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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!

Lightening your Footprint by Sharing (like Stu)

Sustainable West Seattle’s own Stu Hennessey is featured in an article in today’s Seattle Times that talks about the benefits (and sometimes difficulties) of sharing resources.  We encourage you to read the whole article which mentions many ways you can share in an “effortless, logical, efficient and all-around helpful” manner.

Thank you again Stu and the others featured in the article for taking a “risk”, sharing, and providing positive role models for us all.

Also, don’t forget that Sustainable West Seattle is starting a large “sharing” project in the form of ..continue reading

Tool Library Questionnaire

Take the Sustainable West Seattle Tool-share Library online questionnaire.  Sustainable West Seattle members are working to establish a tool-share library.  We are working with South Seattle Community College and other partners to move towards establishing a local, community-led tool-sharing lending library.  Help us define this new resource by taking the survey at this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4nFv7Wx8bTBno5CxUlBLLw_3d_3d

Also, check out the “Get Involved” section where more details on the tool-sharing library project are available.