"In every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." -- The Iroquois Confederacy
From its history as home to streams rich with wild salmon and people who kept their ecosystem carefully in balance to protect the future, Seattle must adapt to its current status as one of the fastest growing regions in the country.

Seattle: The Future is Now is part of a four-hour public television series highlighting practical solutions and models for urban transformation. Narrated by Former Governor Gary Locke the program reports on the transformation of Seattle as it struggles to combat the environmental consequences of its increasing population.

Can a "seventh generation" mindset become a value once more in a place that is so popular that people are flocking here and literally loving it to death?

The answer is ... we're working on it. The Seattle segment of Edens Lost & Found, subtitled "The Future is Now", illustrates that Seattle residents are buying into the "modern" philosophy and practice of sustainability. All the while, phrases attributed to Chief Seattle resonate with a call to common sense: "whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth..whatever man does to the web of life, he does to himself..."

Some families have given up their second car to cut greenhouse emissions, highway crowding, and their own expenses. Some are riding their bikes to work, or to a nearby mass transit station.

Developers are taking care to conserve storm water on site for use during the dry season. They are building in density, leaving in open space, designing in access to life-enhancing amenities, working in opportunities to contribute to health and fitness.

Seattle is taking alternative fuels seriously: it has the largest population of personal biodiesel users in the nation. That's looking ahead past dependence on fossil fuels to utilization of renewable crop-based energy.

Solar power, low-emissive glass, recycled and sustainable materials, green roofs -- these are becoming the "must-have" standards of the construction industry, and a clear statement that corporations value the environment enough to invest in it.

Seattle Public Utilities teamed up with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to help school kids get a hands-on look at all of the elements that go into growing healthy fish...like a healthy environment.

These are some of the stories you'll see in Seattle: The Future is Now. If they touch and inspire you, please spread the word and invite others to get involved in reclaiming their Eden.

Want to know how you can help? Here are some principal contacts from the Seattle segment of Edens Lost & Found:

City of Seattle
Policy, Planning, and Major Projects
David Allen, Senior Transportation Planner
700 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3900
Seattle, WA 98104-5043
david.allen@seattle.gov
206-733-9302

City of Seattle
Lucia Athens, Sustainable Building Program
700 Fifth Avenue
SPU, Community Services
Ste. 4900
Seattle, WA 98104-5004
lucia.athens@seattle.gov
cityofseattle.net/sustainablebuilding
206-684-4643

City of Seattle
Jemae Hoffman, Manager
700 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3900, Policy, Planning, Project
Seattle, WA 98104-5043
jemae.hoffman@seattle.gov
206-684-8674

City of Seattle
Gregory Nickels, Mayor
Seattle City Hall
7th Floor
Seattle, WA 98104-1804
www.seattle.gov/mayor
206-684-8865

Dick Falkenberry
206-527-1930

Fmr. Washington Governor Gary Locke
PO. Box 19233
Seattle, WA 98109

Home Bio Diesel
Lyle Rudensey “BioLyle”
biolyle@gmail.com
http://biolyle.com

Martha Rose Construction
Martha Rose, President
7356 15th Avenue NW
Unite C
Seattle, WA 98117
206-784-0147

MITHUN
Bert Gregory, President & CEO
Pier 56, Alaskan Way
Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98101
bertg@mithun.com
www.mithun.com
206-971-5533

Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Billy Frank, Jr. Chairman
6730 Martin Way East
Olympia, WA 98516
srobinson@nwifc.org
360-438-1180

People’s Waterfront Coalition
Carey Moon
www.peopleswaterfront.org
206-624-1061

Imperium Renewables
Martin Tobias, CEO/Chairman
6333 1st Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98108
martin@seattlebiodiesel.com
206-767-5095

Seattle Housing Authority
Tom Phillips, Senior Housing Development
120 Sixth Avenue North
P.O. Box 19028
Seattle, WA 98109-1028
tphillips@sea-pha.org
206-615-3414

Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment
Steve Nicholas, Director
700 Fifth Avenue
Key Tower '2748
Seattle, WA 98104
Steve.Nicholas@Seattle.Gov
www.seattle.gov/environment
206-615-0829

Seattle Public Utilities
James Johnson, Associate Project Manager
700 Fifth Avenue
Suite 4900
Seattle, WA 98104-5004
jim.johnson@seattle.gov
www.seattle.gov/util
206-684-5829

Sound Transit
Paul Matsuoka, Policy & Planning Director
401 S. Jackson St.
Seattle, WA 98104
matsuokap@soundtransit.org
206-398-5070

University of Washington
Kristina Hill, Professor
342 Gould Hall
Box 355734
Seattle, WA 98195-5734
kzhill@u.washington.edu
206-616-3582

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Project
999 Third Avenue, Suite 2424
Seattle, WA 98104
Project Hotline: 206.269.4421
Email: viaduct@wsdot.wa.gov
www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/viaduct