Solar energy proved its power Sunday as it helped energize a large crowd at the First Annual Sustainable West Seattle Festival. The festival boasted more than 20 exhibitors of nearly 50 organizations and businesses promoting environmental sensitivity as well as a stage featuring speakers. Speakers included Sustainable Ballard's Vic Opperman, and neighborhood consultant, Jim Diers, who authored "Neighbor Power: Building Seattle the Community Way."

All were squeezed into the 10am-3pm time frame, and clustered by Wells Fargo Bank at the Alaska Junction across the street from the farmers market.

Dorothy Bosteder was on the fair coordinating council. She seemed delighted with the turnout. "This worked out great," she said while working the pavement clasping a pi