Seattle Climate Tech: May 13 - May 18
Attend a concert that is (literally) for the birds🐦, check out strategies to put climate policy into practice, and learn how climate impacts risks to housing and insurance--something for everyone!
Hi friends,
Exciting events this week include:
On Tuesday, take a deep dive into solar gardens at ☀️ Powering Community: Starting and Scaling Cooperative Solar Gardens
On Wednesday, attend ⚡️ CAIRN Demo: Explore the Intersection of Energy Innovation, Regulation, and Frontier Models to learn more about efforts to make energy policy more accessible and responsive to climate change
On Sunday, fix and improve your clothes at 🪡 Free Repair & Mend Workshop w/Sustainable Style Seattle
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Happy Week to you all in our Climate Community,
~ Jason and the Climate Tech Cities Team
Events This Week
☀️ Powering Community: Starting and Scaling Cooperative Solar Gardens: Tue, May 13
⚡️ CAIRN Demo: Explore the Intersection of Energy Innovation, Regulation, and Frontier Models: Wed, May 14
🏛️ From Policy to Practice: Driving Washington’s Climate Solutions: Thu, May 15
🏠 Climate risk, housing and insurance: a Washington state perspective: Fri, May 16
🦜 "For the Birds" Concert: Fri, May 16
🪡 Free Repair & Mend Workshop w/Sustainable Style Seattle: Sun, May 18
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events
Upcoming Events
💎 Carbon X Change | Hosted by the CleanTech Alliance, Clean Energy Institute, and Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship: Mon, May 19
💰 Climate Investor Lunch, sponsored by E8 Angels: Tue, May 20
🛠️ Fix-It Night at the Shoreline Tool Library: May 21
🧠 Behavior Design Lab: May 22
🧵 Free Upcycling Workshop w/Sustainable Style Seattle: Sun, May 25
🐮 The Future of Alternative Proteins Panel: Wed, May 28
🔋 Press Release Fundamentals for Battery Entrepreneurs: An Interactive Workshop: Thu, May 29
☕️🌸 Tacoma Coffee & Conservatory w/ Seattle Women and Climate Community: Sat, May 31
🌿 Soapbox gets its hands dirty with Dirt Corps: Sat, May 31
♻️ Shred It & Shed It: Sat, May 31
This Week in Depth
☀️ Powering Community: Starting and Scaling Cooperative Solar Gardens
When: Tuesday, May 13, 5:45 - 7:30 PM
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Join the Seattle Cooperator Meet-up as we welcome Alex Porteshawver, Adam Powers and Amy Bettle to explore how communities can collaboratively start, invest in, and sustainably manage cooperative solar gardens. This event conversation will engage participants with the practical insights, strategies, and models for building community-owned renewable energy solutions. Join us to network, learn, and help catalyze a cooperative solar future! Free food will be provided. We highly encourage to take public transit to the venue!
⚡️ CAIRN Demo: Explore the Intersection of Energy Innovation, Regulation, and Frontier Models
When: Wednesday, May 14, 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Join us at 9Zero Seattle for an interactive demo of Project CAIRN. Inspired by the stone markers that guide hikers through uncertain terrain, CAIRN is designed to help you navigate the complex landscape of energy utility regulation.
CAIRN maintains a searchable database of key utility documents, starting with the Pacific Northwest, and helps users understand what is in these documents with different Large Language Model tools. These documents impact everything from your energy bills and grid reliability to our collective climate action and the adoption of new technologies.
We will be presenting on the process that went into developing CAIRN, current success and limitations, and our plan for the future.
🏛️ From Policy to Practice: Driving Washington’s Climate Solutions
When: Thursday, May 15, 12:30 - 1:30 AM
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Join Gregg Small (Executive Director of Climate Solutions) and Aina Abiodun (Executive Director of VertueLab) for a dynamic discussion on leveraging Washington’s groundbreaking legislation—like the Clean Energy Transformation Act and the Climate Commitment Act—to scale up clean energy, boost emerging technologies, and ensure an equitable transition. Hear firsthand how strategic policy and innovation can mobilize our climate community to drive meaningful impact across the state.
🏠 Climate risk, housing and insurance: a Washington state perspective
When: Friday, May 16, 10:30 - 1:00 PM
Where: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, 4303 Memorial Way Northeast Seattle, WA 98195
Join us for an insightful forum on the intersection of climate risk, housing markets, and insurance in Washington State. As climate challenges intensify across the Pacific Northwest, understanding their financial impacts on housing and insurance sectors has never been more critical for policymakers, homeowners, and industry professionals.
🦜 "For the Birds" Concert
When: Friday, May 16, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Where: Congregational Church on Mercer Island, 545 Island Crest Way Mercer Island, WA 98040
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.
Why birds? Birds are a part of our daily life experience, and an inspiring connection to the natural world. But climate change is having a significant and alarming impact on many bird species, and this should be a wake-up call for all of us.
🪡 Free Repair & Mend Workshop w/Sustainable Style Seattle
When: Sunday, May 18, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where: Common Objects, 2601 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
Do you have clothes or accessories that need to be repaired or mended? Come join our Repair & Mend workshop to learn how to do it yourself... OR if we have enough volunteers on hand we can even help you repair or mend items for free!
Workshops lead by local experts will be held at 2pm and 4pm.
Opportunities
🎬 Bloomberg Green Docs Competition: Due May 23
The top five documentaries will be shown at the Bloomberg Green Docs Film Festival in Seattle in July
🔥 Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize: Due Jun 13
⚡ Google Accelerator: AI for Energy: Due Jun 30
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!