What is Sustainable Wallingford?

www.sustainablewallingford.us

Green Wallingford social network site

 

We're sitting down to talk together next Saturday, November 8, from 10AM to noon at the Mosaic Community Coffeehouse at 4401 2nd Ave NE. See what's going on this month here.

 

A sustainable holiday carol for you!
A sustainable Wallingford energy plan for you!

 

 

Please take a survey, What Do You Really Think About Climate Change? www.sustainablewallingford.org/Questionnaire/  We will only be collecting survey data until November 30th, so please try to answer soon! Our friends in Sustainable Wallingford (UK) contacted us last month at Sustainable Wallingford US, to see if we could ask our townspeople the same questions at the same time. We want to see if we have similar interests, knowledge, and concerns in both countries. Wallingford, UK (www.SustainableWallingford.org) is a small town of about 10,000 people, located 47 miles (75 km) west of London. Wallingford, USA (www.SustainableWallingford.us) is a neighborhood of around 20,000 people, located 4 miles (6 km) north of Seattle. Please pass along this survey to your friends! We will publish survey results on our website, and in local newspapers. Thank you!

 

City of Seattle CO₂ Tool

 

We meet every second Saturday from 10 to noon at Mosaic   Community Coffee House 4401 2nd Ave NE. Call (206) 547-9569 for more information. Join us!  [meeting summaries]

 

Where is Sustainable Wallingford?  Here is a map (3MB).  We are a neighborhood in Seattle, but people who come to Sustainable Wallingford meetings come from many places.  (Don't be confused -- there is more than one Sustainable Wallingford! -- see our British colleagues at www.sustainablewallingford.org)

 

Don't miss the Sustainable Wallingford Wheelbarrow Drill Team on YouTube!!!

 

Who is Sustainable Wallingford?  Here is a list of some of the people who have come to our meetings, along with their interests.

 

We are a group of neighbors and friends of Wallingford who meet every month to educate, participate, and celebrate.

 

• We educate ourselves and each other about the small and large steps we need to take to have whole and meaningful lives using the resources the planet is able to contribute to our well-being.
• We participate with each other in guilds and activities that improve our neighborhood one step at a time. Some activities we are starting include "Growing Food Growing Community", "Home energy", "Passegiata walks", "Active Emergency Preparedness" and "www.Spokespeople.us bike rides".
• We will celebrate events as diverse as community potlucks, neighborhood walking tours, yoga in the park classes, and summer festivals.

 

We are a wheelbarrow organization—holding and moving forward ideas that are bubbling up in the community about how to live on one planet with joy and grace. We work to support the sustainable goals and aspirations of all of the wonderful people and institutions that build the Wallingford community. Read more about us at: www.tiny.cc/SW

 

Wallingford is a wheelbarrow full of wonderful people, places, and ideas

• Growing Food Growing Community www.growingfoodgrowingcommunity.org supports growing food locally and producing fresh produce for at-risk members of our community.
• Yoga in community classes www.sarahmichelle108.wordpress.com are offered throughout the summer on Sunday at 10 am in Meridian Park
• Wallingford Emergency Preparedness Guild will help coordinate local businesses, schools, faith groups, and non-profit organizations with Wallingford Community Council and local residents. 
• CoolMom www.coolmom.org Wallingford CoolMom is a support and action group for parents uniting to confront the most important issue of our time: global warming.
• Wallingford Climate Dialogs www.climatedialogues.org hosts several groups of people who discuss community action to affect social and political change.
• InterConnection www.interconnection.org is a Wallingford business that works with volunteers to refurbish or recycle donated computers reducing the effects of E-Waste.
• Community Fruit Tree Harvest www.solid-ground.org/Programs/Nutrition/Lettuce/Pages/TheCommunityFruitTreeHarvest2007.aspx organizes volunteers to pick fruit for people who have difficulty obtaining fruit for financial or mobility reasons.
• Abundant Yards www.abundantyards.org is a project of sharing yards among neighbors who might not have yard space to plant food
• Wednesday Wallingford Farmer's Market www.fremontmarket.com/wallingford/ is open May through September from 3 to 7 p.m.
• Wallingford Community Council council.iactivesite.com meets first Wednesdays at 7 pm in the Good Shepherd Center
• Sustainable Wallingford is part of SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities ALL Over Puget Sound) www.scallops.sustainableballard.org
• Solid Ground www.solid-ground.org is a regional social service agency with programs such as Lettuce Link, a food bank and a community fruit tree harvest to provide fresh nutritious food Solid Ground also has programs for seniors, homeless residents, and people with disabilities
• Mosaic Community Coffee House www.mosaiccoffeehouse.org serves food and beverages with no fixed prices in order to support and build community
• Spokespeople www.spokespeople.us lead monthly first-Saturday 2 p.m. classes and rides on the road from the south end of Wallingford Playfield to adjacent urban centers and support safe and fun biking experiences for new and returning bicyclists, including children.
• John Stanford International School www.jsisweb.com has one of Seattle's first Green School programs www.seattlegreenschools.org
• A weekly Friday night movie series www.Meaningfulmovies.org shows political, and environmental films every Friday night at 7 p.m. at Keystone Church 5019 Keystone Place N. In addition to showing good and rarely seen movies, panel discussions follow, with experts in the movie's issues leading lively discussions.
• Seattle Tilth www.seattletilth.org promotes organic gardening in the region
• Many faith-based institutions and schools serve Wallingford such as Hamilton Middle School, Meridian School and St. Benedict School, Bastyr University
• Wallingford Senior Center www.wallingfordseniors.org, which leads new community programs like Community Kitchens and Wallingford Walks.
  
• Boys and Girls Club www.positiveplace.org fosters independence for all ages
• Wallingford has a thriving commercial district with more locally owned business and www.interraproject.org members than any other Seattle neighborhood
• Beautiful Wallingford Playfield, Meridian Park and Gasworks Park
• Our P-patch makes food bank donations www.seattle.gov/Neighborhoods/ppatch
• Interconnection www.interconnection.org helps safely reuse and recycle electronics
• Wallingford library, the Good Shepherd Center, South Wallingford Transfer Station
• Wallingford Neighborhood Office www.wallingford.org the Community Council and Chamber of Commerce­ sponsor Garden and Home Tour and Kiddies Parade
• A variety of exercise and yoga teachers flourish in Wallingford
• Local www.Seattledirt.com reports on underreported environmental news
• Save Our Wild Salmon protects the Snake River habitat www.wildsalmon.org, www.cascadeharvest.org sustains our local food system; www.watoxics.org supports pollution-prevention policies; Washington Water Trails www.wwta.org protects our local "blueways" – all are among the important regional environmental groups based in Wallingford.
• Paul Dorpat, a Wallingford icon!