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Learn from your neighbors at this homegrown, hands-on festival! • Saturday 11-6,
Sunday 11-5 • NW 57th Street and 22nd Avenue NW • Undrive to the Fest —
walk, bicycle, scooter, carpool, or take the bus (#44, 15, 17, 18 or 75) —
and get two free bus tickets courtesy of King County METRO! •
fest.sustainableballard.org
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JOIN IN!
The 4th Annual Sustainable Ballard Festival:
Bigger and Livelier than Ever!
W
hen you attend the Sustainable Ballard Festival this fall you’ll find that there’s
a lot to learn from your neighbors! Get a sneak preview in this Festival Guide,
and be sure to mark your calendar for September 29th and 30th. Our annual homegrown, hands-on festival will offer you lots of resources and activities to make it
easier to live more sustainably. Join local non-profits, sustainable businesses and
the Ballard community for this engaging, enjoyable and educational experience. It’s
all FREE!
Now entering its 5th year, Sustainable Ballard continues to grow and inspire
neighboring communities (check out scallops.sustainableballard.org!). With Sustainable Ballard’s membership now over 1,000, it’s easy to see that energy independence
and community self-reliance do not mean “going it alone.” At the Sustainable Ballard
Festival you’ll find workshops, discussions, creative activities, and plenty of information. Demos and talks will be given by locals, and art, music, dance and theater will
all be part of the mix. While the mood is festive, the message is a serious one – it’s all
aimed at engaging you, our neighbors, to discover new possibilities and deepen your
commitment to living more lightly on the Earth. The choices we make daily can affect
global climate change and oil dependency. Please join us! ■
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Make new stuff out of old stuff at the Fest.
Visit RE Store’s Recycled Art Station
(pictured above), the Arts and Crafts
area for kids, and Swap-O-Rama-Rama,
where you can make new clothes out of
old clothes!
F E S T I VA L H O T S P O T S
There’s Something for Everyone at the Fest!
Eat Local Now
Community Construction
1,500 miles is the average distance that food
items in a typical American meal travel to
your table. With peak oil and climate change
as motivation, there are plenty of reasons
to Eat Local Now! For a donation you can
get one of the very trendy Eat Local Now Tshirts, and spread the word about local eating.
Highlights include:
• Cooking, fermentation and canning demos, hosted
by Chefs Collaborative and the Sustainable
Ballard Food, Health, Medicine Guild
• 100 Mile Diet display showing the location of
organic and family farms in Washington state
• Fresh fruit and produce samples
• Dehydrating display
• 100 Mile Thanksgiving program
Here’s where you’ll find info about green roofs,
solar panels, eco-insulation, sustainable and
reclaimed building materials, Energy Star
appliances, home heating alternatives and more.
• Real, live chickens! We’ll show you what you need
to keep them happy and laying eggs.
Climate Change Corner
The Climate Change Corner will contain
dramatic pictures of the effects of global
warming on Washington State. Meant
to convince people that warming is not a
problem far away or 10 years in the future,
this tent’s walls will offer evidence that action
is needed now. Additional information:
• Solutions and guidance on what individuals need
to do now
• A spectrum of necessary actions to get us to a
healthier climate, presented in graph form by
Climate Solutions.
• Specific suggestions from various groups like the
Climate Project, Solar Washington and the Greater
Seattle Climate Dialogues, as well as Sustainable
Ballard’s own home energy volunteers.
Demos by local chefs
draw a crowd at the Festival
• Help create a kiosk of reclaimed and recycled
materials with a green roof!
• Come see a straw bale building demonstration by
NW EcoBuilding Guild
• Learn how 14th Ave NW is building community
and creating a safe, livable and sustainable street
• Find out how to install your own water catchment
system.
Green Gardening
In this area you can find out about native
plants, organic gardening, home composting,
companion planting, saving water and much
more. Highlights include:
• Native, drought-tolerant, and edible plant displays
• Fruit tree pruning and information
• Composting demos and free worms!
