Craig writes: On 8/2 a couple of kids stole our Amazon Fresh order right off our front porch. It was pretty clear that they were following the Amazon truck as they are right behind it, park and walk up the street looking for the delivery. The are pretty bold, they realize at 3:24:34 that they are on camera. They step in to the shadows and the girl returns covered a hoodie and has taken off her shoes to sneak up to grab the goods…
Hosting a Seattle Night Out party this Tuesday? Want to impress your "deep green" neighbors? Here are some suggestions to reduce waste at any event: Provide recycling bins for cans, bottles, cups, and other recyclable items. Do the same for food waste. Have a 5 gallon bucket or similar container lined with a biodegradable bag to give folks a clue that food waste goes in there. Use a very small garbage can for landfill-bound waste so guests aren't tempted to dump…
Last month's post about the orchard pruning class resulted in lots of inquiries about what to do with a bumper crop of fruit. We are lucky that local options exist: City Fruit and Solid Ground's Community Fruit Tree Harvest (CFTH) work with other organizations throughout the city to harvest fruit and to make sure it gets into the hands of hungry people. The easiest and most direct action to take with your surplus fruit is to harvest it yourself and drop it off…
Next Sunday, August 12, Plus One Foundation will be hosting the second annual Family Fun Field Day from 12:00PM - 3:00PM at Meridian Park to raise funds for children with neurological disorders. It'll be a fun day for families to play field games and chances to win prizes donated by local businesses. From Plus One: Plus One Foundation is an all volunteer nonprofit funding participation in non-medical activities that build muscle strength and feed the soul helping people with neurological disorders…
How does a gardener from Wallingford get herself involved in a missing person case steeped in mystery, murder, and international intrigue? The answer lies within Bharti Kirchner's latest novel, Tulip Season, the first in a series of Mitra Basu Mysteries. Mitra Basu is a 29 year-old Calcutta-born, Wallingford-based landscape designer who discovers that her dearest friend, Kareena Sinha, has gone missing. As she tries to get to the bottom of Kareena's mysterious disappearance, she discovers a lot of things about herself,…
Last year, when Grace and her sister and mom read Nicole Brodeur’s piece in the Seattle Times, “For some kids, cuts at nonprofit mean fewer meals”, it spurred an idea: “The article got my sister and I thinking, and decided with some friends to organize a food drive,” Grace wrote to me in an email. “We put up posters around the neighborhood and gave out over 100 flyers. We want everyone to participate in this food drive.” The food drive was such a…
From the Waste Management website this evening: Waste Management and Teamsters Local 117 have reached a tentative agreement on a new 6-year contract. Teamster leadership and the bargaining committee will fully recommend that members approve the new contract at the ratification vote scheduled for 9:00am on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at the Union Hall in Tukwila. Garbage drivers will return to work in the morning and begin servicing their regular Thursday collection routes. However, due to the timing of the ratification…