[Sustainability_Header.jpg] [cid:image010.jpg@01D18E6D.7C5E9D90]<https://www.co.pierce.wa.us/Blog.aspx?IID=33#item> [SaveMoney.png] Several Pierce County projects in $50 billion Sound Transit plan<http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/traffic/article68171787.html> Think Seattle apartment rents are rising fast? Check out what’s going on in Tacoma<http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/03/04/think-seattle-apartment-rents-are-rising-fast.html?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> JBLM Compost Restoring South Sound Prairies and Aiding Endangered Species<http://www.thurstontalk.com/2016/03/09/jblm-compost-restores-south-sound-prairies/> [cid:image009.png@01CFB169.DDC19ED0] What Weighs 27,000 Pounds and is Cleaner than a Prius?<http://climatesolutions.org/article/1457554269-what-weighs-27000-pounds-and-cleaner-prius?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections#sthash.hBwedDDd.dpuf> Ocean salmon fishing closure mulled for this summer<http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/mar/14/ocean-salmon-fishing-closure-mulled-for-this-summer/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> Trees Deal With Climate Change Better Than Expected<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/science/global-warming-climate-change-trees-carbon-dioxide.html?_r=1&utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> [cid:image022.png@01CF99D9.65BDBC40] Save money and cut your carbon footprint by a third or better by making your next car an electric vehicle. I have leased two electric vehicles now<https://www.co.pierce.wa.us/Blog.aspx?IID=20#item> and will never go back to a gas car. There are now 1,254 EV’s in Pierce County<http://www.westcoastgreenhighway.com/pdfs/Map_WAEVRegistrationByCounty.pdf> and the numbers keep growing. If you are interested in EV’s or have one send me an email<mailto:rdicks@co.pierce.wa.us?subject=Sign%20me%20up%20For%20PC%20EV%20club%20emails> and join the Pierce County EV Club for news and regular updates. [cid:image008.png@01CFB169.DDC19ED0] The car century was a mistake. It’s time to move on.<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/02/29/the-car-century-was-a-mistake-its-time-to-move-on/?postshare=8771456851291980&tid=ss_fb&utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> There Is No Such Thing as a Green Product<http://ssir.org/articles/entry/there_is_no_such_thing_as_a_green_product?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> The Anti-Packaging Movement<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/14/t-magazine/food/precycling-food-packaging.html?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> [Protect.png] Pierce County students smoke out what’s behind indoor air pollution<http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/education/article63925772.html> What we’re doing to the Earth has no parallel in 66 million years, scientists say<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/03/21/what-were-doing-to-the-earth-has-no-parallel-in-66-million-years-scientists-say/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> Environmental Factors Like Pollution Cause a Quarter of Deaths, W.H.O. Says<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/health/environmental-factors-like-pollution-cause-a-quarter-of-deaths-who-says.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections> [cid:image015.png@01D06DFF.791A9E20] April Events Rock Your Ride Challenge<https://wa-piercetrips.civicplus.com/258/Rock-Your-Ride> Bike 253<http://www.exit133.com/bike253/> Tacoma Earth Day Events<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/cms/one.aspx?objectId=54927> Proctor and Puyallup Farmers Markets Opening<http://www.piercecd.org/316/Farmers-Markets> April 6th Walk Tacoma Kick Off<https://www.facebook.com/events/1581703852119786/> April 7th Opening Day 5K<http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/calendar/index.php?cid=5225> April 16th Frontier Park Yard Sale<http://www.piercecountywa.org/index.aspx?NID=4088> April 30th 8th Annual Tacoma Bike Swap<http://www.exit133.com/events/details/8th-annual-tacoma-bike-swap1#.VwKqBnrsmGB> [cid:image002.jpg@01D17559.9DDCD6D0]<http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/Blog.aspx?IID=32#item>