Seattle Climate Tech: Mar 19 - Mar 25
Townhalls, climate book clubs, women in sustainability panels, career workshops, and more events this week! Also, an exciting opportunity for early stage climate entrepreneurs in WA.
Hi friends,
We have 11 fantastic events coming up to round out March and over a dozen slated for April so far as we lead into Earth Month 🌎, check them out below!
📣 Back this week with another great opportunity supporting climate entrepreneurship for BIPOC and other underserved communities. PNW-focused VertueLab just launched 45Camp, which is comprised of:
An immersive, three day in-person workshop (recap here),
A 10 week pre-accelerator focusing on technology innovation for early entrepreneurs (twenty $5K grant are available for this program), and
A 10 week accelerator diving deeper into business innovation for entrepreneurs with a product or concept (ten $25K grants are available for this program)
45 Camp aims to reduce traditional barriers of entry within climate tech for BIPOC, women, and other underserved communities while providing comprehensive yet approachable programming and coaching + mentorship opportunities. As Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Juan Barraza puts it, “Much like a base camp at the foot of an immense mountain, the goal of 45Camp is to provide a safe, nurturing, and accessible starting point for entrepreneurship.”
The application deadline has been extended to Friday, March 29th — visit the website here for more details on the program and application.
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Maya, Alec, and the Climate Tech Cities Team
Events This Week
📘 Critters, Creatures, & Climate Book Club: Tues, Mar 19
🏛️ Sustainable Bellevue Townhall: Tues, Mar 19
♻️ Seattle Soapbox: Build a Zero-Waste Circular Economy in Seattle: Tues, Mar 19
💧Critical Habitats for Climate Change - Riparian and Wetland Areas: Wed, Mar 20
🔨 Fix-It Night at the Shoreline Tool Library: Wed, Mar 20
👩🤝🧑 Designing Community with Michael Bennett: Thurs, Mar 21
👩💼 What She Said: Women in Sustainability: Thurs, Mar 21
👻 How NOT to get Ghosted when Applying for a Climate Job: Mon, Mar 25
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events
Upcoming Events
🩺 Symposium on Climate Change and Clinical Practice: Thurs, Mar 28
🍻 Eastside Climate Tech Happy Hour: Thurs, Mar 28
🖼️ Issaquah Sustainability Fair: Sat, Mar 30
🏆 Environmental and Sustainability Awards: Tues, Apr 2
🌲The PNW’s Advantage in Climate & Business: Wed, Apr 3
🍸 The Carbonauts Sustainability Cocktails: Wed, Apr 3
📄 Seattle Women And Climate: Resume Swap: Sun, Apr 7
⚖️ Dr. Robert Bullard: The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice: Tues, Apr 9
⚙️ The Sustainability Forum at IAC24: Wed, Apr 10
☀️ Climate Solutions Summit: Fri, Apr 12
🌄 South Sound Sustainability Expo: Sat, Apr 13
🧳 Regenerative Development for Tourism: Tues, Apri 16
🦅 2024 National Tribal Leaders Climate Summit: Mon, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 17
🐸 Leap for Green Earth Day Fair: Sat, Apr 20
🌱 Planted Expo: North America’s Largest Plant-Based Event!: Sat, Apr 20
♻️ Waste Warriors Volunteer Training: Mon, Apr 22
⚙️ Ecological Sustainability, Science, and Cultural Change: Mon, Apr 22
Event Details
📘 Critters, Creatures, & Climate Book Club
When: Tues, Mar 19th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Ada’s Technical Books and Cafe, Seattle, WA
Join the Critters, Creatures & Climate Book Club in discussing The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush. Critters, Creatures & Climate Book Club reads a variety of books related to nature. This is a book club open to all. The book discussion will be moderated, the host will bring the questions - you just bring your thoughts! From books on the monarch butterfly to novels exploring our relationship with nature, there is something for everyone. Discussions are held monthly at rotating locations at libraries, Seward Park and local bookstores.
