Heat Pump 101 Wow, how gratifying it is when our community shows up! We unexpectedly filled both virtual and physical rooms with last week’s Heat Pump 101 event in numbers greater than we’ve seen since precovid. If you were not one of the ~130 people in attendance and are curious about heat pumps, watch the meeting recording here. This event...
Salmon Champions & Energy Surveys — Satchel Pondolfino & Josie Oliva As Salmonfest has grown into a large music festival (for Alaska standards), Inletkeeper is still committed to supporting the festival organizers in keeping its salmon mission at its heart. And so, with Inletkeeper’s support, salmon champions arrived in schools to spread...
In service to the Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu watershed and the living communities it supports, Inletkeeper is unwavering in our commitment to serving as both hardrock mining watchdogs and renewable energy advocates. Despite the prevailing rhetoric driven by the mining industry that pits these two objectives against each other, we firmly believe that...
The demand for the latest phone, gaming device, or even vacuum seems to be holding steady, if not growing. From mineral mining to landfills, every stage of the electronic evolution has detrimental impacts to the health of the Cook Inlet watershed. By growing electronic recycling throughout the watershed, we can bolster the recycling economy in...
In April Inletkeeper will be supporting three pro-renewable energy candidates for the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors. In District 1 (Kenai-Nikiski), candidate Rob Ernst is a commercial fisherman and teacher recently retired from Nikiski High School. A 55 year Nikiski resident, he has seen firsthand how the cost of energy...
It's salmon season in Alaska and that means people all over the State are putting on their waders or grundens, pulling out their nets and poles, and heading out to our salmon waters at all hours of the day and night. In our watershed, Dena’ina, Alutiiq and Sugpiaq people have been in relationship with salmon for time immemorial. Today this...
After a short winter lull, Inletkeeper’s programs start revving up come spring. One program that Kenai Peninsula residents have grown to count on are our annual spring electronics recycling events. This year is no different. Mark your calendars for April 30th for our annual e-recycling events in Soldotna and Homer. Drop off your old devices and...
How does a community organizer cultivate and captivate a room full of energy without sharing physical space? What draws people in when gathering and sharing a meal just isn't possible? If there is one thing organizing during a pandemic has taught me it is that we need each other. I love organizing because I love building community by working...
The climate damage of fossil fuels has been widely known since at least the 1980s, and as an Inletkeeper, you don't need reminding how hazardous its infrastructure is for our watershed. Still, in the past it's been creditable to say that with cheap, abundant natural gas, and with renewable energy technologies just not ready to carry the load,...
Across the Cook Inlet watershed, railbelt electric co-ops are hosting their board of directors’ elections now. These elections are often overlooked yet they have real measurable effects on individual member-owners and our state at large. In the midst of a global climate crisis and ever growing economic disparities, our local institutions matter...
