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Local 20/20
Local 20/20 is a very impressive local organization with a wide range of interests and its action oriented. My guess, most towns far larger than Port Townsend would love to have a group like 20/20. People can join an existing working group or start a new one.
Here is the welcome to Local 20/20 in Port Townsend, Washington State, from its website -
“Everyone in the community is welcome at Local 20/20, an all-volunteer, grassroots organization located in East Jefferson County, WA. We are dedicated to promoting community- inter connectedness, sustainability, and resiliency, moving toward a lighter environmental footprint, a greater capacity to adapt to the challenges of climate change, and a reduction in the local impact of broader economic instabilities. We acknowledge the existing disparities in income, access to stable housing, and affordable transportation in the county, and through our Action Groups, we aim to lessen these inequalities and take practical actions to improve our sustainability.”
Continuing from the Local 20/20 website,
“Local 20/20’s mission is to promote sustainability and resilience through advocacy and education. We recognize that our goals of a healthy existence for all can ONLY be achieved through policies that uphold racial and social equity. As we enjoy the benefits of living in this incredible paradise, we also acknowledge that we live on land usurped by European settlers from the Lower Elwha Klallam, the Jamestown S’Klallam, the Port Gamble S’Klallam the Skokomish, the Chemakum, the Quinault, the Quileute, the Hoh, and the Makah tribes.” Local 20/20 features several action groups where most of its activities take place.
The organization and management of 20/20 is purposefully “chaordic.” Actions and initiatives are driven in an organic way in whatever directions those involved decide. As their website describes, there are ebbs and flows to projects and output. The action groups are relatively autonomous but they interact with each other and have a basic shared interest in not only reducing damage to our ecosystems, but improving those systems and doing so reducing eco footprints, all in a way that lessens the inequities in our community, addressing issues of disequity, and builds a more resilient community that is able to withstand future shocks, whether they be a changing climate, economic instabilities, etc. with a focus on climate change and preparedness.
Local 20/20 also collaborates with other entities in the local community, includingother non-profits, local government, local businesses, etc., and wider region such as Transition Towns.
Most of the work done by Local 20/20 is by the action groups. Here's a look at highlights from 2024.
Overall, 20/20 participated in multiple public education and events in 2024 including the Jefferson County Home Show Expo, the Jefferson County Connectivity Fair, and the All-County Picnic. 20/20 co-sponsored the Global Earth Repair Foundation's Climate Film Series. 52 Weekly Announcements reached 1700+ people on events and resources related to sustainability and resiliency. 20/20 published eleven PT Leader columns on a variety of topics related to our mission and began work on a new initiative related to educating the community on local water issues. The Steering Council also agreed to sign on to the America Is All In coalition of organizations committed to action and advocacy to meet the U.S.’s goals under the Paris Climate Agreement.
Here's more from several committees.
Beyond Waste.
This action group is involved with many outreach projects to educate businesses, community organizations, people in general about the need to reuse, recycle, donate, consign or compost to reduce avoid the waste stream. The group continues its efforts to reduce waste and works with many other groups with overlapping interests.
Beyond Waste figures it has recycled more than 16 tons of polystyrene since 2021. The group took over updating
a guide in PT about where to donate, recycle, repair or reuse local materials.
Climate
For Local 202/20, climate change is more than an environmental issue, it'sits also social justice, human health and immigration. The climate group works with many other organizations, both citizen based and governmental, in the Port Townsend area to reduce greenhouse gas COco2 emissions and prepare for climate change, through education and action. For example, the group monitors and analyzes King Tides to help visualize the impact of future sea level rise, and works actively to promote Electric Vehicles and to help build out EV charging infrastructure. It also conducted a “Taming Bigfoot” team based Carbon Footprint contest and education campaign in the past, and maintains an app for it.
It also maintains the JeffersonCAN.org website that has a variety of resources for reducing one’s carbon footprint. Preparation strategies contain a strong social justice element because climate change disproportionately dis
proportionately affects dis advantaged people more than the well off.
In the past year, the 20/20 climate group monitored sea level rise to help inform the community of the impacts of global warming on local sea level rise. The group supported the build out of more community EV charging stations and advocated reducing eco footprints and the ZEVcar share cooperative.
Emergency Preparedness
This group is neighborhood based and seeks to enhance the community's resilience if disaster strikes whether because of natural disruptions or human caused. They encourage and help A primary ideal is for people to become more self- reliant at home and collaborate with their neighbors with contingency plans for cooperative action before there is a disruption. There are over 100 neighborhood based preparedness groups in east Jefferson County,
including Port Townsend. Port Townsend. They are building relationships and trust before the need.
