Members

$175 non-members

After July 08, 2009

$200 Cascadia Members

$225 non-members

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Thanks to our sponsor!

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