Funding for early-stage cleantech companies is out there. Do you know where to find it and how to get it? Join us for lunch on April 16 at Perkins Coie to hear Ben Straughan outline the current state of early-stage funding and the opportunities available to attract investors to your startup.

This free public event connects local residents and business owners with services, products, companies, and agencies that address sustainability needs in our community. Participants learn about transportation choices, green construction, energy conservation, reuse and recycling, solar energy, local food and gardening, and cost-effective sustainability practices.

On Thursday, March 26,  Ken Kimmell, will outline the current state of climate change as well as the prospects and impediments for success. Kimmell will place particular emphasis on U.S. policy, international negotiations, and advancements at the state level – including the successful northeastern/mid-Atlantic cap and trade program and the lessons it might offer as Washington considers its own cap and trade program.   

Are you a cleantech entrepreneur? Do you need help catapulting your startup or ideas to the next level? Join us for lunch on March 18 to hear how the Cleantech Open Pacific Northwest (PNW) can help. Join us for lunch on March 18 at the Dorsey & Whitney offices in the Columbia Tower. Helion Energy will help us kick off 2015 by detailing how they leveraged the Cleantech Open in 2014 for continued funding and business success. We’ll also detail what to expect from the program to help you decide if it’s right for you.

The Internet-of-Things (the connectivity of physical objects to the Internet) has turned static energy data into a trove of dynamic information contributing toward operational savings. Join our panel of experts as they discuss the latest innovations and applications to leverage building automation technologies to improve workplace comfort and efficiencies.

Please join us at this informal reception and discussion on financing our sustainable future.  Learn about a new and potentially massive cleantech financing initiative from several of its international leaders, and help us explore how our region could participate and benefit from it.  There is no cost to attend but attendance is limited so please RSVP today.  Refreshments will be served. The reception will feature special guests Warren Evans and Christian Hauselmann.

In recent months, public attention has focused on the railroad, and the public is alarmed about oil trains and the movement of trains in general through their communities. Please join us at this cutting edge conference that brings railroad workers, environmentalists, community activists, and concerned citizens together in order to build the movement for a safer and greener railroad.