Skagit County goes on an energy diet! 

Join us on October 24, the International Day of Climate Action, when we’ll launch the Skagit Cool Community Campaign.

If you want to save money, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and lower your carbon footprint, come to a Cool Climate Cafe for a community conversation about climate change and what we can do about it. 

Cafes will be held on Saturday, October 24, in two locations: 9:30-11:30 AM at the Skagit PUD Building, 1415 Freeway Drive, Mt. Vernon, and 1-3 PM at the Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St, Anacortes.  Come early to view the displays and enjoy the food - doors open a half hour before the Cafes.

At the Climate Cafes, people will have the option to join with friends, neighbors or co-workers to form into teams that follow the "Low-Carbon Diet," a proven peer-support method that has helped numerous people reduce their emissions by a minimum of 5000 pounds.   Participants learn a variety of ways to lower their carbon footprints and reap benefits from neighbors helping neighbors to save money, find commute alternatives, share tools, weatherize, and more. 

Although the problem of climate change may seem overwhelming, individual efforts DO matter. Our daily lifestyles represent half of America's carbon footprint and our purchases influence the other half.  Personal lifestyle changes not only help to lower energy emissions and costs, but also pave the path for policy initiatives, new technologies, green markets, public transportation and alternative energy.  It really does start with us! 

The Skagit Cool Community Campaign is co-organized by the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve, Skagit Beat the Heat, and the Skagit Climate Stewards.  It is sponsored by Skagit County and the NW Clean Air Agency.  For more info, please call 428-1066 or 293-4048.