The Master Home Environmentalist program of the American Lung Association and the Healthy Homes Program of the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health have complementary approaches to addressing the rising problem of childhood asthma and other consequences of indoor air pollution. The good news is that both approaches are demonstrating significant successes! The Master Home [...]
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November 14, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Ahhhh, the Sounds of Fall: The Relaxing Gas-powered Leaf Blowers!
As I walked to work in the sunshine last Thursday, I noticed something I’ve seen too many times downtown lately – private clean-up crews out with noisy gas powered blowers blowing leaves off of their sidewalks directly into the street. Property owners may think they are doing the right thing by cleaning off their sidewalks, but [...]
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November 7, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Let’s Make the Duwamish River the Center for a Sustainable City
Cities thrive when they integrate the vitality of urban life with their natural surroundings. That’s why so many of us live here and wouldn’t trade our access to Puget Sound, the Olympics, and Mount Rainier for anything. But at the heart of Seattle is a waterway that we turn our back on: the Duwamish River [...]
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September 27, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Restoring the Lake Washington Salmon Fishery
After twenty years of research, planning, litigation, and finally construction, the new sockeye hatchery on the Cedar River finally opened this month. Wait, we are celebrating a salmon hatchery? Aren’t hatcheries one of the villains of the salmon story? Yes, hatcheries have been one of the ‘4H’ identified factors of salmon decline, along with habitat [...]
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August 29, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Press Conference: Bullitt Center Groundbreaking
A groundbreaking celebration for the Bullitt Center, which is designed to be the greenest commercial building in the world. With solar panels generating as much energy as it needs in a year (in Seattle!), capturing rainwater for all water needs and treating all wastewater on site, the Bullitt Center goes far beyond a typical green building.