Seattle Climate Tech: Dec 9 - Dec 16
Thank you Maya! And our Whole New Team is excited for what is ahead.
We (Jason, Asha, and Jordan) are thankful to Maya for ALL she’s done to get the good climate news out to you all, and we look forward to building on her work. Moving forward we invite you to REACH OUT to us with events and ideas to improve the newsletter.
Highlights for the coming week
🔋 PNW Battery Collaborative: Site Visit to the WA Clean Energy Testbeds: Wed, Dec 11
🌲PNW Climate Week Planning Meeting: Thurs, Dec 12
🎉End of Year Happy Hour: Let’s Design Together!: Thurs, Dec 12
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Jason, Asha, Jordan, and the Climate Tech Cities Team
Events This Week
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events
💡 AI Tools for Renewable Energy Training: A Practical Workshop: Tues, Dec 10
🥪 Climate Investor Lunch, sponsored by SNØCAP: Tues, Dec 10
⚡ Conversation and Presentation re: Economic Viability of DERs: Tues, Dec 10
🔋 PNW Battery Collaborative: Site Visit to the WA Clean Energy Testbeds: Wed, Dec 11
🪡 Mending Lab with Karen LePage: Wed, Dec 11
🏙️Zoning Changes: How They Will Affect the Central District: Wed, Dec 11
🌲PNW Climate Week Planning Meeting: Thurs, Dec 12
🎉End of Year Happy Hour: Let’s Design Together!: Thurs, Dec 12
☕Morning Coffee with 4WARD.earth Global Climate & Sustainability Networking Meetups: Fri, Dec 13
Upcoming Events
🤑Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy Film Screening: Thurs, Dec 19
📖 Lauren Oakes Discusses Her Book “The Treekeepers”: Wed, Jan 29
Opportunities
This Week in Depth
💡 AI Tools for Renewable Energy Training: A Practical Workshop
When: Tues, Dec 10, 12:00-1:15
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub
This 1 hour 15 minute hands-on session with Brick Maier from Heatspring will guide participants through practical applications of AI in instructional design and content creation using Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
Attendees will learn to leverage AI for summarizing technical knowledge, organizing learning materials, preparing presentation decks, and building prototype widgets, with a focus on maintaining human expertise throughout the process.
🥪 Climate Investor Lunch, sponsored by SNØCAP
When: Tues, Dec 10, 1:15-2:45
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub
Join us for a casual lunch with fellow investors. No agenda, just good conversations, pizza, and a chance to meet some fresh faces in climate tech.
⚡ Conversation and Presentation re: Economic Viability of DERs
When: Tues, Dec 10, 5:30-7:30
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub
A conversation-first presentation of research into the economic (and some practical) viability of DERs. Please join us to share your thoughts (research if you have some), learn, and ask questions.
TOPICS
Topics will include (but are not limited to) solar, storage, geographies, and utility rates.
🔋 PNW Battery Collaborative: Site Visit to the WA Clean Energy Testbeds
When: Wed, Dec 11, 5:30-7:30
Where: Bowman, 4625 Union Bay Pl NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Our inaugural PNW Battery Collaborative meetup on October 16 was a blast (meetup summary)! By popular demand, we are hosting a second meetup on December 11 for a site visit to the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds. We'll start the event off with some free-form networking time followed by a series of speakers (below) and then end with guided tours of the Testbeds' labs.
🪡 Mending Lab with Karen LePage
When: Wed, Dec 11, 5:00-6:00
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub
The most sustainable clothes you can wear are the ones you already own. With some basic skills, you can rescue more of your favorite items than you might think, and you don’t need any experience to get started.
You bring your broken things - your mending guide Karen LePage brings everything else. All the supplies you need, encouragement, and instruction when you need it are available to you at our Mending Lab on December 11.
🏙️Zoning Changes: How They Will Affect the Central District
When: Wed, Dec 11, 5:30-6:30
Where: Douglass-Truth Branch - The Seattle Public Library
The Trees and People Coalition wants to make sure you know:
* How the City's proposed One Seattle Plan could impact you and your neighborhood
* How you can comment by the Dec. 20 deadlineCome to this FREE, interactive information session. We will address proposed zoning changes in the Central Area (CD) and how they would affect residents and tree canopy.
🌲PNW Climate Week Planning Meeting
When: Thurs, Dec 12, 4:00-6:00
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub
Join us for our first detailed planning meeting for Climate Week 2025!
We'll review the overall structure, start filling roles, and kick off individual teams.
Please complete the volunteer survey before joining the meeting.
🎉End of Year Happy Hour: Let’s Design Together!
When: Thurs, Dec 12, 6:00-8:00
Where: Elysian Capitol Hill Brewery, 1221 E Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
Join us to send off 2024 and welcome in 2025 at the Climate Designers End of Year Happy Hour! Meet other designers passionate about climate and sustainability, and together let's brainstorm the events you'd like to see from Climate Designers in 2025.
Hosted by Climate Designers Seattle at Elysian Brewery in Capitol Hill. Look out for the table with Climate Designers signage!
🌎 Climate Tech Cities and Streetlife Ventures Startup and Talent Platforms
Climate Tech Cities and Streetlife Ventures are launching new platforms to support climate founders, funders, and career transitioners! There is no shortage of great companies raising money for their groundbreaking ideas, great investors looking to support with capital, and great talent living the mantra that every job is a climate job. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Join the Fun!
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Climate Tech Cities
We are expanding! We started as an 8-person dinner and now have over 4,000 members in our community. We’ve had people across the world reach out to us to start their own chapters - so we’re launching a new Climate Tech Cities organization this year! If you have friends who are interested in becoming chapter leads, please share the word. Here’s to a global network of local communities making a positive impact!