SF Bay Climate Tech: April 17 - April 23
Earth Day, SF Climate Week, and a hot take on Sustainable Fashion
Hi friends,
Climate Week is here! There’s SO much going on… and so much that’s already full.
We’ve gone through all the Climate Week events (and a few more) and found the ones that still have space. No promises they’ll stay open, but as of this email, you should still be able to RSVP!
Networking, Happy Hours, and Parties
🌱 Mithun + Heirloom | Architects and Climate Techs Happy Hour: Wed, Apr 19
🍻 Otherlab & Friends Share and Tell Happy Hour: Wed, Apr 19
🥋 Aikido Technologies Demo + Drinks: Wed, Apr 19
🚙 Transportation and Climate Tech Happy Hour: Wed, Apr 19
🌱 Work On Climate Wednesday: Wed, Apr 19
🦾 Deeptech Climate Warriors @ Fifty Years HQ: Wed, Apr 19
🍺 From Showers to Beers: HH and The Future of Urban Water: Thu, Apr 20
🍸 Honda Innovations & Scrum Ventures: Climate Tech Happy Hour: Thu, Apr 20
🙌 Imagine5: Power of Many Mixer: Thu, Apr 20
⚡️ YPE Earth Day Trivia & HH: Fri, Apr 21
🎉 Pop-up Climate Party at Monarch Gardens: Sat, Apr 22
🖌 Climate Designers Bay Area: Happy Hour: Sun, Apr 23
Talks & Workshops (and attached Happy Hours)
🌳 Course Correcting Carbon: Tue, Apr 18
🌁 Building for the World: How SF is an epicenter of climate tech: Wed, Apr 19
🌵 Xeriscaping Workshop with SFO Landscaping: Wed, Apr 19
🙋 HR Leaders in Climate: Wed, Apr 19
💰 Climate Smart 401(k) Investing Office Hours: Wed, Apr 19
📣 Brand, Marketing & Comms for Climate Founders: Wed, Apr 19
🍀 Sustainability for the 90%: Thu, Apr 20
🏗 The Challenges of Climatetech Infrastructure Deployment: Thu, Apr 20
✨ SPARK Innovation Competition Opening Reception: Thu, Apr 20
🔌 Accelerating Sustainable Transitions: Grid-Edge & Resilience: Thu, Apr 20
🍐 Pear VC x Streamline presents: Grants, RFPs, Venture, Debt: Thu, Apr 20
🌳 Catalyzing 1 Trillion Trees by 2030: Thu, Apr 20
🖥 Enabling Climate-Aligned Computing: Thu, Apr 20
🤖 Live: Generative AI for Climate Action: Thu, Apr 20
🔧 SF Climate Hardware Hack (24hr): Sat, Apr 22
🧑🌾 Digital Farming and AgTech Ecosystem: Mon, Apr 24
Art, Media, Activism
✊ March & Rally for Climate Justice: Fri, Apr 21
🎙 Evolving the Climate Narrative: Live Podcasts, Panel & Mixer: Fri, Apr 21
🌊 Waves and Beaches Book Presentation & Signing: Sat, Apr 22
🎬 Film - Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce: Sat, Apr 22
📽 The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour: Sat, Apr 22
🎨 Petrichor - Art Show & Earth Day Celebration: Sat, Apr 22
🔌 Electrification Fair: Sat, Apr 22
⛽️ Awful’s Gas & Snack — Experience the Golden Age of Gasoline: Sat, Apr 22
🔵 Blue Dot Arts Salon & Afterparty: Sat, Apr 22
Get Outside
🗼 Mount Sutro Nature Walks: Water History with Joel Pomerantz: Sat, Apr 22
🧹 Earth Day San Francisco Cleanup: Sat, Apr 22
🌎 Earth Day SF 2023: Sat, Apr 22
🌎 Earth Day Festival - Downtown Berkeley: Sat, Apr 22
⛵️ Earth Day Sail: Sat, Apr 22
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and Tamar
Hot Take: Sustainable Fashion: The ultimate greenwashing and how to get it right
Fashion is said to both reflect and steer culture. In an era of escalating environmental concerns and growing consumer interest in sustainable choices, the fashion industry has taken great strides to stay on trend. Brands producing everything from swimsuits to sneakers, wedding dresses to yoga mats shout their sustainability credentials from the rooftops, peppering their advertisements with terms like carbon neutral, organic, vegan, ethically made, grandchildren-compatible, and of course, the pervading “sustainable.”
