by Ava Burk Wenatchee Valley College is serving as a host site for the Department of Commerce’s Building Efficiency and Clean Operations Network (BEACON) Fellowship Project , with Ava Burk serving as the WVC Chelan County (and neighboring counties) BEACON Fellow. The project will help WVC and communities around Chelan County achieve energy savings and comply with the Clean Buildings Performance Standard (CBPS) . The Washington State CBPS  is the first statewide building perf

WENATCHEE — Most of the greenhouse gas emissions being generated inside the city of Wenatchee are coming from energy usage in homes and buildings and from fuel usage by automobile and trucks, according to first-ever emissions inventory conducted inside the city limits. Of the emissions generated in 2023, the home and building energy sector accounted for 48 percent in Wenatchee and the transportation sector accounted for 47 percent, the Wenatchee Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory

by Marlene Farrell What do we worry about in North Central Washington when the weather is bad for days or weeks (By “bad” we’re not...

Guest blog by Dana Cook of Balsamroot Writing Sarah Michels carries a bundle of mullein. She will use it to make an herbal tea. Shawna...

by Marlene Farrell Photo taken by Mike Endsley In its eleventh year, Rails & Ales is a festive event with a freestyle ski and snowboard...

WHS Earth Club members share information about their composting efforts and impact. by Cassandra Slemmer, SNCW Board Secretary It’s a...

Reuse shelf of household chemicals. Blog courtesy of Jill FitzSimmons, Chelan County PIO The Chelan County Moderate Risk Waste Facility...

Guest Blog by Dana Cook, Balsamroot Writing Bernese Mountain Dogs, Pink and Blue, like to take their mom, Dana, on hikes through the...

by Marlene Farrell Living in Leavenworth and working part-time in Wenatchee means there’s miles to travel, 26 one way, to be precise....

Guest blog by Dana Cook, Balsamroot Writing Our planet has been 2 degrees warmer since 1900, and climate models predict another 2-4...

By Marlene Farrell We encourage you to do what you can to be educated on the candidates and initiatives that are at stake in this year’s...

By SNCW Board Member Rick Edwards Remember when you first heard that processed products like peanut butter included a tiny fraction of...

By SNCW board member Lee Alley The United Nations cites research that shows about a third of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions...

By Jana Fischback, SNCW Climate Action Coordinator Have you ever thought about what happens to all the food waste we toss out? It ends up...

The Wenatchee Valley YMCA is in the process of moving to a new home on the northern portion of the Chelan PUD’s former 5th Street campus...

Cascade Autocenter, home to Subaru, Chevrolet and used car sales, has generously agreed to be the Grove Sponsor of our 2024 Earth Day...

by Adam MacDonald, Corporate Communications Program Manager, Confluence Health Serving not only patients receiving care but visitors and...

By Joan Qazi, SNCW board member and a member of the Chelan County Climate Resiliency Roundtable Are you ready for smoke and wildfire...

A Toward Zero Waste working group including Rotary Clubs of the Wenatchee Valley, Winton MFG, WM, Waste Loop, Sustainable NCW, and Young...

By Cassie Bogdan-Slemmer, SNCW board member I had plenty of items, but nothing to wear. I was in my 20’s, coming out of college with debt...