Earth Action Tour

Bring your pesticides for disposal

10 a.m.–5 p.m. each day

Garden Green

Bring at least one pesticide container (not empty) to the annual Hazardous Waste pickup. Only pesticides will enable a passport stamp. No other hazardous waste. Pesticides include insecticides, fungicides, weed killers, general herbicides (like Roundup), Weed & Feed, mouse, rat, and other rodent poison, and slug bait. Please note: you are not allowed to leave your vehicle, so place your container(s) for easy access.

Tjomsland Gravel Pit, 17001 107th Ave SW

Clear a wetland of invasive plants

10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Vashon Center for the Arts

Help remove scotch broom, tansy and thistle from the VCA wetlands. Recommended to bring gardening gloves if you have them, wear closed toe shoes that can get muddy, and dress for the weather. Kids are welcome if accompanied by a participating parent/guardian. Advanced registration appreciated but not required. Contact Ian Metler at ianmetler@vashoncenterforthearts.org to RSVP.

VCA wetland, 19600 Vashon Hwy SW

Clean up at Point Robinson Park

10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Washington Dept of Natural Resources

Join the The Puget Sound Corps marine debris clean up at Point Robinson Park. We will be picking up everything from washed up aquaculture to tiny trash. Gloves and garbage bags are provided. Please dress for the weather. Kids are welcome if accompanied by a participating parent/guardian.

Point Robinson Park, 3705 SW Point Robinson Rd.

Paint session at Backbone Campaign

2-8 p.m.

Backbone Campaign

Volunteers can help create imagery that will be used at upcoming actions to protect what we love, including the Salish Sea, clean air and water, and a future worthy of next generations. Please dress in layers - the warehouse can get cool, and wear comfortable shoes. Enter via the red door to the warehouse, on the north facing entry.

Sheffield Bldg Warehouse, 18850 103rd Ave SW

Build boxes for Western Bluebirds

Meade Building Company

5:30–7:30 p.m.

Help construct boxes for Western Bluebirds to be installed in island parks and preserves. All materials and tools provided. Children welcome with participating adult.

Kneeshaw House, 11132 SW 204th St.

Help with a fish egg count on an Island beach

Vashon Nature Center

11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Participate in community science with Vashon Nature Center. Join our BeachNET survey for forage fish eggs on an section of island beach within the Maury Island Aquatic Reserve. No previous experience needed, just curiosity and the ability to walk a mile on the beach. Dress for the weather. Kids 8 and older are welcome if accompanied by a participating parent/guardian. Advance registration required; register by emailing mariametler.vnc@gmail.com.

Carpool from Burton; RSVP for location

Fight invasive plants at a Land Trust property

Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust

9 a.m.–noon

It’s a battle we refuse to lose. Join the Land Trust in taking the battle directly to the aliens, specifically those that have taken up residence on the Kneeshaw House property along Judd Creek; ivy, holly, and Scotch broom. Why don’t we just throw up our hands and welcome them? Because they have the power to throw entire ecosystems out of balance, wreaking havoc with the biodiversity that powers healthy ecosystems. They out-compete native species, kill native plants and trees, and destroy habitat. As protectors of some of Vashon’s most important ecosystems, including large sections of Judd Creek, the Land Trust is determined to win this fight. The salmon, birds, bugs, trees, and shrubs are counting on us. The Land Trust will provide gloves, tools, and snacks. Bring yourself and your determination. Join the Battle of The Invasives.

Kneeshaw House, 11132 SW 204th St

Help clear the Chautauqua Forest Ponds

Chautauqua Green Team

9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

Help clear invasives from around young native plantings at the Chautauqua Ponds. Dress for the weather and bring gloves and loppers if you have them. This is a fun event and will leave you feeling satisfied with the work that is completed. Families encouraged!

At the Chautauqua Forest Ponds: Heading east on Cemetery Rd take a right on Beal Rd. Go to the end of the road and access ponds through the chain link gates or park in CES parking lot and walk on the trails through the woods

Take part in the PTSA fun run

Vashon Island Community PTSA

9:15 registration, 10:00 5K run, 10:15 Bubble Dash

Participate in the second annual Pre-K through 12th grade fun run and bubble dash hosted by the Vashon Island Community PTSA. Registration and bib pick-up at 9:15 am. 5K (open to all students) at 10:00 am. Bubble dash (open to pre-K through third grade) at 10:15 am. Pre-register by 4/15 at vashonptsa.org. $10.00 suggested donation. Refreshments and souvenirs provided.

Vashon Island High School track, 9600 SW 204th St.

Work in the Food Bank garden

Vashon Food Bank

10 a.m.–noon

By creating and maintaining an organic vegetable garden, the Food Bank makes it possible to offer nutritious local produce to the Food Bank family. Under the supervision of Food Bank Gardener Emma Cassidy, volunteers will help in these ways: Prepping beds with a broad fork; Transplanting seedlings; Seeding vegetables. Learn about more ways to increase community access to local food and how eating local reduces our carbon footprint! Recommended to bring gardening gloves if you have them, wear closed toe shoes that can get muddy, and dress for the weather. Kids are welcome if accompanied by a participating parent/guardian.

Next to the Food Bank at Sunset Ridge, 10030 SW 210th St

Bring your electronics for recycling

Zero Waste Vashon

10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Electronics Recycling Event - Drop off broken electronics for recycling. We will accept: computers, laptops, monitors, printers, fax machines, keyboards & mice, ink cartridges, servers, routers, televisions, dvd players, vcrs, audio components, radios, cell phones, telephones, cameras, electronic games and other small electronics.

VHS parking lot, 9600 204th St.