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Poem for these times
"Change " Sunshine and soft wind draw me out of the house and down the path to the beach, past the fire weed with stems standing brown and mottled in the gully bottom, past the brilliant yellow of new gorse flowers splashed high on...
Harvest Time
The Mt Baker ‘Food-Is-Free’ Giving Garden is located just north of McClellan on 33rd Avenue South. During the summer months neighbors and passers-by are encouraged to pick and enjoy the freshly grown produce which is freely available to everyone. The garden was...
VOTE!!!!
SSCAN is a non-partisan organization but we CAN express opinions about initiatives. Along with many other environmental organizations, we encourage you to research the initiatives on the WA State ballot for November and if you do, we think you will agree that we need...
Week without driving
“Week without driving” Monday, Sept. 30th-Sunday, Oct. 6th “? https://weekwithoutdriving.org/ The #WeekWithoutDriving challenge was launched in 2021 by Anna Zivarts at Disability Rights Washington. After two successful years, in 2023 in partnership...
Climate News 08.05.24
Seattle New budget projections are in, and the city's projected deficit has increased slightly again to $260M (Seattle Times, paywall). Revenue from all of the taxes that go into the General Fund are down, while the JumpStart payroll revenue is up. It is...
Climate News 7.8.24
Seattle Council votes tomorrow on the final form of the Transportation Levy for the November ballot. When originally proposed back in April, it was $1.35B, but through advocacy it is now a larger levy with $149 million in additional funding for multi-modal...