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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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By chas
The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners will hold its next meeting at 7:00 pm, Thursday, August 11 in the Park Board Room at 100 Dexter Ave. N at the corner of Dexter and Denny, in Denny Park.
The meeting agenda includes:
Community Solar Project
A representative of Seattle City Light will make a presentation to the Board on the Community Solar Project. City Light and Seattle Parks and Recreation are working together to install solar panels on picnic shelters at Jefferson Park, and local residents can invest in the project. The ..continue reading
By chas
 The Admiral Theater in West Seattle is proud to present the only Seattle theatrical premiere of Freedom, the jolting new documentary that takes a hard look at America’s perilous and unsustainable addiction to foreign oil on Saturday, August 6th at 7:00 pm.
The documentary which focuses on a surprising solution to America’s oil dependence, is from the filmmakers of the award winning Sundance documentary “Fuel,” and will simultaneously debut both theatrically and on DVD.
In ..continue reading
By chas
 How Clean Is Your Air?
Take a deep breath. How clean is the air you just inhaled? It all depends on where you call home.
The Sierra Club Beyond Coal campaign has launched an online air pollution map that shows how much air pollution there is where you live, how many people are at risk for health problems from coal pollution, and how many asthma attacks and premature deaths are caused by coal-fired power plants.
Want to ..continue reading
By chas
A free Energy Star Portfolio Manager Training course is offered on August 3, 2011.
NEEA BetterBricks and the City of Seattle offer this free workshop for building owners, property managers and service providers to support compliance with the City of Seattle’s building energy benchmarking and disclosure ordinance. The course takes place at the University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Room 044, from 8:00 am through 12:00 noon.
This hands-on session will teach you how to benchmark your building’s energy performance using the free on-line tool ENERGY STAR® Portfolio ..continue reading
By chas
 Join Sustainable West Seattle and the West Seattle Nursery this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the GreenLife Sustainability Expo, a major part of this year’s West Seattle Summer Fest.
We’ll have booths for sustainable local firms and local community groups committed to sustainability and for all three days of the festival, we will be hosting demonstrations and presentations on a wide-ranging set of topics including backyard chickens, solar electricity here in Seattle and helping to clean up stormwater runoff.
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Join Sustainable West Seattle and the West Seattle Nursery this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the GreenLife Sustainability Expo, a major part of this year’s West Seattle Summer Fest.
We’ll have booths for sustainable local firms and local community groups committed to sustainability and for all three days of the festival, we will be hosting demonstrations and presentations on a wide-ranging set of topics including backyard chickens, solar electricity here in Seattle and helping ..continue reading
By chas
6605 13th Avenue S
Steam meets, free and open to the public, are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. Steam meets include operating hot gas, gasoline, air, and steam engines, beverages, snacks, and guided plant tours including oral history and dynamic display of plant engines. Cited below are some links to videos and photos of this local but hardly-known cultural and engineering feature:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6210580512035483148#
http://flickr.com/photos/espressobuzz/sets/72157621451817510/
http://flickr.com/photos/vwguy/sets/72157606651279302/
http://flickr.com/photos/artvixn/sets/72157607292705402/
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By chas
 The 6th Annual Morgan Junction will take place at Morgan Junction Park and vicinity this Saturday, June 25, from 10:00 am through 7:00 pm. Music will take place on a stage set up in the Beveridge Place parking lot and near the crawling rock in the adjacent park.
Kids activities include Bubble Man at 11:15 am, chalk drawing on the art sidewalk in front of the park all day long, face painting, and gymnastic activities supervised by Little Gym.
Booths will ..continue reading
By chas
 City Light wants to hear from you. On Wednesday, June 8, from 10:00 am through noon, co-hosts McKinstry Company and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce invite you to join Seattle City Council Member Bruce Harrell, the Seattle City Light Review Panel and Seattle City Light officials in a discussion about the utility’s six-year strategic plan and how to shape the utility’s future.
The ..continue reading
By chas
 In honor of Earth Day 2011, here’s some useful tools to help you assess your carbon footprint, determine if there are ways you can cut down on energy use, help you find ways to contain storm-water runoff, and other useful items from a wide variety of organizations including King County and Seattle public utilities.
How big is your footprint and what can you do to make a difference?
King County EcoConsumer Waste Calculator – ..continue reading
By chas
 By Andy Silber
Too Much of a Good Thing?
The Challenges of Wind Development in the Northwest
It was recently reported that the Northwest power grid operators (primarily the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)) plan to instruct wind farm operators to turn their turbines off occasionally this spring, because our grid can’t handle all of the power. Why are we turning off wind farms now and not shutting down Washington’s only coal power plant until 2025?
We often hear ..continue reading
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