What substance lies behind the sustainability labeling? In too many cases, far too little. Fashion production makes up 10% of humanity’s carbon emissions, dries up water sources, and pollutes rivers and streams. While people bought 60% more garments in 2014 than in 2000, they only kept the clothes for half as long. What’s more, 85% of all textiles are sent to the landfill each year. A burgeoning attentiveness to sustainability has largely failed to make a dent in these environmental challenges.
But resigning ourselves to fast fashion out of skepticism for anything that promises to be a better option won’t help. What then can be done to fashion a reformed apparel industry? How can we make fashion’s next season one whose trends pair well with planetary health? A few ideas to keep an eye on include:
Retiring vague labels and demanding disclosure: Let’s put “sustainability” in the Goodwill bin and dedicate the cleared space to requiring businesses to disclose their lobbying efforts and publish mandatory environmental stewardship reports. Hold greenwashers and marketing agencies accountable to their use of buzzwords. Patagonia is owning up to its role in producing emissions, and ditching the word “sustainable” along the way.
Pricing negative externalities: Carbon and water should be taxed to include social costs, thereby forcing innovation in production processes and accelerating the adoption of renewable energy. The UK’s recent recommendation of a tax on virgin plastic, which would cover polyester, offers an example. For the fashion industry, such a rule would increase the price of synthetics, making natural materials more attractive.
Adopting extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation: These laws require manufacturers to pay up front for the costs of disposing their goods. California is a leader in this arena, with its EPR Act covering several categories including carpets, mattresses, and paint. The law requires that producers of the covered materials sold, imported, or distributed in California move away from single-use plastics, rethink plastic packaging design, and ensure that all material be recyclable or compostable by 2032.
Enforcing supply chain commitments: Fashion brands must be mandated to share and abide by supply chain commitments. In New York, a proposed law would require every fashion retail seller and manufacturer with over $100 million in annual revenue to conduct supply chain mapping and track carbon emissions alongside other social and environmental impact targets. Those that fail to comply could be fined 2% of revenue.
If upping the ante through these policy mechanisms feels contradictory to the voluntary, market-based approach to sustainable fashion that has long prevailed in the popular imagination, it should. Relying on consumers to either pour time and money into sifting through claims to make values-aligned purchases or kick their shopping habits altogether is not enough. Nor are investors, with their short time horizons and index-based performance goals, coming to save the day by pressuring companies to reform. It’s time to demand structural, enforceable change so that what we wear won’t wear down the world.
Community Shoutouts
SF Bay Climate Tech and Streetlife Ventures are launching new platforms to support climate founders, funders, and career transitioners! There is no shortage of great companies raising money for their groundbreaking ideas, great investors looking to support with capital, and great talent living the mantra that every job is a climate job. Streetlife Ventures, co-founded by SF Bay Climate Tech’s very own Sonam Velani, is excited to support these efforts across our community. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Upcoming Events
🛢 Amy Westervelt on Drilling, Denial, and Disinformation: Tue, Apr 25
🍷 How a Changing Climate Is Altering the Way We Drink: Tue, Apr 25
🌿 SFHub : INSEAD Business Sustainability Series: Master Class: Wed, Apr 26
📖 Book Signing - Social Forestry by Tomi Hazel Vaarde: Wed, Apr 26
🔌 Building Electrification and Decarbonization: Thu, Apr 27
🎭 2023 Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival on Climate & Justice: Fri, Apr 28
🚗 EV Ride and Drive: Electrify your Ride: Sat, Apr 29
🧺 YPE Family Picnic: Sat, Apr 29
Events This Week
🌳 Course Correcting Carbon
When: Tue, Apr 18th from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: 540 Laguna Street San Francisco, CA 94102
We cordially invite you to an evening of networking with the carbon market hosted by Earthshot Labs, Perennial, and OnePointFive. This event is designed to convene the who’s who of nature restoration and conservation while upholding a vision of an equitable system that scales finance, dignified labor, appropriate tech, ecological knowledge and care, indigenous reconciliation, and accurate accounting.
