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Escuala Saludable y Ecologica one of three international winners of the Design SEED Competition

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:06:09 +0000

We are proud to announce that Escuela Ecologica in Peru is one of three international winners of the Design Corps SEED Competition! Congratulations to AWB-Seattle Board Member, Ben Spencer, his UW Team, and many partners, for an innovative project that incorporates numerous sustainable building strategies, including a grey water filtration system and a hydrocarbon densifying play mechanism

AWB receives Team of the Year Award from El Centro de la Raza

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:53:15 +0000

Architects Without Borders-Seattle receives El Centro de la Raza’s Team of the Year Award, accepted by board member Dave Helton at a ceremony in December. AWB is recognized for two projects for El Centro. The first was the design of a renovation of the exterior stairways. The design was sensitive to the historic features of the building while insuring that the stairs are safe for the building’s many users. This year, AWB held a design charette and provided design service for the renovation of a large conference room. Mortenson Construction partnered with AWB for the construction of both projects with largely donated materials and volunteer labor.

Green Building Conference is Wednesday 9/14 in Issaquah

chantals — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:53:03 +0000

The Built Green® Conference & Festival is an annual event for those interested in the green-building industry, including builders, architects, designers, vendors, consultants, engineers, realtors, government agencies and students. The primary focus of the event is to educate the local and regional building industry on quality green-building practices, products and projects and to inspire groups to build sustainable communities. Registration for the 2011 Built Green Conference & Festival is now open!

Seattle Urban Forestry Commission needs you

michaelg — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:08:41 +0000

The Seattle Urban Forestry Commission is seeking a Landscape Architect to fill Position #6. For more information check out the press release.

Internship Opportunity in Haiti with All Hands Volunteers

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:20:09 +0000

All Hands Volunteers is looking for interns.
For more information check here: http://hands.org/2010/10/31/intern/

Community Preparedness Seminar

admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:23:55 +0000

Ever wonder what happens when a disaster strikes your neighborhood? Want to help organize and coordinate response and recovery? Well this forum may be for you.

If you attend and are interested in helping track the Seattle Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness Committee efforts for potential AWB-Seattle involvement and support, then let us know.
RSVP to the event: George Hanson at ghanson@gharch.com
Follow up with AWB-Seattle: Bray Hayden at brayhayden@gmail.com

What: Community Preparedness Seminar
When: November 20th, 8:30am to 12:30pm
Where: Emergency Operations Center, 105 5th Ave. South Seattle

More info following the jump Seattle Community Preparedness Summit Agenda and Information.

Agenda: To advance and improve neighborhood volunteer disaster response between various Seattle neighborhoods, to understand possible impacts of local disasters and to understand the capacity of jurisdiction disaster response plans.
This Summit will focus on medical capabilities.
A presentation by Onora Lien will outline various preparedness plans of Seattle Public Health. A second presentation will focus on Public Heath’s Reserve Corp. Anticipated agenda includes:

Orientation
8:30 to 9:00
For people new to neighborhood volunteer
preparedness planning and/or other interested parties

Summit
9:00 to 12:30

Large Group Session
Onora Lien
Fatalities Response Manager
Seattle King County Public Health

First Breakout Sessions
Attendees may choose between various topics
Hub Sites, Outreach, Open Forum

Large Groups Session
Public Health Reserve Corp

Second Breakout Sessions
Attendees may choose between various topics
Hub Sites, Outreach, Open Forum

Large Group Wrap Up

Attendance is free.

For more information contact
George Hanson
(206) 728 6900 or ghanson@gharch.com

Email RSVP is requested.

Carve for a Cause 2010

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:14:34 +0000

More information here.

Spread the word – poster available here.

Food Frenzy: Fight Hunger in Washington

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:06:11 +0000

This is a fund raising competition among firms to raise money to combat hunger by supporting Food Lifeline. Food Lifeline channels surplus food from food producers and retailers to a network of distributors such as food banks, shelters, and meal programs. Some information from their website:

Many of the people served by Food Lifeline are among the working poor.
62% of the households Food Lifeline serves count a job, social security, SSI, unemployment or disability as a main source of income.

The profile of a hungry person in Western Washington continues to defy society’s assumptions.
Nearly 45% of the individuals using a food bank, meal program or shelter in Western Washington have some form of post-secondary education. Only 15% are actually homeless.

38% of the hungry people Food Lifeline serves are children.

13% of the hungry people Food Lifeline serves are seniors.

Please spread the word and consider participating in this effort to combat hunger in Western Washington. For more information please click here.

Also May 8th is Stamp Out Hunger food drive and you can leave food out for the mail person to pick up.

CANCELLED – Peru Temple Dinner

michaelg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:36:30 +0000

AWB- Seattle would like to thank you for support for the Ventarron, Temple Event. We have decided to postpone of the event to later this year so we can spread the word to a wider audience. We would be thrilled if you could join us and will send out an updated invitation when the details are settled.