In this episode of Action Hour, WEAN founders Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson give a brief overview of the history of logging in Washington and the negative impact correlating forest practices have had on the forests of the state. 

On this episode of Action Hour, Amanda is back with microbiologist Linda Rhodes to discuss what she has learned as a citizen scientist monitoring bull kelp in the nearshore marine environment off the coast of Whidbey and Camano Islands with the Island County Marine Resources Committee.

Learn about the Northwest Straits Commission here: https://www.nwstraits.org/

Learn more about the Island County MRC and how to get involved here: https://www.islandcountymrc.org/

On this episode of Action Hour, Amanda chats with microbiologist Linda Rhodes about the fascinating world of microbiology, the bad wrap we give bacteria, monitoring kidney disease in salmon, and what we can learn from thinking about ecosystems on a micro-scale. 

On this episode of Action Hour, Amanda speaks with Communications Director Mark Prentice from the NO On 2117 campaign about the harmful impacts Initiative 2117 poses to our environment, transportation systems, and public health in Washington State.

A proud member of the historic NO On 2117 coalition of over 500 organizations across Washington state, WEAN urges you to vote NO on I-2117 this November.

Get involved with the NO On 2117 campaign at: https://no2117.com/

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.