Category : Change The Culture(66)
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2022-08-23 22:55Victory Against All The Odds
The story of how the campaign to stop a third runway at Heathrow was won. (original version) -
2022-08-23 22:51Victory Against All The Odds (revised)
The story of how the campaign to stop a third runway at Heathrow was won (revised edition) -
2022-08-21 22:43
Volunteer/Support
What you can do to help us all win! We get very few traditional ‘volunteers’. It’s not as though we don’t have needs. We certainly do! It’s just that, gotta be real here, they’re not ‘volunteery’. You know what we mean. The ones where you can show up. Or not show up. Re-schedule. Pick up -
2022-08-13 22:48*Where’s my Clair Patterson?
There is this form of air pollution, which you probably have not heard of, called ultrafine particulates (UFPs). Though they are invisible, they seem to have some particularly nasty effects on human health. UFPs have not been well-studied, they are unregulated, and yet they are prevalent in commercial jet engine emissions. But this is not -
2022-06-15 23:34
The Rush
I’ve spoken to several Des Moines residents this week, people who were deeply opposed to the Third Runway, but wish the Port would “get its act together and do something about those long lines at the airport!” Or… they hate the noise, but on the other hand, the $45 flights from Boise are just the -
2022-06-02 01:45Port Dracula
Using your tax dollars to drain the life from your community The Port of Seattle is much more than an airport or a seaport. It works diligently to be the economic engine of King County. By virtue of its status as a Port District under RCW 53, and as owner and operator of a Class -
2022-04-21 00:45
Under The Flight Path: A Community History of Sea-Tac Airport 2023 Grant Application
The following is a grant application recently submitted by SeaTacNoise.Info to 4Culture as part of their Heritage Projects program. Fingers crossed. Short Description We will create a documentary about the Airport Communities of Sea-Tac from 1949 to 2019: Tukwila, Normandy Park, Des Moines, Federal Way, SeaTac and Burien. This will be the first modern history -
2022-01-04 00:00Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment – Environmental Noise (2022)
Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). Suggested citation. Environmental noise. In: Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment, 2022 update. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022 (WHO/HEP/ECH/EHD/22.01). Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. -
2021-08-28 16:14
The Check Box
Introduction One small silver-lining from the pandemic is the broad realization that a great deal of work can now be done as well or even better via Remote Work and Remote Attendance. It saves time and money and improves productivity. It provides increased accessibility for those who find air travel challenging or who simply prefer -
2021-07-26 09:12Stop The Madness!
A love letter to people new to the issues who want to make a real difference Dear Budding Airport Activist, We bet you’ve already called the Port of Seattle a bunch of times. The airlines. The FAA. Maybe your Congressman. Joined social media groups. You click that Noise App button a hundred times a day.