Welcome to Sustainable West Seattle!
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Thanks to all, our 1st Annual Festival was a huge success!!
Check out our next meeting: MONDAY May 19
Come early at 7:00pm to socialize
FEEL FREE TO BRING POTLUCK SNACKS AND DRINKS!
Meeting starts 7:30pm & ends at 9pm
Camp Long - 5200 35th Ave SW
7:30pm |
General SWS Announcements & Housekeeping | |
7:45pm |
Member & Project Announcements | |
7:55pm |
Speaker 1 - TBA | |
8:05pm |
Speaker 2 - TBA | |
8:45pm |
Wrap-up and Announcements |
Our last meeting was on April 21 and featured presentations by Zach Zink about the Longfellow Creek Garden, Aviva about the Community Harvest of SW Seattle Fruit Tree Harvest project, and Laura Sweeny of Terra Flora Farm who gave an awesome presentation about the basic principles of Permaculture.
Here's the group photo (our first) that we took before the meeting:
On November 17 We Hosted two events:
Open-Space discussion at Camp Long
"How do we Make West Seattle More Sustainable in 2008?"
(Look for notes of the discussion posted at sws-main.blogspot.com)
Our Winter Celebration Potluck!
Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N (#54 bus from West Seattle)We'd like to thank the following groups who celebrated with us:
BALLE Seattle, Solar Washington, City Repair Seattle, Sustainable Ballard, NW Biodiesel Network, NW EcoBuilding Guild, the Seattle Permaculture Guild
We hosted a FORUM about the RTID in October:
The RTID (Regional Transportation Initiative District) proposal will raise $47 Billion over 20 years to build 50 additional miles of light rail and numerous road and highway projects. Many SWS members came to Camp Long on Monday October 15 to listen to reasons (and ask questions) for the YES and NO positions on this important transportation levy. SWS hosted representatives from both Transportation Choices Coalition and the Sierra Club, and we gave them a good range of very informed questions!
Among some of the questions we heard discussed were:
| Is it cost-effective? | |
| Will it reduce commute time? | |
| Will it reduce oil-dependence? | |
| Will it address global warming? | |
| How will West Seattle be affected? | |
| What are the alternatives? |
You can download an .mp3 recording of the evening (careful, it's 33MB!) right here
SWS adopted our Mission and Vision statements at our October 17, 2007 meeting:
SWS Mission
Sustainable West Seattle educates and advocates for urban sustainability in our local community.
SWS Vision
We envision a West Seattle community of empowered citizens who actively lead us toward greater self-reliance, local democracy, social justice, and existence in harmony with life on earth.
Sustainable West Seattle's shape and activities will reflect the talent and interests of those who come along for the ride, but we aim to provide resources and outreach for the West Seattle neighborhood on issues such as:
| · Renewable Energy & Conservation |
| · Local Transportation Solutions |
| · Easting Locally, Sustainable Health and Elder Care |
| · Water & Waste Reduction |
| · Green Building, Sustainable Landscaping and Gardening |
| · Community-Based Economics |
| · Green Space Conservation |
You can get involved directly with one of our ACTION GROUPS at any time! Just contact one of the friendly folks listed below:
Energy |
Gary Lichtenstein |
glichtenstein at
comcast.net |
Transportation |
Charles Redmond |
credmond at mac.com |
Food & Health |
Bill Reiswig |
pres at sustainablewestseattle.org |
Water & Waste Reduction |
Brian Allen |
secretary at sustainablewestseattle.org |
Green Building & Planning |
Mary Quakenbush |
maryquackenbush at comcast.net |
Be sure to take a look at our first two newsletters from our May and June meetings
Check out the West Seattle Walking Trails materials Chas Redmond put together!
We were at the Sustainable
Solstice Festival (Gasworks Park) following the Solstice Parade on
June 16. |
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SWS co-founder Bill Reiswig works on our new |
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Sustainable Communities
All Around Puget Sound (SCALLOPS) met
for the first time at the Sustainable Solstice. Dozens of cities
and towns sent representatives! |
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SCALLOPS particpants from around the Puget Sound gather to discuss how to collaborate on educating our communities about Living Sustainably. |
Please invite others in West Seattle who you think would be interested in joining such a group to sign up for our announcement list above. We also want to know if you cannot come but are interested in the group, since we would value your input.
If you have any questions or suggestions for us, please contact:
Brian Allen - secretary at sustainablewestseattle.org (206) 973-7374