🏛️ Sustainable Bellevue Townhall
When: Tues, Mar 19th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA
Please join us for our biannual Sustainable Bellevue Townhall. Meet the City of Bellevue's expanded sustainability team and learn about the progress we made in 2023--and where we're headed in 2024 and beyond. This event is free and open to the public. All who live, work, play, and recreate in Bellevue are welcome! Bring your questions, opinions, and dreams for a more sustainable future.
♻️ Seattle Soapbox: Build a Zero-Waste Circular Economy in Seattle
When: Tues, Mar 19th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: 3418 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA
Join for evening for neighbors who want to make friends + eat dinner + work towards a better, safer, greener future together. Best if you live within walking/biking/rolling/bussing-distance of Fremont, Seattle.
Seattle Soapbox is a joyful pop-up community space for connection and purpose. You will...
Make friends with your neighbors through fun, curated games and activities
Learn about local social/environmental change efforts
Feel better AND do better by participating in bite-sized action
💧Critical Habitats for Climate Change - Riparian and Wetland Areas
When: Wed, Mar 20th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Where: Pickering Barn, Issaquah, WA
Join IATC and Dan Hintz, the Urban Forest Supervisor with the City of Issaquah, on a guided hike along the Pickering Reach of Issaquah Creek to explore how riparian areas and wetlands are critical habitats for plant and wildlife diversity in the face of a rapidly changing climate. Celebrate the start of spring by learning about common riparian area native plants and how healthy riparian buffers provide vital habitat for salmon.
This hike will focus on the City of Issaquah’s efforts to conserve and restore riparian and instream habitat along this reach of Issaquah Creek to support threatened Chinook salmon populations. Learn about this vital work and ways you can engage in the ongoing process of restoring habitat along Issaquah Creek.
🔨 Fix-It Night at the Shoreline Tool Library
When: Wed, Mar 20th from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Shoreline Tool Library, Shoreline, WA
It's time to start collecting all those items around the house that need to be fixed but you don't know how. We are having a fixing night at the new Shoreline Tool Library. We will help you fix and learn to fix your broken tools, lamps, toys, furniture, appliances, and any other broken items that you can carry in on your own. We encourage you to help as much as you can and enjoy the community of reuse!
👩🤝🧑 Designing Community with Michael Bennett
When: Thurs, Mar 21st from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA
Join us on Thursday, March 21 for dinner and a special evening on "Designing Community" with Michael Bennett – retired Seattle Seahawk turned multi-disciplinary designer who is passionate about community. Our goal is to engage 200 community leaders in a thought-provoking dialogue about how to better our communities while raising the necessary resources to advance Forterra’s land-based solutions. We invite you to join this important conversation
👩💼 What She Said: Women in Sustainability
When: Thurs, Mar 21st from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: 1112 4th Ave, Seattle, WA
Welcome to What She Said - Women in Sustainability. W Hotels launched What She Said to celebrate the amazing women who stay with us every day and those who live in our communities. We wanted to create a safe space for women to share their experiences and be heard, learn from each other and connect.
This panel discussion will be focused on women in the sustainability industry. Celebrate, learn and connect with the women taking the scene by storm. The event will be moderated by Eriza Zucco: Emmy award-winning journalist with a decade of experience covering environmental issues, business, technology and breaking news. Currently she reports, shoots, writes and edits stories for KING 5 (NBC) Seattle. Panelists include:
Ambika Singh: Founder of Armoire
Kim Vu: Board Member, Former Executive of Environmental Social Governance
Autumn Martin: Founder of Frankie & Jo's
👻 How NOT to get Ghosted when Applying for a Climate Job
When: Mon, Mar 25th from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Where: Virtual Session
Join Women And Climate's Seattle Chapter for a virtual session with Lori Spitz, Certified Professional Resume Writer. Lori is an award-winning resume writer who helps job seekers land their next opportunity with authentically branded documents that result in interviews at target companies in less than 30 days. In this virtual webinar, Lori will share tips to help you build your personal brand, best present yourself for the role you want, and avoid getting ghosted when applying for climate jobs. Lori has led sessions like this in partnership with Terra.do and we are thrilled to welcome her into our WAC Seattle community. Learn more about Lori on her LinkedIn. This event is open to all, whether you’re exploring a new career path externally, within your current organization, or simply looking to learn how to best present yourself.
🌎 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!
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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!