Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign Choose Not To Buy Plas­tic Water Bot­tles Bring­ing your own stain­less steel water bot­tle with you when you’re out and about. It’s a quick win for the envi­ron­ment and for your health — no plas­tic in  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign Refuse To Use A Plas­tic Straw & Bring Your Own A new Wash­ing­ton State law states that busi­ness­es can no longer auto­mat­i­cal­ly include sin­­gle-use items in cus­tomer orders, such as straws. Bring your own if you like  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign Bring Your Own Coffee/Tea Mug Choose to refuse sin­­gle-use take­away cups and bring your own reusable one. Keep it in your bag, car, or at work so you don’t have to be caught with­out it. Choose  Con­tin­ue Reading

The vol­un­teers of San Juan Island Trails send along news about their upcom­ing meet­ing. San Juan Island Trails has a new meet­ing place and time. If you are inter­est­ed in the use and expan­sion of non-motor­ized trails on San Juan Island — walk­ing, hik­ing, bik­ing, horse­back rid­ing — con­sid­er shar­ing your input and time at  Con­tin­ue Reading

The SJIMA shares news about the return of their sum­mer art pro­gram­ming for fam­i­lies. This sum­mer, the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art offers fam­i­lies an oppor­tu­ni­ty to become famil­iar with the his­to­ry, cul­ture, and cus­toms of one of the world’s old­est cities, Kab­ul. With inspi­ra­tion from the museum’s cur­rent exhi­bi­tion, Look­ing Into Kab­ul by  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group sends along a local intro­duc­tion to the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign. San Juan Islanders, you can take steps in your dai­ly life to min­i­mize plas­tic use and waste. Join us for Plas­tic Free July by check­ing out the San Juan Update every day for habit shift inspi­ra­tion  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Library shares news about some of their upcom­ing sum­mer youth pro­gram­ming. The San Juan Island Library is offer­ing a vari­ety of spe­cial sum­mer pro­grams for stu­dents in grades K‑5 and grades 6–12. All pro­grams are free and offered as part of the Library’s sum­mer read­ing pro­gram, Oceans of Pos­si­bil­i­ties. No pri­or reg­is­tra­tion is required  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Town of Fri­day Har­bor shares news about this week’s road clo­sures on War­bass Way. OPALCO is in the process of replac­ing util­i­ty poles on War­bass Way. The work began last Fri­day and will con­tin­ue this week from approx­i­mate­ly 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon­day through Thurs­day. No work will occur on Fri­day or over the  Con­tin­ue Reading

The library shares news about one of their many sum­mer pro­grams. The San Juan Island Library’s Wednes­day after­noon per­for­mances series for chil­dren and fam­i­lies is back this sum­mer. All per­for­mances are free and held out­side in the play shed at Fri­day Har­bor Ele­men­tary School, 95 Grover Street. All shows start at 1:30 p.m. and run  Con­tin­ue Reading

Here’s the adopt­able ani­mal of the week from the Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety of Fri­day Har­bor — Bagel, a 13-pound domes­tic short­hair. In hon­or of Cat World Dom­i­na­tion Day, June 24, we have cho­sen Bagel as our pet of the week. He is one to take over your heart and your home. Bagel would pre­fer to  Con­tin­ue Reading