When the first pictures of Hurricane Katrina flashed on television in 2005, media used “refugee” to describe those displaced residents.

I was listening to my roommate’s iPod while building a fence around the patio last weekend. She’s a Montana girl and no stranger to country music. The shuffle went from a Devotchka tune to Dwight Yoakam’s “Turn it on, Turn it up, Turn me loose”.

The Brower Youth Awards just launched the 2008 prize search for outstanding youth leaders.  We’re looking for individuals ages 13-22 with the power and persistence to create environmental change.  
 

If you can pay your electric bill, you can make the switch to solar. That's because Citizenre will install photo voltaic panels on your roof and rent them to you for the same price as your current average monthly electric bill. Plus, once you sign a rental agreement, your flat rental rate stays the same for the life of your 1, 5 or 25 year contract.

Bellingham continues to rate as a “top ten” city over and over again in national magazines. Amidst this breathless buzz of journalists citing everything from incredible mountain biking options to best access for paddling adventures, I’d like to point out a more salient reason we’re a top ten city: people who live here give back to their community and we are all better off for it.