Welcome to Sustainable Orcas Island!

Welcome to your Sustainable Orcas Islandas wiki! The goal of this project is to create a local knowledge hub for everyone who is interested in the subject of sustainability, being green, and working together as a community to empower and combine all of our visions, and projects in one highly visible and accessible place.
Our Original Instructions: "Respect for the earth and for all its paths, peoples, all things, (no separate word for animals) cultures, and customs growing here. All have a place in the hoop." - Evan Pritchard, author of No Word for Time: The Way of the Algonquin People.

Island Reproductive Health Initiative (IRHI)

Last June the IRHIwas formed, saving us much money and providing a much better service locally! read all about it here

SOI Subgroups are being organized

During our monthly meeting on November 17 new subgroupswere planned and are currently in their very beginning initial stages. More information will be posted about below on the sub group pages.

Media Arts Subgroup!

The SOI Media Arts Subgroup is a collaboration between SOI Members and

Media Arts Related News Flash!!!

Fill out the Islands Food Survey!

SOI needs a logo. Shall we have a contest?

Do you like to design/draw and want to become famous? Here is your chance! Well... the famous part is up to you but you will be loved by of the sustainability folks around the county What an opportunity! Contact Ben Sheppard for details...

Time to Save your Seeds

A New Article by: Ronda Jones of: Passionate Gardeners of the West Side! read on...

San Juan County Solid Waste Survey

A few months back a San Juan County Solid Waste Survey was mailed out to a sampling of households within the county, and later was available for downloading from the county website . This survey is no longer available from the website however.
If you have any questions or would like a chance to contribute input, please email the staff in the Solid Waste. Elizabeth Anderson: elizabetha@sjcpublicworks.org was coordinating the brainstorming sessions and Steve Anderson: is Director of Solid Waste

Highlights from our Second Annual Sustainable Living Fair

It was a beautiful May Day this year on the Eastsound Village Green where the San Juan Stewardship Network and Sustainable Orcas Island (SOI) held their second annual Sustainable Living Fair along side the Opening season of the Orcas Island Farmers Market.

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