*Featured Event* Play: Piper's Creek Annual Salmon Watching
The yearly salmon run occurs in Piper's Creek from early November to early December. On the weekends (Saturday and Sunday) during those months, you can find Salmon Stewards greeting guests by the creek. Go for a visit and learn all about the salmon's life cycle and habitat!
FREE!
Nov 15, 11am-2pm
Piper's Creek in Carkeek Park

Live: Sustainable Industries Economic Forum
$65 per person.
November 5, 7-10am
W Seattle Hotel, Seattle

Learn: The Triple bottom Line and the Future of America’s Energy Independence: Part I of III
$5-$10 per person
November 6, 6:30pm
Seattle University – Campion Ballroom

Live, Eat, Play: Whole Foods Market - Roosevelt Square 9 year Anniversary
Free.
November 8, All Day
Whole Foods Market Roosevelt Square, Seattle
*Coupon: Save $10 on your purchase of $50 or more.

Play: Green Seattle Day
After show is 21+.
November 8
See website for locations

Home: Solar Works! In Seattle: Introduction to Solar PV
REI will provide a $2.00 parking voucher.
November 8, 10am-1pm
REI Flagship Store, 222 Yale Ave N

Play, Learn: Piper’s Creek Annual Salmon Watching
Free.
November 8, 11am-2pm
Piper’s Creek in Carkeek Park, Seattle

Go: Turn Coroplast Campaign Signs Into Bike Fenders
Free
November 8, 6:30-9:30
Bike Works, 3709 S. Ferdinand

Live: Puget Sound Business Journal’s Green Business Summit
$75 per person, register online.
November 12, 7am-12pm
Grand Hyatt Seattle, 721 Pine Street, Seattle

Home: Home Weatherization Workshop
$10 per person.
November 13, 7am-8pm
ecohaus, 4121 1st Ave South, Seattle

Live, Learn: Transformational Lecture Series: Van Jones: Green Pathways Out of Poverty
RSVP required.
November 13, 5:30-7pm
Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle

Learn: Book Reading: The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda
Free.
November 19, 7:30pm
Elliot Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street, Seattle

Play: Celebrate “Salmon’s Return to Carkeek”
Free.
November 28, 11am-1pm
Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center, Seattle More...

Between Halloween and the Election, the week ahead is sure to be action packed!  If you want to enjoy the outdoors in a cause we all can agree on, join EarthCorps Climate Action Week November 1-8, 2008!  They plan to lead volunteers at up to 10 restoration sites in Federal Way, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Tacoma and Seattle. For more events, take a look at the list below!

NW Biodiesel Network Monthly Meeting:  

Biodiesel from Algae: Players in the Northwest

Can algae solve biodiesel's feedstock challenges?  What emerging companies are working on algae research in the Northwest?  This is always a hot topic and you may be surprised what is going on with algae in your own backyard!  Get your questions answered!  7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Seattle Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle WA 98103. Cost is Free.  Information at www.nwbiodiesel.org/. More...

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Seattle is bursting with all kinds of fun, local events that could keep you busy all weekend!  If you don't catch the Bioneers Conference, you might want to check out one of the following events:

Play: Shop Local Seattle 2008
Free.
October 18, 12pm-3pm
Ravenna Eckstein Community Center, 6535 Ravenna Ave NE, Seattle

Play: Volunteer Tourism with Crooked Trails co-founder Chris Mackay
Free.
October 18, 1pm
The Savvy Traveler, 112 5th Ave S, Edmonds

Play: Celebration of the 36th birthday of the Clean Water Act
October 18, 10am-1pm
King County CSO Treatment Plant in the middle of Carkeek Park, 950 NW Carkeek Park Rd, Seattle

Play, Learn: "Climate Change: Do Take It Personally!"
Free.
October 18, 9am-12:30pm
Black Box Theater, Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W, Lynnwood More...

