Waterlines: Mapping Land & Water Advocacy Along the Duwamish | Community Mapping + Environmental Storytelling Hackathon | PNW Climate Week
Join Tribal leaders, students, environmental advocates, researchers, designers, and technologists for a day-long community mapping event focused on the Duwamish River, biodiversity, and environmental stewardship.
🦆 Participants will collaborate on beginner-friendly GIS, storytelling, and open-source projects exploring shoreline change, bird migration, light pollution, environmental advocacy, and watershed restoration across the Pacific Northwest.
🗺️ No need to be an expert, we will teach you
👥 Participants: Engineers, Designers, Storytellers, Green Teams, and Students—all welcome!
🛠️ Tools & tech: QGIS, Python, PostgresSQL, Vue
✨ Perks: Swag, badges, real-world impact, and climate-tech networking
Why attend:
Learn beginner-friendly GIS and mapping skills
Hear directly from Tribal and environmental leaders
Work on real community-centered environmental projects
Meet students, researchers, nonprofits, and technologists
Explore pathways into environmental technology and stewardship
Contribute to public education and advocacy tools
Featured topics:
Duwamish River + Superfund awareness
Waterlines + shoreline history
Bird migration + light pollution
Biodiversity and watershed stewardship
Community storytelling and public-interest technology
Students and Green teams highly encouraged. Win swag as prizes and meet other environmentally conscious coders, designers, and storytellers.
📍GitHub, Bellevue, WA
🕰️ Program Agenda:
5-5:15 PM: Networking and beverages
5:15-5:25 PM: Intros by ProgramEarth and GitHub on the importance of open source and biodiversity centered sustainability
5:25-5:40 PM: Guest speaker on local conservation efforts across Duwamish River
5:40-6:00 PM: ProgramEarth demos hack repo: How to navigate the readme, project board, and project tasks
6:00-7:15 PM: Form groups based on selected project tasks and begin hacking
7:15-7:30 PM: Receive badges, swag, and take photos
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✉️ Email any questions to team@programearth.org