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Islanders meet PSE’s Green Power challenge in record time

By NATALIE JOHNSON
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber Reporter
Aug 04 2010, 10:31 AM · UPDATED

When Puget Sound Energy challenged Vashon residents earlier this year to sign up for its Green Power Program, in which customers tack a few extra dollars onto their bill each month to support development of renewable energy resources, they quickly responded.

Promised a $10,000 grant for a community solar project if there were 110 new enrollments by the end of the year, the Island proved its support for renewable energy when it met the challenge in about three months. Now, PSE is upping the ante with a new challenge and another $5,000 in grant money hanging in the balance.

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Thursday, 09 March 2006 00:00
With its first event on March 26th, the newly formed Beyond Oil Coalition: a Vashon Community Project kicks-off an event series designed to spark community action around creative solutions to the complex challenges accompanying the anticipated global decline of cheap oil.

The Beyond Oil Coalition focuses on engaging community members in dialogue focused on the development of responsible local energy practices, strategies for strengthening local economies, and lifestyles that reflect commitments to vibrant communities, in the context of reduced global fossil fuel supplies. Founding members of the Coalition include Sustainable Vashon, VIGA (Vashon Island Growers Association), IERE (Institute for Environmental Research and Education), the Citizen's Group to Explore a Vashon PUD, BuildingCircles Organization, and concerned Vashon-Maury residents. The Coalition welcomes other organizations and individuals participation in its meetings.

The first event will be an afternoon of film and action-oriented discussion at the Vashon Theater, Sunday, March 26, from 1-3:30. The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream will be followed by a facilitated discussion of potential community responses to the kinds of cascading social, political, economic, agricultural, and technological changes that are predicted in the film as a result of worldwide oil shortages.

People who generate proposals for action plans can apply immediately for small seed grants through Sustainable Vashon's Green Seed Grants Program (www.sustainablevashon.org). Five grants of up to $500 each may be awarded at this event. By taking a proactive approach to discussing life after "peak oil" (when worldwide demand exceeds production), Vashon joins a growing global trend in communities such as Seattle (www.seattleoil.com), Portland, (www.portlandpeakoil.org), Willits, CA (www.willitseconomiclocalization.org), Ithaca, NY, (http://ibiblio.org/tcrp/doc/project.htm) Boulder, CO (www.boulderrelocalization.org/news/index.htm), and Ottawa, Canada (www.crudeawakening.net).

For the March 26th event a donation of your choice is requested to defray expenses. For information about peak oil and related regional events, visit the Post Carbon Institute at (www.postcarbon.org). For information on the Beyond Oil Coalition and its events, contact Merrilee Runyan at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (preferred) or at 463.6647.