Bellevue's Environmental Stewardship Initiative is the city's sustainability program, which oversees a range of actions designed to help the city achieve its climate, sustainability, and environmental goals. To learn more about our goals and targets, visit the Environmental Stewardship Plan page.
What's New
- EV Roadmap Open House: Drop in from 4:30pm-7:00pm on Monday, July 22 from 4:30-7:00pm at Crossroads Park to hear from drivers of electric vehicles, enjoy popsicles and other refreshments, and provide feedback on the city’s EV Roadmap project.
- Applications for our 2024 Tree Giveaway are now open! All Bellevue residents, including renters, are eligible to apply to receive up to two free trees. Community organizations are eligible for up to 20 free trees. Find out more and apply by August 18.
Recent Reports
- 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Updates:
- Executive Summary: Including our 2022 Inventory Results, retroactive updates, Contribution Analyses, and Emissions Wedge Analysis results.
- Methodology Report: Detailing the updates we made to our 2022 and all previous inventories to incorporate the most current methodology.
- Environmental Performance Dashboard: We've launched a new Environmental Performance Dashboard with interactive graphs and charts to help you explore our progress in detail.
- 2021 Urban Tree Canopy Assessment: Our 2021 Urban Tree Canopy Assessment is now available.
- Tree Code Update: Learn about opportunities to share your voice in the tree code update effort, launched at the end of 2022.
- Air Quality and Land Use Planning Report: Check out our latest report looking at the impact of air quality on development near freeways.
- Climate Vulnerability Assessment: This report outlines the potential impacts of climate change on Bellevue and strategies for increasing resilience.
Tracking Progress
The city tracks progress on implementing the Sustainable Bellevue Plan and on progress toward achieving the city's environmental goals. For more information on the plan implementation progress, to the: Sustainable Bellevue Plan Implementation Tracker, which includes progress updates on the 78 actions in the plan.
We have launched a new Environmental Performance Dashboard where you can explore the results of our 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory updates and much more.
Council Updates
Updates to the Bellevue City Council on Progress
The presentation materials, agenda, minutes, and videos from previous Council presentations on the Environmental Stewardship Initiative can be found below:
- April 16, 2024 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- December 11, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- September 11, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- June 5, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Initiative Quarterly Update
- March 6, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Initiative Quarterly Update: 2022 Accomplishments and 2023 Workplan
- December 5, 2022 Eastside Climate Partnership Interlocal Agreement
- November 28, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update (written update)
- October 24, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Proposed Operating and Capital Budget
- July 18, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2021 Progress Reporting
- April 25, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- February 7, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2022 Workplan
- October 18, 2021 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- July 19, 2021 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2020 Environmental Performance Report
- March 22, 2021 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2021 Workplan
For presentations to Council on the Environmental Stewardship Plan update and adoption, go to: 2021-2025 Environmental Stewardship Plan | City of Bellevue (bellevuewa.gov)
Community Engagement
Sustainable Bellevue Plan Community Engagement and Updates
The Environmental Stewardship Team strives to host two community townhalls per year, to engage the community on the implementation of the Sustainable Bellevue Plan and to provide updates on plan implementation progress. Visit our project pages for more information on community engagement related to projects.
The presentations from our recent townhall meetings are linked below.
March 19, 2024 Sustainable Bellevue Townhall
March 29, 2023 Sustainable Bellevue Townhall