Waste Management’s Think Green Recycling Challenge is going to end in March, these are the last weeks to reduce and reuse and recycle! With two months to go, we are in the thick of our competition. Check out the campaign: http://www.wmnorthwest.com/seattle/seattlerewards.html It’s still anyone’s ballgame, and we want to share some tools that will really…
Category Archives: Sustainability
Help Broadview Win the Think Green Recycling Challenge
Waste Management, the company that picks up garbage in Broadview, is sponsoring a contest between Seattle neighborhoods to see who can most reduce waste through increased recycling and composting. They are looking for an organization in Broadview to be a partner organization. Here is a link to information about the contest. Broadview Community Council (BCC)…
Event at Carkeek Park After Thanksgiving
Food for Thought Served After Thanksgiving Feast Free activities, food, and special performance: “Stormwater: Life in the Gutter” Stop talking turkey and start talking salmon. The day after Thanksgiving will provide food for thought at Carkeek Park, 950 NW Carkeek Park Road, where the annual salmon run will be celebrated on Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-1…
Deadline to Stop Autumn Phone Book Deliveries is Sept. 23
SEATTLE — The next opt-out deadline for Seattle residents who want to stop getting some or all yellow pages phone books is September 23 – 30 days before “Yellowbook” starts deliveries. “Yellowbook” and “SuperPages” deliveries are scheduled from late-October through the end of the year. Residents and businesses who want to stop these or other…
5th Annual Pipers Orchard Festival of Fruit
The 5th annual Festival of Fruit will be taking place on Saturday, September 24th from 10:00 AM until 2:30 PM at the Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center. Piper Orchard’s 120th anniversary
“Heaven and Earth” Returning to Carkeek Park
The Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), in collaboration with the Carkeek Park Advisory Council and Seattle Parks and Recreation, will once again present an exhibit of outdoor art at Carkeek Park. “Heaven and Earth 3: Cycles of Return” will be on display throughout Carkeek Park from July 9, 2011 to October 9, 2011. An Opening Reception…
Piper’s Creek Flow Control Plan
Please see the link to read an update on Piper’s Creek Control Plan: Piper’s_Status_Update_public Project Overview Scope & Schedule Consultant Interaction Teams-Capacity Building Overlap-Piper’s and Broadview
Let’s get Broadview on the Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour!
Do you have a friend or neighbor that loves to garden or has a great chicken coop? Let’s get Broadview on the map tour. News from the Seattle Tilth’s Did you know that Seattle has become known as a national hot spot for chickens and urban farms? See for yourself! This is your chance to…
Piper’s Creek Watershed-Broadview
Join in and learn about aquatic habitats. Seattle Watershed Forum set for evening of Wednesday, June 8 This year’s program explores question of “how do we make it happen?” SEATTLE —Would you like to join the effort to improve and protect Seattle’s waters and aquatic habitat? Come to the 2011 Seattle Watersheds Forum — June 8…
Bitter Lake P-Patch Work Party this Saturday
This Saturday, May 21st we will have our very first Work Party at the P-Patch site!!! We will be working on moving several of the Alaska Cedars on the site from one location down to the far west edge of the property. We need to take care of this so that we can be ready…
