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Honey Bee Swarm Rescue

Often people will see bees as pests that will sting their children and call an exterminator, who will spray toxic chemicals everywhere to kill them off. Please don’t let that happen to our pollinators!...

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Local Recycling Information

The City of Seattle has one of the most advanced recycling systems in the country. Make sure that you are taking advantage of what our city’s recycling programs have to offer by keeping up-to-date on...

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Composting at Home!

In addition to using a curbside food scrap recycling bin (see the Local Recycling Page [link] for more info), composting at home is a great way to recycle your food and yard waste, and to create your...

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Top 10 Things You Can Do To Live More Sustainably on Capitol Hill

Sustainable Capitol Hill wants to help you get green, because even small changes at the individual level can lead to big changes in our community! Recycle! If your home or apartment does not have a...

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Tool Library Progress Report

2016 MLK Work party: Together with over 30 volunteers (mostly obtained from the United Way of King County website) we made great progress organizing our inventory. We now have over 900 items in our...

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Update – Jan 1

We got a grant from Microsoft matching their employee volunteer time and cash donations. Does your company have a matching program? The post Update – Jan 1 appeared first on Sustainable Capitol Hill.

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Update – Jan 6

We’ve split our Mechanical project into design and install. We have the designer picked, do you want to donate the install or equipment part? The post Update – Jan 6 appeared first on Sustainable...

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Past Events

Ongoing SCH Steering Committee – for a half hour after main events SCH Tool Library Steering Committee – on 3rd Tuesdays of the month SCH Fruit Tree Gleaning 2015 January – Game Night February – Movie...

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Update – Jan 11

Thanks to donor Nicholas B The post Update – Jan 11 appeared first on Sustainable Capitol Hill.

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Update – Jan 17

Thanks to donor Bing T. The post Update – Jan 17 appeared first on Sustainable Capitol Hill.

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Top 10 Reasons To Grow An Organic Food Garden

Growing your own food reduces the distance your food travels from the farm to you (10 feet, say, versus 250-2,500 miles). That means you’re eliminating the petroleum products used in farming equipment,...

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Tips for Creating Your Own Herb Garden

While herbs can be grown in any outdoor garden setting during the summer months, they are an ideal option for growing indoors and on balconies or porches all year long, since they enjoy the same...

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Update – Feb

A big thank you to Emerald Aire for donating the materials and labor for our ventilation system. That is a really big help to us.  Also thank you to Lynn G. and Brenna for donating. The post Update –...

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How to add inventory

See this google document for instructions for adding inventory into the online system. The post How to add inventory appeared first on Sustainable Capitol Hill.

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How To Solder

Check out this easy to follow guide for how to solder. We’ve got lots of soldering irons and some different solders you can use (while supplies last).   The post How To Solder appeared first on...

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Find Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteering is a great way to get connected in your community. For 2015, our metropolitan area ranks #8 (out of 51) in terms of the number of volunteers with 31.1% of residents getting involved. See...

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Update – End of Jan

Thanks to donors Nicholas B, and Bing T The post Update – End of Jan appeared first on Sustainable Capitol Hill.

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Tips for Creating Your Own Herb Garden

While herbs can be grown in any outdoor garden setting during the summer months, they are an ideal option for growing indoors and on balconies or porches all year long, since they enjoy the same...

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Update – Feb

A big thank you to Emerald Aire for donating the materials and labor for our ventilation system. That is a really big help to us.  Also thank you to Lynn G. and Brenna for donating. The post Update –...

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How to add inventory

See this google document for instructions for adding inventory into the online system. The post How to add inventory appeared first on Sustainable Capitol Hill.

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