🌁 Building for the World: How San Francisco is an epicenter of climate technology (opening remarks from San Francisco Mayor London Breed)
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Where: Online
With opening remarks from Mayor London Breed, the panel will be moderated by Tyrone Jue, Director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment and Climate.Meet the San Francisco-based climate entrepreneurs (Shashank Samala, CEO Heirloom; Diego Saez-Gil, Founder & CEO at Pachama; Neeka Mashouf, CEO & Co-founder of Rubi Laboratories) developing technologies to address the climate crisis. Learn how the city is fostering these startups and once again serving as the epicenter for big ideas that can positively impact the world.
🌵 Xeriscaping Workshop with SFO Landscaping
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM
Where: 674 West Field Road San Francisco, CA 94128
Learn about SFO Landscaping, drought-tolerant native plants, and tips for xeriscaping your yard and keeping native plants thriving!
🙋 HR Leaders in Climate
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: Register for Address
Join us to learn from HR Leaders in climate as we discuss: transitioning to climate, the unique challenges and delights of being an HR Leader in climate tech & how to build a sustainable organization for the climate era.
🌱 Mithun + Heirloom | Architects and Climate Techs: A Learning Happy Hour
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Register for Address
Join Heirloom and Mithun, 2023 AIA Firm of the Year, for a conversation on collaboration between architects and climate tech to create real solutions for addressing climate change; from office design and planning to R+D, innovation centers, community engagement, and sustainable materials. The presentation will be followed by happy hour with other climate-minded professionals. We hope you can join us!
🍻 Otherlab Happy Hour for SFClimate Week
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Where: Otherlab, 3101 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Join us at Otherlab Happy Hour! This laid-back event is the perfect opportunity to mingle with other like-minded attendees while enjoying snacks and drinks. We will have some of projects and friends set up to chat and network with. Hosted at Historic Building Number 99: 3101 20th St, this event promises to be a social occasion you won't want to miss. We are just down the street from Gradient & Artyc's Happy Hour, come to both! Our end time aligns with the Southern Pacific Happy Hour. Come see the Climate side of the Mission.
🥋 Aikido Technologies Demo + Drinks
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: 375 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Join us for a live demonstration of Aikido's floating wind technology. Aikido is developing an innovative floating platform technology to support wind turbines, offshore in deep water. Their technology can uniquely unlock port infrastructure so that more construction and economic activity can occur in ports, such as those in the Bay Area.
💰 Climate Smart 401(k) Investing Office Hours
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: Register for Address
Whether your setting up a 401(k) for a company's employees or an individual trying who wants to get their 401(k) out of their old company, you may also be wondering about how to invest sustainably in a world where even many ESG options invest in fossil fuels. Come have a beer and ask your questions with Zach Stein, CoFounder, and Breene Murphy, Vice President of Carbon Collective Investing.
🚙 Transportation and Climate Tech Happy Hour
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Populus HQ, 177 Post Street Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94108
Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and in most developed economies. Join transportation and climate tech professionals who are paving the way to find new solutions. The event will take place at Populus' office, where we will provide drinks and light refreshments. Whether you are a transportation professional, a climate tech enthusiast, or simply someone interested in learning more about the intersection of these two fields, we invite you to join us for an informative and fun evening.
🌱 Work On Climate Wednesday
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Southern Pacific Brewing
Join us for a special SFCW edition of Work on Climate Wednesday! All are welcome: climate job seekers, climate employers, and folks already working in climate. ✨Bonus points if you bring a climate curious friend✨
🦾 Deeptech Climate Warriors @ Fifty Years HQ
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Register for address
Fifty Years and Survivaltech.club are joining forces to gather the most brilliant builders, scientists, and investors working in climate for a Happy Hour this Wednesday April 19!
📣 Growing Pains: Brand, Marketing & Comms for Climate Founders
When: Wed, Apr 19th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Register for Address
“How do I bridge clear technical communication with aspirational storytelling?” “How do I balance multiple audiences, each with their own motivations?” “How do I build my marketing team — where do I start?” If you’re asking questions like these, you’re not alone. Join us for an open, founder-to-founder discussion of the real work of leveraging brand, marketing & communications to scale your business successfully. Share your challenges, what works, and learn from other founders.
