“Creating a Sustainable Gardening Community” will be the main topic at the next Sustainable Burien meeting at 2pm on Sunday, March 14th at the Burien Library.

The speaker will be Craig Bye, who will talk about:

• Creating a sustainable gardening community.
• Info about Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle (CHOSS), their mission, goal, and community outreach
• Mentoring programs and how the community can get involved

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting will feature Craig Bye, who will speak about creating a sustainable garden community.

WHEN: Sunday, March 14th from 2pm to 4pm; doors open at 1:30pm.

WHERE: Multipurpose room of the Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd.

INFO: From a press release:

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE GARDENING COMMUNITY

Our speaker will be Craig Bye, who will talk to us about:

• Creating a sustainable gardening community.
• Info about Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle (CHOSS), their mission, goal, and community outreach
• Mentoring programs and how the community can get involved

Check out their website at: http://www.gleanit.org/index.html

The remainder of the meeting will be covering our projects, such as our community gardening efforts and accomplishments; various projects toward the Wild Strawberry Festival (i.e., Bike Rodeo, Film Festival, our booth and free wild strawberry plants).

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Teacher Marisha Auerbach will be speaking about Permaculture and her upcoming relief work in Haiti at the next Sustainable Burien meeting at 2pm on Sunday, Feb. 14th at the Burien Library.

Auerbach will introduce visitors to Permaculture, which offers simple strategies to reduce your expenses, save energy, and enrich your life locally through connection with natural principles. Nature provides a grand blueprint of how interconnected systems work together efficiently. We will look at the systems that we use in our lives and how they are affected by fluctuations globally. We will identify solutions that can be applied on the small scale to enrich our lives.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting will feature Marisha Auerbach, who will speak about Permaculture, as well as her upcoming work in Haiti.

WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 14th from 2pm to 4pm; doors open at 1:30pm.

WHERE: Multipurpose room of the Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd.

INFO: From a press release:

WHAT ON EARTH IS PERMACULTURE?

Practical Permaculture Solutions:  Techniques to Save Money, Energy, and Time in a Changing World

Permaculture teacher Marisha Auerbach will introduce us to Permaculture.  Permaculture offers simple strategies to reduce your expenses, save energy, and enrich your life locally through connection with natural principles.  Nature provides a grand blueprint of how interconnected systems work together efficiently.  We will look at the systems that we use in our lives and how they are affected by fluctuations globally.  We will identify solutions that can be applied on the small scale to enrich our lives.

Marisha been practicing, studying, and teaching permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for the past decade.  As an itinerant permaculture designer, she calls the greater Olympia area home, notably Wild Thyme Farm, a 150 acre permaculture demonstration farm and FSC certified forest in the northern Willapa Hills.

Marisha Auerbach

Marisha encourages sustainable futures through her permaculture design work and consulting: polyculture gardening, seed saving, flower and gem essences, local economics, ethnobotany, herbalism, edible landscape design, organic gardening, creating perennial forage systems and building local community. Graduating from the Evergreen State College in 1998, Marisha focused on ethnobotany, ecological agriculture, and sustainability studies and continues to interact with students from the Evergreen State College by offering internships.

Our speaker will be going to Haiti February 22nd to help set up a permaculture project in Limbe (northern part of Haiti).  I’m sure Marisha will be sharing about that upcoming work as well at our meeting.  Besides the writing below, here’s a link: http://www.herbnwisdom.com/

Dear friends,

We are writing to you to request your assistance in an exciting new project that we will be involved with at the end of February. We are going to Haiti to learn and assist in the development of local food  networks.

We will be in the town of Limbe, in northern Haiti, west of Cape-Haitien.

Our friend, Rosedanie Cadet, is from Limbe and conceptualized this project, Helping Hands Noramise (link here), while she was visiting her family in December. The goal of the project is to assist the community in response to the following challenges:

• Challenges in agriculture. Poor agricultural techniques have been depleting Haitian soils for centuries.
• Many people have left the countryside in hopes of finding jobs in the cities
• Malnutrition and inadaquate distribution of food
• Deforestation and Ecosystem Destruction

She planned to launch this project next October, but after the earthquake, she has moved up the launch date. The earthquake poses huge additional challenges (and opportunities):

• Survivors from Port-au-Prince, who are originally from Limbe, are returning to live with their families. Many are facing a questionable
  future with a depleted rural economy in Limbe.
• Increased diaspora from Port-au-Prince, and the state of the economy of Haiti, puts increased demand on the need for local produce. The pressure on the upcoming growing season is felt both in Limbe and in greater Haiti.

