The Evergreen Spirit is on Capitol Hill
Re-posted from the Seattle PI, by Paul Torres “If everyone contributes to solutions we can make real progress,” proclaims Out for Sustainability President Gerod Rody. Their recent Winter (Green) Social […]
2010 Year End Giving and ECOSS!
Show your support for ECOSS this holiday season! The holidays are upon us – the season of giving, of community, and of celebration. This year we are asking you to […]
Regional Food Security Conference Re-Cap
This past weekend (December 4-5) I attended the Cultivating Regional Food Security Conference at the UW Botanical Gardens. The conference spanned two days with over 30 speakers presenting various topics […]
Skate Park Update!
Six years ago, three teenage boys arrived at a South Park Neighborhood Association (SPNA) meeting looking haggard and asking for a place to stretch out on their skateboards without being […]
Tina Stotz, ECOSS Board Vice President, talks about Powerful Neighborhoods
If you were at our Annual Dinner last Thursday, I know you remember hearing Tina Stotz speak! After two of our Powerful Neighborhoods Staff members, Moges and Ramiro, took the […]
$34 million down, zero to go
At 2:30 this afternoon, Mayor Mike McGinn, Senator Patty Murray, King County Executive Dow Constantine and many other community members, politicians and neighbors gathered in anticipation for what everyone hoped […]
What the 2011/12 Mayor’s Budget means for alternative transportation and the South Park Bridge
From the Mayor’s office, re-posted from the South Park listserv. Original message is here. The mayor proposed his 2011/2012 budget on Monday, September 27 th. Currently, the City Council is […]
Powerful Neighborhoods Program reaches important milestone
Congratulations are in order! ECOSS’ Powerful Neighborhoods Team surpassed the milestone of completing installations of over 2000 homes in South Seattle in early October. Thanks to the work of our […]
ECOSS For Homes programs and resources
ECOSS’ For Homes program has been around since 1996, during which time we’ve worked with non-native-English-speaking communities, teaching families about “green” cleaning, recycling, water and energy conservation, and health risks […]
Diaries of an ECOSS intern- Container Gardening 101
Hi everyone! It’s the intern, and I have a story about container gardening. Especially for those of us who live in urban areas, gardening space might be limited. A container […]