• Cider-pressing
• Rain barrel display
Swap-o-Rama-Rama
Festival-goers will be guided in making new
fashions by recombining parts of donated
clothes along with fabric “trash” such as coffee
bags and rice bags. Sewing machines and
sergers will be provided, and experienced
sewers will be on hand to help you make your
vision a reality.
• A silkscreening station will be set up outside so
that you can adorn your garment with the festival
logo or other designs.
• Displays will show other eco-fiber arts ideas.
• Pre-made “Swap” clothing will be hung and
modeled for inspiration!
Biodiesel in Your Tank:
A Greener Future for Our Kids
Buy at the pump or in bulk
Ask us about home heating with biodiesel!
912 NW 50th Street • 206.783.5728
www.drdansbiodiesel.com
Bring a bag of clean used clothing to the
Festival for Swap-O-Rama-Rama!
Your don’t-needs will be transformed by
creative fest-goers – maybe even you!
questions? [email protected]
Progressive Talk AM1090
TALK RADIO FOR THOSE OF US LEFT
Go to am1090seattle.com to submit
events to our community calendar,
find out about local issues,
or explore our Green Pages!
www.am1090seattle.com
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Undriving Ballard
Sustainable Commons
Information Station
Explore options for Undriving (walking,
busing, bicycling, sailing, carpooling,
skateboarding...), make a pledge to drive less
in October, and become a licensed Undriver!
• Get your Undriver License at the Undriver
Licensing Station
• Consult with Undriving Advisors from Cascade
Bicycle Club and other transportation
organizations
• Get 10 free bus tickets, courtesy of King County
METRO, when you pledge to Undrive in October
• “Ride” the Shuffle Bus – Sustainable Ballard’s
Fred-Flintstone-style, human-powered festival
transportation service!
• Learn about bicycle safety, bike commuting,
transportation alternatives, car-sharing, ridesharing, busing and more.
The Sustainable Commons is a community
forum where Fest-goers share ideas and
inspiration for creating strong and sustainable
communities.
• Civic leaders and neighbors will discuss current
issues facing our communities
• SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities ALL Over
Puget Sound) Summit will convene here and
leaders of grassroots sustainability groups will
discuss new ideas including a Sail Transport
Network
• Green Business dialogues – learn what local
businesses are doing to profitably go green
• Community Circles – meet some of our Local
Heroes and Walk the Talk/Talk the Walk
• Political Debates – find out what local candidates
stand for and ask them questions in an informal
setting
• Local Economy Tools and Socially-Responsible
Investing
• Tools for Cultural Change - The Great Turning, The
Earth Charter, cross cultural organizing.
Visit the Information Station for a map and
schedule of the Festival, as well as general
sustainability resources.
Just signed an Undriving pledge? Curious
about how you can get around without your
car? Transportation Row gives you the
chance to touch and see nearly every option
in advanced transportation including human
power, alternative energy, and mass transit.
• Cars, trucks and even a hybrid METRO bus
• Electric, solar and hybrid cars
• Electric bikes, bike trailers, bike safety and repair
• Free bike tune-ups
• Learn how to make your own biodiesel
• Flexcar, NW Biodiesel Network and others will be
on hand to answer questions
• Plus some things you may not have heard of!
Ar ts and Crafts
In the Arts and Crafts area, you’ll find
crafty things for the younger kids to build
sustainable awareness, and fun things for
kids of all ages to make with sustainable and
recycled materials. Pitch in and help kids with
their own unique creation. Directed activities
include:
• Pinecone bird feeders
• Pinwheels
• Zucchini cars
Kids Corner
Here’s an area for older kids to get more
involved with sustainability issues and have
fun, too. Some highlights:
• Kid Picks—On Sunday, visit PCC’s Kid Picks mobile
and find (and rate) your favorite healthy foods.
The most highly rated items will show up on PCC
shelves as Kid Picks!
• REcycled Art Station—Hosted by RE Store,
this area will be a jumble of locally reclaimed
materials with an industrial bent – wires, springs,
widgets, gadgets, odds and ends – all stuff that
might wind up in the landfill if you don’t come
along and make something out of it. Tools, staff
and stuff provided – take home what you make for
free! Come play. For kids of all ages – adults, too.