The project is multi-tiered:

• Work with the network of  the remaining farmers to share best practices and educate others interested in farming.  Previous to the earthquake, the community in Limbe was either over 40 or under 18 years of age.
• Help set up a sustainable agriculture model on land owned by a church in Limbe, much like an extension service garden.
• Collaborate with farmers to improve soils, prevent pests, strategize for nutritional content, and enhance yields.
• Assist the community in building a food-processing facility which will create jobs and distribute preserved food (both in Limbe and greater Haiti).

Limbe is in a unique location, sheltered by two mountain ranges, and in a river valley. Its natural ecosystems are more intact than many other places in Haiti. Also, the soil is better than most areas of Haiti due to the microclimate of the region. It is a good location to learn from nature and experiment with techniques that can restore Haitian soils. This project will serve as a demonstration site for agriculture throughout Haiti.

As many of you are aware, permaculture offers strategies for stewardship of land and community.  There are techniques for maximizing organic matter (fertility) in the soil as fast as possible.  We highlight food plants that are high yielding and high in nutritional value.  Permaculture Design is dynamic as it is based in the natural ecologies of each unique place.

During our trip to Haiti, we will be learning about the unique cultural considerations for the community of Limbe.  We will aid the community of Limbe in assessing their needs and what resources they have locally for meeting those needs on site.  It is our goal to enrich their local environment through enhanced food security and jobs.

Since we will be there only two weeks, our (hopefully) achievable contribution during that time is to

• Listen, watch and learn about the culture in Limbe, to figure out how best to make permaculture-oriented suggestions for this project.
• Collaborate to set up a kitchen garden project at the church before the upcoming growing season
• Generate a list of plants to target for the project in the future.  Begin to set up a nursery to make these plants available in the greater community

This project will be happening in segments with every group of volunteers that comes to help. We will be going Feb 22nd to Mar 7th. We humbly request contributions for our travel costs and for support of the project.

Additionally, non-cash donations which we will take and leave in Limbe are:

• Sleeping bag and mat
• Seeds
• Solar camping shower
• Tin snips (to build rocket stoves)
• Books: creole/english dictionary
• Tropical plant resources
• Hip waders
• Handtools (snips, grubbers, hori hori)
• Boots/waterproof shoes

To make a donation for our travel expenses, you can send either of us money via Paypal (use our email address). You can also donate online here. Click on the link at the top which reads “Donate for sustainability for Limbe, in Northern Haiti.” Any money over our travel expenses that we receive will be put into the project. Should we quickly raise all funds for our travel costs, you can  donate directly to the project through the website here. This group is serving as the umbrella non-profit. Please mark your donation ‘To the Limbe Project’.

Thank you so much for any assistance that you can give.  We will update you on the project upon our return.  We intend to create a presentation to
share with our communities back home.

- Marisha Auerbach and Kelda Miller

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Due to a last-minute scheduling conflict, Rep. Dave Upthegrove will NOT be at Sustainable Burien’s next meeting, this Sunday, Jan. 10th – instead, Rep. Sharon Nelson and Susan Robinson from Waste Management will be speaking.

Here are the revised details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien will have two speakers for the January 10th gathering:

Susan Robinson from Waste Management will be our first speaker. Susan is the Pacific Northwest Director of Public Sector Services for Waste Management. Among other things she produces some of the Sustainable Solutions newsletters and is involved with planning Waste Management’s potential responses in the event of flooding caused by the Howard Hanson Dam. She is also involved in rolling out Solar Powered trash compactors for public spaces.

Our second speaker will be Sharon Nelson, 34th District Washington State Representative, serving West Seattle, White Center, Burien, and Vashon and Maury Islands. Her top priorities in Olympia include: Restoring and protecting Puget Sound, Making education work for each student, and Reducing congestion on our roads and highways.

