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GoGreen '10 Seattle - Sustainable Biz Conference

By chas
April 21, 2010
4:30 amto4:30 pm

The City of Seattle brings you GoGreen ‘10 SEATTLE - cultivating sustainable business, a day-long conference on Wednesday, April 21st, at Olive8, 1635 8th Avenue Seattle, Washington, 98101.  The conference begins at  8:30 am and concludes at 4:30pm with a Networking Cocktail Reception.

GoGreen ‘10 SEATTLE, is a one day conference that will inspire, motivate and educate you on how to take your business (established, new or not yet formed) to the next level of sustainability. Spend a value-packed day learning from our amazing ...continue reading

March 1st, 2010 | Category: Events, Other Community Events, Resources | Leave a comment

Duwamish Alive! Restore Our River Workparties

By chas
April 17, 2010
10:00 amto2:00 pm

On April 17, 2010 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at multiple sites along the Duwamish River, the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition is hosting restoration work parties.

Join and help restore critical salmon and other wildlife habitat within the Duwamish watershed at multi-site volunteer work parties. Tools, instructions, and snacks provided! No experience necessary, and work, school, communities, or social networking groups are encouraged to volunteer together.

DRCC and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance are co-hosting ...continue reading

March 1st, 2010 | Category: Events, Other Community Events, Resources | Leave a comment

Spring Fruit & Grafting Show

By chas
March 14, 2010
10:00 amto3:00 pm

The Seattle Tree Fruit Society is pleased to present the 2010 Spring Fruit and Grafting Show at the Center for Urban Horticulture, 501 Northeast 41st Street (Mary Gates Drive), just north of Husky Stadium and east of University Village.

In the Glass House will be:

Scion Cuttings Rootstock – Sam Benowitz of Raintree Nursery will be bringing rootstock this year - B-9, EMLA 26, EMLA 7, EMLA 27, MM-111, OHxF333, Pear Krymsk 5, Cherry Mariana 2624 Grafting – Have your own trees ...continue reading
February 22nd, 2010 | Category: Education, Events, Other Community Events, Resources | Leave a comment

Test-drive Dynamic Governance (aka Sociocracy)

By chas
February 7, 2010
1:00 pmto4:00 pm

Sustainable Ballard and Sustainable Greenlake are already using Dynamic Governance. Sustainable West Seattle is in the process of becoming familiar and comfortable with this new group management approach.  Check out this free intro - February 7, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Dragonfly Holistic Healing, 760 N 34th St. in Fremont.  The session is organized by Karah Pino

What is Dynamic Governance also known as Sociocracy?

Dynamic Governance is a cutting edge system of running organizations that uses systems theory and self-organizing ...continue reading

February 6th, 2010 | Category: Education, Events, Other Community Events, Resources | Leave a comment

New Seattle Branch Library Hours

By chas
February 3, 2010

New Branch Hours Start February 3.

Due to budget cuts, many branches of The Seattle Public Library will be open fewer hours beginning Wednesday, Feb. 3. Under the new schedule, 11 branches and the Central Library will be open every day. Another 15 branches will be open five days a week, and will be closed Friday and Sunday.

The reduction is part of a $1.7 million cut to the Library’s 2010 budget due to the continued economic downturn.

For more information, please see this link for the new ...continue reading

February 2nd, 2010 | Category: Education, Events, Other Community Events, Resources | Leave a comment

Highline Comm. College Marine Center Lectures

By chas
January 23, 2010
12:00 pmto1:00 pm
February 13, 2010
12:00 pmto1:00 pm
February 27, 2010
12:00 pmto1:00 pm
March 13, 2010
12:00 pmto1:00 pm

In Spring 2008, Highline Community College opened their new marine science center, one of only two such college-owned facilities in Washington with direct saltwater access, opened in Redondo Beach.

The $2 million Marine Science and Technology Center (MaST) of Highline Community College provides expanded learning opportunities for students, residents of South ...continue reading

January 19th, 2010 | Category: Education, Events, Resources | Leave a comment

Seattle GoGreen Conference '10

By chas
April 21, 2010
8:30 amto4:30 pm

GoGreen ’10 is a one day sustainability conference for business in Seattle on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 built to motivate, inspire, and educate business owners to “go green” and become more sustainable.

As an action-oriented, non-typical conference, GoGreen ’10 teaches tactical steps on how to “green” your business and provides actionable next steps to sustainability for business owners and decision makers. Attendees will learn from live success stories and participate in panel discussions geared to provide ...continue reading

January 16th, 2010 | Category: Education, Energy, Events, Other Community Events, Resources | Leave a comment

Large Projects Matching Fund Workshops

By chas
January 7, 2010
6:00 pmto7:30 pm
January 12, 2010
6:00 pmto7:30 pm
January 21, 2010
6:00 pmto7:30 pm

The Department of Neighborhoods is hosting workshops to inform and educate community groups on developing Neighborhood Matching Fund projects proposals including:

New 2010 NMF Guidelines & Applications Successful Outreach Strategies Coordinating with Other City Departments & Government Agencies

The following workshops will focus on the NMF Large Projects Fund:

Thursday, Jan. 7, 6 – 7:30 pm, Lake City ...continue reading
January 3rd, 2010 | Category: Education, Events, Other Community Events, Resources | Leave a comment

Local E-waste Recycle Facilities

By chas

Have an ancient CRT television, an old, now-useless laptop or desktop computer, a dead CD or DVD player or boombox? Here are a few local facilities where you can bring these and other electronic items for recycling – most of these facilities also provide refurbishing of the same kinds of equipment and have items which have been refurbished for resale. Check these companies out – most are very conveniently located in the SODO area of town with a couple located near Green Lake:

3R Technology, ...continue reading
January 3rd, 2010 | Category: Resources | One comment

Environmental Working Group’s Healthy Home Tips

By chas

The Environmental Working Group publishes a monthly column on ways to make your home healthier and safer.  The latest tip includes how to keep your holiday kitchen in a safe and healthy state.  Check out all seven of EWG’s Healthy Home Tips at http://www.ewg.org/Healthy-Home-Tips-series.  You can sign up for their monthly newsletter and automatically receive environmentally-sound information.  Also, the Environmental Working Group has published and maintains a listing of healthy and environmentally-sound and eco-friendly essays on all kinds of topics – check their essay ...continue reading

January 2nd, 2010 | Category: Education, Resources | Leave a comment
 
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