On this episode of Action Hour, Amanda chats with Seattle REconomy’s Executive Director Josh Epstein about their Northeast Seattle and Shoreline tool libraries, how to build a tool library of your own, and the societal and environmental benefits of creating circular economies of reuse and sharing.

Learn more about Seattle REconomy: https://seattlereconomy.org/

Learn more about how to build your own tool library: www.sharable.net

In this episode of Action Hour, Amanda continues discussing the considerations and impacts of the county's comprehensive planning process with WEAN founders Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson. If you missed the last episode, listen to that one first!

We’re back with WEAN founders Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson. In this episode, Marianne and Steve walk Amanda through the origins of the county-level comprehensive planning process, WEAN’s history of appealing the Island County Comprehensive Plan, and how the planning process relates to the Growth Management Act of Washington State. 

Live in Island County? Check out the county's engagement portal for the current comprehensive planning process: https://www.islandcounty2045.com/compplan

Marnie and Amanda reflect on what they learned about wildfire resilience on Whidbey Island and beyond from attending a wildfire conference hosted by Whidbey Climate Action at WICA this month. 

The “Think The Unthinkable” conference program on wildfire and additional resources are available on the Whidbey Climate Action website here: https://www.whidbeyclimate.org/wildfire

Amanda chats with WEAN's Executive Director Marnie Jackson about how we can effect environmental change amid a rapidly shifting climate reality accelerated by capitalism, starting with choices at home and caring for our most vulnerable neighbors.

Organic waste is a huge generator of methane gas in our landfills. Redirecting waste through regenerative practices like composting is one of the quickest ways for communities to reduce emissions.

On this episode of Action Hour, Amanda continues her conversation with environmentalist and zero waste practitioner David Haskell about how changing our organic waste management strategies on a local level could greatly reduce our carbon footprint as an Island community.

In this episode of Action Hour, Amanda interviews Whidbey Island resident, zero waste practitioner, and career environmentalist David Haskell about the systemic ways in which industry has designed toxic waste into the lifecycle of our products —and how we might design our way out of it.

In this episode of Action Hour, Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson chat with Amanda about balancing motherhood and activism, moving succulents under cover of darkness, and what we all can learn from the hippie movement.

In the second part of this two-part series, Marianne and Steve walk Amanda through three more critical areas designated in the Growth Management Act: fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas, geologically hazardous areas, and frequently flooded areas. Why are they important? Listen to find out.

The Growth Management Act requires all counties in Washington State to adopt regulations protecting “critical areas.” What are they? Why are they important? How are they protected? During part one of this two-part series, Marianne and Steve walk Amanda through two of the five designated areas: wetlands and areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water.