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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!

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.

Check Out Urban Farming Website - urbanfarmhub.org

A collaboration of several individuals with collective urban gardening skills, this website contains a rolling history of what’s happening here in the Puget Sound area and contains links to your favorite urban agriculture sites as well as tips, stories and a generally upbeat and hip approach to raising chickens, goats, fruits and veggies and staying sane while doing it … check out http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/

GoGreen '10 Seattle - Sustainable Biz Conference

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

Duwamish Alive! Restore Our River Workparties

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

Spring Fruit & Grafting Show

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

Test-drive Dynamic Governance (aka Sociocracy)

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

New Seattle Branch Library Hours

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

Highline Comm. College Marine Center Lectures

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

Seattle GoGreen Conference '10

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