Dave Upthegrove, 33rd District Washington State Representative has had to cancel due to a last minute conflict.

For more information about Sustainable Burien, go to www.sustainableburien.org

WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 10th from 2pm to 4pm; doors open at 1:30pm.

WHERE: Main floor conference room of the new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd.

INFO: “Come join us for learning, exploring and more…”

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

It’s that time of year again, when the holiday trimmings start coming off, get put into big plastic storage bins in the shed or garage, leaving behind a dilapidated and dried up, dangerously flammable Christmas tree with no place to go.

And not only that, but you probably also have lots of cardboard boxes, Styrofoam and packing materials scattered about as well.

Here’s your B-Town Blog guide to how to recycle your holiday crap:

BOY SCOUT TROOP #375 RECYCLING EVENT SAT./SUN. JAN. 2-3:

• Boy Scout Troop #375 will be recycling trees on Saturday and Sunday (Jan. 2nd and 3rd) from 9am – 3pm.
• Go to BTB Advertiser Herr Backyard Garden Center on SW 160th near First Ave South, and look for the Boy Scouts and wood chipper device.
• $5 fee per tree.
• Trees must be “clean,” meaning no tinsel, no forgotten ornaments, etc.
• Call Herr Garden Center for more information: 242-2014.

NORMANDY PARK:

• Allied Waste provides curbside collection of Christmas Trees to single-family residential yard debris customers.
• Yard Debris customers can set Christmas trees out on their regularly scheduled collection day.
• Trees must be free of flocking, tinsel, ornaments and metal hangers, cut to 4′ lengths and tied into bundles less than 2′ wide.
• Use biodegradable string or twine – no nylon, plastic or other synthetic materials.
• Flocked trees are not recyclable and will not be accepted – put flocked trees in the garbage.

JAN. 11-15 DES MOINES TREE-CYCLING EVENT:

• Allied Waste will be picking up Christmas trees for City of Des Moines residential curbside customers during the week of January 11 – 15 on the normal garbage pick-up day.
• Place trees curbside, cut into 4′ lengths and tie into bundles no more than 2′ wide.
• Tinsel, garland, and ornament hangers must be removed.
• There will be no charge for this special pick-up.
• Must be a garbage customer to be eligible.
• Trees need to be cut into 4′ lengths and tied into bundles no more than 2′ wide.
• Call Laura Techico with questions at 206-870-6595.

DO IT YOURSELF:

• Waste Management also takes Christmas trees, but we suggest cutting yours in 4′ lengths and tie it into bundles less than 2′ wide, and perhaps even cutting it up and placing it inside your yard waste container.
• Pacific Topsoils, Inc. in Tukwila allows Christmas tree drop-offs; Call for Hours (206) 772-3091; located at 6000 S 129th Street in Tukwila.
• King County has several options for recycling Christmas trees. Call the King County Solid Waste Division Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

More suggestions from Sustainable Burien’s website:

• Styrofoam: at the Sustainable Burien collection event on Thursday, Dec. 31st and Friday, Jan. 1 or at Styrorecycle any time. All Styrofoam must be clean. They’ll also take clean packing peanuts of all types. See their Events page for details.
• Christmas Trees: In your yard waste (ornaments and other non-biodegradable items need to be removed, check with your waste collection company to see how much cutting you need to do) or at the above-mentioned Boy Scout Troop #375 tree-cycling event.
• Boxes and wrapping paper: In with your regular recycling as long as you’ve removed ribbons, bows and any other non-recyclable material. Foil wrappings, wrapping with embedded material and other non-paper wrappings are not recyclable.
• Electronics: Under a Washington State law that went into effect Jan. 1, 2009, TVs, computers, monitors and laptops can be recycled for free at many locations. Usable, working items can be dropped off at most charities who will resell them. Dead or out-dated items can be recycled at a number of locations. Personally I suggest taking all electronics to RE-PC in Tukwila or South Seattle. They will resell what they can, and what can’t be sold is recycled properly and locally through Total Reclaim which is important. Some recycling locations ship material out of State or worse yet out of the country for “recycling” and that can cause big problems. See our archived tip for details. If all you’ve got is items that can’t be resold, save a step and take them all to Total Reclaim. Contact them to see what else they’ll take.
• For other Holiday related items: see the links in the top right corner of the King County Solid Waste Page.

