Request a Green Speaker

If you would like King County EcoConsumer Tom Watson to speak to your group, contact him online or call him at 206-296-4481. When Tom is not available, or for specialized topics where he does not have expertise, Tom will try to steer you to appropriate speakers.

Visit the EcoConsumer Calendar for details on Tom's local speaking engagements that are open to the public. Tom's full schedule of past and planned presentations includes:

2011 speaking engagements

• King County Solid Waste Advisory Committee, Seattle, June 17, 2011
• Sammamish Library – Composting workshop, Sammamish, WA, June 8, 2011
• Mother Earth News Fair (external), Puyallup, WA, June 5, 2011
• Washington State Recycling Association, Pasco, WA, May 24, 2011
• Seattle Green Festival, May 22, 2011
• Seattle Green Festival, May 21, 2011
• Fairwood United Methodist Church Women’s Group, Renton, WA, May 12, 2011
• “What Makes It Green?” event, Meadowbrook Community Center, Seattle, April 29, 2011
• King County Recycling Coordinators, April 27, 2011
• Unity Church – Sustainability panel, Bellevue, WA, April 17, 2011
• King County Earth Heroes at School Awards (emcee), Mercer Island, WA, April 14, 2011
• Washington Conservation Corps training, Seattle, April 12, 2011
• Sammamish Chamber of Commerce, Sammamish, WA, March 17, 2011
• Auburn School District staff workshop, Auburn, WA, March 14, 2011
• Northwest Flower & Garden Show (external), Seattle, Feb. 27, 2011
• McKnight Middle School career day, Renton, WA, Feb. 10, 2011
• Whitworth University visiting students, Seattle, Jan. 27, 2011

2010 speaking engagements

• Kingsgate Library – Green Holidays workshop, Kirkland, WA, Dec. 2, 2010
• Boeing employees – Green Holidays workshop, SeaTac, WA, Dec. 2, 2010
• Burien Library – Green Holidays workshop, Burien, WA, Nov. 30, 2010
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council, Seattle, Oct. 18, 2010
• King County Recycling Coordinators, Seattle, Oct. 18, 2010
• Bellevue College interior design class, Seattle, Oct. 4, 2010
• NE Seattle Sustainability Fair, Seattle, Aug. 21, 2010
• West Seattle CoolMoms, Seattle, Aug. 4, 2010
• Sammamish Library – Composting workshop, Sammamish, WA, July 21, 2010
• Shoreline SolarFest, Shoreline, WA, July 17, 2010
• Internal Revenue Service staff, Seattle, June 17, 2010
• Quorum Review employees, Seattle, June 10, 2010
• Northwest Hazardous Materials Management Conference, Troutdale, OR, June 8, 2010
• Green Festival, Seattle, June 5-6, 2010
• Snoqualmie Mayor's Recycling Challenge wrap-up (emcee), Snoqualmie, WA, May 22, 2010
• Seattle Solid Waste Advisory Committee, Seattle, May 19, 2010
• Career Day (keynote presentation), John F. Kennedy High School, Burien, WA, May 18, 2010
• Green jobs workshop, RE Store, Seattle, May 13, 2010
• King County Earth Heroes at School Awards (emcee), Renton, WA, April 29, 2010
• Northwest Association of Mothers of Twins, Tukwila, WA, April 24, 2010
• Snoqualmie Mayor's Recycling Challenge (emcee), Snoqualmie, WA, April 24, 2010
• Center for Spiritual Living environmental education event, Seattle, April 16, 2010
• Cartus employees, Bellevue, WA, April 8, 2010
• Leisure Care headquarters staff, Seattle, April 5, 2010
• Village Green Retirement Campus "Go Green" event, Federal Way, WA, March 11, 2010
• Moms' Club, North Bend, WA, March 3, 2010
• Sustainable Queen Anne neighborhood group, Seattle, Feb. 22, 2010
• Kent Guild of Seattle Children's Hospital, Kent, WA, Feb. 19, 2010
• Northwest Flower & Garden Show (external), Seattle, Feb. 6, 2010
• Washington Dept. of Transportation lunch group, Seattle, Feb. 3, 2010
• Mothers of Preschoolers group, Bellevue, WA, Jan. 21, 2010
• Green Jobs Council Summit, Olympia, WA, Jan. 20, 2010
• Remington Place seniors group, Seattle, Jan. 12, 2010
• Bellevue Lions Club, Bellevue, WA, Jan. 5, 2010

2009 speaking engagements included:

• Bellevue High School, Bellevue, WA, Dec. 8, 2009
• Sustainability Movie Night panel, Issaquah, WA, Nov. 10, 2009
• SeniorNet of Puget Sound, Bellevue, WA, Oct. 20, 2009
• Redmond Garden Club, Redmond, WA, Oct. 13, 2009
• Home schoolers class, Magnuson Community Center, Seattle, Oct. 8, 2009
• Bellevue College interior design class, Bellevue, WA, Aug. 11, 2009
• Career fair, Neighborhood House, Auburn, WA, Aug. 11, 2009
• "Salvaged Materials in the Garden" workshop, RE Store, Seattle, July 25, 2009
• Shoreline SolarFest, Shoreline, WA, July 18, 2009
• Vashon Lavender Farm Tour, Vashon Island, WA, July 11, 2009
• City of Tukwila employees, Tukwila, WA, July 1, 2009
• U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services office, Seattle, June 25, 2009
• WaterWise Garden Faire, Covington, WA, June 20, 2009
• National Product Stewardship Forum, Seattle, June 2, 2009
• Forever Young seniors group, St. Louise Church, Bellevue, WA, May 27, 2009
• Dimmitt Middle School Career Day, Renton, WA, May 21, 2009
• City of Federal Way employees, Federal Way, WA, May 14, 2009
• Washington State Recycling Association, Yakima, WA, May 5, 2009
• King County Earth Heroes Awards (emcee), Renton, WA, April 30, 2009
• Sustainable Living Fair, Kent, WA, April 25, 2009
• Seattle Junior League, Seattle, April 13, 2009
• Cartus employees, Bellevue, WA, April 9, 2008
• Lake City Lions Club, Seattle, April 7, 2009
• Green Festival, Seattle, March 28, 2009
• Northern California Recycling Association, Oakland, CA, March 24, 2009
• Washington State Floor Covering Association, Renton, WA, March 10, 2009
• Northwest Flower & Garden Show, Seattle, Feb. 22, 2009
• Northwest Flower & Garden Show, Seattle, Feb. 18, 2009
• Ridgecrest Elementary School - Science Night, Shoreline, WA, Jan. 20, 2009
• McLendon Hardware - Energy Audit Day, Renton, WA, Jan. 17, 2009

2008 speaking engagements included:

• Central Area Senior Center, Seattle, Dec. 12, 2008
• Ballard CoolMoms, Seattle, Dec. 9, 2008
• West Seattle CoolMoms, Seattle, Nov. 5, 2008
• Eco-Green Halloween at Camp Long, Seattle, Oct. 25, 2008
• Going Green Northwest, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA, Oct. 23, 2008
• Cougar Mountain Montessori Parents Association, Bellevue, WA, Oct. 8, 2008
• Puget Sound Energy - E-Day, Lynnwood, WA, Oct. 7, 2008
• West Seattle Senior Center, Oct. 1, 2008
• Corporate Express, Auburn, WA, Sept. 26, 2008
• Mayor's plastic bag forum / Recycling Advocates annual meeting, Portland, OR, Sept. 22, 2008
• Society for Design Administration, Seattle chapter, Seattle, Sept. 18, 2008
• King County Fair, Enumclaw, WA, July 18, 2008
• Summer College for seniors, Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA, July 14, 2008
• Sammamish moms group, Sammamish, WA, July 10, 2008
• Cartus employees, Bellevue, WA, July 10, 2008
• Association of Oregon Recyclers, Seaside, OR, June 5, 2008
• Washington State Recycling Association, Pasco, WA, May 20, 2008
• West Seattle Sustainability Fair, Seattle, May 4, 2008
• Highline Community College Earth Week Celebration, Des Moines, WA, April 23, 2008
• YMCA Earth Service Corps - Teen Summit on Climate Change, Seattle, April 19, 2008
• Green Festival, Seattle, April 12, 2008

2007 speaking engagements included:

• Trash Fashion Bash (emcee) at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Nov. 17, 2007
• Environmental Education Association of Washington, SeaTac, WA, Nov. 9, 2007
• Washington State Ridesharing Organization, Tacoma, WA, Oct. 26, 2007
• Greater Seattle Taiwanese Women’s Club, Bellevue, WA, Oct. 7, 2007
• HomeStreet Bank "Living Green" series, Seattle, Sept. 20, 2007
• Clean Vehicles Now conference, Seattle, Sept. 19, 2008
• National Recycling Coalition, Denver, CO, Sept. 18, 2007
• Corporate Express Sustainability Fair, Auburn, WA, Sept. 14, 2007
• Auburn Garden Club, Auburn, WA, Sept. 11, 2007
• National Transportation Public Affairs Workshop, Tacoma, WA, Aug. 8, 2007

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