• And more!
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Merchandise
For a donation, you can get this year’s Festival
T-shirt or other wearable items — all silkscreened on clean recycled clothing purchased
from local area thrift stores!
More Fun in the Park
Parents for Skateparks will be running
workshops and demos in the Ballard
Commons Skatebowl on the very same days as
our Festival! www.parents4sk8parks.org
LEND A HAND!
The Sustainable Ballard Festival runs on volunteer
energy! Contribute your skills and time to your
neighborhood festival – before, during and after, from
2 hours to 20+! To get connected, send an email to
[email protected], or call Andrea at
206-783-6963 (9am–9pm), or 206-701-7000. All
activity areas need help on Festival days, plus we’re
planning silkscreening and sign-making work parties
Sept. 15-16, no experience needed. Other opportunities too (and you can get community service hours).
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Transpor tation Row
• Free magazines from our media sponsors
• Tell us how you Undrove to the Festival (by foot,
bike, bus, scooter, skateboard, etc.) and get 2
FREE bus tickets courtesy of King County METRO!
• Get our sustainability reading list
• Pick up interesting articles and information
related to climate change, peak oil, global
warming and community action.
Sustainable Ballardʼs annual Festival
is coming soon — two days for discovering new possibilities for living
more lightly on the earth. With your
participation this will be the most
colorful, lively, and inspiring festival
yet. We welcome your support at
any level — and for a contribution
of $100, weʼll put the photo of your
choice (you, your kids, your dog,
your garden...) on a Clothesline
Flag at the Fest!
YES, I/we want to join FRIENDS OF THE FEST!
Gifts of any size are welcome! If you
want your contribution to be taxdeductible, make check payable to
Groundswell NW (our fiscal agent).
Otherwise, please make check payable to Sustainable Ballard. Either
way, mail with this form to:
u Sustainable Ballard
2442 NW Market St #286
Seattle, WA 98107
My check is enclosed:
*
$100 - Flag!
$50
$25
other
Name
Email
Phone
WE WONʼT SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFO
*For your Clothesline Flag, email your photo to [email protected] — 4x6, 300dpi;
or mail it with your check. Include your name and a message of up to 20 words.
THANK YOU! Your support makes the Sustainable Ballard Festival possible.
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ou’ll find us at Ballard Commons Park and in
the Ballard Public Library, just north of downtown Ballard at NW 57th St and 22nd Ave NW.
The festival site is conveniently accessible by bus,
bicycle and foot.
Help us reduce our ecological footprint by
Undriving to the Fest. If you get there by any means
other than car, we’ll give you 2 free bus tickets,
courtesy of King County METRO. Get them at the
Information Station, and while you’re there, record
how you got to the Fest on the Big Board!
RIDING THE BUS: Metro bus routes #15, 17, 18, 44
and 75 all travel within easy walking distance of the
Fest. Check out transit.metrokc.gov for schedule
information. (It might be easier by bus than you
think; did you know you can get from Northgate to
Ballard on one bus?)
WALKING: Ballard is a great place to explore on
foot, so consider ambling on over to the Fest, even
from neighboring communities. Taking a stroll of a
mile or two (or three or four) is healthy!
BOATING: You can dock at the public 24th Street
Pier for free; no overnight moorage and use at
your own risk. After docking, walk or bike 5 blocks
north and 1 block east.
PARKING: There will be plenty of bike racks at
the Festival! Please do not lock your bike to the
lightpoles within the park. If you absolutely must
drive a car, make it a hybrid if you can, be sure to
carpool, and know that parking in the area will be
very tight. Please try to park in the commercial
areas of Ballard or in the Library lot, and if you
must park in the residential areas, be respectful of
our neighbors and do not block their driveways. At
the Information Station you can ‘fess up and still get
free bus tickets, if you consult our bus trip planning
specialists and promise to try out the route.
