Matinees that Matter Follow-Up Resources
FEBRUARY'S FILM: FUEL
Addicted to oil?
HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE....
Use Public Transportation; Carpool; Bike; Walk More
Action Tips...
- Make a commitment to drive less. Get your Undriving License at the EcoTour, March 8th, at Sakai School.
- Learn about bike safety and volunteer for Squeaky Wheels, the island’s bike advocacy group. Meetings are the third Thursday of every month at the Marge Williams Center on Winslow Way.
- Become familiar with the city’s Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Committee.
- Pick up the City of Bainbridge Island’s Guide to Walking, Cycling and Paddling.
- Arrange carpooling to classes, events and more. Use Goose Networks for an online solution.
Organizations...
- The Mobility Education Foundation is inducing a cultural shift in transportation habits by changing the way we educate our youth and empower their decision making. Mobility education attends to the next generation's transportation needs while improving safety, environment, costs, and health.
- Transportation Choices- Transportation Choices Coalition seeks to bring Washingtonians more and better transportation choices -- real opportunities to take a bus, take a train, ride a bike, or walk -- as well as drive alone.
- Green Car Congress- Mission is to provide timely, high-quality editorial about the full spectrum of energy options, technologies, products, issues and policies related to sustainable mobility.
Convert to a Clean Fuel Car, Electric Bike or Scooter
Action Tips...
- Buy biodiesel fuel from Quality Auto Service at 220 Olympic Drive SE, Bainbridge Island. 206-780-8088.
- Brew your own biodiesel. Check out the upcoming classes from BioLyle’s. 206-533-6700.
Organizatons...
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Northwest Biodiesel Network- To promote the use and benefits of biodiesel through awareness campaigns, educational programs, and specific initiatives.
- Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition-Probably the best site for local information about biodiesel issues in the Northwest (and information on other alternative fuels). Includes updates on legislation, success stories, grant opportunities, reports, regulations, news, and upcoming events. Linda Graham, who directs this organization, is a great resource for biodiesel advocacy or general questions.
- National Biodiesel Board- A national trade association representing the biodiesel industry in the United States. Biodiesel is a domestic, renewable fuel for diesel engines derived from natural oils like soybean oil, and which meets the specifications of ASTM D 6751.
- U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center- The Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) is a comprehensive clearinghouse of data, publications, tools, and information related to advanced transportation technologies.
Books...
- Do It Yourself Guide to Biodiesel: Your Alternative Fuel Solution for Saving Money, Reducing Oil Dependency, Helping the Planet(Trade Paperback)
by Guy Purcella, from Eagle Harbor Book Co.
- Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline (Trade Paperback)
by Lisa Margonelli, from Eagle Harbor Book Co.
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century(Trade Paperback)
by James Howard Kunstler, from Eagle Harbor Book Co.
- Run Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels: A Do-It-Yourself Guide (Trade Paperback)
by Jon Starbuck & Gavin D.J. Harper, from Eagle Harbor Book Co.
- Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future
by Iain Carson and Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, from Eagle Harbor Book Co.
Articles...
- Convert a hybrid to a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Read More.
- A primer on algae as fuel. Read More.
- Seattle Unveils New Compressed Natural Gas Collection Fleet. Read More.
Use Renewable Energy
Action Tips...
- Participate in Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Program.
- Get involved with Community Energy Solutions and Solar for Sakai.
- Learn about home wind turbines from the American Wind Energy Association.
- Install a solar water heating system in your home. Info from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Attend the Sustainable Energy Community Forum on Tuesday, March 3
6:30-8:00, Bainbridge High School auditorium.
- Get involved politically. Go to www.environmentalpriorities.org to view current critical environmental bills before the state legislature and see what you can do.
Organizations...
- Apollo Alliance- The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of business, labor, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution in America to reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, cut the carbon emissions that are destabilizing our climate, and expand opportunities for American businesses and workers.
- Solar Washington- A private not-for-profit 501(c)3 association of solar energy equipment manufacturers, system integrators, distributors, dealers, designers, consultants, students, and interested people.
Books...
- Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean-Energy Economy (Hardcover)
by Jay Inslee & Bracken Hendricks, $25.95 from Eagle Harbor Book Co.
- Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal
by Michael Brune, from Kitsap Regional Library
Articles:
- Electricity From Straw And Other Waste Materials: Science Daily
- Synopsis of residential wind turbines. Read More.
- A primer on algae as fuel: Read More.
Action Tips...
- Learn about community gardens, pea patches, and neighborhood gardening at the next Sustainable First Monday, March 2, 7 p.m. at the Commons.
- Sign up for the Sound Food e-newsletter.
- Support local farmers. Shop the B.I. Farmer’s Market starting April 11, Town Square at City Hall Park.
- Read local gardening expert Ann Lovejoy’s Kitsap Sun newspaper column.
Organizations...
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Seattle Tilth- Seattle Tilth is a nationally recognized non-profit educational organization dedicated to inspiring and educating people to garden organically and conserve natural resources.
- The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA)- A bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities.
- National Gardening Association- To promote home, school, and community gardening as a means to renew and sustain the essential connections between people, plants, and the environment.
- Bullock's Permaculture Homestead- The Portal serves as a resource for permaculture information as well as the online home for our extraordinary permaculture site on Orcas Island, the Bullock's Permaculture Homestead.
Books...
- On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening without Boundaries
by Richard Reynolds, from the Kitsap Regional Library
Articles...
- Urban farming sprouts in Seattle: Overlooked nooks and crannies colonized to grow food. By Jennifer Langston, June 2008
Conserve Energy and Increase Efficiency
Action Tips...
- Do a home energy audit. Speak to the experts at the Home and Garden Show at Woodward Middle
School on March 7th. View building efficiency in action the next day on the Bainbridge Island Eco Tour.
- Check out our Energy Action Menu for saving energy at the household level. Includes ways to measure your savings and resources for purchasing supplies.
- Save energy when washing dishes, clothes and yourself. Open the dishwasher up to air dry. Set the
clothes washer dial to “cold” and hang what you can to dry. Set the water heater to 120 degrees and
take shorter showers.
- Get better gas mileage instantly! Accelerate gradually and avoid engine idles. Once a month, check
the inflation of your car tires.
- Take the Washington state pledge to reduce your carbon footprint.
Organizations...
- Green America: Find out the financial and environmental costs of owning a car, as well as ways to increase your car's fuel economy.
Books...
- The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit
By Stephen Hren, from the Kitsap Regional Library
- The Northwest Green Home Primer: Hundreds of Ideas for Building, Remodeling and Buying Green
by Kathleen O'Brien, from the Kitsap Regional Library
Articles...
- 23 Steps Toward Energy Efficiency : Three levels of changes you can make from Green America.