About Us

The goal of Sustainable Ballard is to help prepare ourselves and our community to sustain and thrive in a post-peak-oil future, by supporting and inspiring each other to build a healthy and joyful life that is environmentally, socially and personally sustainable. To achieve this resiliency, we believe some key ingredients are getting connected with our neighbors to strengthen the social fabric of the community, learning new skills, getting educated on sustainability related matters, building a local food supply and a local economy, and sharing resources.

We invite all of our Ballard neighbors and friends to become more connected with others in the community by participating in Sustainable Ballard activities, including learning opportunities, community service, resource sharing, social events, and more. When we engage, we become part of creating the thriving community and lifestyle we want and need.

Volunteering with Sustainable Ballard

Get more involved with your favorite neighborhood sustainability group!
Sustainable Ballard is powered by 100% clean volunteer energy! We would welcome your participation and ideas!
A Big Thank you and a warm welcome to all who stepped forward to volunteer recently! Check out our newsletter and Volunteer Page links on this webpage for current opportunities.

How to Prepare For Disaster

Need a refresher or encouragement for preparing just in case?... Click above for a good list of what to do and think about from the Seattle Times. For much more information on disaster preparedness from the City of Seattle's Office of Emergency Management please click here: PERSONAL, HOUSEHOLD AND COMMUNITY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION

Seattle Area Happiness Initiative and Survey

Get more information about the Seattle Area Happiness Initiative, and find a link to the Happiness Survey HERE.

Hey Ballard!! How Are We Doing? - An Earth Day Report on our Conservation Behavior

April 23, 2012

Where? 

Sunset Hill Community Association

3003 NW 66th St

What time? 

6:30pm - 9:00pm

For more information, contact 

info@sustainableballard.org

Learn how Ballard is doing compared to other neighborhoods and how you are doing compared to your neighbors on waste and energy conservation. Representatives from Waste Management and Seattle City Light will be on hand.

Potluck at 6:30 pm. Program at 7:00 pm.

NOTES:

• New!! Sign up for projects! We'll have a table set up where you can check out all of our current earthbongo projects and join an effort - big or small.
• Check out our Resource Table! A great spread of resources and hand-outs and even coupons from some of our sponsors!! Plus a mini-freecycle box.
• No time to make a dish? Can't balance that casserole on your bike?... Don't let that prevent you from attending! Bringing a dish to share is not required for attending the potluck and program. A $5 contribution could be given instead, which would help defray the costs of space rental, food, etc.
  
• Sustainable Ballard Book and DVD Library! View the full list of our collection at LibraryThing then let Tom know what you'd like to borrow. You can also donate to the library.

We look forward to seeing you!

Sustainable Ballard, a blueprint for Everytown, USA, educates, inspires, and engages neighbors to take action to live more sustainably both individually and collectively. Our vision is an inclusive, joyful, sustainable community co-creating a world for this and future generations where eco-systems are healthy and peace is inevitable.

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