Seattle Climate Tech: May 19 - May 25

explore CO2-to-product research, climate finance, sustainable sports, and upcycling this week! ♻️

May 19, 2025

Hello all,

We have some more exciting events to highlight this week!

🌎 tonight, check out Carbon X Change to hear from several climate tech entrepreneurs and learn about CO2-to-product research and journeys
💵 on Tuesday, Jigar Shah and David Roberts on Our Climate Finance Paradox: What Will It Take to Fix It? will explore why WA has such difficulty following through with their ambitious climate policies
⚽️ also on Tuesday, Soapbox is hosting joyful dinner party to create the Seattle we deserve to discuss how we can advocate for a more sustainable FIFA World Cup in 2026!

Lastly, if you have any household goods or clothes you need to fix, check out Fix-It Night at the Shoreline Tool Library this Wednesday, and Free Upcycling Workshop w/Sustainable Style Seattle this Sunday!

As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.

Cheers,

~ Jordan and the Climate Tech Cities Team

💎 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
💵 Jigar Shah and David Roberts on Our Climate Finance Paradox: What Will It Take to Fix It?: Tue, May 20
⚽️ joyful dinner party to create the Seattle we deserve: Tue, May 20
🛠️ Fix-It Night at the Shoreline Tool Library: Wed, May 21
🧠 (online) Behavior Design Lab: Thu, May 22
🧵 Free Upcycling Workshop w/Sustainable Style Seattle: Sun, May 25

Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events

Upcoming Events

🎨 zine making for climate action: Tue, May 27
🐮 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
🌃 dream sessions: cities for humans: Tue, Jun 3
💻 Free Coworking Day for the ClimateTech Community: Thu, Jun 5
🚸 learn to advocate for safe streets: Tue, Jun 10
🏙️ action soiree for urban climate resilience: Tue, Jun 17
🎭 Kill Climate Deniers Staged Reading and Silent Auction: Wed, Jun 18
💻 Free Coworking Day for the ClimateTech Community: Thu, Jun 19
🖌️ artivism party for a safe Seattle: Tue, Jun 24

This Week in Depth

💎 Carbon X Change | Hosted by the CleanTech Alliance, Clean Energy Institute, and Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship

When: Mon, May 19, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Where: UW Founder’s Hall, 4215 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98195

The Carbon X Change will bring together climate science, engineering, and business students and faculty from across the University of Washington to hear from David Heldebrant (PNNL) on his latest CO2-to-product research. Christian Metcalfe, a professor and former cleantech entrepreneur, will moderate a panel of founders and leaders to share their entrepreneurial journeys and amplify their missions. We’ll also include time for networking before and after the event.

💰 Climate Investor Lunch, sponsored by E8 Angels

When: Tue, May 20, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101

Join us for a casual lunch with E8 investors and the 9Zero community! No agenda, just good conversations, pizza, and a chance to meet some fresh faces in climate tech. Brought to you by E8 Angels.

💵 Jigar Shah and David Roberts on Our Climate Finance Paradox: What Will It Take to Fix It?

When: Tue, May 20, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101

Our Climate Finance Paradox - When it comes to climate, Washington stakes out ambitious policy, yet delivers frustratingly slow progress for initiatives like clean ferries, the EV transition, offshore wind, and nuclear. You name it and WA has policy without serious follow through. How do we fix this problem?
Join us for a special in-person interview of Jigar Shah, former director of the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO), by David Roberts, the journalist and founder of Volts, a leading podcast and newsletter on clean energy and climate policy.

🍴 joyful dinner party to create the Seattle we deserve

When: Tue, May 20, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Soapbox Seattle, 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA, 98121

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will bring MILLIONS of people to Seattle. In our "learn" night the previous Tuesday, we got educated on what the City of Seattle is doing for it.
Soapbox Project is one of the few community groups actively imagining, preparing, and advocating for what we can do in summer 2026. This ACT night on "sports and sustainability" will have action stations like:
Writing to local reps with what we need to see in the next year
Advocating for circular economy measures for sports and entertainment (whether you're a fan or a singer or a rec player or something else)
Brainstorming projects to submit for the HopeCorps art installations
Signing up for a community volunteering project that combines physical activity with action!

🛠️ Fix-It Night at the Shoreline Tool Library

When: Wed, May 21, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Shoreline Tool Library, 16610 Aurora Avenue North Shoreline, WA 98133

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!

🧠 Behavior Design Lab

When: Thu, May 22, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Where: online

You've launched a company offering a brilliant new solution that will change the world for the better - but getting customers onboard is turning out to be harder than you thought.
This hands-on workshop will help you figure out why customers aren’t engaging—and what to do about it.
We combine the best of behavioral science and experience design to pinpoint where customers drop off and why. You’ll learn some fundamentals of behavior design and walk away with practical, DIY strategies to remove friction and accelerate adoption.

🧵 Free Upcycling Workshop w/Sustainable Style Seattle

When: Sun, May 25, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Common Objects, 2601 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

Have you ever wanted to upcycle your own clothes? If so, this is the perfect workshop for you! Not only is it free, but it's also run by Seattle's best zero-waste upcycler! That's right, you'll learn how to do zero-waste upcycling, which is the holy grail of saving textiles and clothing!
Workshops lead by local experts will be held at 2pm and 4pm.

🎬 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!

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!