Sustainable Burien wants everyone to know that they’re arranging for an innovative event on Thursday, Dec. 31st and Friday, Jan. 1st near Burien Town Square – FREE Styrofoam recycling!

That’s right folks – now you can safely and ecologically dispose of those pesky little Styrofoam critters, especially the ones that stick to you via static electricity. What a relief.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Styrofoam Recycling Event

WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 31st and Friday, Jan. 1st from 1pm to 5pm both days

WHERE: An empty storefront at 457 SW 148th, across the parking lot from Bartell’s and Ace Hardware, in the northeast corner of the lot.

INFO: From their website:

West Bild, the developer of Burien Town Square, has graciously loaned us an empty store front at 457 SW 148th, across the parking lot from Bartells and Ace Hardware, in the North East corner of the lot.

For two days only we’ll be collecting clean white Styrofoam (#6 or EPS) materials, the types most commonly found with new electronic products, appliance packaging, computers and monitors, furniture packaging and picnic/shipping coolers.

We cannot accept urethane foam cushions, expanded polypropylene (EPP), foam insulation, plastic wrap, bubble wrap or hard plastics.

We reserve the right to refuse anything that doesn’t meet the guidelines.

To determine if you have the right material look for the “#6″ or “EPS” inside the recycle symbol, if it’s sheet material bend it – it should break and snap with loose beads. All foreign material like plastic sheeting, tape, staples and cardboard must be removed.

All material collected will be taken to Styrorecycle where the Styrofoam is ground up, compressed and densified into blocks, which are then manufactured into products such as picture frames, TV and computer cases, office equipment and other plastic products.

Styrorecycle is on the west side of Ikea in Renton, if you’re going that way you can drop off Styrofoam for recycling at no charge. They are open Tuesday through Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm all year long.

More information available at the Sustainable Burien website.

Sustainable Burien’s next meeting will be a potluck on Sunday, Dec. 13th from 2pm to 4pm at the main floor conference room of the Burien library.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting: “Join us for potluck and a roundtable discussion.  Bring ideas and a dish to share.”

WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 13th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: Main floor conference room of the new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd

INFO: “Come join us for learning, exploring and more…”

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting on Sunday, Nov. 8th from 2pm to 4pm at the 2nd floor conference room of the Burien library.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 8th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: 2nd floor conference room of the new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd

INFO: Nikola Davidson of EarthSystemsNW will speak on Harvesting the Rain – Cisterns, Rain Gardens, and More!

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

Sustainable Burien is teaming up with Gregory Conner, owner of the new Eat Local store in Burien (located at 810 SW 151st, next to Bicycles West, near the fire station) for a special (and FREE) “Taste, Tour and Talk” on Monday, Oct. 19th beginning at 5:30pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: TASTE, TOUR & TALK with Gregory Conner of the new Eat Local store

WHEN: Monday, October 19th starting at 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: The new Eat Local store in Burien, located at 810 SW 151st next to Bicycles West

COST: FREE, but please RSVP to Rebecca at rdare2@yahoo.com

INFO: From Sustainable Burien:

Greg will give us a taste of some of the food they prepare, a tour of the store, and a talk about local farms and lessening carbon footprint, etc.

Please RSVP to Rebecca (of Sustainable Burien) at rdare2@yahoo.com so we have an idea of how many people to expect.

Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting this Sunday, Oct. 11th from 2pm to 4pm at the Burien library.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting

WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 11th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: The new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd

INFO: Jeff Kelley-Clarke from Seattle City Light will be the guest speaker. He will be speaking at 2 p.m. on how Seattle City Light can help residents and small businesses with energy conservation.

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE:

• Sustainable Burien Holding Garden/Birthday Party At B/ IAS On Saturday, Aug. 8th
• Sustainable Burien Installs Community Gardens At B/ IAS

Your help is needed to help bicycles and pedestrians in Burien – Sustainable Burien is teaming up with the Cascade Bicycle Club and the City of Burien to count the number of people who walk or bike to their destinations.

