Seattle Climate Tech: Mar 10 - Mar 16
climate tech startup opportunities, economic justice, DER, and a concert "for the birds"
Hey y’all,
It’s an exciting week for climate tech founders! ClimateLaunchpad is hosting an event to go over startup contests and programs, in addition to several others that are accepting applications this month:
🏅 Meet the new ClimateLaunchpad national startups contest: Tue, Mar 11
🌎 Venture For ClimateTech (V4C) 2025 Global Innovation Challenge (due Mar 31)
🤖 Google Accelerator: AI for Nature and Climate (due Mar 31)
👩💻 Compute for Climate Fellowship (due Apr 6)
🔋 Cleantech Open Accelerator (due Apr 13)
🌃 Urban Future Prize Competition (due Apr 28)
Beyond that, be sure to check out the other cool events happening this week, such as learn how to create economic justice in seattle or the Seattle DER Task Force March Meetup! 😊
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
~ Jordan and the Climate Tech Cities Team
🔦 Opportunity Spotlight
🎨 Are you ready to flex your creative muscles for a cause? Sign up for the PNW Climate Week Brandathon, where you can redesign the PNW Climate Week brand identity! From March 18th to March 25th, teams of designers, strategists, and other creatives will create a new logo and brand that drives awareness and action for climate initiatives in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about the event and sign up here!
Events This Week
🏅 Meet the new ClimateLaunchpad national startups contest: Tue, Mar 11
🪵 Timber Connections - Challenges During the Construction Phase: Tue, Mar 11
⚖️ learn how to create economic justice in seattle (ft. Wa Na Wari co-founder Elisheba Johnson): Tue, Mar 11
⚡️ Seattle DER Task Force March Meetup: Wed, Mar 12
💻 Engineering a Career for the Planet with Cindy Anderson (virtual): Thu, Mar 13
🌳 PNW Climate Week 2025 Planning Meeting: Thu, Mar 13
🦆 "For the Birds" Concert: Fri, Mar 14
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events
Upcoming Events
🎨 Launch of the PNW Climate Week Brandathon: Tue, Mar 18
💵 guided advocacy dinner party for creating change with your money, bank, & investments: Tue, Mar 18
🎙️Volts x Climate Papa Live Podcast: Wed, Mar 19
🔋 PNW Battery Collaborative: Second-Life Battery Market & EV Residual Values (virtual): Wed, Mar 19
🌎 2 tons to save the planet! the workshop by Terreau: Thu, Mar 20
🐋 Nature-Inspired Solutions for the Ocean: Happy Hour: Thu, Mar 20
🏛️ Early deployment grants to de-risk debt capital: Thu, Mar 20
🖼️ Environmental Ties II Art Exhibition at Magnuson Park Gallary: Thu, Mar 20 - Sat, Apr 19
💙 Water is Love Film Screening and Discussion: Sat, Mar 22
🚜 21 Acres Farm Tour: Focus on Seeds: Sat, Mar 22
🌱 Save Soil Movie Event - Cultivating Change: Sat, Mar 22
🗑️ Environmental Ties Magnuson Park Clean Up: Sun, Mar 23
🖌️ art + reflection night on wealth, sustainable finance, & economic justice: Tue, Mar 25
🏆 Environmental and Sustainability Awards: Tue, Mar 25
📣 Foundations of Climate Tech Marketing - Session 3: Wed, Mar 26
💻 Women And Climate Coworking Day @ 9Zero: Thu, Mar 27
👕 LAYERED: A Sustainable Style Event: Thu, Apr 3
🌎 Earth Day, Every Day: Sat, Apr 5
🌊 The Colorado River: Chasing Water - LIVE with Pete McBride & Sony: Fri, Apr 11
This Week in Depth
🏅Meet the new ClimateLaunchpad national startups contest
When: Tuesday, March 11
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
The 2025 ClimateLaunchpad opens for applications from idea-stage founders in March 2025. It is free to apply and participate. From April to July, participants take online courses and an intensive weekend bootcamp. In August a national pitch contest selects three founders to compete in the Americas regional contest (last year including 7 countries). Participants have access to the Climate-KIC database of 2000+ climate tech companies in the EU, other accelerators and national representatives in 50 countries.
