Tool Library Offers Bike Repair/ Fixers’ Collective
West Seattle Spokespeople have been sponsoring free, minor bike repair to anyone and everyone at the Fixers’ Collective Meeting on the first Thursday of every month. Some of the best volunteer...
View ArticleNow Accepting Donations for our Reusable Dish Collection
Sustainable West Seattle is excited to announce that we are creating a reusable dish collection. Our goal is to create a large collection that can be used for events, like parties, so that disposables...
View ArticleWest Seattle Fixers and Makers at the 2012 Seattle Maker Faire
The West Seattle Fixers and Makers, which meets Thursday nights twice a month at the West Seattle Tool Library, will be exhibiting at the 2012 Seattle Mini Maker Faire, held Saturday and Sunday, June...
View ArticleWest Seattle Tool Library Publishes “Tool Library Starter Kit” To Help...
By Patrick Dunn SWS Board Member & West Seattle Tool Library Founder It might seem a little risky to lend out a bunch of power tools to those who probably don’t know how to use them. After all,...
View ArticleSWS & West Seattle Nursery Present GreenLife at the West Seattle Summer Fest
Sustainable West Seattle and the West Seattle Nursery once again are pleased to sponsor and present this year’s GreenLife exposition as part of the three-day-long West Seattle Summer Fest, Friday, July...
View ArticleGrainger Foundation Gives Tool Library $10K Gift
The West Seattle Tool Library officially opened its doors in June of 2010, offering free community access to a rather decent variety of over 100 tools out of a small storage closet. Just two years...
View ArticleSustainable West Seattle @ Farmers Market this Sunday
Visit the Sustainable West Seattle booth at the West Seattle Farmers Market this Sunday, September 2. Also bring your tools to donate to the West Seattle Tool Library. We also have the West Seattle...
View ArticleSustainable West Seattle @ Farmers Market This Sunday; Bring Unwanted Stuff...
Visit the Sustainable West Seattle booth at the West Seattle Farmers Market this Sunday, October 14. Also bring your tools to donate to the West Seattle Tool Library. We also have the West Seattle...
View ArticleWest Seattle Tool Library Close to 1000 Members, Has New ‘Shopbot’ Tool
We are about to become a Tool Sharing Community of 1,000 Members! Just two and half years after The Tool Library started, we are about to welcome our 1,000th member through our doors. Thank you to...
View ArticleCommunity Responds with Six Proposals for SWS Green Incubator $1000 Grant
Sustainable West Seattle received six applications for our Green Incubator grant program. On Tuesday evening, February 19, at SWS’s monthly forum at the West Seattle Senior Center, the six proponents...
View ArticleSustainable West Seattle Forums To Feature Quarterly Themes: First Up Is...
Join us Monday, March 18, at South Seattle Community College’s Horticulture Center for a new approach to communtiy forums. Sustainable West Seattle is changing the way we conduct our monthly community...
View ArticleSWS Selects 3 Green Incubator Grant Recipients for $1000, & $500 Awards
Sustainable West Seattle selected three organizations at our March 18 forum from six applicants for the Green Project Incubator Grant program. The rating criteria for the grant applications included...
View ArticleHelp Create New, Sustainable Organic Community Garden @ Westcrest Park
Join Sustainable West Seattle on Saturday, May 18, between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm at the new Westcrest P-Patch. SWS members and members of the Westcrest P-Patch will be taking knowledge learned from the...
View ArticleWest Seattle Tool Library Announces Extended Hours, New Day
The West Seattle Tool Library announces extended hours for the summer. As of July 1st, WSTL is adding hours on Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. We are also adjusting our hours on Thursday and weekends to...
View ArticleVisit GreenLife @ West Seattle Summerfest Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 12...
GreenLife will once again be an integral element of the West Seattle Summerfest – West Seattle’s annual three-day super street festival along California Avenue in the West Seattle Junction. Sustainable...
View ArticleJoin SWS Sunday To Help Fix, or Learn To Fix, Bikes Which Will Be Donated To...
Sustainable West Seattle is throwing a Pedals for People Party to accept donations of used bikes and repairing them at the West Seattle Tool Library on Sunday July 21st at noon. Bikes are donated for...
View ArticleFundraiser for West Seattle Tool Library Set for December 6 @ Youngstown Arts...
After nearly 3-1/2 years of providing free tools, advice and workshop space to the community on a donation basis, the West Seattle Tool Library is holding its first fundraiser and inclusive “Festivus”...
View Article2014 GreenLife Application Now Available
Sustainable West Seattle and the West Seattle Junction Association are pleased to announce that the application for the 2014 GreenLife section of West Seattle Summer Fest is now available online:...
View ArticleSWS Volunteer Orientation & Appreciation Party Postponed; New Date Upcoming
New Date (in May) Coming Soon! Consider meeting other eco-minded folks, learning about SWS projects, and helping to make a difference in West Seattle. We’ll announce the new date as quickly as we can...
View ArticleSeattle Parks Month-Long Earth Day Celebration: Help Clean, Restore and...
Celebrate Earth Month with Seattle Parks and Recreation. Seattle Parks and Recreation, works toward improving the quality of life for Seattle residents every day. Because open spaces and greenspaces...
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