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West Seattle Tool Library
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!

Sustainable West Seattle @ Farmers Market

August 22, 2010
10:00 amto2:00 pm

Visit the Sustainable West Seattle booth at the West Seattle Farmers Market.  We’re here to help you with your questions about being more sustainable, about being a bit more green, and we’re here to take your left-over or under-used tools for the West Seattle Tool Library.

Look for us along the alley next to Key Bank.  We’re tabling at the Farmers Market roughly every other Sunday – working with the ...continue reading

Seattle Art Museum Free Day – First Thursday

September 2, 2010
10:00 amto9:00 pm

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 ID

First Thursday is, coincidentally, the monthly Art Walk in Pioneer Square.

Community Solar Workshop @ Miller Community Center

September 18, 2010
10:30 amto12:30 pm

City Light and Northwest Seed are hosting an information session at Miller Community Center, Saturday, September 18, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, on a new program City Light is working called Community Solar.

Would you like to have your own solar photovoltaic system, but you live in an apartment or a house with no good sun exposure. Or maybe you want to invest in a system, but ...continue reading

September Spokespeople Ride Hits Two Farmers Markets

September 12, 2010
10:00 amto1:00 pm

Spokespeople West Seattle rides again to visit and shop at West Seattle’s newest farmers market at Highland Park. We will also be riding to the original West Seattle farmers market at the Alaska Junction and finish the 11.67 mile ride at the West Seattle PCC. Bring currency and safe and sturdy cargo carriers. Support your local Urban Farmers.

This ride is characterized as “easy” with some hills for a total distance of just under 12 miles.  The Spokespeople rides are ...continue reading

Sustainable Design Stormwater Management Course

September 8, 2010
9:00 amto5:00 pm

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

West Seattle Reservoir Design on Parks Board Agenda

September 9, 2010
7:00 pmto10:01 pm

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 reading

Eat Local Now 2010 Dinner!

September 30, 2010
6:00 pmto9:30 pm

Eat Local Now!

Buy your tickets now, this event WILL sell out again!!

Eat Local Now! Dinner will celebrate it’s seventh year running on September 30th, 2010! Always a sell-out, this year Sustainable West Seattle, West Seattle CoolMom, Seattle Good Business Network (formerly BALLE Seattle), and Herban Feast are co-presenting this fundraising dinner.

This year’s event is focused ...continue reading

Seattle Carbon Neutrality Community Forum

September 14, 2010
6:00 pmto8:30 pm

Seattle City Hall, 600 Fourth Ave Bertha Knight Landes Room

Please join the Seattle City Council in a discussion on carbon neutrality here in Seattle.

Community groups will present their ideas on what Seattle should be doing over the next three years to reach our climate protections goals in eight sectors: transportation, green jobs, land use, energy, youth, neighborhoods, food systems and zero waste.

For more information, visit the website at carbonneutral.seattle.gov ...continue reading

Guided Tour of Georgetown Power Plant

September 11, 2010
10:00 amto2:00 pm

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 ...continue reading

SWS Sponsors Permaculture Convergence Scholarships

Sustainable 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