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We're excited to announce the Volunteer Matters 365 web application that helps companies connect their employees to volunteer projects in their communities. EarthShare supporters can contact us...

EARTH contributes to Costa Rica’s promise for a cleaner future “We need to make recycling and adequate waste disposal part of our mindset, part of our culture,” reflected Manrique Arguedas,...

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The clean energy economy happening now - Climate Solutions is working to consistently capture and communicate the stories from the Northwest of how we are leading and making the clean energy economy...

Toxic-Free Kids Act Toxic-Free Kids Act If the faith community is united behind anything, it is the value of protecting children’s health. But the well-being of our littlest ones is threatened –...

EarthCorps specializes in leveraging our diverse AmeriCorps and international corps members to lead large-scale, community-based environmental restoration. One example is with the Green Seattle...

Huge Victory for Spokane Complete Streets! For over three years, Futurewise worked with the City of Spokane to create an effective Complete Street Policy, writing the policy, educating the community...

In 2010, the Greenway Trust coordinated a service project with Quadrant Homes, a local home builder in the Greenway. As part of Quadrant’s all-company quarterly meeting and picnic, the entire staff...

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Ask us! We offer individualized solutions to your garden challenges. For over 20 years, the Garden Hotline educators have been providing information and guidance at no cost to home gardeners and...

Some of the smartest, most innovative solutions for a sustainable Northwest are, at present, simply illegal. Believe it or not green treatments for polluted runoff, backyard cottages, and paid car-...

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WEC successfully worked to pass a first in the nation law which bans coal tar sealants for roadways. This toxic goo is responsible for significant water pollution and contamination in lakes and...

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In 2006, a massive flood wiped out the popular Glacier Basin Trail at Mount Rainier. The Park Service made the decision to reroute it away from the river and turned to volunteers to help. From 2008-...

Washington's largest tributary of the Walla Walla River noses up out of the Blue Mountains in the southeastern corner of the state. The branches and mainstem of the Touchet River run 85 miles...

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Zero Waste Washington is gathering signatures on our Call for Producer Responsibility, asking manufacturers to be stewards of the products and packaging they make. Join us!

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A Journey Through Champion Trees: Story and photos by Whit Bronaugh. For most of my childhood my address was “the house with the biggest tree on Cardinal Lane.” That big black cherry tree, a...

The Year of Giving Adventurously: Special thanks to Outside Magazine, who named American Rivers one of the top 30 organizations to donate to that are making a difference. You're ready to act...

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A recent study published in the journal NeuroToxicology has found a positive link between exposure to the pesticide propoxur and poor motor development in infants. At the age of two, children exposed...

CHEJ 30th Anniversary Video Series: 2011 marks our 30th year mentoring a movement, empowering people, and preventing harm from dangerous chemicals, and we’re celebrating all year long! Every Monday...

We get results through state-based organizing and canvassing to reach and involve people across more than twenty states. If Clean Water Fund is active in your community, it's because we believe...

"The Fund is the most efficient organization out there when it comes to land conservation and environmental sustainability. Not only is its overhead impressively low, it has the ability to...

Sarshen Marais has always lived in an environment rich in nature. "I live in Cape Town, within the Cape Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot. Table Mountain sits on my doorstep — a place so...

Sea otters in California received some great news in September 2011 as Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation re-establishing the California Sea Otter Fund, the main source of funding for sea otter...

Earth Day 2012 - the 42nd Anniversary: Mobilize the Earth™ | This Earth Day we are mobilizing the planet simply to say one thing: the Earth won't wait. It seems that environmental issues have...

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EcoHealth Alliance’s Edge of the Sea Aquatic Conservation Program was created in 2001 to address urgent conservation issues in coastal areas and to save threatened species and improve local capacity...

EESI was founded by a bipartisan Congressional caucus in 1984, and today is governed by a diverse Board of Directors made up of environmental, business, academic, and former political leaders. Now an...

EDF Climate Corps: Saving cash and the earth - AT&T worked with EDF Climate Corps to find ways to cut its lighting energy use by 80% across 250 central offices.Our climate corps fellows spent the...

Cooperation is Key to Gulf Habitat Protection and Restoration. ELI's report examines the legal and institutional frameworks for achieving habitat conservation and restoration of the five U.S....

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Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute’s global environmental and humanitarian youth program, works with young people across the globe to plan projects and take action to...

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The Tree City USA® program, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, provides direction, technical assistance...

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A common thread connecting all National Forest Foundation (NFF) programs and initiatives is an interest in action-oriented projects that enhance the viability of natural resources while considering...

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The Pacific Northwest is blessed with an amazing diversity of coastal habitats, from rocky bluffs and sandy beaches along the Pacific Coast to the tidal flats, marshes, mixed sediment beaches, and...

Don't Drill Away the West: Across the Western United States, oil and gas companies are trying to turn our last wild places into industrial zones. NRDC is fighting with local partners and through...

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The endangered California condor population that now spans Arizona and Utah is celebrating a significant milestone this month: the 15th anniversary of the first release of the birds into Arizona...

Bees have been dying off in droves around the world since the mid-1990s. First in France, then in the U.S. and elsewhere, colonies have been mysteriously collapsing with adult bees disappearing,...

Rail-Trail Sparks Bike Boom in Texas Town By Jake Lynch One very farsighted investment 18 years ago is paying off, big time, for the city of Denton, Texas. In 1993, Denton officials struck a...

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Scenic America is the only national organization that stands up to the powerful mulit-billion dollar outdoor advertising industry. The industry and its trade groups spend millions of dollars...

Sierra Club and the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) are challenging YOU to get outdoors, get moving and share your experiences. By joining the Facebook challenge application, you can earn fun badges...

The Student Conservation Association (SCA), a national leader in youth service and stewardship, and EarthShare, a national environmental non-profit network recently teamed up to provide hands-on...

Jody Kennedy from Surfrider Foundation, and a number of other community leaders voice their support for a Seattle city bag ban. We have several contributors, from different areas of the United States...

The Trust for Public Land was one of the first national conservation organizations to recognize the importance of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Columbia River Gorge and step in to save it...

Winning higher fuel economy standards for cars and SUVs nationwide, expanding the use of clean, renewable electricity by passing renewable standards in 26 states, achieving federal reforms to get...

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New camera traps are allowing conservationists to take brief video clips, which are providing a rare glimpse into wildlife behavior. WCS has released new camera trap footage from the wilds of...

Saving wildlife is at the core of WWF’s mission. Why? Because animal populations are disappearing at an alarming rate. But even in the face of threats like poaching, habitat loss and overuse of...

Geothermal Energy Finance & Development Workshop

Start: Jun 3 2009 9:00 am

End: Jun 3 2009 5:00 pm

Featuring Business Leader for Climate Solutions Susan Petty of AltaRock plus Climate Solutions' own Senior Advisor for Business Partnerships Ross Macfarlane, this workshop offers everything you ever wanted to know about geothermal power in the northwest. The day will start with a U.S. Geothermal update and move on to panels on project development, geothermal technology, finance, legal and regulatory issues, community/environmental responsibility and tribal and power company perspectives. The Mayor of Seattle and other notable invitees will offer keynote presentations.

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- Climate Solutions
Region:
- Puget Sound Area

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