Seattle sustainability initiatives

Circular PNW Our work aims to catalyze action and connection to improve the way our regional communities use and reuse natural resources to create value in ways that are restorative and regenerative to the environment. Circular Supply Chain Network The Circular Supply Chain Network connects supply chain practitioners and thought leaders to explore how supply chain can accelerate the transition to a circular economy and transform every supply chain into a circular supply chain.

Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association We empower communities in issues related to quality of life, social justice, health and education in order to identify and implement sustainable solutions. Ignited Phoenix Project We aspire to give back to the community in ways we have not seen done before, using Theatre of the oppressed, trauma recovery, and organizing.

Kay Tita Kay Tita is a social impact non-profit organization that serves as a conduit providing changemakers in Haiti with a safe space and the resources they need to increase their impact, develop skills, and establish key partnerships. One Vibe Media We are creating events, programs, and media for educating the general public about African culture, promoting the arts, innovation, enhancing international cultural and creative collaboration, and mentoring youth.

Refugee Artisan Initiative Refugee Artisan Initiative has envisioned creating a welcoming global community that values and invests in refugee and immigrant women as they achieve healthy, stable, and fulfilling lives in the PNW and beyond. Those initiatives included the Community Orchard of West Seattle COWS , developing green building courses at the Georgetown campus, creating sustainability-related courses by faculty, recycling and waste efforts, compliance-based environmental stewardship, among others.

The Sustainability Initiatives led to the creation of the Seattle Colleges Sustainability Committee, a representative body of students, staff, and faculty from each of the Seattle Colleges e. In , Seattle Colleges Sustainability Committee hired their first Sustainability Coordinator to help complete sustainability assessments of each college and to create a roadmap for making Seattle Colleges a regional leader in college sustainability.

A Sustainability Committee was formed at South circa The Washington State Agency Climate Leadership Act of mandated that all state agencies begin tracking greenhouse gas emissions annually and set specific reduction targets compared to the baseline year. Seattle Colleges and South Seattle College established a baseline for greenhouse gas emissions and set reduction targets in , , and The South Seattle College Arboretum was established by the college and the South Seattle College Foundation in , in part as the result of a petition by the Landscape Horticulture LHO program students for an arboretum to serve as their living laboratory.

Conservation and Recycling. Environmental Learning and Volunteering. Trees and Green Space. Get Gardening Help The Garden Hotline can help provide resources for growing your garden and protecting the environment. Nominate a Heritage Tree Anyone may nominate a tree.

Sign Up for a P-Patch Garden Plot P-Patch manages and promotes community-stewarded open spaces for organic urban agriculture to individuals and groups. Where does it go? Look up how to recycle, compost, or throw out something. Benchmarking and Reporting Tracks energy performance for buildings 20, sq.

Bike Program Provides resources for people interested in riding bikes in Seattle. Cedar River Watershed Carefully managed to support and supply clean drinking water to 1. Conservation Corps An employment program for people experiencing homelessness. Environmental Learning Programs and classes that teach environmental stewardship.

Garden Hotline — Natural Yard Care Get expert environmentally-friendly answers about natural lawn care. Good Food Promotes healthy lifestyles through community garden activities and other workshops.

Green New Deal The Green New Deal for Seattle seeks to advance an equitable clean energy transition and prioritize economic opportunities and investments in communities historically most harmed by economic, racial, and environmental injustices.

Climate Planning OSE develops policies and implements programs that reduce climate pollution from our transportation and building sectors. Transportation Electrification Road transportation represents two-thirds of Seattle's climate pollution.