Members of Sustainable Burien work in smaller groups called Pods. Pods will generally have a minimum of 3 members who will choose their own goals and methods. Any Pod that has something to share on the internet will be able to use some space on the Sustainable Burien web site to share information, ask for help or ideas, or anything else appropriate.

As of August 2008 our current Pods are Community, Energy, Environment, Food and Transportation. We expect that this list will grow as more people get involved and want to focus on different areas. Sustainable Burien is a grass roots organization, so the ideas for new Pods will come from the group. If you've got an idea for a Pod, bring it to one of our meetings and see if you can interest some other people in helping you.

At our first meeting we created five working Pods [Interest Groups] and developed an action item for each Pod group to work on between meetings. Active Pods will soon have space on the Interest Groups page where they can share information about what they're doing and what they've learned. The current Pods and action items are as follows (listed in alphabetical order):

• Community: Recruit new members for future meetings. Pod members will advertise to our neighbors and throughout the community.
  
  
• Energy: Explore incentives for using solar energy looking at a) pay back, b) life cycle costs, c) break even, d) precursors to obtaining solar energy, e) bulk purchases, rebates, tax incentives.
  
  
• Environment: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle. Develop a list of environmentally friendly products and practical methods of obtaining them.
  
  
• Food: Encourage interest, spread the word on community gardening, gleaning, canning and preserving.
  
  
• Transportation: Find out about walking maps of Burien in English. Contact Feet First. Contact Sustainable Ballard and bike stores regarding the Undrivers' License program. Research pedestrian and bicycle plans.
  
  

If you have information for a pod page please <contact our webmaster>. Replies will come from a different address at the same domain, so if that will be a problem due to a spam filter, please mention that in your email.