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Thanks to all, our 1st Annual Festival was a huge success!!

Check out our next meeting on MONDAY June 21

"TOXICS, toxics everywhere! They're in our: Food, Consumer Products, Homes & Communities"

Michael Grenetz of the Washington Toxics Coalition will speak about problems with toxics in our food. Michelle Gaither of Toxinspect will cover toxics in consumer products, and Ben Cook of E-Green Building Systems will discuss toxics in building materials, the chemistry involved, and why this issue is generally so important.

Come early at 7:00pm to socialize

FEEL FREE TO BRING POTLUCK SNACKS AND DRINKS!

Meeting starts 7:30pm & ends at 9pm
Camp Long - 5200 35th Ave SW

AGENDA

7:30pm		General SWS Announcements & Housekeeping
7:45pm		Member & Project Announcements
7:55pm		Monthly presentation
8:45pm		Wrap-up and Announcements

Our June 16 meeting featured great Solar Energy presentations by Eric Thomas, Solar Epiphany about Solar Photovoltaic Systems, with Reeves Clippard & Andy Yatteau of A&R Solar teaching us about Solar Thermal Systems.

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Our May 19 meeting featured presentations about the development projects underway in the "Fauntleroy Triangle" between SW Alaska St, 35th Ave SW and Fauntleroy Way SW. We had a great panel discussion with West Seattle Resident Marshall Foster, Sean Sykes, (Sustainability Officer, Harbor Properties), Jim Burton and Justin Fogle and Jim Burton (President and Vice President respectively, NW Ecobuilding Guild), Derek Birnie (Executive Director, Delridge Neighborhood Association), and Dave Montoure (President, West Seattle Junction Association)

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Our April 21 meeting featured presentations by Zach Zink about the Longfellow Creek Garden, Aviva about the Community Harvest of SW Seattle Fruit Tree Harvest project, and Laura Sweeny of Terra Flora Farm who gave an awesome presentation about the basic principles of Permaculture.

Here's the group photo (our first) that we took before the meeting:

You can download an .mp3 recording of the evening (careful, it's 33MB!) right here

SWS adopted our Mission and Vision statements at our October 17, 2007 meeting:

SWS Mission

Sustainable West Seattle educates and advocates for urban sustainability in our local community.

SWS Vision

We envision a West Seattle community of empowered citizens who actively lead us toward greater self-reliance, local democracy, social justice, and existence in harmony with life on earth.

Sustainable West Seattle's shape and activities will reflect the talent and interests of those who come along for the ride, but we aim to provide resources and outreach for the West Seattle neighborhood on issues such as:

You can get involved directly with one of our ACTION GROUPS at any time! Just contact one of the friendly folks listed below:

Be sure to take a look at our first two newsletters from our May and June meetings

Check out the West Seattle Walking Trails materials Chas Redmond put together!

	We were at the Sustainable Solstice Festival (Gasworks Park) following the Solstice Parade on June 16.
			SWS co-founder Bill Reiswig works on our new banner for the Sustainable Solstice Festival
	Sustainable Communities All Around Puget Sound (SCALLOPS) met for the first time at the Sustainable Solstice. Dozens of cities and towns sent representatives!
			SCALLOPS particpants from around the Puget Sound gather to discuss how to collaborate on educating our communities about Living Sustainably.

Please invite others in West Seattle who you think would be interested in joining such a group to sign up for our announcement list above. We also want to know if you cannot come but are interested in the group, since we would value your input.

If you have any questions or suggestions for us, please contact:

Brian Allen - secretary at sustainablewestseattle.org (206) 973-7374

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