Thurston Green Business News
News, updates, and announcements regarding Thurston County’s effort to promote green practices in our businesses and communities.
Business Owners and Employees Discover Solution to Transportation Challenges
Reliable transportation is at the top of the list for many businesses when you ask what challenges they and their employees face on a daily basis. To provide employers options, the Thurston County Chamber and [...]
Raising the Elevation of Olympia
- By Natasha Ashenhurst, featured the The Voice Magazine-November 2018 If you want a glimpse of how vulnerable the downtown core of Olympia is to flooding, take a walk along Percival Landing in December at high tide. [...]
SPOTLIGHT ON NISQUALLY RED CASINO’S GREEN TEAM
Nisqually Red Wind Casino's Green Team- (L to R) David Horn, Diane Hanson, Patti Rigby & LeRoy WhiteMountain. Energy efficient lighting in the parking garage. Environmentally friendly cleaning supplies in housekeeping. Biodegradable packing peanuts in [...]
Olympia Offers Compost Collection and Free Waste Assessments to Businesses
What started as a pilot project in 2008, to see if Olympia businesses were interested in compost collection, turned into a successful Commercial Organics Program. The City of Olympia offers businesses within the city a [...]
TAKE THE DASH!
Need a bouquet? Just want to play? Hop aboard Intercity Transit's free Dash Shuttle and skip the hassle of parking downtown. We go everywhere you need to go in downtown Olympia from the Capitol Campus [...]
Thurston County Tree Recycling Options…
Did you know your tree is still useful after the holidays? It can be chipped and used as an energy source. Be sure to take advantage of recycling opportunities. Click here to see a list of recycling [...]
Hassle-Free Tree Recycling in Lacey, Thanks to the Scouts!
Recycle your Christmas Tree! Thanks to the hard work of local Boy Scout troops, the residents of Lacey don't have to worry about disposing of their Christmas trees after the holidays. Now in its eighth [...]
South Sound Fundraiser Reception
Join the Evergreen State College Center for Sustainable Infrastructure's (CSI) 2nd annual South Sound Fundraiser Reception and learn all about the exciting things in the works for 2018! Wednesday, October 18th, 5:30-7:00 pm CSI is building consensus [...]
E-Cycle Washington – A Success Story
E-Cycle Washington, the state’s electronics recycling program, has been in operation for nine years, collecting more than 345 million pounds of electronic devices and keeping them out of the landfill. In 2016, E-Cycle collected more [...]
Community Meeting on Sea Level Rise Response Plan
The City of Olympia, LOTT Clean Water Alliance and the Port of Olympia are in the preliminary stages of creating a response plan to protect Downtown Olympia and the Port peninsula from the impacts of [...]