Ep. 127 "Bellingham Pledge?"




The Bellingham Podcast show

Summary: When Chris comes back with an idea, your PNW podcast duo runs with it. What if our city of subdude excitment had a community pledge- what might it include? Tune in to hear what AJ &amp; Chris came up with for our little city by the Salish Sea.<br><br>The Bellingham Pledge<br><br>Bend, Oregon is onto something...<br><br>Recently starting on July 1, Bend offers “on-demand, app-driven transit service to the public (<a href="https://www.visitbend.com/listing/ride-bend-free-shuttle-service/" rel="noopener">https://www.visitbend.com/listing/ride-bend-free-shuttle-service/</a>)” in summer until Labor Day from 12-8pm Sun-Wed and 12-9pm Thu-Sat. <br><br>* Download the Ride Bend (<a href="https://cascadeseasttransit.com/ride/ride-bend/)" rel="noopener">https://cascadeseasttransit.com/ride/ride-bend/)</a> app.<br>* Summon one of three dog-friendly vans equipped with bike racks that seat up to 11 guests. One van is also ADA accessible.<br>* Take Ride Bend to your desired location within the service area, usually the perimeter of town.<br><br>Printed on the side of these shuttles is The Bend Pledge (<a href="https://www.visitbend.com/the-bend-pledge/)" rel="noopener">https://www.visitbend.com/the-bend-pledge/)</a>:<br><br>1. I VOW TO BE A RESPECTFUL GUEST IN BEND’S INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES.<br>2. I’LL MAKE MY OWN MEMORIES, BUT NOT MY OWN TRAILS.<br>3. I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE WITH FIRE DURING DRY SUMMER MONTHS AND WITH ICE ON SLICK WINTER ROADS.<br>4. I WON’T RISK LIFE OR LIMB (HUMAN OR SAPLING) FOR MORE LIKES.<br>5. I’LL BE FRIENDLY AND COURTEOUS, BECAUSE THAT’S THE BEND WAY.<br>6. IF I CAN’T FIND A PARKING SPOT, I WILL NOT INVENT MY OWN.<br>7. WHEN PLAYING OUTSIDE, I’LL PREPARE FOR SHIFTS IN WEATHER AND RANDOM EPISODES OF MAGIC.<br>8. I’LL PACK IN REUSABLE CONTAINERS AND PACK OUT ALL MY TRASH.<br>9. I WILL USE MY TURN SIGNAL OFTEN AND MY CAR HORN SELDOM.<br>10. I PROMISE TO LEAVE BEND BETTER THAN I FOUND IT.<br><br>Bellingham Pledges?<br><br>The City of Bellingham has a We Scoop Pledge (<a href="https://www.cob.org/services/environment/stormwater/Pages/scoop-poop-promise.aspx)" rel="noopener">https://www.cob.org/services/environment/stormwater/Pages/scoop-poop-promise.aspx)</a>.<br>And the “I’m In for climate action now!” climate action pledge (<a href="https://www.cob.org/services/environment/climate/Pages/Climate-Action-Pledge.aspx)" rel="noopener">https://www.cob.org/services/environment/climate/Pages/Climate-Action-Pledge.aspx)</a> (kind of- its more of an incentive ) <br>...but not a community-based pledge.<br><br>*We’ll go first. Presenting The Bellingham Pledge*<br><br>1. I will pick up discarded trash and put it in a garbage can because in Bellingham we don’t wait for someone else to do something. <br>2. I will allow a driver with an out-of-state license plate to merge in front of me as two lanes become one on Bellingham city roads.<br>3. If I have the financial means, I will pay for my for my coffee in the drive-thru window and the person behind me, because that is the Bellingham Way.<br>4. I will allow someone carrying only a few items in their hands to go ahead of me and my full cart in the grocery store checkout line.<br>5. I will park my vehicle toward the back of a parking lot to allow my fellow residents and guests of this city to park in closer spots.<br>6. I will listen more and talk less. (especially in public coffee houses!) <br>7. I vow to take life at a more subdued pace, to be present, and respectful to all walks of life.<br>8. I promise to support sustainability; starting with my actions first. <br>9. The outdoors is a place for us to show the best part of what makes us human; not a place to show our disregard to the ground we all live on or waters we live by.<br>10. I promise to do more on two legs, or two wheels, before raging behind the wheel of four wheels. <br>11. There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes...and...