Seattle Climate Tech: Feb 2 - Feb 9
Explore AI and sustainability, strategies to better connect biotech and academia, climate and our military, and battery tech 👌
Hi Friends,
Ever asked yourself
what (if anything) AI and sustainability might have in common?
how might we build better links between academia and biotech?
what are the 😨 environmental and climate impacts of the US military?
where oh WHERE can I get a BEER 🍺and talk about batteries?
Then you’re in luck, ‘cause we’ve got just the events for you—read on!
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
~ Jason and the Seattle Climate Tech Team
Events This Week
🤖 dream sessions: AI x sustainability (ft. Tara Star): Tue, Feb 3
🏭 Accelerating Climate Biotech: Bridging Industry and Academia: Wed, Feb 4
🎬 EARTH’S GREATEST ENEMY - Seattle Premiere with Abby Martin Q&A: Wed, Feb 4
🔋 PNW Battery Collaborative February 2026 Happy Hour: Thu, Feb 5
Upcoming Events
📗 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
🤖 dream sessions: AI x sustainability (ft. Tara Star)
When: Tuesday, Feb 3, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
Every first Tuesday of the month, Soapbox Project presents Dream Sessions, an evening of food, live music from a diverse range of local artists, conversations, and new connections. This month, our theme is AI x Sustainability.
The artist: Tara Star
Tara Star is a singer and songwriter, specializing in “pop from the soul”, the music that gets you dancing but also feels like it touches your heart. Tara’s musical background lies in Indian classical music in the style of Dhrupad. She believes true meditation can be achieved in every moment, through music and intentionally choosing love.
The plan
6~7 pm | arrive, eat dinner, chit chat
7~8 pm | our moderator and artist performance and engagement
8-9 pm |pick up the conversation with new people and make friends
🏭 Accelerating Climate Biotech: Bridging Industry and Academia
When: Wednesday, Feb 4, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Where: Register to see address
What is holding climate biotech back? How can you improve your scientific impact? Can industry and academia join forces to accelerate progress?
Accelerating Climate Biotech: Bridging Industry and Academia is a UW-hosted Seattle panel and mixer focused on strengthening industry–academia partnerships to accelerate climate biotech. This event brings together founders, researchers, and climate biotech practitioners to surface what’s holding progress back, and to identify where industry and academia can join forces to move climate biotech faster.
The program features short introductions, a rapid-fire panel on key bottlenecks and collaboration lessons, followed by facilitated discussion tables where attendees can rotate between panelists to ask specific questions. We’ll close with a relaxed networking apéro for continued conversation.
🎬 EARTH’S GREATEST ENEMY - Seattle Premiere with Abby Martin Q&A
When: Wednesday, Feb 4, 6:00pm
Where: SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
Join Abby Martin for the Seattle premiere of her new documentary film on the environmental impact of the US military!
Earth’s Greatest Enemy is the second documentary from journalist Abby Martin that uncovers a shocking blind spot in the climate conversation: the U.S. military. Combining investigative journalism, striking visuals, and stories from impacted communities, the film challenges audiences to rethink the hidden costs of a global military empire and its planetary consequences. Provocative, urgent, and eye-opening, this is a documentary that will change how you see both the military and environmentalism.
🔋 PNW Battery Collaborative February 2026 Happy Hour
When: Thursday, Feb 5, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: Stoup Brewing, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA
Join the PNW Battery Collaborative for the first happy hour of 2026 and a gathering of the Seattle battery community! Whether you’re deep in battery tech or just interested in learning more about our growing community, this is a chance to hang out, swap ideas, and unwind together in a laid-back setting over a few drinks.
This event is free and open to everyone, drinks are not provided
Have questions? Email rmoolgavkar@gmail.com
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