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FOOD: Pizza will be available for purchase on site
from Snoose Junction Pizzeria, and we might
have other food vendors. You are also welcome
to picnic in the park, and we’ll gladly point you to
local restaurants from the Information Station. ■
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Come to the Fest by any means other than car, and get 2
free bus tickets courtesy of King County METRO! Then get
your Undriver License – just make a pledge to Undrive
during the month of October, in a way that works for you.
And take a “ride” on the Undriving Shuffle Bus at the Fest!
Undriving
B A L L A R D !
his year we’ll have two stages, the HomeStreet Bank Stage and the KBCS 91.3 FM
Stage, where we’ll feature speakers, music, and dance throughout the weekend.
Here's a sampling of some of the programming for the stages, the Sustainable Commons and other festival hotspots; visit fest.sustainableballard.org for new additions
and the latest schedule information.
SPEAKERS:
• Cecile Andrews - Author of Circle of Simplicity and Slow Is Beautiful and founder,
Phinney Ecovillage (www.phinneyecovillage.net)
• Paul Birkeland - An American Response to Global Warming
• Pam Burton, Solar Washington - How to Pay for a Solar System
• Meagan Dixon - Climate Solutions
• Jody Grage - Volunteer Simplicity for Activists
• Arthur Lee Jacobson, Author of Trees of Seattle - Special Trees of Ballard
• Glenn Maresca - Liquid Heating
• Kassie Olin, Environmental Home Center - Affordable Green Building Materials
• Carla Saulter, aka BusChick - Undriving Adventures on the Bus
• Eric Smith, Goodfunds - Sustainable Economics and Community Investing
• Viki Sonntag, Sustainable Seattle - Community as an Alternative to Consumption
• Noel Stout, RE Store - A Case Study in Deconstruction
• Biodiesel Panel - Dan Freeman of Dr. Dan’s Biodiesel, Lyle Rudensey aka BioLyle,
and Duff Badgley of One Earth
• Community Panel - Local Leaders on the Future of Ballard
• Undrivers Panel - Unexpected Discoveries While Getting Around without A Car
CHEF DEMOS:
• Dustin Ronspies, Chef, Owner, Art of the Table
• Micah Windham, Executive Chef, Mona’s Bistro
• Lesa Sullivan, Personal Chef, Lesa Cooks
• Zephyr Paquette, Executive Chef, Delicious Planet (gourmet home delivery)
• Jennifer Adler, Nutritionist & Chef, Realize Health
• Becky Selengut, Chef, creator of SeasonalCornucopia.com
MUSIC:
• Klaus Lendzian - Classic and contemporary acoustic guitar
• Angela Jossy - Indie acoustic rock - www.myspace.com/angelajossyband
• Bob & Sheldon - Acoustic New Wave - www.myspace.com/bobandsheldon
• obelisk - Rock blues/blues progressive Celtic music
• A Minor Racket (formerly Mudcat) - American roots music - soul, old R&B, blues
• Suzi Harper - “Self-help” eco rock - www.myspace.com/suziharper
• Trygve Bjorndal and Richard Swenson - Accordian assortment
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• BALLARD AVENUE INDEPENDENT RETAILERS
• BALLARD HEALTH CLUB
• BALLARD NEWS TRIBUNE
• CHINOOK BOOK
• CITY OF SEATTLE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT
• DR. DAN’S BIODIESEL
• FIRST LIGHT FINANCIAL, INC.
