This blog is a resource about Seattle - I like to write about things I find here in the Emerald City, and hope that anyone may stumble onto this blog at any time and find relevant information.
I’ve mentioned some current events in the past, but henceforth I will be posting them on 43places, an excellent [...]

Seattle Parks & Recreation is providing a slew of activities to celebrate Earth Day. Dave Bestock, a volunteer with Northwest Tree Alliance reccomends spending it at the beautiful Washington Park Arboretum. Here’s a map of volunteer work sites. Additionally Mayor Greg will be there to promote his agenda.

Hello, as you’ve likely heard, we’re [...]

On Monday April 10, 2006 the streets in cities all over the US were flooded with demonstrators peacefully protesting legislation approved by the House of Representatives last year that would make felons of on what has become the National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice. Pictured at right, Third Avenue in downtown Seattle was [...]

The Café Scientifique idea started in England a few years ago, based on the French Café Philosophique. In the Café Scientifique, people (often science buffs) come together in a friendly pub or coffee shop after work and hear an informal introduction to an interesting current scientific topic, led by an expert.
An article [...]

Volunteer Park
1247 15th Ave. E (Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps)
Seattle, Washington 98112
Independence From Oil Day Parade- Well, being the bus girl that I am I’m excited to see any efforts that support mass transit and alternative modes. I think I’ll rollerskate. From their site independencefromoil.org:

On July 3rd all interested people are invited to converge [...]

The SMP (Seattle Monorail Project) has released details of their contract with Cascadia Monorail Co. to build the Seattle monorail from Ballard to West Seattle by December 1, 2010. During the next three weeks you have an opportunity to share your opinions about the basic design features and project finances.
The Municipal League [...]

Jan Gehl addressed this question last night during his talk at the Seattle Public Library’s centerpiece building, the Central Library at 1000 Fourth Ave. The seventh event in the Urban Sustainability Forum program, it was co-sponsered by International Sustainable Solutions and the City of Seattle and is part of the Mayor’s Center City Seattle [...]

For those of you interested in urban natural history as well as native plants, David Williams will be reading from his new book, The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle.
The book consists of 12 personal essays about natural history in the city. Topics range from drinking water to building stone geology to crows [...]