🍀 Sustainability for the 90%
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: 555 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94107
Join fellow CoreNet Northern California Chapter members and the newly formed Sustainability Committee for an interactive discussion on Sustainability for the 90%. The built environment presents a huge opportunity for positive impacts, and many of us would like to do something - but many do not know how to get started. This event will spotlight current topics and the latest developments, arming attendees with useful information to inspire action.
🏗 Confronting the Challenges of Climatetech Infrastructure Deployment
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: Banyan Infrastructure, 303 2nd St, #500N, San Francisco, CA 94107
Scaling a business to address the climate crisis often means massive deployment of hard infrastructure throughout our communities. We'll hear from project development & finance experts who will share lessons about the capabilities and expertise needed by companies to be successful in this space, and how funders and accelerators can support their portfolios in accessing these technical capabilities.
✨ SPARK Innovation Competition Opening Reception
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: Spieker Forum, Haas School of Business, 2220 Piedmont Avenue Berkeley, CA 94720
Join us on Thursday, April 20th for an opening panel on the future of offshore floating wind in California featuring speakers from Ramboll, Equinor, UC Berkeley, Danish Tech Innovation, and the California Energy Commission. The talk will take place from 4:15 - 5:00pm PT and be followed by a networking reception for students and industry leaders.
📈 Grants, RFPs, Venture, Debt - What's Right for My Climate Company?
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Register for Address
Raising capital for climatetech is different than the standard venture backed route. We’re bringing together all parts of the capital stack — and giving you a chance to pitch your startup. We’ll start with a panel of experts including founders who have raised from diverse capital like Apoorv Bhargava, CEO and Founder of Weavegrid, David Schurman, CTO and Founder of Perennial to former climate founder and startup banker, Shelley Golan, Venture Debt at Mercury, to venture investors of leading climate startups, Vivien, Partner at Pear VC
🔌 Accelerating Sustainable Transitions: Grid-Edge & Resilience
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: 560 Mission St Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94105
With recent changes in the policy landscape for electric vehicles, rooftop solar, and energy storage, as well as increasing mandates to achieve a carbon-free grid, coordination across a range of stakeholders including technologists, specifiers, and energy providers is more important than ever.
🍺 From Showers to Beers: Happy Hour and The Future of Urban Water
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: 10 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102
Join leading water technology company and Time 100’s Best Invention winner, Epic Cleantec, and award-winning climate-focused marketing and PR firm, Antenna Group, for a one-of-a-kind happy hour in celebration of SF Climate Week!
🍐 Pear VC x Streamline presents: Grants, RFPs, Venture, Debt - What's Right for My Climate Company?
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Register for Address
We’ll start with a panel of experts including founders who have raised from diverse capital like Apoorv Bhargava, CEO and Founder of Weavegrid, Laureen Meroueh, CEO and Founder of Hertha Metals, David Schurman, CTO and Founder of Perennial to former climate founder and startup banker, Shelley Golan, Venture Debt at Mercury, to venture investors of leading climate startups, Vivien, Partner at Pear VC.
🌳 Catalyzing 1 Trillion Trees by 2030
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 5:30 PM to 7:15 PM
Where: Register for Address
Nature lovers, climate/tech workers, founders & investors of all stripes are welcome to this session. Sr Product Manager David Zangwill (who doesn't like talking in 3rd person) will discuss why 1T Trees is a critical goal to bolster biodiversity & slow climate chaos - and then explore the myriad challenges to meet this 1 trillion tree goal. We'll ideate together on opportunities to catalyze our plant filled future.
🖥 Enabling Climate-Aligned Computing | Tech Showcase and Happy Hour, hosted by Crusoe
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Register for Address
A showcase of projects running on CrusoeCloud that are actively reducing carbon emissions. We power data centers with stranded energy such as flare gas 🔥 and underloaded renewables♻️, so for every GPU hour you use on CrusoeCloud, you're offsetting 0.5kg of CO2e, or approximately 4.4 metric tons over an entire year. The more compute you use, the more CO2 and other greenhouse gasses you offset.
🍸 Honda Innovations and Scrum Ventures Present: Climate Tech Connect, a Networking Happy Hour
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Register for Address
Join Honda Innovations and Scrum Ventures for an evening of cocktails and climate tech discussion between investors, founders and corporate partners.