• GREENWORKS REALTY
• KING COUNTY METRO
• MITHUN PARTNERS
• NOLAND HOMES
• OPPERMAN DESIGN
• RE STORE
BICYCLE LEVEL SPONSORS ($250-500)
A Fresh Squeeze
Simple. Local. Green.
www.afreshsqueeze.com/seattle
Adina Juice Company
“Don’t just taste good – do good!”
www.adinaworld.com
Ballard Chamber of Commerce
Proudly serving this community since 1927
www.ballardchamber.com
Ballard Market
Nourishing the Quality of Life
1400 NW 56th Street
Ballard NW Senior Center
A place where friends meet
www.nwseniorcenter.org
Bedrock Industries
Specializing in Trash Beautification
1401 W. Garfield www.bedrockindustries.com
The Bicycle Alliance of WA/Bikestation Seattle
A Bicycling Community Partnership
www.bicyclealliance.org 206-224-9252
Canopies by Fred
Bringing people together, building community
www.canopiesbyfred.com
Carlson Architects
Progressive and innovative architectural design
solutions
www.carlsonarch.com
Cedar Grove Composting
1-877-764-5748
www.cgcompost.com www.gogreenscene.com
Coastwide Laboratories
Sustainable Green Cleaning Products
www.Coastwidelabs.com Verna M. Harbaugh
CoHo Team of Windemere Agents
Building Communities, Bringing You Home
www.cohorealty.com
Divine Spine
Serving an exceptional chiropractic experience
www.divinespine.net
Environmental Home Center
Building Materials for Life
www.environmentalhomecenter.com
Eric Smith, CFP ®, AIF ®
Sustainable investing services since 1986
www.goodfunds.com
Flexcar
The nation’s first and best car-sharing company
www.flexcar.com
Goods for the Planet
Earth Friendly Products for your Home & Garden
525 Dexter Ave N www.goodsfortheplanet.com
Green Queen of Clean
Non-toxic cleaning for home or office
www.thegreenqueen.com 206-718-9414
Groundswell NW
Creating Community Parks & Habitat
www.groundswellnw.org
King County Police Union – My I.D. Club
Get your kids I.D. cards
www.myidclub.org
Moth Press
Custom silkscreen invitations, business cards,
and artwork!
www.mothpress.com
New Roots Organics
Fresh organic produce delivered to your door!
206-261-2500 www.newrootsorganics.com
PCC Kid Picks
Kid-tested and approved!
www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/kids/
Pioneer Organics
Healthy Home Delivery
PioneerOrganics.com
Seattle Chefs Collaborative
local. sustainable. delicious.
seattle.chefscollaborative.org
Seattle Public Utilities
World class utility services
www.savingwater.org
Second Ascent
Outdoor Gear and Apparel
5209 Ballard Ave. NW www.secondascent.com
Shorebank Pacific
Business – Community – Environment
www.eco-bank.com 1-888-326-2265
Small Potatoes Urban Delivery
the organic store to your door
www.spud.com
Snoose Junction Pizzeria
Bring the family for food and fun
2305 NW Market St, 206-706-2305
www.GreenUpSeattle.org
Green energy from your Seattle City Light
206-684-3000
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CLOTHESLINE LEVEL SPONSORS ($100-200)
Abrahamson Gentle Chiropractic
All the Kings Flags
American Elevator Corporation
Art and Architecture
Ballard Escrow
Ballard Home Comforts
Ballard Neighborhood Doctors
Ballard Organics
Ballard Woodworks
Cascade Bicycle Club
Camelion Design
Cartridge World
Cascadia Consulting
Copper Gate
Crown Hill Chiropractic
City of Seattle One Less Car Challenge
Clover
Collective
Eat the State!
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Field Studios – Julia Field
Floating Leaves Tea House
Gifted
Great Harvest Bread Company
Green Festival Seattle
Greener Lifestyles
Eva Otto, Greenworks Realty
Joe Nabbefeld, Greenworks Realty
Danielle Johnson, Greenworks Realty
Ben Kaufman, Greenworks Realty
Java Bean
Julianne Stutzman-Mai, LMP
KAVU
Liquid Heating
Lucca
Merge
Northwest Earth Institute, Seattle Chapter
NW Biodiesel Network
Passion Flower Perfume
PATH
re-souL
Sea Latino
Seattle Green Festival
Solar Washington
Sunset Hill Green Market
University VW/Audi
Walt’s Organic Fertilizer Company
Washington Liveaboard Association
Windermere Mortgage Services/Ballard
The Worm Guy
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KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
Colors NW, Inc.
www.colorsnw.com
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