My calendar is going crazy.  But then again, it has to. It’s September.

Around the end of July, my calendar, which might as well have died and jumped off a

cliff somewhere in the end of July, is suddenly inundated with future September events. In fact, August in the environment beat is like being in that little cart climbing a roller coaster knowing that suddenly, out of nowhere, you’ll drop down and the insanity of scheduling will begin.

However it’s better to have too much to do than too little, so I am sharing my calendar with you. If you have not yet felt the insanity of September, here are some events to help welcome you on board:

September 19.

From 6-9 p.m. there’s the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild Green Building Slam. Ten green projects presented in ten minutes each with ten slides.  For more, visit Building Seattle Green. This promises to be pretty cool. I’ve previously written about three of these houses (and been in a fourth!) To read the articles, see Fivedot, Going Green at the Beach, and Cascade Built.

The 19th is also National Parking Day. Get out and around to see parking spaces be turned into parks.

September 23

From 7 to 9:30 a.m., the Seattle Chapter of the Urban Land Institute hosts a follow up to May’s Reality Check. (I wrote about Reality Check here.) The morning event introduces the Quality Growth Alliance, explains what they will do and features Speaker Robert Grow.

From 7 to 11 a.m., Sustainable September hosts a green jobs symposium on the current and future state of green jobs on the Eastside. It’s at the Bellevue Club and features Gov. Chris Gregoire and representatives from McKinstry, Google, Puget Sound Energy etc. More here.

Directly after that from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., I host a panel on changing job roles in the architecture, engineering and construction industry, also at the Bellevue Club. More here.

September 24

The AIA Seattle presents two of its What Makes it Green? award winners - Mosler Lofts and Corvallis CoHousing. It runs from 3 to 5 p.m. More here.

September 25

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sustainable September hosts a class on low impact development and sustainable site development at the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties Building. More here.

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sustainable September hosts a seminar on green cities, neighborhoods and housing. More here.

The Transformational Lecture Series hosts Patrick Bellew of Atelier Ten at the Downtown Seattle Library from 5 to 7 p.m.

From 6 to 7:30 p.m., Carol Coletta, CEO of CEOs for Cities and host of the radio show Smart City, speaks about “design for livability” at Seattle Town Hall from 6-7:30 p.m. More here.

Setpember 26

AIA Seattle presents Doing Density Right, a summit featuring Carole Coletta, David Dixon of Goody Clancy and Mark Hinshaw.

And honestly, that’s just some of the events. Good lucking choosing!

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