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Sustainable Self Care: How Local Businesses are Leading the Way
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...
Mar 154 min read


Rails & Ales is Going Towards Zero Waste (TZW)
by Marlene Farrell Photo taken by Mike Endsley In its eleventh year, Rails & Ales is a festive event with a freestyle ski and snowboard...
Mar 23 min read


Students Innovate for Sustainability at Wenatchee High School
WHS Earth Club members share information about their composting efforts and impact. by Cassandra Slemmer, SNCW Board Secretary It’s a...
Feb 192 min read


Chelan County's Moderate Risk Waste Facility Collecting More Materials Every Year
Reuse shelf of household chemicals. Blog courtesy of Jill FitzSimmons, Chelan County PIO The Chelan County Moderate Risk Waste Facility...
Feb 41 min read


Sustainable Pet Care: Reducing Your Pet’s Environmental Pawprint
Guest Blog by Dana Cook, Balsamroot Writing Bernese Mountain Dogs, Pink and Blue, like to take their mom, Dana, on hikes through the...
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Ditching the Drive (at least Some of the Time) with Link Transit
by Marlene Farrell Living in Leavenworth and working part-time in Wenatchee means there’s miles to travel, 26 one way, to be precise....
Dec 1, 20243 min read


Strategies for Gardening in a Changing Climate
Guest blog by Dana Cook, Balsamroot Writing Our planet has been 2 degrees warmer since 1900, and climate models predict another 2-4...
Nov 4, 20242 min read
Everything You Want to Know about the Climate Commitment Act & I-2117
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...
Oct 3, 20243 min read


Plastic is... well... everywhere
By SNCW Board Member Rick Edwards Remember when you first heard that processed products like peanut butter included a tiny fraction of...
Sep 1, 20243 min read


The Unregulated "Wild West" Surrounding Food Waste, Expiration Dates & Climate Change
By SNCW board member Lee Alley The United Nations cites research that shows about a third of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions...
Aug 12, 20243 min read


Turning food waste into fuel
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...
Jul 31, 20244 min read


Sustainability Integral to the Demolition Preceding the New YMCA
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...
Jun 27, 20243 min read


Spotlight on Cascade Autocenter, our Earth Day Fair Grove Sponsor
Cascade Autocenter, home to Subaru, Chevrolet and used car sales, has generously agreed to be the Grove Sponsor of our 2024 Earth Day...
Apr 1, 20242 min read


Completing the Circle: Confluence Health Partners in New Composting Program - reprinted courtesy of Confluence Health
by Adam MacDonald, Corporate Communications Program Manager, Confluence Health Serving not only patients receiving care but visitors and...
Feb 7, 20244 min read


Getting ready for smoke and wildfire season
By Joan Qazi, SNCW board member and a member of the Chelan County Climate Resiliency Roundtable Are you ready for smoke and wildfire...
Jul 10, 20232 min read


Toward Zero Waste at Apple Blossom Festival 2023
A Toward Zero Waste working group including Rotary Clubs of the Wenatchee Valley, Winton MFG, WM, Waste Loop, Sustainable NCW, and Young...
May 30, 20232 min read


Rehabilitating Your Closet: Spring Cleaning, Sustainable Fashion and Deliberate Choices
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...
May 16, 20236 min read


Food Hubs & The Methow Valley FoodShed
By Madelyn Hamilton, Methow Valley FoodShed organizer and regional food systems advocate, Twisp, WA There are many ways that locally...
Mar 15, 20233 min read


Meet the Farmers at Mountain Springs Homestead
We started homesteading in 2017 on 5 acres of land. Dreaming of a more self-sufficient, “simple” lifestyle we set out to build our dream...
Feb 28, 20231 min read


Stump the Science Teacher: Biochar with C6 Forest to Farm
A sustainable approach to lowering wildfire risk and promoting soil and plant health. By: Jenaia Johnson, SNCW board secretary and WHS...
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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