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"Try mass transit if you can't walk or bike."  We Need Your Help!
Ever borrow a tool from your neighbor?
Ever wish they had a better selection?
Sustainable West Seattle has won a grant from the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and has set up a tool lending library. You can find out more information or check out our inventory!
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The Seattle Art Museum is open 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Thursdays. The first Thursday of the month is a free day for SAM visitors. SAM has other free days, too: First Thursdays: Free to all First Friday: Free to seniors (age 62+) Second Fridays, 5:00 – 9:00 pm: Free to teens (ages 13–19) with IDFirst Thursday is, coincidentally, the monthly Art Walk in Pioneer Square.
The Northwest Environmental Training Center is offering a course on Low Impact Development: Stormwater Management for Sustainable Design and Water Efficiency,” Wednesday, September 8, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at Antioch University near Seattle Center. This course provides an overview of low-impact development approaches and resources for building industry professionals. Low Impact Development (LID) is an alternative, systems-level approach to conventional stormwater management. Critical for the Pacific Northwest where water quality and salmon habitat protection are key issues, LID offers opportunities ...continue reading
Seattle Board of Park Commissioners will hold its next meeting at 7:00 pm, Thursday, September 9, in the Park Board Room at 100 Dexter Ave. N at the corner of Dexter and Denny. The meeting agenda includes: Board discussion and recommendation to the Superintendent on the use of the Atlantic City Nursery site. Parks and Recreation operated the Atlantic City Nursery at 5513 S Cloverdale St. from the 1940s until January 2010, when it was closed as a budget reduction. The ...continue readingSustainable West Seattle is offering two $50 scholarships (good towards reserved $65 admissions) to the 2010 Northwest Permaculture convergence held at South Seattle Community College from September 17-19. Applicants are must live within the SWS neighborhood (all of West Seattle and unincorporated King County West of the Duwamish river, and North of Burien), and submit the following information via email to brian@sustainablewestseattle.org before 5:00 pm on September 1, to be considered for the scholarships: Full Name, Street ...continue reading The Neighborhoods working group for the City’s carbon neutrality initaitve needs to rapidly sort through almost 100 ideas on how to improve Seattle neighborhoods while kick-starting us down the path toward carbon neutrality.
Would you like to see more local mom & pop shops within walking distance? How about better infrastructure for electric bicycles and other vehicles? Perhaps you’d like to save money by ensuring our homes and schools use less energy and water, while also reducing waste? Or ...continue reading
The Northwest Educational Training Center is offering a course on Low Impact Development: Storm Water Management for Sustainable Design and Water Efficiency
The instructor is Teresa Burrelsman, Eco Via Consulting. This course provides an overview of low-impact development approaches and resources ...continue reading All Library locations will close Monday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept. 5 due to citywide budget cuts. Please note Monday, Sept. 6 is the Labor Day holiday and all libraries will be closed. Regular Library operations will resume Tuesday, Sept. 7. Services unavailable during the one-week closure: Most Library services will be unavailable during the one-week closure. No materials will be due and no fines will be accrued.The last day to check out Library items before the closure is Sunday, Aug. 29. The Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., and the Library’s website (...continue reading The Environmental Working Group has posted yet another consumer tip – this one for parents and students to help them get ready for the return of school – an environmentally sensitive School Buying Guide. Buying school supplies is an annual end-of-summer tradition. It’s also an opportunity to look for safer products for your children and their classrooms. The good news is that with a little time and attention, a backpack full of non-toxic school supplies is in reach.
Free family friendly event features fun run, live music, play
On Saturday, August 28, Seattle Parks and Recreation will host Big Day of Play at Magnuson Park, from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The day will begin with a 5K Fun Run/Walk, followed by a Free Kids’ 1K Run for children 10 and under. To register for the Fun Run/Walk, visit the registration ...continue reading
WANTED: Home Stays for Permaculture Convergence Attendees The 2010 NW Permaculture Convergence is happening in our own back yard this year. The Permaculture Convergence Organizing Committee is looking for West Seattle residents who are willing to host out-of-towners for the Convergence weekend, September 17-19. If you have a spare bed, a fold-out bed, a floor for a sleeping bag or two, or even an outdoor ...continue reading |
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