Seattle Climate Tech: Jan 12 - Jan 18
explore opportunities to community preparedness, resilience, and connection this week 💚
Friends,
Events are ramping back up this year! In this exciting and diverse week, you’ll find hands-on community preparedness, conversations about extreme heat and energy systems, and space to process the emotional weight of the climate crisis. Whether you’re looking to sharpen practical skills, rethink infrastructure, or simply be in community with others who care, there’s something here for you.
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
~ Jordan and the Seattle Climate Tech Team
Events This Week
🍩 Coffee and Climate (and donuts!): Tues, Jan 13
🧑🚒 Community Ready: Practical Prep for Uncertain Times (ft. Seattle Office of Emergency Management): Tues, Jan 13
📗 THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES Reading: Wed, Jan 14
🌡️ Extreme Heat in the Pacific Northwest: Strategies for Next Summer and Beyond: Thurs, Jan 15
⚖️ Lunch and Learn - Climate Legal Ops - the legal foundation every startup needs to grow responsibly: Thu, Jan 15
🚀⚡Applying SpaceX-Style Design Thinking to Seattle’s Energy System - Feedback Session: Thu, Jan 15
🌐 Plugged In: DER people Meet-Up: Thu, Jan 15
📗 Dr. Thomas Doherty presents ‘Surviving Climate Anxiety’: Thu, Jan 15
📗 Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum with Brittney Corrigan — ‘Outer Stars’: Thu, Jan 15
🎬 Movie Screening: Chasing Carbon Zero & Idle Threat: Thu, Jan 15
Upcoming Events
🙆 make friends & your disaster checklist (dinner provided): Tue, Jan 20
🚀 Founders Monster Meetup Day - Climate Edition: Tue, Jan 20
🚀 Founders & Funders Work Session: Wed, Jan 21
💸 Lunch and Learn - The Hidden Economics of Stuff: How Recommerce is the Backbone of a Circular Economy: Thu, Jan 22
🌐 Policy & Pints: Decoding the 2026 Legislative Session: Thu, Jan 22
🔋From Mine to Megawatt: Advancing Battery Supply Chain Transparency & Reducing Carbon Emissions: Thu, Jan 22
🦘 Jumpstart Program with King County: Tue, Jan 27
🌎 2026 Better World Bingo party (dinner included): Tue, Jan 27
🍻 Beer Reviewed Science: “What’s in Your Water”: Tue, Jan 27
✍️ Seattle Climate Writers Community: Thu, Jan 29
⚡️ DER Task Force Seattle Meetup: Fri, Jan 30
🎬 EARTH’S GREATEST ENEMY - Seattle Premiere with Abby Martin Q&A: Feb 3-4
📗 Conversations about Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being in Nature: Tue, Feb 10
This Week in Depth
🍩 Coffee and Climate (and donuts!)
When: Tues, Jan 13, 9:00am – 10:00am
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Join us for a lively morning of caffeine and conversation at Coffee and Climate, hosted by the 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub — with coffee, donuts, and check-in to share your goals kicking off this new year.
🧑🚒 Community Ready: Practical Prep for Uncertain Times
When: Tues, Jan 13, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
Join Soapbox Seattle for a LEARN night exploring community resilience through practical, human-centered disaster preparedness with Ann Forrest from the Seattle Office of Emergency Management; includes dinner, workshop, and plenty of space for questions.
📗 THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES Reading
When: Wed, Jan 14, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA
A poetry reading featuring contributions from the Poets for Science anthology The Nature of Our Times, with readings by Washington state poet laureate Derek Sheffield and others, celebrating lands, waters, wildlife, and natural wonders.
🌡️ Extreme Heat in the Pacific Northwest: Strategies for Next Summer and Beyond
When: Thurs, Jan 15, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Where: Online/Zoom
A discussion on the increasing prevalence of extreme heat disasters and long-term risk-reduction and preparedness strategies for the Pacific Northwest, featuring climate adaptation research and community resilience insights.
⚖️ Lunch and Learn - Climate Legal Ops - the legal foundation every startup needs to grow responsibly
When: Thurs, Jan 15, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Learn how to align legal frameworks and operational processes with climate goals; this session explores regulatory pressures, risk management, and tools to help startups build responsible and climate-aligned legal foundations.
🚀⚡ Applying SpaceX-Style Design Thinking to Seattle’s Energy System - Feedback Session
When: Thurs, Jan 15, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Join a collaborative discussion applying design principles inspired by SpaceX to the challenge of creating a resilient, sustainable energy system for Seattle, including systems integration and strategy for generation, distribution, and electrification.
🌐 Plugged In: DER people Meet-Up
When: Thurs, Jan 15, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
A meet-up for Distributed Energy Resource (DER) professionals and enthusiasts — join peers working in climate and energy tech for conversation, networking, and community building.
📗 Dr. Thomas Doherty presents ‘Surviving Climate Anxiety’
When: Thurs, Jan 15, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Third Place Books – Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Dr. Thomas Doherty, a leading expert in ecopsychology, shares research-based strategies from Surviving Climate Anxiety to help attendees cope with the emotional impacts of environmental crisis.
📗 Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum with Brittney Corrigan — ‘Outer Stars’
When: Thurs, Jan 15, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Third Place Books – Lake Forest Park, WA
Join authors Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum and Brittney Corrigan for a conversation about Outer Stars, a story collection exploring heartache, entropy, and human experience in the Anthropocene.
🎬 Movie Screening: Chasing Carbon Zero & Idle Threat
When: Thurs, Jan 15, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: Center for Spiritual Living Ballard, 2007 NW 61st St, Seattle, WA 98107
A free double feature screening of Chasing Carbon Zero, a hopeful look at scientific and technological paths to net-zero emissions, and the short Idle Threat: Man on Emission, followed by discussion on sustainability and community action.
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