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Educating and empowering businesses and diverse communities to implement environmentally sustainable practices.

Seattle, Washington
Joined December 2009
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📣✨Want to stay up to date on ECOSS' work in 2024? Here's where you can keep up with us: 💌ECOSS Newsletter: ecoss.org/newsletter/ 🌞IG: instagram.com/ecoss_org/ 🌊FB: facebook.com/SustainableSolu… ☁LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/1840960…
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Looking for weekend plans? 👀 Check out these community events and swing by the SPU table! 📍 Duwamish River Festival, 8700 Dallas Ave. S, Aug. 5, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. 📍 Celebrate Little Saigon, 1033 S. Jackson St, Aug. 5, 11:00 – 3:00 p.m.
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Have you taken #TrailheadDirect yet this year? Our friends at @ECOSS recently led a guided Trailhead Direct outing to Little Si. Check out their POV of the trail, the summit, & things spotted along the way. Learn more & plan your own trip 👉 TrailheadDirect.org
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🐛Do you identify as an immigrant, refugee, or member of a BIPOC community? Come learn about the benefits and uses of compost and mulch and work on a habitat restoration site with ECOSS! Register here: seattle.greencitypartnership…
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We're Hiring! 📣 ECOSS is seeking a Development Director who is committed to the principles of community-centric fundraising & has experience building a donor-community that is diverse across underrepresented and intersecting identities. More info: ecoss.org/jobs.
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Last Saturday was our first Transit to Nature trip of the season with community! Here are some things we saw at Little Si on 📍 Snoqualmie Ancestral Lands ⬇
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Did you know you can get to Little Si, Mt Si, and Teneriffe via public transportation? @kingcountyparks and @KingCountyMetro run shuttles each weekend from Seattle to each of the trailheads through their #trailheaddirect program!
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(1/2) Need transportation for your group’s next outdoor outing? Try @KingCountyMetro's #CommunityVan! Getting to your group's next nature walk, pool visit, soccer game, & more could be just that easy.
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Looking for something interesting to do outdoors this week? Some of the lowest tides of the year are hitting #PugetSound, including minus 3.7 feet at 12:26 p.m. today, June 5! Get tips on responsible tidepooling for all ages in our blog post: wdfw.medium.com/a-treasure-t…
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(2/2) 👨‍🦽 Choose from a variety of vans, including a wheelchair-accessible 6-passenger van 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Get certified as a volunteer driver for your group or draw from a network of volunteer drivers The outdoors just got closer! ⛰️🌲 Learn more & get started 👇 bit.ly/KCCommunityVan
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(1/2) Use transit to get to nature with @KingCountyMetro #CommunityVan, in partnership with #KingCounty Parks, @ECOSS, @Amazon, & @Wilderness. 🚐 Enjoy group transit for the price of a standard bus fare (gas, insurance, tolls, & your Discover Pass are covered!)
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You’re invited! Join our interagency 6PPD webinar on June 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. to learn more about 6PPD, a chemical in tires that’s toxic to aquatic organisms. More information available here: ecology.wa.gov/Blog/Posts/Ma… @PSPartnership @wsdot @WADeptHealth @WDFW
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We compiled our staff's favorite AAPI places into a Google MyMap! Check it out in our link in bio and support these spaces beyond AAPI Month -- we'll also be adding other BIPOC spaces to it over time ☺ google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1…
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Thanks for coming out to our Sharing the Spark: Electrification and Mobility Workshop last week! Special thanks to our presenters from @SEACityLight , @frontandcenterd , @KingCountyMetro , and King County for sharing their knowledge and thoughtful conversations with community
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We're gathering community feedback for a new park ranger program! What should or shouldn’t Park Rangers focus on? How do we design a program that's welcoming to all? We need your input! Take our survey & sign up for our paid, in-person community forum 👉 bit.ly/KCParkRangerSurvey
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Check out this @SeattleSPU recycling and compost event in Seattle's Chinatown-International District this Friday! There will be Mandarin and Taiwanese language support on site.
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⚡️What are the benefits of transportation and building electrification? 💨 Less air pollution 👂Quieter roads and highways 🦖 Less reliance on fossil fuels like gasoline and natural gas which are major air pollutants
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⚡️Did you know that electrification and a zero emissions future is possible for our city because Seattle sources the majority (over 80%) of its electricity via hydropower?
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Yesterday we explored the possibilities of building and mobility electrification in a focus group with youth from the Cham community center, in partnership with @SEACityLight ! (Photos used with permission)
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