Residents of North Green Lake and North Greenwood! This is your chance to affect change in your neighborhood. Your input is needed to help create an accurate Sustainability Scorecard for the area, which will be used to inform neighborhood-level action projects implemented by Sustainable Seattle in conjunction with Daniel Bagley Elementary PTA, GAIN, Greenwood Cool Moms, Awake Church, Sustainable Green Lake, and Sustainable Greenwood. If you live between I-5 and Aurora Avenue, from 70th to 85th Street N., please share your thoughts in a 5-10 minute survey which touches on some areas that are difficult to get numeric data for:…
June 2009
June 18, 2009 at 11:28PM
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Bonfire of the Vani-teens
If you noticed a bonfire tonight (we didn’t), don’t fret, it was just local area high schoolers burning their schoolwork. To kick-off summer and say goodbye to lab reports, force diagrams, motion maps, position/velocity/acceleration graphs, Empirical Formulas, Ionization, and….you know who. It’s going to be amazingggggg…no lie. I mean how awesome would it be to all come to the last day of school in a super huge group superrrr tired from a crazy night together as a class. We hope it was a roaring success and the kids make it to school on time for their last day. Oh, and…
June 17, 2009 at 6:23PM
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Climb For Kids Fundraiser/Happy Hour at Cafe Lulu
Karen, the owner of Cafe Lulu on 65th and Latona, is hosting a fundraiser happy hour tomorrow to raise money for Climb for Kids, a non-profit that raises money for fetal syndromes. Come join us for wine, coffee, snacks, etc. Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009 Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm Location: Cafe Lulu Street: 6417 Latona Ave NE Five great reasons for coming to Cafe Lulu’s first ever Happy Hour: See your Lulu friends after work with a cocktail rather than rushing to work pre-caffeinated. Karen is climbing Mt. Rainier this summer and you want to give her a few tips. Invest in a…
June 16, 2009 at 3:35PM
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Whatever You Do, Don't Go in the Water
The 5th Annual Green Lake Open Water Swim is Sunday, June 28th. There are just a couple days to sign up before the price jumps $15. Is it a good idea to swim in our lovely lake? One of us is tempted. The other one of us gathered a bunch of scary articles. But the thing is, the articles aren’t really that scary. The lake is in good shape at the moment. Toxic blue-green algae has been a problem in the past, but it’s currently under control thanks to aluminum sulfate treatments. Unfortunately, the lake won’t stay clear since there…
June 16, 2009 at 11:54AM
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Sustainable Green Lake Gathering Tonight
A potluck! A Master Composter! Neighbors! Green Lake, let’s go. photo credit: net_efekt Sustainable Green Lake invites us all to learn how to turn “garbage” into rich fertilizer for organic gardening. Featuring a presentation by Master Composter Julianne Stasch and opportunities to get involved and make a difference in your neighborhood! Please come by foot, bike or bus. Bring a plate, cup, silverware and some food to share! 6:30 – Potluck | 7:00 Presentation | 7:45 Community Tonight (Tuesday, June 16), 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Bethany Community Church CE Building – 8023 Green Lake Drive N (map)
