Live Green Resources
How to Live Green
Making a Difference – Household by Household
Town Hall by King County Councilmember, Jane Hague Bellevue City Hall May 10, 2008; 10 A.M. – 12 noon
AGENDA with RESOURCE LINKS:
I. Welcome and Update on the City of Bellevue's Environmental Stewardship Efforts
·Bellevue Mayor Grant Degginger City of Bellevue Resource Conservation Hotline - 425-452-6932 or email at recycle@bellevuewa.gov & City of Bellevue Environmental Responsibility http://www.bellevuewa.gov/environmental_responsibility_overview.htm
II. INTRODUCTION & MODERATOR
King County Councilmember Jane Hague http://www.kingcounty.gov/hague
III. BACKGROUND ON CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES & GREEN ENERGY
a. Washington State Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland, CPL@DNR.WA.GOV
b. Roger Garratt, Director of Resource Acquisition, Puget Sound Energy, http://www.pse.com
IV. PRACTICAL IDEAS - Speakers Forum on Green LIVING
a. Green shopping
i. Diana Crane, PCC Natural Markets http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/products/index.html (for information on plastic bags ban see: http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/products/bags/plasticbags.html )
ii. Mary Embleton, Cascade Harvest Coalition, www.cascadeharvest.org
b. Green Building & Households
i. Aaron Adelstein, Executive Director of the Built Green program for the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties www.builtgreen.net
ii. Bob Stolarski, Director of Customer Energy Management, Puget Sound Energy http://www.pse.com/solutions/foryourhome/Pages/rebatesOnAppliances.aspx or call a PSE Energy Advisor at: 1-800-562-1482
iii. Doug Rice, King County Water & Land Resources Division, www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/naturalyardcare/documents.asp or Natural Lawn & Garden Hotline: 206-633-0224 or www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/yard/lawn. Also, Household Hazards.
c. Recycling
i. Kevin Kiernan, Division Director, King County Solid Waste For general solid waste disposal information including food scraps see: www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd. For hazardous waste disposal see: www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/disposal or Hotline: 1-888-TOXICED and http://www.envirostars.com/. The business waste line is 206-296-3976. For information on safe, free, medical sharps disposal call 206-296-4466 or go to www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/resources/disposal.htm
ii. Jim Poss, President, BigBelly Solar, www.bigbellysolar.com
d. Green transportation
i. Steve Marshall of Cascadia Center, www.cascadiaproject.org
ii. David Hull, Supervisor of Service Planning for King County Metro, figure out how to take the bus, please visit: http://tripplanner.metrokc.gov/cgi-bin/itin_page.pl?resptype=U or call 206-553-3000.
V. THE CHALLENGE & CLOSING REMARKS - King County Councilmember Jane Hague http://www.kingcounty.gov/hague
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OTHER RESOURCES:
Links on calculating your carbon footprint and checklist for a green household
Links on green car information
Links on green building information
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