Welcome to Sustainable Bainbridge

It is no secret we humans live in critical times. The choices we make now, both individually and collectively, will have profound consequences for generations to come. Sustainable Bainbridge was formed to support cooperation and collaboration among a broad-based network of local organizations, businesses, government and individuals to protect and strengthen our community's social, environmental, and economic sustainability for current and future generations.

We invite you to take a look at the work we've been doing since the inception of Sustainable Bainbridge in the Spring of 2006. To learn more about our organization go to About Us. You can also check out our Intiatives; sign up for our monthly e-newsletter; attend Sustainble First Monday (a monthly public forum held the first Monday of every month at the Commons on Bune Drive) or join us at other events.

We hope you will be as inspired and excited as we are by the potential for Sustainable Bainbridge. Our success depends on the active participation of caring people like you. Please contact us with your ideas and sugestions.

What's New

Upcoming Events
There's always something happening on Bainbridge Island! From food events to public forums, "green" is here!

Register for the 8th Annual Bainbridge Island Environmental Conference
Saturday, September 13, 2008 8:00am-3:00pm, IslandWood. Title of conference is: Positive Energy: Practical Ways to Generate, Use and Conserve Energy

Link here for Registration form Space is limited. Registration deadline is September 4
Fee is $20 and includes a continental breakfast and lunch prepared by the IslandWood culinary team. Program schedule will be posted here soon.

Envisioning Green-Built Affordable Housing
The Bainbridge Island Housing Resources Board (HRB) recently opened up a new chapter in the effort to achieve green-built affordable housing on our island.  HRB organized a half-day eco-charrette early in June, to bring together members of the community in a search for sustainable design for affordable homes. Read More

Community Sharing Idea 
Here's a way to help local farmers help food banks. Members of Cedars
Unitarian Universalist Church are funding a local grower to provide fresh local food to an area food bank. Read More...

If your faith group, school, or organization has any great ideas they would like to share, contact info@sustainablebainbridge.net.

The “Ferry Farm Stand” is open for business!
Ferry commuters departing the busy 4:40 pm and 5:30 pm ferries from Seattle to Bainbridge Island will be able to grab a bag of locally-grown produce in convenient $5 bags. A project of Sound Food (www.soundfood.org), the Ferry Farm Stand is a pilot project to encourage Kitsap commuters to eat more food grown close to home. All of the food sold at the Ferry Farm Stand will be picked fresh at farms on Bainbridge Island and in North Kitsap. Sound Food will provide all of the staffing, organization and promotional support, so that 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the farmers.

Sound Food, a new project of Sustainable Bainbridge, is live!  Check out the Sound Food Local Farms Map, your one-stop resource for knowing where to get the freshest locally grown food on Bainbridge Island and in the Puget Sound area!

Sustainable Stories
What is more inspiring then hearing your neighbors tell stories about what they are doing to live more sustainably and seeing those stories come to life before your eyes? Please join us in this grassroots effort to create a video montage that captures the stories of sustainable efforts in our community!

Now available from the COBI Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Committee, the City of Bainbridge Island Guide to Walking, Cycling, and Paddling!  Copies of the map will be available at City Hall, Metro Parks Strawberry Hill office, Bainbridge Island Land Trust, Chamber of Commerce, both bike shops, the kayak shops, and other locations.You can also download the map from the City's website at:http://www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us.