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Since the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, Earth Day has been an annual event for people around the world to celebrate the earth and renew the commitment to building a safer, healthier and cleaner world for all of us.
There are many ways to take action. Calculate your Ecolological Footprint. Change a habit. Help launch a community garden. Communicate your priorities to your elected representatives. The possibilities are endless! Do something nice for the earth, have fun, meet new people, and make a difference.
Earth Day Network provides resources and materials that help organizations around the world build cleaner, safer and healthier communities. Visit the online Resources section for all sorts of organizing tips.
This magnificent sale, the largest in the Puget Sound region, features a glorious variety of plants from dozens of the region’s specialty nurseries. Species and hybrid rhododendrons, unusual annuals, favorite and rare perennials, trees, shrubs, beautiful conifers, groundcovers, vegetable starts, grasses, vines and even more. “If you love gardening, the Arboretum Foundation spring plant sale feels like horticultural heaven,” says garden writer Ann Lovejoy.
Sale location:
Warren G. Magnuson Park (Building 30), 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115. (Google map).
Long one of the Northwest’s best-kept gardening secrets, the Arboretum Foundation Early Bloomers plant sale has become an area favorite. Featuring plants that bloom early in Northwest gardens and many others, the sale offers a great start on spring planting with hundreds of favorite and unusual plants. Perennials, shrubs, small trees, herbs and much more, with many surprises!
Location for the sale is on the Washington Park Arborteum grounds at the Plant Donations and the Pat Calvert Greenhouses, just south of the Graham Visitors Center. For directions and maps click here.
If you are a chicken keeper or urban farmer in the city of Seattle and would welcome the chance to talk to other citizens about building coops, the different varieties of chicken breed, or to show off you organic garden or fruit orchard in the city, then consider becoming part of Seattle Tilth’s Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour.
Download the Host Application, and return it to chrisiberle@seattletilth.org by Friday, May 25, with 3-5 photos of your coop and urban farm. Seattle Tilth is looking for hosts to add to the tour with interesting coop designs, varied chicken breeds, goat, duck, bee, and rabbit raising, and more sustainable, urban farming aspects that fascinate and intrigue.
The U of W Surplus Store is open to the public every Tuesday, Noon to 6pm unless otherwise noted, located at 4515 25th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105-4280 (Directions and Google map).
Items are on a first-come, first-served basis and are sold as-is. Payment methods are cash or Visa/Mastercard. Items purchased at the Public Store must be removed within one week of purchase. Pick-up hours are from 12pm to 6pm during the public store and from 8am to 3:30pm the following Wednesday through Friday. ALL PURCHASED ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED NO LATER THAN 1 WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. ITEMS NOT REMOVED BY THIS TIME WILL BE SUBJECT TO RESTOCKING INTO INVENTORY AND MAY BE RESOLD WITHOUT REFUND.
The items available on a fairly regular basis include: desks, tables, chairs, file cabinets, keyboards, computer mice, file holders, binders, lab glass, office supplies, overhead projectors, slide projectors, LCD projectors, exam tables, microscopes, computers (w/o hard drives), monitors, laptop bags, and TVs. Seriously, you’ve never seen so many binders in your life—why pay retail when ours are .10 each?!
University of Washington Surplus also conducts 6 – 8 live auctions every year. Live auctions are also webcast using Proxibid. Catalogs for new auctions are posted one week before the auction begins. Auctions begin at 10:00AM. Preview & registration is Friday before Auction, 10:00AM to 6:00PM, & Saturday of Auction, 8:00AM – 10AM. Visit the UW Surplus Live Auction website for a current list of Live Auction dates.
Boeing Surplus Sales Online Auctions, where you can bid on the latest surplus items from the comfort of your computer. Selection changes often, everything from office supplies to fitness equipment, cameras, computers, airplanes and parts, and a whole lot more.
The Arboretum Foundation “Gifts & Greens Galore” holiday sale offers a wonderful selection of holiday decorations, including wreaths, swags, and fresh-cut greens. It’s also a showcase for the Arboretum Shop, which features an excellent selection of gardening and nature books, plant-themed jewelry, natural body products, tools for green thumbs, and much more. The sale features many fun activities and unique gift merchandise:
- Live seasonal music
- Free hot drinks
- Michael Michaud Silver Season botanical tableware and jewelry
- Handmade holiday cards
The sale is held at the Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Drive East, Seattle, WA 98112 (Google map). Free parking and admission. For more information, visit Gifts & Greens Galore.
- Saturday, December 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Sunday, December 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Arboretum Foundation, a non-profit membership organization, has provided stewardship for Washington Park Arboretum since 1935. The mission of the Foundation is to promote, protect and enhance the Washington Park Arboretum for current and future generations by strengthening and building a diverse and engaged community of donors, volunteers and advocates.
Take advantage of Free Entrance Days in National Parks November 11-13 (Veterans Day weekend). America’s Best Idea – the national parks – gets even better with fee-free days at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees*. And to make the fun even more affordable, many national park concessioners are joining the National Park Service in welcoming visitors with the their own special offers.
*Fee waiver includes: entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees. Other fees such as reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included unless stated otherwise.
Washington State National Parks participating in free day.
 Cherry Consignment They will help you recycle designer, better department and specialty store, clothing and accessories by selling them to other people and passing the profits along to you. Just remember, designer and better department store labels sell! The better the label and the better the condition of each garment, the quicker it will sell, and the better price it will get.
Don’t Forget About Your Accessories. Not only do we accept designer quality clothing; we also accept accessories such as shoes, jewelry, handbags, purses, hats, etc. If you own it, but just don’t wear it anymore, bring it in and we’ll resell it for you.
Visit the Cherry Consignment website for examples of items that sell and see Cherry’s Six Rules for Successful Consigning.
Cherry Consignment is a new consignment store in West Seattle that offers hard-to-find gently used fashions for everyone, including plus sizes, maternity, women, and men of every shape, size and lifestyle. Their focus is to offer affordable fashions to everyone, whether you’re a size 2, eating for two, or just plain proud of your curves!
Bellevue-based Green Halloween started in 2006 with the idea of making Halloween healthier and safer for children and the environment by promoting non-candy treats and in 2007 organizing National Costume Swap Day.
Green Halloween founder Corey Colwell-Lipson encourages you to go green this Halloween and to “Think outside the conventional candy box!”
There are plenty of swap parties in Washington, including events in Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond and many other locations. You can also organize and register a public or private swap among friends and extended family.
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