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Gettin' fresh

Seattle’s Ferry Farm Stand brings fresh produce to hungry commuters 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Starting June 25, the Ferry Farm Stand will set up shop at the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal Wednesday evenings to serve commuters.
We'll drink to that

Raise a glass to sustainability at Seattle Carrotmob event 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Today is Earth Day. And there's no better way to celebrate than with a nice, cold pint of beer. No, really! Join the Carrotmob event at Pike Pub & Brewery in Seattle.
Ready, set, action!

Two Seattle film fests focus on green themes 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Two film festivals screening in Seattle this weekend are hoping to motivate audiences to make positive environmental change.
TerraCab confessions

Emission-free TerraCabs could hit Seattle streets at no cost to you, or the planet 6
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Lookin' for a free ride this summer? A fleet of TerraCabs could soon provide free -- and emission-free -- rides around Seattle.
The bill formerly known as ...

Washington’s cap-and-trade legislation no longer involves cap and trade 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Washington state's cap-and-trade legislation is no more. Or rather, it has been so stripped of capping and trading that it is no longer worthy of that moniker.
Screw screwing Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Week in Seattle 2
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sure, every day should be Earth Day ... but that doesn't mean you shouldn't take advantage of the many earth-centric events happening around your community this week. Here's what's going on in Seattle.
Safe for now

Washington state renewable plan avoids watering down 2
Posted 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Washington state’s Initiative 937, the renewable energy bill voters approved in 2006, looks to be safe from the meddling of state legislators.
You asked for it

Seattle’s transit-supporting sales-tax hike goes into effect 0
Posted 8 months ago
As of April 1, residents in King, Pierce, and Snohomish county started paying more sales tax, and that money is going toward Sound Transit expansion.
Get 'er done

Corporate sustainability guru visits Seattle 0
Posted 8 months ago
Corporate sustainability guru Auden Schendler lays out the problem with corporate sustainability gurus in his recent book "Getting Green Done."
It's what's for dinner

Reader review: Eat Local 3
Posted 8 months ago
I just discovered Eat Local in Queen Anne -- great local, organic food, cooked by a master chef and frozen in returnable glass Tupperware or compostable paper trays.
Without a trace

Art exhibit highlights ecofriendly, recycled media 0
Posted 8 months ago
The No Trace art exhibition will showcase the work of eight local artists who want to paint a different story about the art world.
You bin had

Seattle updates recycling rules 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Seattle's adding a fourth "R" to the "reduce, reuse, recycle" mantra: required. Starting Monday, all single-family homes in the city will be required to sign up (and pay) for food/yard-waste service.
A Green Festivus for the rest of us

Green Festival hits Seattle 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Seattle's Green Fest may be lacking feats of strength and the airing of grievances, but there's plenty else to do when this "party with a purpose" hits the PacNW this weekend.
West coast governors win dunce caps

I-5 to become eco-haven? 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Governors Gregoire, Kulongoski, and Schwarzenegger are supporting a brilliant idea to grab some of the stimulus funds.
Money, it's a (greenhouse) gas

Washington legislature gives green bills thumbs down 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Looks like blue is the new green around here -- blue as in sad, that is. In the last week or so, Washington state legislature failed to pass the Transit Oriented Communities bill, "mortally wounded" the cap-and-trade bill, and is seriously considering altering the voter-approved Initiative 937 that would require utilities to seek out more renewable energy sources. Thanks, sucky economy! But before you drown your sorrows in PBR, consider the potential of a "B.C.-to-Baja green highway" or an army of residential rooftop wind turbines. If those proposals can weasel their way through Olympia, that is ...
RFK Jr. addresses green building conference in Seattle 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Washington’s cap-and-trade legislation gutted by Senate committee 1
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Washington’s cap-and-trade legislation passes out of committee 0
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Sales tax shortfall could affect Seattle’s public transit 0
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Seattle Greendrinkers show Grist some love 2
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago