Sustainable West Seattle picnics, honors ‘Sustainability Hero’

Golden pre-sunset light filled the LIncoln Park shelter where Sustainable West Seattle members and friends gathered for the group’s summer picnic tonight. They ate and talked and relaxed – and stopped for a few minutes to honor a hero:

With SWS’s Patrick Dunn (left), that’s South Seattle Community College‘s Michael Ryan (right), the college’s Dean of Culinary, Pastry, Wine, and Landscape/Horticulture, among other things. “All the good stuff,” he smiled. “My worst day at work is better than most people’s best day!” As SWS announced last week, Ryan was chosen the group’s 2011 “Sustainability Hero,” for championing so many sustainability-related projects, including the West Seattle Tool Library and Community Orchard of West Seattle. (Added: Video of his acceptance, and Dunn’s introduction:)

After speeches and applause, it was back to celebrating a perfect summer night, and even enjoying Puget Sound:

That’s Greg Whittaker from Alki Kayak Tours and Mountain to Sound Outfitters (WSB sponsor), who brought paddlecraft for picnickers to try out. (Tomorrow night, by the way, is the big event his businesses are co-sponsoring with Alki Crab and Fish at Seacrest – a standup-paddleboarding movie’s local premiere following the Tuesday night SUP races; details here.) Meantime, watch Sustainable West Seattle’s website for details soon on their September program; the third Monday of the month is their usual night for community forums/gatherings.

1 Reply to "Sustainable West Seattle picnics, honors 'Sustainability Hero'"

  • Kate K August 15, 2011 (10:18 pm)

    And a good time was had by all!

    Congratulations to Dean Michael Ryan from SSCC for being awarded the “Sustainability Hero Award” – well deserved for all his work on making sustainability an integrated part of SSCC’s curriculum and being.

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