Go: Climate Action Lab – Transportation Shift
Vision. Innovation. Action. Go!
Event is Free, but space is limited so please RSVP to www.ClimateDialogues.org/labs.
October 11, 9:30am-2pm
University Unitarian Church: 6556 35th Ave NE, Seattle

Play: Grand Opening of the New Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center
Free.
October 11, 10am-5pm
Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, 1625 118th Ave. SE, Bellevue

Play: October Greendrinks, hosted by the Cascade Land Conservancy
Free, but please RSVP here.
October 14, 5:30pm
Form/Space Atelier, 2407 1st Ave, Seattle

Live: Seattle Bioneers Conference
$120 for all three days, $90 for two days, $50 for one day, $30 per day for students
October 17 – 19, 9am-5:30pm daily
Washington State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle

Play: Green Halloween Open Haus!
Free.
October 18, 12-3pm
ecohaus, 4121 First Ave South, Seattle

Play, Eat: Local Harvest Gala Dinner
$75; purchase tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.
October 20, 5:30pm
Palace Ballroom, 2100 5th Ave, Seattle

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With so much happening around the Puget Sound, how do you choose what you're going to do with your free time? We've compiled a list of fun and educational events to help guide you through the compiledoming week. We love our urban lifestyle, but find we need to regularly balance ourselves with treks outside of the city. With fall unquestionably upon us, we're itching to enjoy the harvest at one of our favorite farms:

FEATURED EVENT**Play: Pumpkin Patch Opening Celebration

Bring the whole family to celebrate the harvest! Enjoy the 5.5 acre Tribute to the Tractor Corn Maze, storytelling, live music, hayrides, farm animals, Kettle Corn, and pumpkins. Farmstand/U-pick with seasonal produce.

October 4-5, 11am-3pm

South 47 Farm

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EcoMetro Green Events

Live: Brandon Street Natural Area- Longfellow Creek Work Party - Green Seattle Partnership
Help enhance the Longfellow Creek and the Legacy Trail by planting and mulching at Brandon Street Natural Area. Free.
Aug 16, 10am-2pm
Brandon St. SW & 26th Ave, SW - walk down Brandon St. 1/2 a block

Live: Green your Food and Waste! - Northwest Environmental Education Council
The Northwest Environmental Education Council Presents Sustainability Workshop Series: Reduce your Eco-Footprint, Reduce Your Impact. Find out how your food and waste decisions affect the planet! Join speakers from the Urban Farm Company and Cedar Grove Composting for a special presentation on organic gardening, composting, and urban chicken-farming. Learn how to make your own compost bin, get tips for growing an organic vegetable garden in the Pacific Northwest, and find out what it takes to raise chickens in your own backyard! Please bring a Notebook and pen, a mug for coffee, a water bottle, lunch/snack, your old shower head (to be exchanged for a free, low-flow one!). We will have: a raffle for a free set of compost cones! (registering for this class automatically enters you into our raffle), coffee, tea, and snacks, professionals who can answer all your questions about eating sustainably. $5.
Aug 16, 10am-12:30pm
NEEC Headquarters, 650 S Orcas St., Suite 220, Seattle

Play: Movies on the Pedestal
This outdoor movie showing occurs downtown where Rainier Tower's pedestal doubles as a 20' movie screen. They provide blankets & chairs while supplies last.
Showing "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" on Aug 21 and "Hot Fuzz" on Aug 28. Free.
Aug 21 and 27, after sunset
Rainier Square Roof Park, 5th and University

Play: Duwamish River Festival
4th Annual - features updates on the Lower Duwamish Superfund Toxic Cleanup, Kayak Tours, live entertainment, children's activities, water taxi rides, food, health information, natural yard care tips, Bert the Salmon, the Mud Monster, and more! Free.
Aug 23, 11am-3pm
Waterway Park, 7900 10th Ave S, Seattle

Play: Blues for Food Fest 2008
Featuring 5 northwest local bands! Cold drinks hot food. Local farmers market favorites will be serving up delicious homemade and organic food all day long. A children's garden staffed with the most dedicated master gardeners with children's activities scheduled 11 am - 3 pm. Fresh homemade pies by homemade by real p-patchers! Composting demonstrations! By real live master composters! Lots of free parking! Proceeds from this event will go to the P-Patch Trust, a non-profit organization that works to prevent hunger by promoting community gardening in Seattle and by supporting programs that distribute food to needy and help people grow their own food. Bring fresh organic vegetable donations! They will be donated to foodbanks. $10-$20.
Aug 30, 11am-7pm
Magnusun Park Amphitheatre, Seattle More...