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Panoramic of East Bay, Puget Sound, showing Swantown Marina, in Olympia, Washington. October 2012. Author: Brylie Oxley
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Location Olympia, Washington
Coordinates 47° 2' 42.37" N, 122° 53' 42.03" W

The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Olympia.

Networks and sustainability initiatives

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Food activism

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Community Gardens in city parks - Community Gardens at The Evergreen State College - Farm Bank Project - Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB) - Olympia Food Not Bombs - St. Mark Lutheran Church community garden - Thurston County Food Bank

Community resources

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Sharing

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Media Island - Olympia Zine Library

Community currencies activism

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Historic: during the Great Depression, the town of Tenino issued wooden currency.

Climate action

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Climate Solutions - Transition Olympia - Climate Action

Cycling activism

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Capital Bicycle Club - City of Olympia Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee - Community Build-a-Bike Project

Biodiversity

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Capitol Land Trust - Procession of the Species

Environment quality

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Olympic Region Clean Air Agency

News archive

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  • 'Just Get On And Go!' Olympia Transit System Goes Fareless, Jan 6, 2020...www.opb.org

About Olympia

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Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. The population was 46,479 as of the 2010 census, making it the 24th largest city in the state. Olympia is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. Olympia is located 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington. W

Panoramic of East Bay, Puget Sound, showing Swantown Marina, in Olympia, Washington. October 2012. Author: Brylie Oxley

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Keywords US cities
SDG SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
Authors Phil Green
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
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Created March 6, 2016 by Ethan
Last edit December 16, 2025 by Felipe Schenone
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