The Seattle International Film Festival Cinema at the Uptown Theater presents “The River Why,” a film that has won multiple festival awards. The movie starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22. All proceeds from showing of this film benefit the work of the Partnership for Water Conservation, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing water conservation [...]

In celebration of the 108th birthday of the late children’s author Dr. Seuss on March 2, Seattle residents are encouraged to become a local Lorax by signing up for the Tree Ambassador training program. Applications are being accepted through April 16 for teams of two to four people to serve as local neighborhood advocates for urban trees. [...]

Working to implement the Urban Forest Management Plan’s (UFMP) goals, City staff adopt annual work plans and issue annual progress reports. The UFMP is a long-term plan for increasing Seattle’s canopy cover from 23% to 30% by 2037.  Staff from the Urban Forest interdepartmental team presented the 2011 progress report to Council’s Planning, Land Use [...]

This year, OSE is tasked with creating a food action agenda that will improve people’s ability to eat, grow and sell healthy food in Seattle. To that end, OSE – along with the Mayor and City Council – is hosting 3 listening sessions in March to hear from the community how we should prioritize our [...]

Is the Office of Sustainability and Environment still the smallest department at the City? Why does OSE report to two committees? What are the big things on the office’s workplan for 2012? Find out the answers to these and many more questions by viewing the video from today’s Planning, Land Use and Sustainability Council meeting.

The Seattle City Council is looking for a new Urban Forestry Commission (UFC) member to fill the Arborist role in Position # 5. The term would start upon selection and extend through December 1, 2014. To be considered, applicants must have board certification as a Master Arborist or Municipal Specialist from the International Society of [...]

Every year, Seattle Tilth offers Seattle residents the opportunity to get in-depth training on composting and the many benefits of good soil. After training, you build your skills by volunteering to teach others what you’ve learned. Through eight sessions of hands-on workshops, lecture and discussion, Master Composter/Soil Builders learn to: compost a variety of organic [...]

Community Power Works (CPW), a City of Seattle energy efficiency initiative to weatherize buildings and help grow a sustainable source of green jobs through energy upgrades, is now serving homes throughout the City of Seattle. The CPW for Home program is one of six programs operated by Community Power Works and funded in part by [...]

The Office of Sustainability & Environment is partnering with Futurewise and Councilmember Mike O’Brien on a series of brownbag events around the Seattle Climate Action plan.  The next one is Thursday, January 26, 12:00 – 1:30 pm at GGLO’s Space at the Steps. Brownbag: “Healthy Communities: Saving Families Money at Home and on the Road” [...]

April 1 2012 is the deadline for building owners to comply with Seattle’s new energy benchmarking and reporting ordinance.  Seattle is offering a free workshop for building owners and property managers to help support their compliance efforts. The workshop is from 8 am to noon and is offered on the following four dates:  Jan 25, [...]