PubliCalendar: Park(ing) Day 2014
Raising awareness of public space and pedestrians, SDOT has enlisted citizens in the War on Cars.
Approving 50 applicants, SDOT has authorized a long list of popup parks to liberate parking spaces for the day, turning them into reading rooms, art parks, piano recital halls, and bike repair shops.
And reminder: PubliCola is hosting it's own SwaP(ark) across the street from Harbor Steps on University between Western and Alaskan Way. Bring a sweater, a blouse, a book, or a knickknack that you're done with and exchange it for something else (like The Oxford Companion to English Literature, Fifth Edition.)
Park(ing) Day, Fri, Sept 19, 9am–3pm, free
International Coastal Cleanup
This annual cleanup effort is the largest volunteer day in service of lakes, rivers, and oceans. All the trash that gets collected is recorded, and the information is sent to the Ocean Conservancy. The organization then publishes a report detailing the kinds of objects found in the water; last year the top items were small, plastic, and usually brown or white.
Help collect flotsam and jetsam from Alki Beach this weekend.
International Coastal Cleanup, Sat, Sept 20, 9am–noon, Alki Beach Park, 1702 Alki Ave SW, free
For Sunday
Green Lake Litter Patrol
Friends of Green Lake Litter Patrol are hosting a cleanup event for the popular North Seattle recreational area.
An all-season mainstay for walkers, runners, strollers, and cyclists, the 323-acre park includes a nearly three-mile loop around the lake and athletic fields. Meet at the bathhouse, take a circuit around the lake, and pick up litter along the way.
Green Lake Litter Patrol, Sun, Sept 21, 9–11am, Green Lake Park, 7312 W Green Lake Dr N, free
For Monday
Community Climate Forum
The city's Office of Sustainability and Environment is hosting a community discussion about residents’ ability to prepare for the effects of climate change. The meeting will focus on Seattle's culturally diverse and low-income communities. Those groups often are not equipped to face the impacts of climate change.
Council member Mike O’Brien, chair of the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability committee, will lead the conversation. Registration is required.
Community Climate Forum, Mon, Sept 22, 5–7pm, Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave, free
Advance Notice for October 6
Human Consequences of Technology
New York Times best seller and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Nicholas Carr discusses his newest book The Glass Cage: Automation and Us. He focuses on how technology does much of the heavy lifting that the brain used to, disconnecting us from the world around us.
The author of three novels has also written for The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The New York Times.
Human Consequences of Technology, Mon, Oct 6, 7:30–8:45pm, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, $5
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