350 Day of Action: West Seattle garden-building, and more

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The new community edible garden behind C & P Coffee – built today by CoolMom– and Sustainable West Seattle-organized volunteers as part of the worldwide 350 Day of Action – was taking shape in a big way when we stopped by around noon – four raised beds behind the coffeehouse. And lots of help, including the very young:

If you see this before 3 pm or so, there’s still time for you to get to Seattle Center and be in the big “350” photo by the International Fountain. A SWS contingent planned to bicycle there; here’s the bicycle that SWS president Bill Reiswig was going to ride:

If you don’t know what the “350” is about – it’s explained here. ADDED 7:02 PM: We got to Seattle Center just as those gathered for the photo finished counting down to 3:50 pm — here’s the group finishing the countdown and cheering/waving:

Here’s how it looked from above (the people we video’d were at the bottom of the photo, just before the big blue banner on the ground). ADDED EARLY SUNDAY: We’ve received one of the aerial photos, and permission to use it, from Terri Glaberson of CoolMom (who was among the speakers at, and organizers of, Saturday’s big event):

Organizers say about 500 people participated.

earthlover October 24, 2009 (8:30 pm)

Way to go Cool Mom and Sustainable West Seattle! You’re leading the charge in magnificent ways on an incredibly important message, thank you.

Bill October 25, 2009 (12:07 am)

Kudos to Terri Glaberson and Laura Effline of CoolMom who did so much of the organization that made this happen in West Seattle and at the Seattle Center.

Daisy October 25, 2009 (7:58 am)

A huge “thanks” to Pete and Cam of C&P who donated the space in the backyard so we have a place to get involved. To Terri and Laura who organized this fun event. I met some great people and had a great time. To Doug, the “foreman extraordinaire” who was ever so patiently showing us how to level cement blocks and deemed us “hammer worthy”. He had a plaid shirt on; we had to listen. A little hard labor never kills anyone… Thank you all who participated.

West Seattle October 25, 2009 (6:42 pm)

Way to set a totally unachievable goal!

And good luck convincing 2 billion people living with little more than a 20 watt light that they can’t get fridges and TVs.

ellenater October 25, 2009 (9:23 pm)

Great event, had a blast!

carbon footprint October 25, 2009 (10:48 pm)

You want to limit Carbon Dioxide emissions?

Stop driving if there is only one person in the car.
Turn off all lights if not in room.
Do not mow your lawn.
Do not eat meat.
Take shower every 3 or 4 days or a bath and share the water.
Turn off your computer all but twice a week.
Do not buy coffee.
Stop driving your kids to school. Make them walk or take the bus.
Don’t dine out.
Stop thinking of only yourself.
Hard choices and only a scratch.

Basically you cannot do a protest like this and then drive home in your Subaru, stop at for a coffee in a paper cup, stop by Walgreens for some drugs and knick-knacks you don’t need, but they were on sale!, pick up processed food on the way home and then turn on your TV and every other light in your house while you microwave your “dinner”.

We all need to cut our intake (energy and products) by 90% if we are to save the planet for our continued comfortable habitation.

Good luck!

Glad some of you rode bikes!

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