In a partnership with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Cascade Bicycle Club, volunteers will count people bicycling and walking on paths, bike lanes, sidewalks, and roads. We’ve targeted key locations around Burien.

Volunteer shifts available are:

• Tuesday, Sept. 29th
• Wednesday, Sept. 30th
• Thursday, Oct. 1st

There are two shifts available:

• 7am to 9am
• 4pm to 6pm

WSDOT will use this count information to track progress toward the state’s goal of increasing bicycling and walking in Washington and reducing the number of vehicle miles driven.

Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond puts it simply:

“When people have safe and convenient places to walk and bicycle, they are more likely to leave their car at home. This count helps us to measure the demand for and benefits of existing paths and trails, and to identify new needs.”

To volunteer, contact the Cascade Bicycle Club at organizer@cascadebicycleclub.org or call 206-957-0689.

To contact or learn more about Sustainable Burien, visit http://sustainableburien.org.

Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting on Sunday, Sept. 13th from 2pm to 4pm at the library.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting

WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 14th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: The new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd

INFO: From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE:

• Sustainable Burien Holding Garden/Birthday Party At B/ IAS On Saturday, Aug. 8th
• Sustainable Burien Installs Community Gardens At B/ IAS

Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting on Sunday, Aug. 9th from 2pm to 4pm at the (new) library.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting

WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 9th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: The new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd

INFO:

“Stop by the Burien Interim Art Space near the library and see the temporary garden beds we’ve installed.  We’re hoping to find space for a community garden in the Burien area by next year.”

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

And don’t forget that “SuBu” is also having a Garden/Birthday Party at B/ IAS on Sat., Aug. 8th.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE:

• Sustainable Burien Holding Garden/Birthday Party At B/ IAS On Saturday, Aug. 8th
• Sustainable Burien Installs Community Gardens At B/ IAS

The good folks at Sustainable Burien are holding a party to celebrate both their new garden beds (see our report here) as well as their one-year anniversary at the Burien Interim Art Space on Saturday, Aug. 8th, beginning at 6pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien Garden/Anniversary Party

WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 8th starting at 6pm

WHERE: Burien Interim Art Space, located at SW 150th and 5th SW

INFO:

Come join us in celebration of our garden beds at the Burien Interim Art Space. Sustainable Burien also celebrates its first year. Exciting things are happening and we invite you to join us.

We’re hoping folks interested in creating a bigger, permanent Burien Community Garden by 2010 will come with your ideas and enthusiasm. Please invite friends that may also be interested.

LET’S PARTY — Bring some food to share. Bring your chairs. Bring musical instruments. We’ll have some small BBQs for roasting your veggies, or separate ones for meat. Have excess produce from your own gardens? Bring that to share or we’ll deliver to the food bank!

For more information, here’s a link to their evite, and one to their website.

Sustainable Burien has installed four community gardens at the Interim Art Space, with the hopes of developing a place where residents can grow sustainable food.

“Right now we’re just trying to show that this can be done,” said SuBu member John Feeney as he put the finishing touches on some lattice work. “And this garden is open to all residents, especially those who want to grow their own food – just come to one of our meetings.”

Some of the plants growing in the garden now include pumpkin, tomato, corn, mint, lettuce, peppers, chard, onion and others, along with one planter devoted to local, native plants like wild rose and black cap raspberry.

Sustainable Burien’s next meeting is Sunday, July 12th at the new Burien library from 2pm – 4pm. For more information, please visit their website.

Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting on Sunday, July 12th from 2pm to 4pm, and they’re back at the (new) library.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting

WHEN: Sunday, July 12th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: The new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting on Sunday, June 14th from 2pm to 4pm.

This meeting will be at their temporary new location – the Normandy Park Congregational Church, located at 19247 First Avenue South.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting

WHEN: Sunday, June 14th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: TEMPORARY LOCATION: Normandy Park Congregational Church (United Church of Christ), located at 19247 1st Avenue South (map below).

INFO: “June 14 Gatherings will be at a different location due to the Library’s move to their new building. We will be meeting at the After that we will be at the library again, in their new location at 4th Ave SW and SW 152nd St. All meetings still start at 2 PM, doors open at 1:30.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions. Thanks!!”

