Seattle Climate Tech: Sep 26 - Oct 3
Green Jobs Future Summit, circularity, wet weather treatment plants, industry summits, and more! Read on to learn about I-2117: a climate-related initiative on our ballots this November in WA
Hi Friends,
🍂 Happy Fall! The days may be getting shorter and colder, but Seattle climate tech events continue to run full steam ahead. Read on below for the fantastic events coming up this week + over the next month, as well as a highlight on an important climate-related initiative coming up on our ballots this November: I-2117.
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Maya, Alec, and the Climate Tech Cities Team
Events This Week
💻 Green Jobs Green Futures Summit: Thurs, Sep 26
🔁 Designing for Circularity with Circular Spring: Thurs, Sep 26
🎬 Fashion Reimagined: Sun, Sep 29
🌦️ Seattle Wet Weather Treatment Plant Tour: Wed, Oct 2
🏢 8th Annual Pacific Northwest Industry Summit: Thurs, Oct 3
📖 What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: Thurs, Oct 3
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events
🚫 Vote No on I-2117 🚫
I-2117 will be on our ballots in a few short weeks here — the initiative aims to repeal the 2021 Washington Climate Commitment Act (CCA), a state law that provided for a cap and invest program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) by 95% by 2050. I-2117 is a deceptive initiative that will strip billions in investment from community priorities in every county - like air quality, transportation and transit service, fish habitat, and preventing wildfires. I-2117 will shift the burden of paying for the impacts of pollution onto local communities and families.
Vote no on I-2117 this November to protect our environment, vulnerable communities, and future generations of Washingtonians. Click on the links below for more details on the many threatening impacts of I-2117.
🌊 I-2117 threatens vital protections for our waterways and fish habitats
🚲 I-2117 threatens the safe, reliable functioning of our transportation system
🫁 I-2117 threatens air quality and increases pollution
🌲 I-2117 makes us more vulnerable to wildfires
🪶 I-2117 would hurt Tribal communities by ending a major source of funding for Tribal environmental leadership and action
More resources are available at no2117.com.
Upcoming Events
☀️ 2024 Washington State Solar Summit: Fri, Oct 4
🏳️🌈 Seattle Out in Climate Speednetworking!: Tues, Oct 8
⚙️ Future of Urban Manufacturing: Green Jobs: Tues, Oct 8
👖 Swap Clothes, Make Friends, & Join the Reuse Revolution: Tues, Oct 8
🪵 Building Materials Lifecycle & Embodied Carbon: Wed, Oct 9
🍅 Northwest Food & Fiber: Sat, Oct 12
🔁 Use Your Personal Style to Reduce Overconsumption: Tues, Oct 15
⚡ PNW Battery CollaborativeMeetup: Wed, Oct 16
🍹 The Carbonauts Sustainability Mocktails: Thurs, Oct 17
⚛️ Seattle Fusion Week 2024: Mon, Oct 21 to Wed, Oct 23
🧵 Repair Your Clothes for a Better World: Tues, Oct 22
👋 Make Friends & Reimagine a Circular Future for Seattle: Tues, Oct 29
Virtual Climate Opportunities
🌎 The SOSV Climate Tech Summit (October 14-18) is a free, virtual and global event that features the top technologists, researchers, founders, investors, and policy makers working on the frontiers of climate innovation. Registration is open and free.
🔭 Activate is a nonprofit that empowers scientists to reinvent the world by launching startups to address climate change and other global challenges. Applications are now open for their Activate Fellowship! Apply for Cohort 2025 by October 23 and unlock the funding, mentorship, and resources you need to bring your world-changing technology to market. Learn more and apply here.
🌱 All our efforts are needed to address the impacts of climate change. Climate Vine is a curated membership community to accelerate our impact. There is a great mix of tech, corporate, government, science, and activism – and the community has been unequaled. They’re hosting a few public events over the next month that include a deep dive from Zachary Brown covering the elections and what it’ll take to get off fossil fuels. Sign up to the events here.
This Week in Depth
💻 Green Jobs Green Futures Summit
When: Thurs, Sep 26th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Where: Fremont Foundry, Seattle
Join us on September 26th, 2024 for the annual Green Jobs, Green Futures Summit at the Fremont Foundry in Seattle! King County is bringing you an interactive, one-day event geared towards creating community connections and highlighting businesses in the local green economy contributing to a more sustainable future.
This event will center on organizations from four sectors of the green economy: Construction, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Professional Services/Technology. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with organizations and potential employers through creative, innovative, and immersive demo stations that spark curiosity and excitement.
🔁 Designing for Circularity with Circular Spring
When: Thurs, Sep 26th from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: 9Zero, U District, Seattle
Curious about how circularity works in practice? Whether you're a professional looking to integrate sustainable practices into your work, a designer exploring circular design, or simply interested in learning more about the circular economy, this event is for you.
The event will feature a presentation by Circular Spring, grounding participants in key circular economy terminology, concepts, and frameworks, bringing the concepts to life in example case studies, and then guiding a participatory group activity followed by a casual discussion and networking.
🎬 Fashion Reimagined
When: Sun, Sep 29th from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Olympia Film Society, Olympia
Film description: Fashion designer Amy Powney of cult label Mother of Pearl is a rising star in the London fashion scene. Raised off-the-grid in rural England by activist parents, Amy has always felt uneasy about the devastating environmental impact of her industry. When she wins the coveted Vogue award for the Best Young Designer of the Year, which comes with a big cash prize, Amy decides to use the money to create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment, and transform her entire business. Over the following three years, her own personal revolution becomes the precursor of a much bigger, societal change.
Please join the Surfrider Olympia chapter, Remake and The Chayah Movement in bringing the film, Fashion Reimagined, to our community to spread awareness and education on the fashion industry’s impact on the planet as well as garment worker rights and safety; Our clothing choices matter.
🌦️ Seattle Wet Weather Treatment Plant Tour
When: Wed, Oct 2nd from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station, Seattle
Join Women and Climate's Seattle Chapter as we get a guided tour of the Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station! This new station, developed to accommodate excess rainfall as a result of climate change, can treat up to 70 million gallons of combined rain and wastewater a day that would otherwise discharge directly to the Duwamish River during heavy storms. During the tour, we'll hear about how the facility reduces pollution and improves the overall water quality of the Duwamish River. You can learn more about the facility beforehand here!
🏢 8th Annual Pacific Northwest Industry Summit
When: Thurs, Oct 3rd from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: Washington Athletics Club, Seattle
Environmental Business International (EBI) and 2020 Environmental Group are pleased to present the 8th Annual Pacific Northwest Environmental Industry Summit in Seattle WA. Join us for an interactive conference and engaging discussion on why the Pacific Northwest continues to be a strong growth market for the environmental industry with an exciting mix of national and local players.
This year, 2020 Environmental Group will be leading sessions on M&A for small and mid-sized firms in the Environmental space. Joining 2020 will be a panel of buyers and sellers, discussing how these companies are the focus of M&A activity both now and in the future.
📖 What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson:
When: Thurs, Oct 3rd from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle
Marine biologist, policy expert, and author Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson visits the store to discuss her latest nonfiction. What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures posits the idea that if our climate future is not yet written, what if we act as if we love the future? In addition to the night's reading, special guest Oshima Brothers will perform music. Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. The provocative and joyous What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.
🌎 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!