April Sustainability Newsletter….April is Sustainability Month!



Several Pierce County projects in $50 billion Sound Transit plan Think Seattle apartment rents are rising fast? Check out what’s going on in Tacoma JBLM Compost Restoring South Sound Prairies and Aiding Endangered Species What Weighs 27,000 Pounds and is Cleaner than a Prius? Ocean salmon fishing closure mulled for this summer Trees Deal With Climate Change Better Than Expected Save money and cut your carbon footprint by a third or better by making your next car an electric vehicle. I have leased two electric vehicles now and will never go back to a gas car. There are now 1,254 EV’s in Pierce County and the numbers keep growing. If you are interested in EV’s or have one send me an email and join the Pierce County EV Club for news and regular updates.	The car century was a mistake. It’s time to move on. There Is No Such Thing as a Green Product The Anti-Packaging Movement Pierce County students smoke out what’s behind indoor air pollution What we’re doing to the Earth has no parallel in 66 million years, scientists say Environmental Factors Like Pollution Cause a Quarter of Deaths, W.H.O. Says April Events Rock Your Ride Challenge Bike 253 Tacoma Earth Day Events Proctor and Puyallup Farmers Markets Opening April 6^th Walk Tacoma Kick Off April 7^th Opening Day 5K April 16^th Frontier Park Yard Sale April 30^th 8^th Annual Tacoma Bike Swap