This fall, the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) and our community partners wrapped up months filled with resident engagement to inform Seattle’s Citywide Resilience Hub Strategic Plan — coming in 2025! Low-income and communities of color often live on the frontlines of extreme weather, making them hit hardest… [ Keep reading ]
Today, the Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) announced eight new grant awards, totaling $3.5 million, to help building owners install decarbonizing retrofits, such as replacing fossil gas furnaces with electric heat pumps, or conduct engineering and technical analyses ahead of future Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS) target deadlines. Adopted in 2023,… [ Keep reading ]
This fall, three beloved locally-owned grocery stores have joined the City of Seattle’s Fresh Bucks network! Fresh Bucks is the Office of Sustainability and Environment’s (OSE) healthy food program that helps Seattle residents afford the fruits and vegetables they need to thrive. The program has taken off since it first… [ Keep reading ]
Note: This application is now closed. Seattle’s Office of Sustainability & Environment (OSE) is excited to announce that the Environmental Justice (EJ) Fund is now accepting applications! This year, applicants can apply to one of two grant options, with a total of $250,000 available in funding. Applicants can apply… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is feeling the impacts of climate change now — from the extreme heat earlier this summer, to the dangerous wildfire smoke to come. Extreme weather harms the health and wellness of Seattle residents, particularly communities of color who are hit first and worst. As the City of Seattle works… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) is hiring! OSE is growing its team to advance Seattle’s fight against climate change, including funding community projects, implementing building emissions reduction policies, and supporting our passionate staff. OSE is looking to fill the four listed positions below. OSE is helping create… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle just hosted the first-ever Bloomberg Green Festival! The Office of Sustainability (OSE) was happy to join thousands of people from across the United States to learn about climate and sustainability solutions. Seattle’s Mayor Bruce Harrell was a keynote speaker and OSE Director Jessyn Farrell was named a “Green Champion”… [ Keep reading ]
Resilience hubs are trusted community-serving facilities that support residents in everyday life. Resilience hubs help foster social cohesion and connection amongst community members to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate change impacts happening now and in the future. These hubs include nonprofits, youth development centers, and faith-based organizations. … [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle is investing over $2.24 million to recruit, train, and place workers from communities who have experienced economic and environmental injustices into competitive paying construction and clean energy jobs. The investment represents a continued commitment by Mayor Bruce Harrell through the Payroll Expense Tax legislation for the… [ Keep reading ]
Transportation is Seattle’s leading cause of climate pollution, accounting for nearly two thirds of the City’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Unsustainable transportation pollutes air and water ways and disproportionately affects Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) populations. In 2021, the City of Seattle released the ambitious Transportation Electrification (TE)… [ Keep reading ]
