Here, Northwest Film Forum Executive Director, Lyall Bush will introduce you to Seattle's premier film arts organization, screening over 200 independently made and classic films annually, offering a year-round schedule of filmmaking classes for all ages, and supporting filmmakers at all stages of their careers.

photo credit Joe Wolf

The Bullitt Center will be the greenest commercial building in the world, placing Seattle at the front of the green building movement. Located at the intersection of Capitol Hill and the Central District, this six-story, 50,000 square foot building seeks to meet the most ambitious goals of the Living Building Challenge, the world's most strenuous benchmark for sustainability. The goal of the Bullitt Center is to change the way buildings are designed, built, and operated to improve long-term environmental performance and promote broader implementation of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other green building technologies in the Northwest. For more information on the Bullitt Center please visit bullittcenter.org

photo by Aja Utsugi

Karen Price, Campus Sustainability Manager, will lead walkers on a short tour of campus during which she will discuss the University's many edible landscapes and rain gardens. Seattle University’s social justice mission carries over into its landscape where organic methods are used and edible gardens are planted throughout campus. We will also hear how the University is one of the leading contributors to environmental and social justice in Seattle.

Dotty DeCoster knows the P-Patch program, her involvement in Summit Slope Park will be a great lesson to anyone interested in this Seattle Department of Neighborhoods program. The project provides a new park in this urban neighborhood with the Unpaving Paradise The P-Patch located in the park is named Unpaving Paradise P-Patch to reflect the fact that this park site used to be an urban parking lot! The P-Patch has 36 plots, one of which is a food bank plot that youth from Northwest School and Peace From the Streets, which Kids From the community will be gardening.

Photo by Jason Hampton

At the the future site of Light Rail's Capitol Hill Station, Capitol Hill Housing's EcoDistrict Project Director, Joel Sisolak will discuss the plans for the Capitol Hill EcoDistirct. An EcoDistrict is a framework for addressing sustainability at the neighborhood scale. The goals of the Capitol Hill Ecodistrict are organized into six areas.

WATER: reduce potable use and stormwater runoff

ENERGY: increase efficiency and the percentage of energy used from renewable sources

MATERIALS: reduce the waste going to landfills and encourage local sourcing

COMMUNITY: promote equity, health and cultural vitality

TRANSPORTATION: reduce use of cars, promote alternative transportation (transit, walking, biking)

HABITAT: provide space and conditions in the neighborhood for non-human species to thrive

Current EcoDistrict priorities include promoting quality transit oriented development on Broadway, encouraging public and private investment in bike and pedestrian infrastructure, improving the energy and water efficiency and waste diversion rates in small commercial and multifamily buildings, and supporting grassroots efforts for projects to increase green space.

Upon leaving Summit Slope Park, walkers will be treated to some of the best views of Seattle. Melrose Promenade is a proposed re-configuration of Melrose Ave. Their vision would turn a stretch of Melrose into a pedestrian friendly corridor. Learn about the project during your stroll down Melrose!