Seattle Climate Tech: Oct 9 - Oct 16
Film screenings, environmental restoration, climate action plans, journalism, and 7 more events this week!
Hi friends,
We’re looking forward to an exciting month of climate events ahead, here are a few we’re excited about this week:
🏔️ Taylor Mountain Climate Adaptation Tour with NNRG and King County: Tue, Oct 10
🎥 Between the Rains - SIFF: Wed, Oct 11
📖 Journalism Today: Insights into our Social and Environmental Futures: Thu, Oct 12
🌲 Family Foresters @ E.J. Nist Park: Sat, Oct 14
🎤 Northwest Green Building Slam: Sat, Oct 14
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Maya and Alec
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Events This Week
🏔️ Taylor Mountain Climate Adaptation Tour with NNRG and King County: Tue, Oct 10
🌱 Assisted Migration of Native Plants in the Pacific Northwest: Tue, Oct 10
🎥 Between the Rains - SIFF: Wed, Oct 11
♻️ Sustainable Community Stewards Training: Wed, Oct 11
📖 Journalism Today: Insights into our Social and Environmental Futures: Thu, Oct 12
🚗 San Juan County's Climate Action Plan: Thu, Oct 12
🎞️ Tortoise Under the Earth: Fri, Oct 13
🌲 Family Foresters @ E.J. Nist Park: Sat, Oct 14
🌳 Environmental Restoration Event @ Fenster Nature Park: Sat, Oct 14
⚡ 21 Acres Green Building Tour: Sat, Oct 14
🎤 Northwest Green Building Slam: Sat, Oct 14
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events this month
Events This Month
🏢 USGBC Washington: The Impact of Corporate ESG and Green Building Policies: Tue, Oct 17
🖼️ Cornish+ & Future Arts Present: Celebration & Fundraiser: Tue, Oct 17
🍻 Climate Tech Trivia Night: Thu, Oct 19
☀️ 2023 Washington State Solar Summit: Fri, Oct 20
👗 Refashioned - A Recycled Fashion Show For A Cause, Fundraiser Event!: Fri, Oct 20
🐟 Youth Ocean Conservation Summit: Sun, Oct 22
🌄 PNWIS 2023 - Summit by the Sound: Wed, Oct 25
🪴 Gardening for Climate Change: Wed, Oct 25
🏡 The Doug Walker Lecture Series: Dr. Heather Tallis: Wed, Oct 25
🏗️ Embodied Carbon: Sources, Strategies, & Solutions: Thu, Oct 26
🤝 Networking Session with Local Climate Groups: Thu, Oct 26
Events This Week
🏔️ Taylor Mountain Climate Adaptation Tour with NNRG and King County
When: Tue, Oct 10th from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Where: Taylor Mountain, C2MH+2C Issaquah, WA 98027
Join NNRG and King County staff on a guided driving tour through Taylor Mountain Forest where you'll see a demonstration of climate adaptation techniques at work, along with other approaches King County is using to transition this former industrial plantation to ecological forest management.
🌱 Assisted Migration of Native Plants in the Pacific Northwest
When: Tue, Oct 10th from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Bellevue Botanical Garden, Aaron Education Center, 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA 98005
Matt Distler is Conservation Program Manager at Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center, a non-profit focused on research, practice, and education around issues of sustainable land use and conservation. Matt will introduce the ideas, terminology, and science behind the concept of assisted migration of native plants (AM), leading into a discussion of different types of AM and the potential risks and benefits of plant material translocations in the context of ecological restoration and forestry. We will discuss some risk-assessment and ethical frameworks that are being developed to evaluate and reduce the risk of negative ecological impacts from the practice. Finally, we will explore some ways that restoration practitioners are beginning to incorporate AM into their work and touch on current collaborative efforts to coordinate and facilitate decision-making, plant material acquisition, and project monitoring in the Puget Sound area.
🎥 Between the Rains - SIFF
When: Wed, Oct 11th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: SIFF Cinema Uptown
Visit the SIFF Cinema Uptown for the screening of Between the Rains. In their visually stunning film, Moses Thuranira and Andrew H. Brown’s award-winning documentary explores a tribal boy’s childhood as he grows up in a traditional Kenyan culture that is a casualty of climate change.
