Seattle Climate Tech: Jan 26 - Feb 1
✍️ events to take local action, 🍻 "beer reviewed science," and 🌎 better world bingo!
Friends,
This is a great week to discover how you can take local, tangible action!
on Tuesday, learn how innovators can accelerate the PNW’s transition to a sustainable future at 🦘 Jumpstart Program with King County
on Thursday, write and share anything climate at the ✍️ Seattle Climate Writers Community
also on Thursday, discuss how to promote green transportation in the city at 🚲 Walking and biking ideas for Mayor Wilson
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
~ Jordan and the Seattle Climate Tech Team
Events This Week
🦘 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
🚲 Walking and biking ideas for Mayor Wilson: Thu, Jan 29
⚡️ DER Task Force Seattle Meetup: Fri, Jan 30
Upcoming Events
🎬 EARTH’S GREATEST ENEMY - Seattle Premiere with Abby Martin Q&A: Feb 3-4
🤖 dream sessions: AI x sustainability (ft. Tara Star): Tue, Feb 3
🔋 PNW Battery Collaborative February 2026 Happy Hour: Thu, Feb 5
📗 Conversations about Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being in Nature: Tue, Feb 10
🤖 AI x sustainability: the emissions you don’t see (expert q&a with dinner included): Tue, Feb 10
🤖 tech’ing action: AI x sustainability (dinner included): Tue, Feb 17
🤖 AI x sustainability REFLECT night (dinner included): Tue, Feb 24
⚡️ DER Task Force Seattle Meetup: Fri, Feb 27
This Week in Depth
🦘 Jumpstart Program with King County
When: Tuesday, Jan 27, 1:00pm – 1:30pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Join us for a special presentation from King County’s JumpStart program. Brian will introduce the JumpStart Business Network and share how innovators and entrepreneurs in the climate space can get involved in 2026. Learn how JumpStart connects contractors, startups, and small businesses to clean energy projects, workforce development opportunities, and public contracting pathways — all designed to accelerate our region’s transition to a sustainable future.
🌎 2026 Better World Bingo party (dinner included)
When: Tuesday, Jan 27, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: Soapbox Seattle, 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
This month at Soapbox, we’ve been exploring community resilience. For Reflect night, we’re rounding out the month with our annual tradition: Better World Bingo!
We’ll kick things off with pub-style trivia, then shift into a hands-on activity about how you want to grow this year while building real local connection within your self, your household, and your neighborhood. Art supplies provided — all you’ll need to bring is yourself!
Come unwind, reflect on the month, and leave with a small but meaningful action to strengthen your community.
🍻 Beer Reviewed Science: “What’s in Your Water”
When: Tuesday, Jan 27, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: Obec Brewing, 1144 Northwest 52nd Street Seattle, WA, 98107
Join Stand Up for Science Seattle for a teach-in event at Obec Brewing featuring:
Dr. Katya Cherukumilli
Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
Talk title: “What’s In Your Water?”Free event!
✍️ Seattle Climate Writers Community
When: Thursday, Jan 29, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Our community provides dedicated time and space for writing with supportive peers. Whether you’re working on climate journalism, fiction, policy writing, or personal reflection, you belong here.
🚲 Walking and biking ideas for Mayor Wilson
When: Thursday, Jan 29, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
What: A listening session to collect ideas around walking, biking, and streets for people policies for the new mayoral administration.
How: We will break out into small groups to discuss potential policy and programs that could further mayor Wilson's transportation agenda, with a focus on walking, biking, and placemaking initiatives.
Who: While open to 9Zero members and others, this event is designed for members of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways local groups who have preexisting knowledge of topics and plans like the Seattle Transportation Plan, Vision Zero,
and SDOT's Climate Change Response framework.
⚡️ DER Task Force Seattle Meetup
When: Fri, Jan 30, 8:00pm – 9:30pm
Where: Armistice Coffee Roosevelt, 6717 Roosevelt Way NE Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98115
Come hang with DERs / energy friends in Seattle!
Join the Fun!
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