The world's first sustainable mega-region? Former Gov. Chris Gregoire on Cascadia's climate quest
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🗓️ 17 September 2022
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Summary
Business, government and environmental leaders from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia met at the U.S.-Canada border this week to discuss the next steps in the quest to become the world's first sustainable mega-region.
The Cascadia 2050 Vision conference was led by former Washington state governor Chris Gregoire, the CEO of Challenge Seattle and the co-chair of the steering committee for the Cascadia Innovation Corridor, a cross-border initiative that brings together leaders from Washington state, Oregon and British Columbia. Gregoire joins us on this episode to discuss the key innovations and funding initiatives that make her optimistic about the prospects for achieving long-term climate goals.
- Boston Consulting Group report: How the Cascadia Innovation Corridor can serve as a global model for sustainable growth
- Cascadia Daily News: Cascadia 2050 Vision conference brings together international leaders
- Bill Gates encouraged by U.S. climate initiatives as ‘mega-region’ grapples with long-term challenges
- Microsoft’s outgoing environmental chief reflects on bold actions and navigating ‘hiccups’
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| 0:00.0 | Even with all of these positive developments in innovation and funding, is it reasonable to become |
| 0:05.2 | sustainable as a mega region? |
| 0:07.2 | I will go back to Bill Gates line. |
| 0:09.2 | Daunting but hopeful. |
| 0:11.2 | I absolutely believe that's true. I'll go back to the other night with the Mariners. |
| 0:16.0 | When they thought they were losing that game in the bottom of the night, |
| 0:20.0 | two outs, seven, six, two home runs, daunting but hopeful. |
| 0:25.0 | That's who we are. |
| 0:26.7 | We can do that. |
| 0:27.8 | I love that the Mariners are the Inspiration and not the Broncoscos good call. Welcome to Geek Wire, I'm GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. |
| 0:40.0 | We're coming to you from Seattle where we get to Welcome to GeekWire. I'm GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. |
| 0:43.2 | We're coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around |
| 0:46.6 | us in tech, business, and innovation. What happens here matters everywhere, and every week on |
| 0:51.6 | this show we talk about some of the most |
| 0:53.0 | interesting tech and business stories in the news and this week we are talking |
| 0:57.0 | about the climate. Our guest is former Washington State Governor Chris Gregwar. |
| 1:02.1 | She is the CEO of Challenge Seattle. former Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire. |
| 1:03.0 | She is the CEO of Challenge Seattle and the co-chair of the Steering Committee for the |
| 1:07.3 | Cascadia Innovation Corridor, a cross-border initiative that brings together leaders |
| 1:11.6 | from Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia. |
| 1:15.1 | This week she led the group's Cascadia 2050 Vision Conference focusing on climate action. |
| 1:21.4 | Governor Gregoire, it's great to have you here. |
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