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"Clean water is everyone's right."  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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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 IDFirst Thursday is, coincidentally, the monthly Art Walk in Pioneer Square.
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
The Vancouver Sun has a more detailed story on the plans for the plant and some local concerns. The Victoria Times Colonist has a series of stories on the evolution of the sewage treatment plans and the local implications for the environment and for British Columbia politics. ...continue readingSustainable 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 readingSeattle City Council approved Council Bill 116907, which updates the City’s Land Use code, allowing “urban farms” and “community gardens” in all zones, with some limitations in industrial zones. Seattle residents now have more freedom when it comes to growing their own food or raising their own chickens. Residents will now be able to sell food grown on their property and construct rooftop green houses (adding no more than 15 feet to building height limits)! “The code changes related to rooftop ...continue reading South Park Community Center is presenting free outdoor movies every Saturday night in August. The office of Mayor Mike McGinn, the South Park community, and Seattle Parks and Recreation present family-friendly outdoor movies every Saturday night in August at the parking lot at Napoli’s Pizza, 8600 14th Ave. S (the corner of 14th S and S Cloverdale St.). Along with the movie, families can enjoy games, prizes, music, a film short, and concessions. Here’s the lineup for the rest of August: August ...continue readingAll Library locations will close Monday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept. 5 due to citywide budget cuts. Please note Monday, Sept. 6 is the Labor Day holiday and all libraries will be closed. Regular Library operations will resume Tuesday, Sept. 7. Services unavailable during the one-week closure: Most Library services will be unavailable during the one-week closure. No materials will be due and no fines will be accrued.The last day to check out Library items before the closure is Sunday, Aug. 29. The Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., and the Library’s website (...continue reading The Environmental Working Group has posted yet another consumer tip – this one for parents and students to help them get ready for the return of school – an environmentally sensitive School Buying Guide. Buying school supplies is an annual end-of-summer tradition. It’s also an opportunity to look for safer products for your children and their classrooms. The good news is that with a little time and attention, a backpack full of non-toxic school supplies is in reach.
To see the existing outages and to report a streetlight outage, go to http://www.seattle.gov/light/streetlight/tracker.asp to see the map, report streetlight outages and to track their ...continue reading
King County Wastewater Division has established a stakeholder group for discussing the options for the Combined Sewer Overflow project for the Murray Basin – located presently at Lowman Beach Park. The proposals include some options which would necessarily have a huge and negative impact on Lowman Beach Park. The stakeholder group, the Murray Basin Community Advisory Group, has been addressing these issues and concerns and is expected to work with the County to produce recommendations by the end of ...continue reading |
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