🤖 Live: Generative AI for Climate Action
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Susa Ventures, 660 York St Suite 201, San Francisco, CA 94110
This is not your ordinary workshop – We need all the artists, engineers, students, engineers, visionaries, policy, storytellers to join us and we’ll be diving deep into the latest AI technologies and exploring how they can be used to combat climate change. Together, we will explore ways to harness the power of chat-GPT, midjourney, dalle-2, and more to visualize and generate solutions for climate action.
🙌 Imagine5: Power of Many Mixer
When: Thu, Apr 20th from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Where: Arcana, 2512 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
To celebrate Earth Day this year, Imagine5 (formerly 5 Media) is hosting an evening of change, and you're invited. We are bringing together like-minded people who are accelerating sustainable change to celebrate YOUR efforts in making every year on Earth more environmentally friendly. The evening will aim to empower our community through connection, support and co-creation, and celebrate with yummy bites, natural wines, music and dancing. This is a FREE EVENT.
✊ March & Rally for Climate Justice
When: Fri, Apr 21st from 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: King Plaza / City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
The Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition and 350 SV Palo Alto invites all community members to rally and march with powerful activists, local leaders, and community organizations from all over the Bay Area on Friday, April 21 at 250 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto City Hall.
🎙 Evolving the Climate Narrative: Live Podcasts, Panel & Mixer
When: Fri, Apr 21st from 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Wefunder, 1885 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Future Days Podcast Live: 3:30 to 4:15pm. Darts in the Dark Podcast Live: 4:30 to 5:15pm. "How the public and private sectors are communicating about climate" panel lead by MCJ Collective : 5:30pm to 6:15pm. Drinks & Music: 6:30 to 7:30pm.
⚡️ YPE Earth Day Trivia & HH
When: Fri, Apr 21st from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Orbit Room, 1900 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Join us for a fun-filled evening of trivia, drinks, and celebration of Earth Day! Test your knowledge of environmental facts and enjoy a happy hour with like-minded individuals at the Orbit Room in San Francisco. One drink is included in the ticket price, and there will be additional drinks and food available for purchase at the bar.
🔧 SF Climate Hardware Hack (24hr)
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Where: Register for Address
Join us for the sf climate hardware hack, 24 hours to build with other hardware enthusiasts to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing our planet.
🗼 Mount Sutro Nature Walks: Water History with Joel Pomerantz
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Corner of 17th St and Stanyan 1235 Stanyan St San Francisco, CA 94117
Joel Pomerantz, creator of the Seep City water history of San Francisco, has been designing and leading custom explorations for nearly two decades. His main interest is finding out and sharing how this place came to be what it is based on the natural systems that were here before urbanization. Join us for an exploration of water and history around Mount Sutro!
🧹 Earth Day San Francisco Cleanup
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: San Francisco County Fair Building, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122
Join Earth Day San Francisco, RefuseRefuseSF, Shine On, SF Public Works, and TogetherSF for a friendly Golden Gate Park and Inner Sunset neighborhood cleanup and tree & garden maintenance with SF Rec & Park Gardeners!
🌎 Earth Day SF 2023
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Where: San Francisco County Fair Building, 1199 9th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122
San Francisco Veg Society is excited to be co-producing Earth Day SF again this year! We will showcase fantastic entertainment, amazing vegan chef demos, inspirational art, educational speakers, informational workshops, a fun kid zone, and a wonderful selection of environmentally-friendly vendors. In this time of renewed attention to the environment, we seek to provide a platform that educates, motivates, and helps bring about real change. Earth Day SF will give hundreds of attendees the tools they need to fight climate change. We hope you can join us for Earth Day San Francisco 2023!
🌎 Earth Day Festival - Downtown Berkeley
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: 2170 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
We will have music (performed by local artists). Local sustainable businesses will have pop-ups. You will have a chance to shop from eco-friendly businesses. Reputable non-profit organizations will have informational booths. You will have a chance to get to know what causes they support and how they are championing climate change prevention programs. And there will be a sustainability & activism themed fashion show.
