Save the Date for Our Annual Tour

Our annual Go Zero! Tour is coming up on Saturday, October 5th. We have some great tour sites to highlight how solar can be incorporated into retrofits and new builds. Tickets will go live next month!

Beat the Heat with the Solar Social

The next Solar Social will be August 7th at Place to B at 5:30pm. Register now to reserve your spot.

Lessons from the Inaugural

Bloomberg Green Festival

Artist demonstration, Bloomberg Green Festival Outdoor Experiences

Planters with soil augmented by biosolids (human waste), Gates Discovery Center

"Toilet Drinking Fountain" - demo, Gates Discovery Center

The first Bloomberg Green Festival was hosted in Seattle on July 10th-13th. The climate focused event presented discussions on sustainability, climate, and policy.

Stacey Abrams, a voting and environmental activist, joined the CEO of Rewiring America, Ari Matusiak, to share the importance of showing that climate action is accessible to shift the conversation from affordability to action. Rewiring America is investing in tools to increase access points for households to understand what opportunities are available and realize the personal impacts. Try Rewiring America's Savings Calculator to see what incentives you can access for your home.

Governor Jay Inslee spoke about how Washington is in the process of creating many new clean energy jobs and his 2024 climate strategies to buffer Washington from climate change. The strategies include transitioning away from natural gas, and increasing oil company accountability.

At the TED Countdown, we heard from a number of speakers representing a range of perspectives on climate like Johan Rockstrom, Environmental Scientist and Professor at Stockholm University. From his work as Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change, he shared many charts and graphics depicting the sobering news that climate change is happening at a pace much faster than anticipated. We are now finding ourselves in an increasingly narrow window of opportunity for mitigating the impending climate disaster.

Nathaniel Stinnett covered voting strategies to support environmental candidates in elections. Voting records can show voters who support environmental candidates but did not vote in the most recent elections. These voters can then be encouraged to vote in upcoming elections.

Bloomberg Green Docs Film Festival highlighted three documentaries. Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni explores the rainforest canopy in Between Earth & Sky. Photographer James Balog and his team, creators of Chasing Ice, reunite to close out the Extreme Ice Survey in Chasing Time. A Norwegian family tell their story in A New Kind of Wilderness.

The festival ended with a tour of the Gates Discovery Center, where the theme was “Toilets”. The display provided extensive information about challenges and solutions for waste treatment in countries without waste management infrastructure, along with onsite water-conserving prototypes for homes.

- Denise Roy, Architectural Design & Faculty, Portland Community College

Want more webinars on solar and related technologies? Check out our next Green Energy Series.

Save the date for this webinar and register here.

Check out these other great events

and opportunities:

There are exciting events planned for this summer where you can learn more about solar, network with solar industry professionals, and meet community members who are excited about climate action.

POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers, share ideas and opportunities, and educate colleagues about projects and initiatives of interest to the group. Register here to join this month's happy hour.

For another happy hour event, attend the Sustainable Startup Happy Hour. Get your ticket here.

The Burien Solar Punk Festival in Washington brings together art and technology to show how technology can be integrated in communities in the future. There will be a green jobs expo, pop-up farmers' market, concert, and film showing. Find out more here.

Learn how easy-to-install, low cost room heat pumps can deliver powerful cooling and efficient supplemental heating. Join Electrify Now's next webinar.

Efficient electrification empowers Portlanders to choose clean energy with heat pumps, induction cooktops, heat pump water heaters, rooftop solar panels, and community solar. Come to Electrify Portland! and get the info and inspiration you need to start electrifying your home. See event details here.

Twende Solar is pleased to announce open recruitment for new members to join the Twende Solar Board of Directors! Would you like to be part of an organization that is expanding renewable energy access worldwide? If you're passionate about renewable energy, community empowerment, and want to be part of an organization that is shaping a cleaner energy future, apply here. Applications will be accepted through August 12th.

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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