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

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Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, May 10th, but this time at a temporary new location – the Normandy Park Congregational Church, located at 19247 First Avenue South.

The location is different this week because of the Burien library’s moving into its new building.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sustainable Burien’s monthly meeting

WHEN: Sunday, May 10th from 2pm to 4pm – doors open at 1:30pm

WHERE: TEMPORARY LOCATION: Normandy Park Congregational Church (United Church of Christ), located at 19247 1st Avenue South (map below).

INFO: “Our May 10 and June 14 Gatherings will be at a different location due to the Library’s move to their new building. We will be meeting at the  After that we will be at the library again, in their new location at 4th Ave SW and SW 152nd St. All meetings still start at 2 PM, doors open at 1:30.

Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions. Thanks!!”

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

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Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting on Sunday, April 5th at the Burien Library, from 2pm-4pm (with doors opening at 1:30pm), speaker Susan Casey will talk about community gardening.

WHAT: Sustainable Burien gathering with Speaker Susan Casey discussing community gardening; She has been involved with P-Patches, composting, transportation issues and parks since 1985 in the Seattle area. She served on Friends of P-Patch [including as chair] for over 10 years; more info on Susan here.

WHEN: Sunday, April 5th, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (doors open at 1:30pm)

WHERE: Burien KCLS Library, located at 14700 6th Ave SW (see map below)

INFO: Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

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Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting on Sunday, Mar. 8th at the Burien Library, from 2pm-4pm (with doors opening at 1:30pm).

WHAT: Sustainable Burien Gathering; “come join us for learning, exploring and more…”

WHEN: Sunday, Mar. 8th, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (doors open at 1:30pm)

WHERE: Burien KCLS Library, located at 14700 6th Ave SW (see map below)

INFO: Please call Lucy @ 206.242.8378 if there are questions

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting this coming Sunday, Feb. 8th at the Burien Library, from 2pm-4pm (with doors opening at 1:30pm).

WHAT: Sustainable Burien Gathering; “come join us for learning, exploring and more…”

WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 8th, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (doors open at 1:30pm)

WHERE: Burien KCLS Library, located at 14700 6th Ave SW (see map below)

INFO: Please call Lucy @ 206.242.8378 if there are questions

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.

Gatherings are planned for the second Sunday of each month – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). This is a new day and start time. At our November meeting it was decided that beginning in January 2009 meetings will be on the second Sunday of each month, except for April 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

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Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting this Sunday Oct. 26th at the Burien Library, from 2:30-4:30pm (with doors opening at 2pm).

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is a grassroots group of people exploring, communicating and demonstrating ways of meeting the needs of the present without compromising the resources of the future.

For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

A couple of weekends ago, we posted notice of a “Tree Gleaning” effort planned for a group of apple trees near SW 128th and SR-509.

Today, we just got this word on results of that job from Suzanne Greive of Sustainable Burien:

Sustainable Burien’s recent apple tree gleaning with Community Harvest of South Seattle (CHOSS) netted around 100 pounds of apples, along with a few boxes of pear apples.

We are presenting information on our Burien Sustainable Living group to the Burien City Council tonight (Mon. Oct. 20th) to make them aware of our mission and goals!

We hope the City Council listens to these good folks.

Here are some photos showing the bountiful rewards of everyone’s hard efforts:

The Sustainability movement for cities like B-Town is really starting to catch on, and if you’re at all curious about what it means to your life or living spaces, you should check out this upcoming movie showing called “Designing A Great Neighborhood” which plays Wed. Aug. 20th at 7pm at St. Francis Church (map below).

From the film’s press release:

Ever wonder what a sustainable and affordable community might look like?

Ever wonder if a “zero emissions” neighborhood where solar energy, energy efficiency, and changes in behavior eliminate the need for fossil fuels is possible?

Let us look at one community and how they did it, based on principles of sustainability.

After watching DESIGNING A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD (54mins), we’ll talk about these principles, how they can be incorporated into our everyday lives and in plans for our future. Imagine!

To people driving past the old Holiday Drive-In Theater site in Boulder, Colorado, it might seem like a new neighborhood has sprung out of the ground overnight. But those who worked on the project’s development know better. Collectively, hundreds of thousands of decisions and choices were made to create the 330-home neighborhood, where affordability and sustainability are primary goals. It wasn’t exactly a simple mission.

