| March 9, 2010 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Tues. March 9th at Uptown Espresso, at Edmunds, just south of the Alaska Junction. We are starting the very important work of developing our operations manual, procuring tools and other important tasks to get our West Seattle Tool Library ready for a Late Spring launch. We are looking for folks to help out on this effort. Our working group meetings are open and welcome your participation. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact “library@sustainablewestseattle.org“, if you are interested in participating
| March 15, 2010 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Join us at the Senior Center for West Seattle on Monday, March 15, at 7:00 pm, for an evening of permaculture with Laura Sweany, a member of SWS, the owner of Terra Flora Farm, and a certified permaculture instructor. You will learn how to prepare an area, what to consider planting, how to manage sun, water and other environmental elements, and how to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of ...continue reading
| June 5, 2010 |
| 11:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
Get your hands dirty and your feet wet by helping Sustainable West Seattle plan for the Third Sustainable West Seattle Festival. We would love to have you join the planning committee. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Christina Hahs at christina.hahs@gmail.com.
This year Sustainable West Seattle is partnering with the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association for a combination Sustainable West Seattle Festival, Delridge Days, and Healthy ...continue reading
| March 6, 2010 |
| 9:00 am | to | 11:00 am |
Interested in learning how to build raised beds for your garden? Cascadian Edible Landscapes is offering a class on how to build raised beds on March 6th in White Center. The class will be held at a house, and there is no charge to attend. Come get hands-on experience with starting a garden.
For more information or to sign up, please contact Christina Hahs at christina.hahs@gmail.com or ...continue reading
Sustainable West Seattle is seeking individuals in a variety of fields who have a passion for, an interest in, and some degree of expertise in a specific area of sustainability.
Fields of interest include
Energy (see Andy Silber’s blog here on the SWS website)
Transportation
Food and fitness
Permaculture
Bee-keeping
Waste and rain water containment and systems
Wind power
Solar power
Electric vehicles
Sustainable cultural components of a society such as reusable art
Or, just about anything which has a sustainable link or edge to it.
If you are interested in being one of the guest bloggers, please contact Sustainable West Seattle at ...continue reading
Welcome to Andy Silber’s Energy and the Environment Blog at Sustainable West Seattle. Let me start with letting you know a little bit about myself and what I hope to accomplish with this blog.
First education. My studies have been as a physicist, with a bachelor’s from U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D. from MIT. Physicists look at energy they way that accountants look at money. We track it, we count it, and when the numbers don’t add up, we know that something interesting is happening (though it
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The City of Seattle has a special announcement for climate action supporters!
Are you ready to take your passion for environmental action to the next level? We are looking for community leaders to help Seattle continue to lead in the field of sustainability — and we have a great opportunity for you!
Seattle Climate Action Now is currently recruiting for our next class of Carbon Coaches. This is a free training program where you will learn about reducing carbon emissions from ...continue reading