🪵 Timber Connections - Challenges During the Construction Phase
When: Tuesday, March 11
Where: Mithun, 1201 Alaskan Way #200 Seattle, WA 98101
Timber Connections is a three-hour event that brings together leading voices in architecture, engineering, and timber technology to share their groundbreaking work and visions for a more sustainable world.
Join us for an immersive evening dedicated to the future of timber in sustainable construction!
Connect with experts, gain valuable insights, and be part of the conversation on pushing the boundaries of sustainable construction forward.
⚖️ learn how to create economic justice in seattle (ft. Wa Na Wari co-founder Elisheba Johnson)
When: Tuesday, March 11
Where: Soapbox Seattle, 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
Every single Tuesday evening from 6-9 PM, our vibrarians at Soapbox Project help you make new friends, invite awesome educators from frontline communities, and facilitate action so YOU can be part of the solution.
Each month, we pick a different theme and break it down into CONNECT-LEARN-ACT-REFLECT modules (one for each Tuesday of the month).
You’ll leave with new friends, new information, and the knowledge that just by showing up, you’ve made a huge difference towards a healthy planet 💚
⚡️ Seattle DER Task Force March Meetup
When: Wednesday, March 12
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Welcome to our March meetup!
We have an exciting evening planned, with guests, updates, and plenty of opportunities to connect.
5:45 – 6:15 PM: Welcome, networking, and informal catch-up
6:15 – 6:30 PM: Introductions and announcements
6:30 – 7:15 PM: Adam Powers & Solarpunk Festival, Sphere Solar, and Community Solar
7:15 – 8:00 PM: Group discussions and breakout conversations
💻 Engineering a Career for the Planet with Cindy Anderson
When: Thursday, March 13
Where: virtual
In this session, Cindy will share her career journey from her time as a wildlife biologist studying seabirds (including penguins!) in polar environments, to doing logistics for Doctors Without Borders in the Congo, to launching the world's first online Masters degree in sustainable design, to her current role as sustainability consultant and educator for EOP. You'll learn about how to gather and build skills and competencies that can be transferred into climate jobs and careers.
🌳 PNW Climate Week 2025 Planning Meeting
When: Thursday, March 13
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
There are a LOT of conversations and work streams in motion, and our March meeting will be a chance to get updates on progress and again dive into our subteam work.
Be ready for current details re: sponshorships and the structure of the week, the latest on our Brandathon re-branding competition, and reports on what subteams need moving forward. Come ready to roll up your sleeves and do the work--we welcome any and all capacity you have. 💪
And please invite any and all others who are interested! 😊
🦆 "For the Birds" Concert
When: Friday, March 14
Where: Grace Episcopal Church, 8595 Northeast Day Road Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
For the Birds features a jazz quintet performing the original music of Seattle pianist and composer Nelda Swiggett. But this is not just a concert. The performance engages the power of artistic expression — live music, spoken words, images and poetry — to connect audiences deeply and emotionally to the scientific realities of climate change. Ultimately a story of hope, individuals leave the performance feeling empowered to take meaningful action.
Opportunities
Contests
🌎 Venture For ClimateTech (V4C) 2025 Global Innovation Challenge (due Mar 31)
🌃 Urban Future Prize Competition (due Apr 28)
Programs
🤖 Google Accelerator: AI for Nature and Climate (due Mar 31)
👩💻 Compute for Climate Fellowship (due Apr 6)
🔋 Cleantech Open Accelerator (due Apr 13)
Join the Fun!
Submit Events
We know all of you are cooking up great events that highlight the latest and greatest in our collective effort to save our city - and our planet! 🌍 We would love to spread the word. Please reach out directly to Jason, Asha, or Jordan or fill out this google form to add to the list!