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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
 Seattle has a new web portal which promotes walking – in and around Seattle. For those of you whose New Year’s resolution includes more physical activity, www.seattle.gov/walking is your ticket to walk!
Aging and Disability Services, a division of the Seattle Human Services Department, collaborated with the city’s Department of Information Technology to promote walking organizations, events, and resources for older adults. The page includes links to local walks and hikes, neighborhood walking maps, and volunteer ..continue reading
By Patrick
CURRENT ODDS: 1 in 50
On February 21st, 2012, Sustainable West Seattle will be giving away 2 roundtrip tickets* good for anywhere Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air fly. Raffle tickets will be awarded to all those who complete any of the following before the date of the drawing:
Join Sustainable West Seattle or renew your membership with a $20 donation;
Join The West Seattle Tool Library or renew your membership with a $20 ..continue reading
By chas
 The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition wants you to get your updated Green-Duwamish Watershed Map.
In 2008 the Green-Duwamish Map first edition was printed and released at the April Earth Day “Duwamish Alive” celebration. Since then, the partner organizations who helped create the map have handed out nearly 30,000 maps to volunteers, visitors, school groups, and other interested parties.
In 2009, the Green-Duwamish map won the prestigious Exhibit Award from the Association of King County Historical Organizations.
In ..continue reading
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
By chas
 Seattle Parks and Recreation Seeks Nominations for Annual Volunteer Service Awards, the Denny Awards, which honor volunteer service to the city’s parks system. The deadline for nominations is Oct. 18, 2011.
The awards will be presented at the seventh annual recognition ceremony, which will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 719 S King St.
The Denny Awards acknowledge and honor the crucial role volunteers play in neighborhood ..continue reading
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
Sustainable West Seattle is seeking new members for our Board – called the Coordinating Council. We will present the Bylaws change at October’s Forum, Monday, October 17, at the Admiral Theater.
The Coordinating Council is looking for new members for 2012. If you think your talents would contribute to our efforts, please let a current CC officer know or send an e-mail to info@sustainablewestseattle.org. For a current list of Coordinating Council members and officers, see http://www.sustainablewestseattle.org/about/
Requirements, how to apply and duties:
Requirements: You must be a voting member of SWS, ..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
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