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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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By chas
 Out of northwest Pennsylvania comes a new web tool for re-cyclers and re-users called Ecofreek, visit their website at http://www.ecofreek.com.
Ecofreek.com is a search engine that searches the web for free and ‘for swap/trade’ items people no longer need from over 45+ sources, 10,000 libraries, real estate, agricultural/seed swap sources and more-providing the most diverse and accurate results anywhere in the world. Also included are items for trade like books, sports equipment, antiques, automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, CDs/DVDs, computers, ..continue reading
By chas
 Help Seattle plan for the future. The Seattle Department of Planning and Development is interested in your input to help define the future plans the city will focus on and has posted an online survey to allow you to provide your opinion. Please take the brief Comprehensive Plan survey to provide feedback on your priorities for Seattle’s future -http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SEACompPlan.
Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan: What’s in it for YOU?
Seattle is expecting 120,000 new residents and 115,000 ..continue reading
By chas
 Seattle City Light has a new program which is open to any SCL customer.
You are invited to help build Community Solar today!
How can one person help build a sustainable energy future? Seattle City Light is inviting you to make that difference today — by becoming a Founding Member of Seattle’s first Community Solar project.
Community Solar is an innovative, shared resource approach for using clean, renewable solar energy for power.
As a Founding Member ..continue reading
By chas
 The 2011 Small and Simple Projects Fund, a program of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, will be open for applications beginning on Thursday, September 1 for the fall cycle. The fund is open to all eligible applicants and project types.
In recognition of Emergency Preparedness Month this September, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DON) and Seattle Office of Emergency Management (OEM) encourage community members to apply for funding to help them organize and engage their ..continue reading
By chas
 Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Department of Transportation are working together to improve public street ends and shoreline access. The public street ends along Lake Washington, Lake Union, Puget Sound, and other waterways provide Seattle many opportunities to provide public access to the shoreline. The purpose of these projects is to provide physical and/or visual access to the shoreline and water environment.
There are between nine and 13 sites that will receive improvements that may ..continue reading
By christina
Make sure your voice is heard as Seattle Public Utilities updates its long-term solid waste plan. SPU is looking for customer input on many proposed recommendations, including recycling goals, waste reduction initiatives, and service costs.
Read the plan - and then tell SPU what you think by taking a five-minute survey – use this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/spusolidwasteplan.
Let’s make sure we are well represented in SPU’s outreach process!
By chas
 In case you haven’t heard by now, the Seattle International Film Festival announced that it will re-open the historic Uptown Theater in Queen Anne this fall in conjunction with the Grand Opening of the new SIFF Film Center at Seattle Center.
Mark your calendars as the celebrations begin in both venues on October 20 with details to be forthcoming from SIFF.
The theater, which was most recently operated as AMC Uptown 3 Theater, closed ..continue reading
By chas
 Parking.
Whether it’s on the street or in a garage, it’s something that many people do on a regular basis. While people certainly don’t drive for the sole purpose of parking, the act of finding a spot is inevitable. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) wants to hear about your experiences.
SDOT manages the on-street parking network – all those pay stations, meters, and related signs. Right now, they’re working on a project that outlines different strategies to make paid ..continue reading
By chas
 There have been some new developments with Delridge Produce Cooperative. The Buyer’s Club is going strong – they’ve done three orders over six weeks now, and just started up a new online ordering system, so that those who don’t wish to come to meetings will be able to skip those and show up to collect their produce at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, outside of the West Seattle Tool Library every other Sunday.
The Delridge Produce ..continue reading
By chas
The next cycle of the Small and Simple Projects Fund will have a single focus on emergency preparedness this fall. Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is partnering with the Office of Emergency Management to offer this funding opportunity which invests city resources to help community members connect, organize, and plan for emergency situations with their neighbors. The recent national and international disasters are vivid reminders that all need to be prepared.
No applications outside of the new emergency ..continue reading
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