To fill the gaps, More are needed. The the preparedness group partners with the County’s Dept. of Emergency Management and other entities for outreach, an alliance of other community-based groups groups to conduct and public events that to highlight why and how to be prepared. The group encourages and welcomes new participation.
Economic Localization
The point of departure for Local 20/20's economic localization group is the belief that the more locally based the region's economy, the stronger it will be and less affected by economic and political uncertainty and disruption. While the group is no longer directly active, it has spun of some groups that continue today.
Local Food
The food group works to produce more food grown locally using healthy farming techniques. If food is not produced in a sustainable way, it is not secure. Access to food is an issue related to almost every human interest so local food security and production is core to the local food action group.
Local 20/20 has catalyzed over 20XX community gardens around Port Townsend and East Jefferson County, all now run independently. Some gardens are individual, some are cooperative, there are food bank gardens and school gardens. The Food Bank Growers organization, as well as the PT Gleaners that are now part of them, were also incubated by Local 20/20 and are now an independent entity. The group calls attention to Community Supported Agriculture farms.
The group has produced educational material - two film series movies and on line content encouraging the production and consumption of local food while working with other local food groups and planning events that promote a more local food system.
Transportation Lab
The Transportation Lab working group advocates for a transportation system that minimizes need and use of personal motor vehicles. Such a system must be based on walking, biking, public transit, with private vehicles to fill in the gaps. Getting us out of our cars will be a significant repair to many of our seemingly intractable negative social issues: polluted air, land, and water, sprawl, dangerous streets, noise, climate change, obesity and chronic health, urban heat islands, destroyed native habitat, wars for oil, and more. The group calls for greater responsibility and planning for taking care of our own transportation needs.
The Transportation lab has organized events and conferences to advocate alternatives to cars and smart urban re planning along with on line resources.
Health & Wellness
Also known as Citizens for Healthcare Access, exists to identify barriers to healthcare and advocate for change. One of the biggest barriers to healthcare continues to be denial of care by insurance companies, an issue that takes a toll on our citizens and on the staff and finances of our local public hospital. Members continue collecting local stories and resources to share at community and state-wide meetings.
We are grateful for your donations this year, as your support makes all of this possible and allows us to continue our mission of “Working together toward local sustainability and resilience – integrating ecology, economy and community through action and education.”
Local 20/20 is a very impressive local organization with a wide range of interests and its action oriented. My guess, most towns far larger than Port Townsend would love to have a group like 20/20. People can join an existing working group or start a new one.
Here is the welcome to Local 20/20 in Port Townsend, Washington State, from its website -
“Everyone in the community is welcome at Local 20/20, an all-volunteer, grassroots organization located in East Jefferson County, WA. We are dedicated to promoting community- inter connectedness, sustainability, and resiliency, moving toward a lighter environmental footprint, a greater capacity to adapt to the challenges of climate change, and a reduction in the local impact of broader economic instabilities. We acknowledge the existing disparities in income, access to stable housing, and affordable transportation in the county, and through our Action Groups, we aim to lessen these inequalities and take practical actions to improve our sustainability.”
Continuing from the Local 20/20 website,
“Local 20/20’s mission is to promote sustainability and resilience through advocacy and education. We recognize that our goals of a healthy existence for all can ONLY be achieved through policies that uphold racial and social equity. As we enjoy the benefits of living in this incredible paradise, we also acknowledge that we live on land usurped by European settlers from the Lower Elwha Klallam, the Jamestown S’Klallam, the Port Gamble S’Klallam the Skokomish, the Chemakum, the Quinault, the Quileute, the Hoh, and the Makah tribes.” Local 20/20 features several action groups where most of its activities take place.
The organization and management of 20/20 is purposefully “chaordic.” Actions and initiatives are driven in an organic way in whatever directions those involved decide. As their website describes, there are ebbs and flows to projects and output. The action groups are relatively autonomous but they interact with each other and have a basic shared interest in not only reducing damage to our ecosystems, but improving those systems and doing so reducing eco footprints, all in a way that lessens the inequities in our community, addressing issues of disequity, and builds a more resilient community that is able to withstand future shocks, whether they be a changing climate, economic instabilities, etc. with a focus on climate change and preparedness.
Local 20/20 also collaborates with other entities in the local community, includingother non-profits, local government, local businesses, etc., and wider region such as Transition Towns.
Most of the work done by Local 20/20 is by the action groups. Here's a look at highlights from 2024.
