[Sustainability_Header.jpg] [cid:image003.jpg@01D0C863.D527D7A0]<http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/Blog.aspx?IID=19#item> [SaveMoney.png] Save Water (and Money) in your Northwest Garden<http://www.thenewstribune.com/living/home-garden/article26278978.html> Tacoma Water joins Seattle, Everett in water shortage plan<http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/politics-government/article28858096.html> “In June, typical use is 64 million gallons of water per day. This year, after the driest May and June on record<http://www.mytpu.org/tacomawater/water-source/water-supply-outlook/>, people used 86 million gallons per day” US Electric Car Market In Color (Infographic)<http://gas2.org/2015/07/17/us-electric-car-market-in-color-infographic/> [cid:image009.png@01CFB169.DDC19ED0] Heat and drought devastate sockeye salmon fishing and spawning on Washington Rivers<http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-drought-salmon-20150803-story.html?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections#page=1> Official orca census: 81 whales, including 4 babies<http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/official-orca-census-81-whales-including-4-babies/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> Burning rain forest raises concern about future<http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/burning-rain-forest-raises-concern-about-future/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> [cid:image022.png@01CF99D9.65BDBC40] @Home Try to incorporate local food into at least one meal a week. [cid:image022.png@01CF99D9.65BDBC40] @Work Ask your department head to add electric vehicles into your departments fleet. [cid:image008.png@01CFB169.DDC19ED0] These six shifts will transform energy markets over the next 25 years<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-23/the-way-humans-get-electricity-is-about-to-change-forever?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> Tacoma’s Ticking Time Bomb<http://daily.sightline.org/2015/07/08/tacomas-ticking-time-bomb/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> In drought, conflict emerges between fish and man<http://crosscut.com/2015/07/drought-forces-difficult-questions-on-washingtons-fish/> [Protect.png] ‘The Really Big One’? Get ready now, quake experts advise<http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/the-really-big-one-get-ready-now-quake-experts-advise/> “My philosophy is be prepared, not paranoid — and enjoy the spectacular landscape provided to us by tectonic forces,” WA’s Gov. Inslee takes executive action to cap carbon emissions<http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/inslee-acts-to-cap-carbon-emissions/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> Experts Urge Sparing Use of Nonaspirin Painkillers<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/science/experts-urge-sparing-use-of-nonaspirin-painkillers.html?action=click&contentCollection=Sunday%20Book%20Review&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article> EPA to study effects of Roundup on 1,500 endangered species<http://www.hcn.org/articles/epa-study-roundup-1-500-endangered-species-agriculture-pesticides?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email> [cid:image015.png@01D06DFF.791A9E20] August 5th Walking Scavenger Hunt<http://www.downtownonthego.com/about/walk-tacoma-scavenger-hunt> August 15th Pitch In For Parks<http://www.piercecountywa.org/index.aspx?NID=4080> August 15th Agritourism Workshop<http://piercecd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=38&month=8&year=2015&day=3&calType=0&utm_source=Monthly+Reminders&utm_campaign=3d97b0f8d5-August_Event_Reminders7_31_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_76131738f3-3d97b0f8d5-86245529> August 22nd Dock Fishing Derby<http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/calendar/index.php?cid=4513> [cid:image002.jpg@01D09F77.00D4E020]<http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/Blog.aspx?IID=17#item>