On the Cheap: Green Workshops

The cherry trees are blooming, the days are getting longer, and Seattle is waking up from it's long winter's nap. (Now if only the weather would work with us...) All the eco organizations are feeling so frisky with the coming of spring that they're putting on a whole bunch of cheap and free workshops all at once.

Energy and the Built Environment Lecture Series courtesy of Shoreline Community College - April 9 / 16 / 23 / 30, Free
Four nights, nine speakers and fresh conversations about the roles of energy, technology and sustainability as they integrate with the existing and future built environments. It's free, but you should RSVP at their website to guarantee yourself a spot.

Stewardship Partners Rain Garden Workshop - April 23, Free
Learn how to grow your own run-off purifying, super absorbant rain garden.

Gigantic list of workshops and events, most of which are free or only $5 - WorldChanging Seattle
So many things to do...so many! There was no way I could relist everything here, but I will put down a few of my favorites:

• David Suzuki: Meeting Environmental Challenges, Town Hall, April 7th, 7-8:30pm
  Great author, and you get to hear him talk for only $10, $5 if you're a student.
  
• Wangari Maathi: 'The Challenge for Africa', Town Hall, April 19th, 7:30-9pm
  First African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Founder of the Green Belt Movement, Planter of over 30 million trees. You want to hear her talk about her book. At $5, it is priced especially so that poor kids like you and me can go hear this wonderful woman speak.
  
• The Greening of Pike Pub, courtesy of Carrotmob, The Pike Pub, all day April 22nd (Earth Day!)
  Greendrinks bring Carrotmob to Seattle with the greening of The Pike Pub - 25% of all sales at the Pike Pub on Earth Day will go back into the store in the form of energy retrofits and other improvements to improve the pub's efficiency, reduce its waste, and more. For green improvements in your wallet, go during happy hour.
  
• Bloom! A Conversation with Seattle's Green Innovators, Sole Repair (back room of Quinn's), April 9, 7-11pm
  Bloom! is a brand shiny new event hosted by Seattle Greendrinks, Re-Vision Labs, Evoworx and Kevin Moore Consulting. There will be six speakers at the event's debut, including Molly Moon of Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream and Joe Whinny of Theo Chocolate. All that green and the tickets are only $5.