Announcing evergreenfilm.org!

Last night, about 300 of Washington’s clean tech movers and shakers crowded into SIFF Cinema, McCaw Hall in Seattle to watch the premiere of Evergreen: The Washington Clean Tech Story.

Today the companion website – evergreenfilm.org was launched. It’s an online video archive with highlights from over forty conversations with local and national clean tech leaders, including Governor Gregoire, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Spokane Mayor Mary Verner, Rep. Jay Inslee, Senator Maria Cantwell, loads of clean tech companies, green collar workers, and President-elect Obama.

Here’s a teaser trailer.

There’s a whole lot more to explore at the website, so check it out.

Carbon free prosperity

Climate Solutions and CleanEdge has just released their eagerly awaited report, “Carbon-Free Prosperity 2025: How the Northwest can create green jobs, deliver energy security, and thrive in the global clean-tech marketplace.” That’s quite a mouthful. While I’ll admit I haven’t read it yet, a quick glance reveals that the report aims to identify WA and OR’s key strengths and barriers in the clean tech/green tech sector, a growth strategy that plays to our strengths, and a ten point action plan for getting there.

According to their research, WA and OR could see at least 41,000 new jobs by 2025 in the five clean tech sectors seen as our greatest opportunity areas: