• KEC Presents: Earth-Soil-Plant-Animal-Humans…The Environmental Cost of our Food

    Posted on April 4, 2024

    Our Conversations about Climate Action for April explores the relationships that form our food with three films: Eating Our Way to Extinction, Into the Soil: The Wisdom of Regenerative Farming, and Changing Paradigms: The Power of Regenerative Agriculture. Our guest speaker, Renee Ziemann from Full Tilth Farm, will join our conversation about community support of local farming […]

  • Planning Commission Hearing 3.5 – Voice Your Comments

    Posted on March 1, 2024

    Don’t miss this important opportunity to make your public comment about the Comprehensive Plan. The County Planning Commission makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners about the Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Commission has a public hearing scheduled on Tuesday March 5th at 5:30pm. […]

  • KEC Presents: Beyond Climate

    Posted on March 1, 2024

    Beyond Climate takes viewers beyond the headlines and into the heart of the issues. Renowned environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki holistically connects the larger patterns of climate change with the human dimension, and what it looks like across from across the Salish Sea to the Okanogan Valley. […]

  • Comment to Planners: Better Transportation Planning

    Posted on February 27, 2024

    Reclassifying rural property that encourages sprawl instead of focusing on growth in Urban Growth Areas will prevent Kitsap County from successfully enacting Comprehensive Plan policies and strategies for transportation and the new climate goals. Urban Growth Areas provide opportunities for multimodal transportation, focusing on routes that move people efficiently through centralized areas.

  • Comment to Planners: Tree Retention & Farm Support

    Posted on February 27, 2024

    I support Comp Plan Alternative 2 with focused growth in Urban Growth Areas. Plus, I encourage the adoption of tree retention. We need to build the health of rural and open spaces in Kitsap through the adoption of Net Ecological Gain and support our local farms, especially our small farmers who are struggling.