EVENTS

MEETINGS

Upcoming  Meetings (all on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. in the Quinault Auditorium unless otherwise noted):

  •  January 14, 2025 – 3 p.m. Quinault Auditorium –Party and planning meeting – Learn about the Green Team and help plan for 2025

    Green Team members, new residents, and others interested in environmental care and sustainability – please join us for a party! Help us celebrate our sustainable accomplishments and plan some inspiring and fun events for 2025. We look forward to joining with you, our like-minded green community. We want hear more about you, what interests you, and what you would like to learn about. You can help inspire and steer our Green Team plans and hear about ways to engage in green endeavors in Panorama and beyond. Refreshments will be served and there will be door prizes!

    For planning purposes, please RSVP by Wed. January 8 to
    panoramagreenteam@gmail.com  . You’re welcome to join us and bring friends even if you haven’t sent an RSVP, but your response will help us to plan for tables, chairs and refreshments.

    Green Team activities include:
    – Educating residents with presentations and films, field trips, participation in the annual Activity Fair, and information on the Green Team website.
    – Involving residents in Green Team projects including litter pickup, weed removal, document shredding, and various community projects.
    – Supporting sustainable practices at Panorama and beyond, including encouraging use of native plants, solar panels and electric vehicle charging stations.

    Activities in recent years included:
    – Presentations about Panorama grounds, the Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan (TCMP), other topics related to climate change, electric vehicles, the Nisqually Watershed, the future of fresh water in Thurston County, waste reduction, and Community Land Trusts.
    – Films including “Fantastic Fungi – The Mushroom Movie,” “The Lost Salmon,” “Kiss the Ground,” “Into the Weeds,” “Gratitude Revealed,” “Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis,” “Before the Flood,” “Forks over Knives,” and “Merchants of Doubt.”
    – Field trips to a recycling center, the Bullitt Center (the greenest commercial building in the world), Capitol Land Trust preserves, and local gardens and farms including The Evergreen State College Organic Farm.
    – Viewing of salmon during spawning season.
    – Walking tours to observe sustainable aspects of the Panorama campus.

  • Note – There are no scheduled Green Team meetings in July,  August or December.

  • All Panorama residents are encouraged to attend Green Team meetings and presentations.

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  • See Previous Events for summaries of past events of interest to the Panorama Green Team members.

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