Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Prius plug ins and more

Hey everyone

- There is a video of Mayor Nickels showing off one of 13 plug in Electric Priuses in the Seattle area. Click below to see the video. They also have many other successful programs like the Green Up program that has signed up over 8,000 residential and corporate customers who now receive their power through wind!

Mayor Prius video

- Click on the Seattle Tilth link as they have updated their summer schedule and expanded on their already successful classes and workshops.

Seattle Tilth schedule

Goods for the Planet has released its summer class schedule as well. They include classes on sewing, vegetarian food preparation, and many others.

Goods for The Planet

A Fresh Squeeze has recently written articles on avoiding PBDE's, Green Diapers, and Seattle's best Eco-Dates (otherwise known as future reasons to buy green diapers). Click on the link to check out these and other great articles!

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Seattle Tilth Donation Program

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Seattle, yes you CAN!!!

Hey everyone

I would just like to remind everyone about the great web site, Seattle CAN, that updates the city on how to live a more environmentally responsible lifestyle. There are articles on how you can receive your power from wind, you can get your vehicle's power from the grid, and what the city and local companies are doing to continually reduce waste.

If you haven't signed up yet, we still need you to help out Seattle Tilth. Click on the following link and sign up for A Fresh Squeeze! When you do, A Fresh Squeeze will let me know and you will join the growing list of people that have made me donate $0.25 to Seattle Tilth. You will not only get a great resource in A Fresh Squeeze's emails and enhance the development of Seattle's environmentalism and conservation organizations, you will help fund one of the Seattle area's great environmental educational resources in Seattle Tilth.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Greening Up and More

Hey everyone

I wanted to follow up with you on the Green Up program. I received an email from Jack Brautigam stating that the program currently has about 8,000 members and is growing at a rate of 400 members a month since the Theo Chocolate program.

Don't forget to head to Seattle Tilth's web site for dates on new classes and workshops! For the month of June topics include chicken husbandry at Good Shepherd Center on the 14th , balcony and ledge gardening at Good Shepherd Center on the 14th , and growing heat loving crops at Pickering Barn next to the Issaquah Farmers Market on the 17th, and at Bradner Park on the 21st.

If you haven't signed up yet, we still need you to help out Seattle Tilth. Click on the following link and sign up for A Fresh Squeeze! When you do, A Fresh Squeeze will let me know and I will donate $0.25 to Seattle Tilth for each sign up. You will not only get a great resource in A Fresh Squeeze's emails and enhance the development of Seattle's environmentalism and conservation organizations, you will help fund one of the Seattle area's great environmental educational resources in Seattle Tilth.

Seattle Tilth Donation Program