In DESIGNING A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD, director David Wann follows the progress of the Wild Sage Cohousing Community project, where future residents participate in the design of their own neighborhood. The stated architectural goal at the Wild Sage site in Boulder is a “zero emissions” neighborhood in which solar energy, energy efficiency, and changes in behavior eliminate the need for fossil fuels.

The master site developer, The Boulder Housing Partners (BHP), has a vision for creating affordable neighborhoods that are also lively, efficient and pedestrian friendly. More than 400 people with low and middle incomes will live at Holiday, many as first-time homeowners.

Awards:

• Black Bear Film Festival
• Princeton Environmental Film Festival
• Brownfields Conference Film Festival

Reviews:

“Finally, a film that goes beyond green building to address the comprehensive benefits of green neighborhood design! By prioritizing quality over size, we can achieve better neighborhoods for people in all stages of life and income brackets. The market for great neighborhoods will flourish once people know what’s possible, and can ‘vote with their dollars.’ Developers, governing officials and the public need to see this film!” – Alexis Karolides, AIA, Principal, Green Development Services, Rocky Mountain Institute

“‘People don’t really understand there are choices about how you build and where you live,’ says Wann. ‘This story enables them to see an example of something different to make them happier, save them money and save the environment. It’s a lay person’s look at what green building means.’…Higher density, a community garden, walkable and interconnected streets, nearby shops and even shared car rentals encourage a sociable existence.” The Denver Post

Co-sponsored by St Francis Just Faith, Southend Neighbors for Peace and Justice, and Sustainable Burien.

• St. Francis Church, Unity Place
  15226 21st Ave SW
• Wed, Aug 20th at 7pm

A study guide (in PDF form) is available here, and a video guide is available here.

Sustainable Burien is having its second meeting on Sunday Aug. 24th at the Burien Library, from 2:30-4:30pm.

From their website:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

At our first meeting we created five working Pods [Interest Groups] and developed an action item for each Pod group to work on between meetings. Active Pods will soon have space on the Interest Groups page where they can share information about what they’re doing and what they’ve learned. The current Pods and action items are as follows (listed in alphabetical order):

• Community: Recruit new members for future meetings. Pod members will advertise to our neighbors and throughout the community.
• Energy: Explore incentives for using solar energy looking at a) pay back, b) life cycle costs, c) break even, d) precursors to obtaining solar energy, e) bulk purchases, rebates, tax incentives.
• Environment: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle. Develop a list of environmentally friendly products and practical methods of obtaining them.
• Food: Encourage interest, spread the word on community gardening, gleaning, canning and preserving.
• Transportation: Find out about walking maps of Burien in English. Contact Feet First. Contact Sustainable Ballard and bike stores regarding the Undrivers’ License program. Research pedestrian and bicycle plans.

You can learn more about Sustainable Burien at their website.

A new group called Sustainable Burien will be holding their first meeting on Sunday, July 27th, from 3pm-5pm at the Burien Library (at 14700 6th Ave SW; map below).

They describe themselves as:

Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008.

We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien.

We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.

Details on the meeting:

• Suggested arrival time is 2:45pm (they want to get started right at 3pm)
• If the meeting goes long and everyone wants to keep going, after 5pm it will move to another nearby venue like Mick Kelly’s or Elliott Bay Brewpub
• There will be no potluck or movie, as previously announced
• Nametags will be provided, and they ask all attendants to add their primary area of interest for networking purposes

From their website:

We’re excited about the interest in this group forming in Burien. If you haven’t yet checked out the SCALLOPS site to see what other nearby communities are doing, please do so, and take a look at what some of the other Sustainable groups are doing. It’s a great way to get ideas about what might interest you. This organization was a major inspiration for us. Groups are doing so many creative things in their communities — Sustainable Burien will have its own particular flavor, coming from our own needs and the people who get involved. Feel free to invite interested friends and business people who have an interest in creating Sustainable Burien.  Also, if you have questions, please ask and we’ll do our best to respond. 

For more information, visit their website or email them here.

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