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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. 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). Room reservations are first come first served and can only be made up to two months in advance, so occasionally we may not be able to get a room there. Please check our Upcoming Events page for updated information prior to the meeting. As of June 2009 the Burien Library is in a new location at 4th SW and SW 152nd St. Some of the members of Sustainable Burien have set up a social networking page on Ning. You can check out sustainableburien.ning.com for event information, classifieds, news about members and their activities, photos and more. 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. Please check our Upcoming Events page for details. Bartells Drug Stores are now accepting used CFL bulbs for recycling for free. CFL bulbs contain small amounts of mercury and need to be disposed of properly. You may drop used, undamaged bulbs off at any of the 56 Bartells Drug Stores in the Pacific Northwest. Fluorescent tubes are not being accepted at this time. There's a few more details in this Seattle PI article dated September 22, 2008. The Burien Bartells also now accepts prescription, over the counter and many other types of drugs for safe disposal. See our Drugs in the Environment Tip of the Week for some background. As of January 1, 2009 recycling TVs and most computer related electronics is free in Washington State. See our archived tip for details. Are you interested in having a ZipCar in Burien? Sign up with them so they know there's enough demand to make it worth while. You can use their signup page to tell them. There's a link to their Privacy Policy right on the form. They need responses from 50 people before they'll consider adding a location here.
The new Metro Transit Station in Burien is open! There are 5 spaces reserved for electric vehicles, with the ability to plug in and recharge while your car waits for you to come back.
In the coming months, Project Porchlight, and their partner Puget Sound Energy, will be distributing 275,000 FREE, ENERGY STAR-qualified, energy-saving compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs to residents in PSE's residential electric service area all over the Puget Sound. They need volunteers to help with the door-to-door efforts and events across the Puget Sound. There are many opportunities to help, including volunteering to hand out bulbs during doorbelling blitzes, spreading the word about upcoming Project Porchlight events, helping to connect with community businesses and leaders in the areas where they are reaching out, and many more. Their first two events will be a doorbelling blitz in Renton on July 7 from 5:30-8 and a Bulb Exchange at Lowes on July 11-12. For those who live in a PSE service area or who just want to help out, contact Galen Benshoof at (425) 213-5634. April 25, 2009: Got garden?
Are you looking for a place to have a small garden? Have you got space in your yard that you're not using that others could use for a garden? The two of you should talk. To see if one of your neighbors is offering garden space (or to offer some yourself) visit Urbangardenshare.org. There are currently three garden locations listed for Burien. One location is in the south part of Burien, and the listing was put in the SODO section because there was no Burien section at the time. But they've added listings for And there are all sorts of varieties of Community Gardens out there these days, ranging from large farms working under the Community Supported Agriculture principle where subscribers agree to buy the crop in small portions using a variety of subscription methods, to small projects involving a couple of neighbors. To get involved with CSA farms you can visit Localharvest.org and get a list of farms in this area. To find about a possible large community garden in the Burien area, stay tuned to this page. |
Upcoming Events Meetings are currently scheduled for the 2nd Sunday of each month.See the Events Page for details. Sunday, June 28, 2009. Sunday, July 12, 2009 Saturday, July 18, 2009 Friday-Sunday, July 31 to August 2, 2009 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 |
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