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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!

Update on Barton Sewer Overflow Green Infrastructure

By chas

King County’s Wastewater Division is working in West Seattle to upgrade two pump stations. Work on the Barton Pump Station includes installing green infrastructure in several West Seattle neighborhoods up-water from the station.

Sunrise Heights and Westwood neighbors will have seen King County Wastewater Division crews doing field investigations throughout the fall. This is necessary field work to understand the characteristics of Sunrise Heights and Westwood neighborhoods and begin the process of selecting sites for the bioretention swales.

To learn more about the ..continue reading

January 8th, 2012 | Category: Education, Native Plants, Other Community Events, Resources, Water | Leave a comment

Draft Shoreline Restoration Plan Released for Comment

By chas

The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is pleased to announce the release of the draft Shoreline Restoration Plan.

The Restoration Plan can be accessed at this link.

Written comments on the plan are welcomed and encouraged. The comment period lasts through Friday, February 10, 2012. Please send your written comments to Margaret Glowacki at margaret.glowacki@seattle.gov or via US Mail at: Margaret Glowacki, City of Seattle – DPD, 700 Fifth Ave. Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019

To ..continue reading

January 8th, 2012 | Category: Education, Native Plants, Other Community Events, Water | Leave a comment

Ecology Department Report on Toxins in Seattle Urban Soils

By chas

This September, the Washington State Department of Ecology issued a report on the concentration of two toxins in urban Seattle soils.  The full report is at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/pubs/1109049.pdf.

Urban soil samples were collected and analyzed for dioxin/furans and cPAHs in the following six Seattle neighborhoods:

South Park Georgetown West Seattle Capitol Hill Ballard Ravenna

The neighborhoods selected were intended to represent the range of historical conditions likely to be found in Seattle residential areas. Neighborhoods were selected based on presumed differences in land use ..continue reading

October 9th, 2011 | Category: Education, Food, Native Plants, News | Leave a comment

Thank you, Stewart Wechsler

By nicholas

We’re very late (hey, we’re all volunteers!) posting a big thank you to Stewart Wechsler for leading our Urban Foraging Walk through Lincoln Park on July 18.

The event was one of our best-attended of the year and was an incredibly educational event. Those that attended will never walk through Lincoln Park, or any northwest forest setting for that matter, without looking at the surrounding plant life in a whole new way.

Stewart is an ecological consultant, nature guide and botanist who has placed a special focus on maintaining the beauty and ..continue reading

August 7th, 2011 | Category: Education, Food, Native Plants | Leave a comment