♻️ Sustainable Community Stewards Training
When: Wed, Oct 11th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Snohomish County (See registration details)
Do you ever find yourself standing at the recycling bin wondering what can and can’t be recycled, and WHY? Curious about climate change and how your individual actions can make a difference? Wondering how you can get more engaged in your local community? Get answers to these questions and more by becoming a WSU Sustainable Community Steward! By enrolling, you receive university-level training grounded in climate change science relevant both within Snohomish County and globally. The training is designed to help you become an informed community educator, preparing you for your volunteer commitment of 30 hours. A combination of engaging classroom presentations and discussions paired with behind-the-scenes field trips make this an excellent educational and community engagement opportunity.
📖 Journalism Today: Insights into our Social and Environmental Futures
When: Thu, Oct 12th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Where: Communications Building (CMU), King Lane Northeast, Seattle, WA
Please join the UW's Center for Journalism Media and Democracy to celebrate two new books by directors Matt Powers and Adrienne Russell. After brief remarks from each author, we will enjoy drinks, snacks, and conversation. Russell’s book The Mediated Climate explores where the climate and information crises meet, where journalism, activism, and Big Tech shape public discourse. The book makes a strong case that efforts to address fossil fuel pollution without addressing communication pollution will continue to limp along. It highlights environmental and social problems and maps new ways to drive change.
🚗 San Juan County's Climate Action Plan
When: Thu, Oct 12th from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: In-person @ The Friday Harbor Labs Commons & streamed virtually over Zoom
Part of The Madrona Institute's and UW Friday Harbor Labs' Climate Action Speaker Series! Hear from Jay Kimball, San Juan County's Climate and Sustainability Advisory Committee and Vince Dauciunas, OPALCO. Join for a discussion on EVs, resilient energy systems, and more.
🎞️ Tortoise Under the Earth
When: Fri, Oct 13th from 3:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Where: Allen Library, University of Washington
Film screening in conjunction with Tasveer South Asian Film Festival. About the film: In a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, India, a tribal couple copes with the loss of their daughter. For them, the land and forest bear witness to their daughter's memory. With great sensitivity and beauty, the film explores the deeply intertwined connections between tribal communities and the forest that is their traditional home. Deftly interweaving the vivid colors of their festivals, folk songs, and the sense of community that binds them together, 'Tortoise Under The Earth' is a poetic elegy to a world that is rapidly disappearing, subsumed by unchecked development and displacement.
🌲 Family Foresters @ E.J. Nist Park
When: Sat, Oct 14th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: E.J. Nist Family Park, 242 Southwest Normandy Road Normandy Park, WA 98166
Join the Friends of Normandy Park Foundation, the City of Normandy Park, and families and community members around the region for tree planting and noxious weed removal events at E.J. Nist Park in Normandy Park, WA!
🌳 Environmental Restoration Event @ Fenster Nature Park
When: Sat, Oct 14th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Fenster Nature Park, 2027 4th St SE Auburn, WA 98002
of the Green-Duwamish River! Forests keep water clean and clear for salmon, but blackberry tends to grow in a monoculture, preventing a diversity of plants from forming a healthy forest. At our event we’ll be planting trees along the bank of the Green River to create a future forest! The event will begin with a brief discussion that includes information about the site, the partnering organizations, why this work is important, tool use, and safety. We will provide work gloves, all instructions, and all tools.
⚡ 21 Acres Green Building Tour
When: Sat, Oct 14th from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Where: 21 Acres Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living, 13701 NE 171st Street Woodinville, WA 98072
Curious about how renewable energy technologies and green buildings contribute to climate action? You will get a behind-the-scenes look at the tools and technologies utilized by our LEED Platinum-certified building, and an understanding of the real connections between clean energy, water, and food, and how they influence our environment, health, and economy.
🎤 Northwest Green Building Slam
When: Sat, Oct 14th from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Where: Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue Seattle, WA 98101
10 SPEAKERS, 10 MINUTES, 10 SLIDES. That’s all there is to it: the Green Building Slam. A simple idea, started years ago, has transformed into one of the most fun and inspirational green building events of the year. Learn about 10 innovative, sustainable, high-performance “green” buildings that push the envelope in our built environment. Projects range from residential to multi-family to mixed use developments in the Pacific NW.
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