Hiral Choudhary: [00:05:45] I wish I knew I don’t need to wait be 18 or an adult to make change. [Shaping Seattle is a podcast that highlights the work of Seattle Shapers and other local impact leaders in the greater Seattle area. In this special mini-episode of Shaping Seattle, members…

Devi Johnson: [00:00:00] I know that these conversations aren’t easy as well. I’ve had conversations with my family around: yes, you had a hard life, but it’s been exponentially easier than the experience of someone who’s black within the US. Even if you grew up poor, in a large family…

Max Mankin: [00:00:00] Natural gas burns at something like 1500 degrees Celsius. But you heat your home, maybe at 30 degrees Celsius. There’s a huge amount of energy that is effectively thrown away and we like to joke that this is a big thermodynamic tragedy on the order of Shakespeare…

“It costs the same to provide one full year permanent supportive housing, including all the wraparound services and support as it does to pay for three months in County jail, or three days at Harborview our local hospital. Three days at Harborview. That is crazy.” -Jeremy Schifberg [Shaping Seattle is…

Our nation and the world are built on deep-rooted racist, ableist, homophobic, xenophobic, sexist systems that have been created to oppress, silence, and kill communities. While racism and discrimination against the Asian and Pacific Islander communities are not new, the pandemic has exacerbated the injustices this community is forced to…

This past fall, the Seattle Hub of the Global Shapers partnered with Cascadia Climate Action and students from the University of Washington’s Sustainability Studio course to create a survey to assess barriers to understanding and acting on climate justice. Results from the survey are informing how we craft environmental justice…

The Seattle Hub of Global Shapers is supporting the Shared Spaces Foundation in fundraising for the Heron’s Nest, a project aimed at preserving land for community use and repatriating it to the Duwamish people. Who are the Duwamish people? The Duwamish people have resided on Seattle and King County land…

[Shaping Seattle is a podcast that highlights the work of Seattle Shapers and other local impact leaders in the greater Seattle area. In our second episode of Shaping Seattle, Aadithya, and fellow Shaper Rami talk ClimateTech, Penguins, IoT, and homelessness in Seattle. Aadithya (Aadu) is an environmentalist trapped in an…

[Shaping Seattle is a podcast that highlights the work of Seattle Shapers and other local impact leaders in the greater Seattle area. Leading off the first episode of the Seattle Shapers podcast, Jamal, and fellow Shaper, Jeremy, talk Health, Politics, and just enough Conspiracy. Jamal is a Program Analyst at…