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"Do you grow your own food?"  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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SWS is providing this quiz as a public service because of the complexities of the project, and the conflicting information which as been distributed. The quiz is based on information contained in the EIS – so, please become better informed by taking the quiz and by reading the Environmental Impact Statement. ..continue reading
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The Seattle Parks and Recreation Summer Guide is now available online at http://www.seattle.gov/parks/SummerGuide.htm and in limited supplies at Parks community centers, pools, and other facilities. The Summer Guide is chock full of information about summer activities in Seattle parks this summer. Want some ideas – the Guide has these and many more… Enjoy Bicycle Sundays along Lake Washington Boulevard, when cyclists can pedal happily with no ..continue reading
Are you trying to protect your local rivers, save an unspoiled landscape, or build trails where everyone in your community can enjoy nature? You have until August 1 to consider using the National Park Service’s technical assistance program. The National Park Service Can Help. Every year, the National Park Service helps hundreds of locally-driven projects that create opportunities for healthy outdoor recreation, connect youth with the outdoors, and connect communities to parks.
How big is your footprint and what can you do to make a difference? King County EcoConsumer Waste Calculator – ..continue reading
Environmental Stewardship in King County, the 2010 Annual Report for King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, describes the department, what it was tasked to do and what it accomplished in 2010. The report provides maps, facts and ..continue reading
The online report allows easy navigation of all report content as well as other features found only in the online version including an interactive Flash™ movie, a funding and implementation toolkit, a navigable map of 41 Seattle transit communities, and more! Sustainable West Seattle was recently featured on Seattle Channel in a production video from Pangeality Productions, Seattle. The video was shot before we moved the Tool LIbrary to it’s new Youngstown Cultural Arts Center location. Click “Continue Reading” and then click the player to watch and see what SWS does from the perspective of a local television production firm. SWS video Sustainable West Seattle members describe what they do and why. ..continue reading
Most people use around 10 personal care products every day, with an average of 126 different ingredients. We’d like to believe that the government is policing the safety of all of the concoctions we put ..continue reading
EWG’s 2011 Bottled Water Scorecard grades more than 170 bottled waters on the fullness of their disclosures on their labels and websites. Nine out of ten of the best-selling brands didn’t answer EWG’s basic questions: Where does the water come from? Is it purified? How? Have tests found contaminants?For more information check out the Environmental Working Group’s website – http://www.ewg.org/. |
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