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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

Sustainable West Seattle @ Farmers Market

September 5, 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 Farmers Market Alliance folks to keep a non-profit and ...continue reading

Turn Your Street into a Park – Park(ing) Day Fast Approaches

August 27, 2010
9:00 amto5:00 pm

PARK(ing) Day 2010 is coming up fast! Permit deadline is Friday, August 27.

Scheduled this year for Friday, September 17th, PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens independently and simultaneously temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.

PARK(ing) Day was created in 2005 by Rebar – a San Francisco art collective – and ...continue reading

Back to School Enviro-friendly Buying Guide

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.

Purchase ...continue reading

City Seeks Ideas for Historic Fire Station 37 Disposition

As you may be aware, the new Fire Station No. 37 is being constructed at 7700 – 35th Avenue SW, with completion projected in 2010. The Fire Facilities Levy approved by voters in 2003 planned that the original station property would be sold, and revenues from the sale directed towards Fire Levy projects. At this time, the Fleets and Facilities Department (FFD) is starting the disposition (sale) process. FFD is contacting residents and property owners within ...continue reading

Planet Home Sustainable Living Festival in NE Seattle

August 21, 2010
10:00 amto5:00 pm

Mark your calendars for August 21, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Hunter Tree Farm property, 7744 35th Avenue NE.  This is in the Wedgwood neighborhood and is accessible by bus.

The Sustainable Living Festival features free workshops, speakers, food, music, demonstrations!

Come learn how you can reduce your environmental footprint and share your experiences in trying to live more sustainably! Take home ideas for environmentally-friendly living and maybe win some eco ...continue reading

Sustainable West Seattle @ Farmers Market

July 4, 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 Farmers Market Alliance folks to keep a non-profit and ...continue reading

Sustainable West Seattle @ Farmers Market

June 20, 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 Farmers Market Alliance folks to keep a non-profit ...continue reading

Grand Opening of the West Seattle Tool Library is June 12!

June 12, 2010
9:00 amto2:00 pm

West Seattle Tool Library

Listen to the AM 1090 radio interview with Patrick Dunn, SWS treasurer and Tool Library principal.  It’s a fun and informative 5 minutes.

Stop by the West Seattle Tool Library on June 12 between 9 am and 2 pm for our Grand Opening!

Be there at 12:30 for the ribbon cutting and pizza from Red Star Pizza!!

You’ll be able to see the entire collection, ...continue reading

Tool Library Meeting at Uptown Espresso

April 6, 2010
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Tonight The West Seattle Tool Library will hold its bi-weekly meeting at Uptown Espresso (at the corner of California Ave. SW and SW Edmunds St.), April 6th, at 7:00 pm. With funding and insurance now well in hand, the West Seattle Tool Library is moving on to the exciting next stage of its life on the path to the Grand Opening in early June.