environment Archives - The Seattle Globalist

Salish Sea Orca Sanctuary Project Kicks Off Public Meetings

by Globalist Staff

Whale Sanctuary Project aims to provide permanent home for orcas retired from marine parks and rescue/rehab for Southern Resident orcas in need. SEATTLE – Starting July 16, the Whale Sanctuary Project will kick off a series of public meetings across the Puget Sound region to discuss the concept for a retirement home in the San […]

Local activists bring global movement Extinction Rebellion to Seattle

by Kamna Shastri

Seattle activists protested Amazon and KOMO Plaza as part of the international climate movement Extinction Rebellion, which organizes disruptive protests that aim to inspire people to act on climate change.

Number of wildfires heats up across Washington State

by Conor Courtney

During last year's Eastern Washington fires, Seattle had the world's worst air quality multiples times last summer because of the smoke. Seattle's haze surpassed that of cities including Beijing and New Delhi.

Sustainable style in Seattle: How local choices can make global impacts

by Claudia Yaw

Are thrift stores and "slow fashion" designers enough to decrease the fashion industry's reliance on sweatshop labor and low-quality clothes?

Orca Action Month Kick Off Festival

by Globalist Staff

Join Orca Salmon Alliance at the Orca Action Month Kick Off Festival to officially start Orca Action Month with a free, family-friendly festival! The Orca Action Month Kick Off Festival will feature live music performances, DJ’s including KEXP dj Michele Myers, art activities, an Orca Sound station, storytelling time, food, drinks, beer garden, orca chats […]

Kashmir farmers ride out dry summers with ancient solution

by Global Press News Service

Ice stupas help farmers cope as climate change has affected the predictability of natural water sources in warm months.

The Colors of Green: James Rasmussen

by The Seattle Globalist

James Rasmussen's family has been connected to the Duwamish River for 10,000 years, and his concept of home fuels his stewardship of the river.

The Colors of Green: Sonali Jasuja

by The Seattle Globalist

Sonali Jasuja walks us through her journey from being a tech worker to becoming a mentor to young women passionate about building a better environmental future.

The Colors of Green: Tania Tam Park

by The Seattle Globalist

Tania Tam Park says that people of color and immigrants practice environmental stewardship in ways that can challenge the dominant view of environmentalism.

The Colors of Green: Jill Mangaliman

by The Seattle Globalist

Jill Mangaliman speaks on the community power that is at the heart of resilience in the face of environmental instability.

Artist fills 10,000 bottles with polluted water for exhibition

by Xiang Shen

Brother Nut filled 10,000 emptied bottles of Nongfu Spring water, a well-known brand of bottled water in China, with the polluted water that villagers have been drinking.

Free Movie “Reinventing Power”

by Globalist Staff

Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom is an exciting and uplifting film that takes us across the country to hear directly from the people making our clean energy future achievable. These individuals are working to rebuild what’s broken, rethink what’s possible, and revitalize communities. Reinventing Power underscores the notion that jobs, economic growth and innovation […]

A sign at Duwamish Waterway Park warns in nine languages against eating most fish caught in the river. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Seattle: What are your stories on environmental justice?

by Globalist Staff

We want to know: how has the environment affected communities of color and immigrant communities here in Seattle?

Environmental justice at center of carbon fee initiative

by Aliah Elaoud

Backers of Initiative 1631 say it was important to address the needs of the people most affected by pollution — who often are communities of color and low-income communities.

Seattle plastic straw ban a piercing problem for bubble tea shops

by Grace Madigan

Bubble tea stores — with their iconic wide, piercing straws — have had to adjust as Seattle's ban on plastic straws came into effect this month.

Puyallup Watershed Initiative connects sense of place, identity in environmental work

by Puget Sound Future-Makers

In the following interview, PWI acting director Jennifer Chang and community board member Kathryn Mahan talk about the ways that environment and identity coalesce in both their own lives as well as the work they do with PWI.

More women join Zimbabwe’s gold rush

by Global Press News Service

Though gold mining has environmental and safety issues in Zimbabwe, more women have access to the industry after legalization of small-scale mining.

Uganda deforestation threatens traditional bark-cloth production

by Global Press News Service

Ugandan Matuba tree bark is used for clothing, accessories and burials, but local traders struggle to find mature trees to sell because of deforestation.

Skinny crabs add stress on local business owners

Small crabs, late season and an international demand is making crabs more expensive for local businesses.

Meaningful Movies Project presents “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”

by Globalist Staff

Meaningful Movies Project will screen “An Inconvenient Sequel” at 16 of our venues around Washington State, starting on Friday, November 3rd in Wallingford. This film features Al Gore as he relentlessly continues to work on mobilizing people to address the issue of our climate crisis. All screening events will also include a panel discussion by local climate […]