Thank you to everyone who participated in Seattle Forest Week this year, from our partners who organized and hosted events to community members who showed up rain or shine! With the theme ‘Nurturing Forests and Futures: Youth Engagement in Seattle’s Urban Forest’, several events focused on youth leadership and participation. Green Seattle Partnership would especially […]

Happy Seattle Forest Week to everyone! With leaves falling, mushrooms popping, and salmon coming home, we have returned again to our season of planting and celebration in Seattle’s forests! This year, Seattle Forest Week has included an extra special opportunity to celebrate our collective accomplishments on an international stage. The Sixteenth meeting of the Conference […]

Washington state is home to 14 different species of bats, half of which have been spotted hanging around Seattle! Since bats are nocturnal, we don’t commonly see them in our day-to-day activities, but bats are a huge contributor to our ecosystem. The importance of Bats Bats play a major role in keeping insects at bay […]

Green Seattle Partnership has supported the cutting of 49,432 survival rings across the city. We would like to give a huge thank you to all our forest stewards and restoration crews who have dedicated their time to preserving Seattle’s historic forests! The Issue Common Ivy, also known as English Ivy, is a perennial evergreen plant […]

Green Seattle Partnership has been busy these last couple months welcoming visitors from around the world! What an honor to host attendees of the Greater Greener Conference, leadership and staff from NPO Birth in Tokyo, judges from the Green Flag Award, the UNEP delegation for World Environment Day, as well as participants with the Bloomberg […]

Summer is here, embrace the season with stories that connect you to the local land and people, examine the environmental challenges we face to foster ecosystem resiliency, and provide insightful narratives to our relationship with nature. From poetic reflections that examine what time and science has shown us to picture books that encourage even the […]

Making Progress in Seattle’s Urban Forest I recently returned to one of the sites at Schmitz Preserve Park where I led habitat restoration over a decade ago, and I’ll be honest, the site is a total mess. It seemed so simple in the beginning. Remove the weeds and plant native trees. What happened? At the […]

Summer is just around the corner and Green Seattle Partnership is excited to share seasonal opportunities that will provide youth with valuable, hands-on experience in ecological restoration and community care. Through these career exposure and job training programs. youth work with our partner organizations to care for Seattle parklands while learning about how we nurture Seattle’s […]

“Trees, trees, trees” is often the message and image of the Green Seattle Partnership, but we work across the park system at sites that include wetlands, creeks, shorelines, and ponds. Our Forest stewards work along with the various critters at their sites and often times our restoration work result in the creation of more wildlife […]

Kick off the new year by getting the whole family involved in volunteering with the Green Seattle Partnership. It’s a perfect way to connect with your community, get outside, get active, and keep local parks healthy. Many events on the CEDAR volunteer page are open to folks of all ages and is a great opportunity […]

What a big year for participants and partners with the Green Seattle Partnership! The numbers don’t lie—together we initiated work in 32 new acres, cared for 289 acres of ongoing restoration work, and worked across 119 park sites. But the story is much bigger than that, so in no particular order, we offer you our […]

Back in October 2023, I became acquainted with Alex Templeton, a West Seattle resident who lives adjacent to the Duwamish Head Greenbelt. On a drive-by of the neighborhood adjacent to the greenspace, I noticed Alex growing healthy baby madrones in his front yard. I knocked on his door and told him I was a fan […]

This year marked the 3rd annual Seattle Forest Week from October 28 to November 4, a time dedicated to celebrating the Urban Forest through education and restoration. Events ranged from art exhibits and symposiums to planting bulbs and trees. Saturday, November 4th was set as Green Seattle Day, an opportunity for community members to join […]

The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) is excited to share that Seattle has been selected as a “Role Model City” by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). As a part of being a Role Model City, Seattle will participate in a two-year collaborative effort to universally share best practices for supporting urban habitat with an International […]

On Saturday, October 7th, GSP joined indigenous-led organizations at Discovery Park for a morning of listening, learning, and connecting. Speakers at this event included Shameka Gagnier from Futures Rising: Restoration & Co-creation. They move to co-create spaces and possibilities to provide care for Mother Earth and local communities. Shanoa Pinkham (Yakama Tribe) from Na’ah Illahee […]

This restoration of the shoreline helps Seattle Parks and Recreation meet commitments to advance their vision of Healthy People, Thriving Environment, and Vibrant Community. As the stewards of open spaces, shorelines, and healthy urban forests, the Seattle Parks and Recreation shoreline restoration project will help to slow stormwater, stabilize banks against storm surges and provide […]

Recently, I went to see a movie with my family during a sizzling summer afternoon. The irony isn’t lost on me that the sparsely treed streets outside most movie theaters are the hottest places in town. Meanwhile we sit in a comfortable air-conditioned environment to seek comfort from the heat. Looking back almost a decade, […]

Get involved with Green Seattle Partnership this summer by applying to a job, internship, or youth program offered by one of our partners! Not only do these positions offer valuable experience in the field, but they also contribute towards restoring the health of our local urban forests to build a more resilient community in the face of climate change.

This month, GSP blog is highlighting the work of one of our partners, Futures Rising: Restoration & Co-Creation. Learn more about Futures Rising’s important work with the environment and BIPOC communities.

For this month, GSP blog is highlighting the work of one of our partners, Serve Ethiopians Washington (SEWA). Read on to learn more from their team about the crucial work SEWA does for King County’s BIPOC communities, including environmental restoration and sustainability programs.