Festival Schedule

Events will be taking place across a number of venues. The schedule below is subject to change. You can also download a PDF version of the full Festival Program (2.9MB PDF).

MAIN STAGE

10:00 am

Opening Ceremony
City of Seattle Council President Richard Conlin

10:30 am

Climate Action Leadership
Phil Mitchell - Director, Seattle Climate Dialogues

10:50 am

The Truth About Green Products
Tom Watson - King County Solid Waste

11:10 am

The Puget Sound Community Change Card
Jon Ramer, Director - The Interra Project

11:30 am

Sustainable Communities ALL Over Puget Sound
Vic Opperman, Co-Founder - SCALLOPS

11:50 am

Sustainability Begins with Community
Jim Diers, Founding Director - Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods

12:20 pm

Renewables & Energy Efficiency in Seattle
Lars Henrickson - Seattle City Light
Mike Little - Seattle City Light

12:40 pm

Is Your Cell Phone Killing the Planet?
Tom Watson - King County Solid Waste

1:00 pm

Why Public Campaign Finance Matters
Craig Salins - Director, Washington Public Campaigns

1:30 pm

Buying & Investing Locally
Bruce Herbert - Board of Directors, BALLE

1:50 pm

Habitat for People: The Duwamish Long House
James Rasmussen - Duwamish Tribal Council

2:10 pm

What’s the Economy for Anyway?
John DeGraaf - Director, Take Back Your Time

2:40 pm

Festival Closing Ceremony

TRANSIT FORUM
10:30 - 12:00	West Seattle Transit Issues
10:30 - 12:00	Changes are coming to West Seattle's transit environment, roadways and overall access to other areas of the city. Come and learn what the city, county and regional agencies are proposing or have already begun implementing. The forum will include presentations about the changes coming to the Metro bus system, the Viaduct's South end, the Spokane Street Viaduct, and expanded service for the Elliott Bay Water Taxi. We'll also discuss future additions to our transit mix like a trolley on 1st Ave through SODO and how we might fund expansion of transit. Panel members are: Richard Conlin - President, Seattle City Council Dow Constantine - King County Council, District 8 Bill Bryant - Seattle Department of Transportation Michael McGinn -Seattle Great City Initiative
12:30 - 1:30	A Sustanable Solution to the Viaduct: Surface Streets and a Transit Solution
12:30 - 1:30	Cary Moon, director of the People's Waterfront Coalition, will lead a discussion of a sustainable, urban solution to the future of Seattle's Central Waterfront. It's time to head in a new direction with transportation; one that is responsible from an environmental standpoint, pragmatic from an economic standpoint, and that contributes to the city we want to become. How can we use this opportunity to launch the next 100 years of sustainable growth?

WORKSHOP TENT
10:20 am	Inconvenient Ride - 6 Kids, 5,400 Miles, 4 Time Zones. Beginning in Washington DC on March 29, these West Seattle students followed a route through cities that signed on to Seattle’s Climate Action Now Initiative. Meet them, and find out what happened on their amazing journey.
11:00 am	Undriving - With all of the news headlines about climate change and reducing our carbon footprint, many of us know that reducing or eliminating our car usage makes a big difference. Moving from car dependence to car independence is possible and these panelists will explain how they did it!! Vic Opperman - Sustainable Ballard Julia Field - Sustainable Ballard Ashley Geisendorfer - Cascade Bike Club, Bike to Work Carla Saulter - Bus Chick
11:40 am	Protecting & Promoting Local Agriculture Laura Sweany - Terra Flora Farm Wade Bennett - Rockridge Cidery Jerry Pipitone - Pipitone Farms, Rock Island Mary Embleton - Cascade Harvest Coalition
12:20 pm	Green Building & Community in West Seattle A discussion about the sustainability aspects of the new Neighborhood House Community Center at High Point, Green Building in general, and building CoHousing as a strategy for wise urban planning that builds community. Peter Wolf -Neighborhood House Barbara Erwine - Puget Ridge Co-Housing Jim Burton - Northwest Ecobuilding Guild
1:00 pm	West Seattle Watershed Issues Update A conversation about current and anticipated challenges in restoring and stewarding urban water resources in our community. Judy Pickens - Fauntleroy Watershed Council James Rasmussen - Puget Creek Sheryl Shapiro, Longfellow Creek B.J. Cummings - Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
1:45 pm	“Shop Till You Drop” Teaching Exercise Join this popular classroom activity where participants experience first-hand how purchasing decisions are re- stricted by access to wealth and then evaluate the social and environmental impacts of their purchases. Cate White - Facing the Future Ben Wheeler - Explorer Middle School
2:15 pm	Healthy Food & Fitness Options The King County Food & Fitness Initiative is organizing to create vibrant communities that support access to locally grown, healthy, affordable food and safe and inviting places for physical activity and play. Join in this community discussion to help set the direction for the initiative in our community. Derek Bernie, Director - Delridge Neighborhoods Dev Assoc.

COFFEE TO A TEA
12:00 pm	Sustainable Communities ALL over Puget Sound (SCALLOPS) - A gathering of representatives from the many new groups (like Sustainable West Seattle) who are coming together to compare notes, and help with the formation of new local sustainability groups in comunities across the entire Puget Sound region. Vic Opperman, Co-Founder Neva Welton, Co-Founder
2:00 pm	Climate Action 101 - Find out about the new Climate Action Lab program, and get an overview of the state-of-the-art of climate politics and action. Phil Mitchell, Director - Climate Dialogues