From left to right: Bob Connell, B. Bhartik and partner, Jun Akutsu, Cathy Tuttle, Kathleenn Cromp, Michael Kucher, Treb Connell, Christina O’Leary, Michael Courtney
This coming Saturday, Sept 13, from 10 to noon the “ring of illuminated concern” called Sustainable Wallingford – and I’m a member – will meet almost at the Mosaic Community Coffeehouse at 4401 2nd Ave. NE. That is the landmark. The meeting itself will be just around the corner in the First Church of the Nazarene fellowship hall. You enter on 2nd.
Early last month, August 9th, an afternoon squall ran through Seattle scattering picnics to the nearest shelters. The picnics that Saturday included one for Sustainable Wallingford at the Good Shepherd campus. The attached group portrait shows a few members illuminated in the reflected glow of an afternoon sun that followed the storm. They are perched, of course, in the park’s pergola.
Why investigate this circle of concerned Wallingford citizens? One reason is that they are also meeting in Wallingford United Kingdom. Here follows parts of Sustainable Wallingford leader Cathy Tuttle’s latest correspondence to members. It begins with a request you may wish to take time to examine and respond to.
Please take a survey, What Do You Really Think About Climate Change? We will only be collecting survey data until October 25th, 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 is a small town of about 10,000 people, located 47 miles (75 km) west of London. Wallingford, USA 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!
The remainder of Cathy’s bulleted correspondence includes other clues on why one might want to show up this coming weekend or visit the group’s site.
* CoolMom Wallingford meets at Mosaic 4401 2nd Ave NE this Tuesday, Sept 9 at 7 pm with Kerri Cechovic from Washington Environmental Council. More info about CoolMom Wallingford from Anne Marie 206-522-5034
* Active Sustainable Wallingford member Mike Ruby received $15,000 from the Dept of Neighborhoods Matching Fund to help plan a Wallingford Community Center He invites folks interested in the project to the Good Shepherd Center room 122 this Wednesday, Sept 10 at 7 pm.
* If you haven’t seen the Sustainable Wallingford wheelbarrow drill team, click.
* The great Sustainable Ballard Festival on Sept 27-28 has a variety of must-see events including two Wallingford-based Spokespeople rides at noon to sustainable sites — so ride your bikes to the festival!
* Spokespeople will also link houses on the Wallingford home tour on Oct 5.
* Click for more info about Sustainable Wallingford or call Cathy at 206-547-9569
My one-of-a-kind Sustainable Wallingford button
