Bloom! is Seattle’s Green TED – an evening of innovative speakers working in the three areas of sustainability: social, environmental, and economic. There will be eight speakers (short, 10 minute talks) and plenty of time for networking. When: April 5, 2012. Doors opens at 6pm. Speakers start 7pm. The bar… [ Keep reading ]
Time to don some grubby sweatshirts and workboots and round up the neighbors to help spruce up the neighborhood. It’s Spring Clean time in Seattle! Spring Clean—held each year in April and May—is Seattle’s premier clean up event. Spring Clean provides opportunities for citizens to clean up Seattle’s public open… [ Keep reading ]
WHAT WE ARE SEEKING Seattle residents are passionate, committed and creative when to comes to making Seattle—and the world—better places. As individuals and as a community, Seattleites have helped our community become a national and international leader in sustainability. And, we know the community has more great ideas about… [ Keep reading ]
Grace period announced for buildings 10,000 sf or greater (including multifamily buildings of 5 or more units) have at least until October 1, 2012 to comply and annually on April 1st thereafter. Please note: We are currently undergoing additional program evaluation and are considering staggered reporting deadlines based on building size. This… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien, Chair of the Energy & Environment Committee, and Seattle City Light want to hear from you on upcoming changes to City Light that could impact your bill. Join your neighbors at one of the upcoming public meetings. You also can take the online survey to… [ Keep reading ]
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… [ Keep reading ]
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… [ Keep reading ]
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… [ Keep reading ]
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… [ Keep reading ]
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… [ Keep reading ]
