Undriving and Undriver Licensing

We are hitting the road with Undriving – read on for where you can find us, and come get licensed! If you are interested in hosting or sponsoring the Undriver Licensing Station at your event or incorporating Undriving into your program, contact julia {at} sustainableballard(.)org.

U P C O M I N G   E V E N T S :

Car-Free Sunday on Rainier Ave S
Sun, August 31, 3-6pm, somewhere in Columbia City
Join us at this City-sponsored celebration of bicycling, walking, and being in community when the streets are closed to cars for the afternoon.  We’ll be there with our friends from Sustainable South Seattle!

5th Annual Sustainable Ballard Festival
Sat-Sun, September 27-28, 2008, Ballard Commons Park
Undriver Licensing Station will be back for its first anniversary - at Sustainable Ballard’s amazing annual festival attracting 5-7,000 people. Join in for a county-fair-themed festival celebrating hands-on learning and getting creative about living more and more sustainably.

P A S T   E V E N T S :

33rd Annual Seafoodfest! - 167 new Undrivers
Sunday, July 27, 2008, 11am-7pm in downtown Ballard
We were a part of Ballard’s own huge community festival, presented by the Ballard Chamber of Commerce.

Fremont Outdoor Movies - “An Inconvenient Truth” - 22 new Undrivers
Saturday, July 26, 2008, N. 35th and Phinney Ave N.
At “Save the World” night at the movies, Undriving joined with Puget Sound Community Change Card, Coolmoms, Climate Action Lab to help people take action around climate change.   A professional photographer took pictures of people in our new giant Undriver License, and they all got projected on the big screen!

Seattle Greendrinks – 30 new Undrivers
July 8, 2008, Bal-Mar in Ballard, 5:30-9pm
Greendrinks met in neighborhood nodes in July. Sustainable Ballard and Puget Sound Community Change Card co-sponsored this meet-up of environmentally concerned Ballardians.

International Car-free Conference – 65 new Undrivers
June 16-20, 2008, Portland
We brought our Undriver Licensing Station to the week-long “Towards Carfree Cities” conference via Amtrak and bicycle trailer, and issued licenses to Undrivers from around the US and the world. Julia Field presented the Undriving program on a panel about Encouraging Sustainable Transportation Behavior on June 18. An inspiring conference!

Whitman Middle School – 53 new Undrivers
June, 2008, Ballard, Seattle

Sustainable West Seattle’s First Annual Festival - 205 new Undrivers
Sunday, May 4, 10am-3pm
At the Alaska Junction, West Seattle

Green My Ride - alternative transportation fair - 65 new Undrivers
Saturday, April 26, 2008 – 9:30am-3:30pm
Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle
SB’s Undriver Licensing Station and the Shufflebus were there!

Focus the Nation – 159 new Undrivers
January 31, 2008, University of Washington, Seattle

Whitman Middle School – 58 new Undrivers
October, 2007, Ballard, Seattle

Sustainable Ballard Undriving Pledge Month Closing Event – 15 new Undrivers
October 29, 2007, Ballard, Seattle

4th Annual Sustainable Ballard Festival – 436 new Undrivers
September 29-30, 2007, Ballard Commons Park, Seattle

T A L L Y : 1,315 Undriver Licenses Issued!

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