Conservation

 The Conservation committee seeks to educate ourselves and others on environmental issues affecting our state, and to find a way to take action on those issues. Understanding the impact of our choices on our environment will help us develop solutions that will benefit all of us. 

 A few activities that will further these goals might include:

• Host a town meeting to discuss an environmental issue in your area

• Hold a Conservation fair, and invite local groups, such as the Audubon Society, Ducks Unlimited, Washington Trails Association, etc. to attend

• Take a tour with your club members to the Recycling or Wastewater treatment facility

• Go on a walk with an expert on the flora and fauna of your area

• Write op-ed pieces, letters to the editor, and press releases about important conservation issues in your community and submit them to your local media

• Plant native species for beautification and restoration of land and waterways

• Clean up along roadways, waterways, and trails. Implement beautification projects at parks, cemeteries, hospitals, shelters, and other community gathering places

• Donate funds for reforestation plans and get involved with tree planting programs (this is perfect as project with our partner organization, Alliance for Community Trees)

• Organize curbside recycling programs or create hazardous product disposal for household items such as paint, batteries, electronics, and fluorescent light bulbs

• Work with local officials and organizations to promote proper depositories for unused medicine and needles

• Implement energy conservation practices in your clubhouse, home, office, and public buildings

• Provide local shelters and sanctuaries needed items for animal rehabilitation and well being

• Create community gardens to promote self-sufficiency, or plant a garden and donate the produce to a local food bank

• Hold a dinner meeting where everything on the table is locally sourced and have a discussion of food safety concerns

• Research the cost and impact of the bottled water business; talk about access to clean water and sanitation locally and internationally

Resources

The Audubon Society - http://www.audubon.org/ Sierra Club - http://www.sierraclub.org/ Ducks Unlimited - http://www.ducks.org/ National Wildlife Refuges - http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/ByState.cfm?state=WA Puget Sound Energy - https://pse.com/inyourcommunity/Pages/default.aspx Waste water treatment plants