Overall, 20/20 participated in multiple public education and events in 2024 including the Jefferson County Home Show Expo, the Jefferson County Connectivity Fair, and the All-County Picnic. 20/20 co-sponsored the Global Earth Repair Foundation's Climate Film Series. 52 Weekly Announcements reached 1700+ people on events and resources related to sustainability and resiliency. 20/20 published eleven PT Leader columns on a variety of topics related to our mission and began work on a new initiative related to educating the community on local water issues. The Steering Council also agreed to sign on to the America Is All In coalition of organizations committed to action and advocacy to meet the U.S.’s goals under the Paris Climate Agreement.
Here's more from several committees.
Beyond Waste.
This action group is involved with many outreach projects to educate businesses, community organizations, people in general about the need to reuse, recycle, donate, consign or compost to reduce avoid the waste stream. The group continues its efforts to reduce waste and works with many other groups with overlapping interests.
Beyond Waste figures it has recycled more than 16 tons of polystyrene since 2021. The group took over updating
a guide in PT about where to donate, recycle, repair or reuse local materials.
Climate
For Local 202/20, climate change is more than an environmental issue, it'sits also social justice, human health and immigration. The climate group works with many other organizations, both citizen based and governmental, in the Port Townsend area to reduce greenhouse gas COco2 emissions and prepare for climate change, through education and action. For example, the group monitors and analyzes King Tides to help visualize the impact of future sea level rise, and works actively to promote Electric Vehicles and to help build out EV charging infrastructure. It also conducted a “Taming Bigfoot” team based Carbon Footprint contest and education campaign in the past, and maintains an app for it.
It also maintains the JeffersonCAN.org website that has a variety of resources for reducing one’s carbon footprint. Preparation strategies contain a strong social justice element because climate change disproportionately dis
proportionately affects dis advantaged people more than the well off.
In the past year, the 20/20 climate group monitored sea level rise to help inform the community of the impacts of global warming on local sea level rise. The group supported the build out of more community EV charging stations and advocated reducing eco footprints and the ZEVcar share cooperative.
Emergency Preparedness
This group is neighborhood based and seeks to enhance the community's resilience if disaster strikes whether because of natural disruptions or human caused. They encourage and help A primary ideal is for people to become more self- reliant at home and collaborate with their neighbors with contingency plans for cooperative action before there is a disruption. There are over 100 neighborhood based preparedness groups in east Jefferson County,
including Port Townsend. Port Townsend. They are building relationships and trust before the need.
To fill the gaps, More are needed. The the preparedness group partners with the County’s Dept. of Emergency Management and other entities for outreach, an alliance of other community-based groups groups to conduct and public events that to highlight why and how to be prepared. The group encourages and welcomes new participation.
Economic Localization
The point of departure for Local 20/20's economic localization group is the belief that the more locally based the region's economy, the stronger it will be and less affected by economic and political uncertainty and disruption. While the group is no longer directly active, it has spun of some groups that continue today.
Local Food
The food group works to produce more food grown locally using healthy farming techniques. If food is not produced in a sustainable way, it is not secure. Access to food is an issue related to almost every human interest so local food security and production is core to the local food action group.
Local 20/20 has catalyzed over 20XX community gardens around Port Townsend and East Jefferson County, all now run independently. Some gardens are individual, some are cooperative, there are food bank gardens and school gardens. The Food Bank Growers organization, as well as the PT Gleaners that are now part of them, were also incubated by Local 20/20 and are now an independent entity. The group calls attention to Community Supported Agriculture farms.
The group has produced educational material - two film series movies and on line content encouraging the production and consumption of local food while working with other local food groups and planning events that promote a more local food system.
Transportation Lab
The Transportation Lab working group advocates for a transportation system that minimizes need and use of personal motor vehicles. Such a system must be based on walking, biking, public transit, with private vehicles to fill in the gaps. Getting us out of our cars will be a significant repair to many of our seemingly intractable negative social issues: polluted air, land, and water, sprawl, dangerous streets, noise, climate change, obesity and chronic health, urban heat islands, destroyed native habitat, wars for oil, and more. The group calls for greater responsibility and planning for taking care of our own transportation needs.
The Transportation lab has organized events and conferences to advocate alternatives to cars and smart urban re planning along with on line resources.
Health & Wellness
Also known as Citizens for Healthcare Access, exists to identify barriers to healthcare and advocate for change. One of the biggest barriers to healthcare continues to be denial of care by insurance companies, an issue that takes a toll on our citizens and on the staff and finances of our local public hospital. Members continue collecting local stories and resources to share at community and state-wide meetings.
We are grateful for your donations this year, as your support makes all of this possible and allows us to continue our mission of “Working together toward local sustainability and resilience – integrating ecology, economy and community through action and education.”