🌊 Waves and Beaches Book Presentation & Signing
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Where: Ken Patrick Visitor Center, 1 Drakes Beach Rd Inverness, CA 94956
Join us for a complimentary talk with author and oceanographer Kim McCoy as he dives into the fascinating world of sand, surf, and waves. Explore how climate change is affecting coastal dynamics, watersheds, sediment and marine life.
🔌 Electrification Fair
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94704
There are plenty of good reasons to switch from gas to electric. But there are also a lot of important questions. Our three expert speakers will offer answers to those questions and more. Qualified electrical contractors, and representatives from local non-profit and government agencies will also be on-hand to discuss your individual requirements for your home, apartment, or multi-family building.
⛵️ Earth Day Sail
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Where: Bay Model Visitors Center, 2100 Bridgeway Sausalito, CA 94965
Passengers may participate in water sampling & marine science, sustainability activities and seamanship.
🎬 Film Screening - Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: California College of the Arts (CCA), 1111 8th St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Screening of the award-winning doc, which follows leaders of the “triple bottom line” business movement. Considering people, planet and profits when measuring success, these brands have built climate solutions into their business models— empowering consumers to make change by “voting with their dollars.”
🎉 Pop-up Climate Party at Monarch Gardens
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Monarch Gardens, 428 11th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Hey there fellow climate activists! Are you ready to join us for a boho style sustainability themed party? We're thrilled to invite you to our outdoor event, where we'll be inspiring change to protect our planet!
🎨 Petrichor - Art Show & Earth Day Celebration
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Helvella Art, 850 42nd Ave #2H, Oakland, CA 94601, USA
Join us on Earth Day for an art show like no other, featuring an incredible collection of local artists who have come together to showcase their unique perspective on the flora, fauna and fungi of our natural world. Our opening parties are a fun, lively event filled with local original art, light refreshments, resident artist open studios, and joy of community.
📽 The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Where: The David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94704
Celebrate Earth Day with The Best of the 2023 Wild and Scenic Film Festival, live at Berkeley's David Brower Center, or streaming on-demand. The on-tour program will include this year's audience favorites, selected from hundreds of films that inspire environmental activism and a love of nature. Wild & Scenic shares an urgent call to action, encouraging festival-goers to learn more about what they can do to save our threatened planet. Proceeds support the work of Citizens Climate Lobby and Trees for Oakland.
⛽️ Awful’s Gas & Snack — Experience the Golden Age of Gasoline
When: Sat, Apr 22nd from 7:00 PM to 11:59 PM
Where: 939 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
Awful’s Gas & Snack is the ONLY place to experience AUTHENTIC 20th and 21st century artifacts from the Golden Age of Gasoline. Come see our FULLY IMMERSIVE, PERIOD-ACCURATE recreation of an early 21st century gas pump! We also have a HUGE collection of RARE automobilia, and educational videos about the Age of Automobiles... WITHOUT all the politics!!
🔵 Blue Dot Arts Salon & Afterparty
When: Sat, Apr 22nd at 8:00 PM to Sun, Apr 23rd at 1:00 AM
Where: Uzay Gallery, 199 Capp St, San Francisco, CA 94110
A Salon from 9-10 will guide us through a range of emotions and aesthetics associated with climate change and climate tech. We invite the climate community to contribute performances of poetry, storytelling, or music. The Salon will conclude with a combined poetry, music and dance performance that will center us in an action-oriented attitude rooted in love for life on Earth.
🖌 Climate Designers Bay Area: Happy Hour
When: Sun, Apr 23rd from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Southern Pacific Brewing, 620 Treat Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
Cap off SF Climate Week with a Sunday afternoon of conversation at the intersection of design and climate. We will meet at Southern Pacific* in SF, and provide some prompts to guide discussions around taking climate action and ways to get started. Learn more about the Climate Designers Bay Area chapter and ways you can get started. Learn more about the Climate Designers Bay Area chapter and ways you can get involved as well as sign up to get notified when we launch new events.
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Climate Tech Cities
We are expanding! We started as an 8-person dinner and now have over 4,000 members in our community. We’ve had people across the world reach out to us to start their own chapters - so we’re launching a new Climate Tech Cities organization this year! If you have friends who are interested in becoming chapter leads, please share the word. Here’s to a global network of local communities making a positive impact!
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