SF Climate Tech: Aug 12 - Aug 31
Investor happy hours, agriculture, biotextiles, batteries, Tom Steyer, and more events this month
Hi friends,
We’re definitely moving a little slower this summer, but there’s plenty going on in the next couple of weeks. Here are our picks for what’s coming up:
This Thursday, head to 9Zero in downtown SF for the 🥂 Climate Founders and Investors Happy Hour, or Fort Point Valencia in the Mission for the 🧫 Cellular Agriculture Happy Hour
On Saturday, 🥼 Intro to Bio Textile Design: Sat, Aug 17
Next Thursday the 22nd, join The Carbonauts in SoMA for 🍹 Sustainability Mocktails or head back to 9Zero to talk all things energy storage at the 🔋 Battery Saloon Launch Event
Catch 📖 Tom Steyer at the Commonwealth Club on Tuesday, Aug 27th
On Wednesday, August 28th, head to The Academy on Market Street for the 🏳️🌈 Out in Tech SF Bay Area | Summer Social or talk about the 🥗 Challenges and Opportunities in Food Tech for Sustainability at 9Zero (the clear MVPs of this newsletter)
We’ll be back to a weekly cadence in September. For now, the beach!
As always, scroll down for more details on this week and the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities team
P.S. Planning on NYC Climate Week this year? Check out our guide to the first 100 events here
This Month’s Events
🎴 Climate Fresk: Tue, Aug 13
🥂 Climate Founders and Investors Happy Hour : Thu, Aug 15
🥗 An Evening with Michael Pollan: Thu, Aug 15
🧫 Cellular Agriculture Happy Hour: Thu, Aug 15
🥼 Intro to Bio Textile Design: Sat, Aug 17
🍹 The Carbonauts Sustainability Mocktails: Thu, Aug 22
🍻 9th Peninsula Climate Happy Hour: Thu, Aug 22
🔋 Battery Saloon Launch Event: Thu, Aug 22
📖 Cheaper, Faster, Better: Tom Steyer on Winning the Climate War: Tue, Aug 27
🏳️🌈 Out in Tech SF Bay Area | Summer Social: Wed, Aug 28
🥗 Challenges and Opportunities in Food Tech for Sustainability: Wed, Aug 28
🦸♂️ 9Zero Hero Inaugural Event featuring Tom Steyer: Thu, Aug 29
🌎 Climate Tech Cities and Streetlife Ventures Startup and Talent Platforms
Climate Tech Cities 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. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Upcoming Events
💚 Confab ‘24 | Green Design Visionaries Conference: Thu, Sep 12
🌆 Through the Eye of the Needle: Sat, Sep 14
🔥 Founder and Investor Happy Hour: Thu, Sep 26
💸 Politics & Impact Investing at Manny's: Sun, Sep 29
💽 TLS: How Data Centers Pave the Way for a More Sustainable World: Thu, Oct 17
This Week in Depth
🎴 Climate Fresk
When: Tuesday, August 13 from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, San Francisco, CA
Curious about Climate Fresk? As seen on NPR, "participants use illustrated cards that represent the causes and consequences of climate change and discuss potential solutions they could take part in... And with those cards, people create large climate frescoes — hence the name Climate Fresk — to gain a better understanding of global warming."
🥂 Climate Founders and Investors Happy Hour
When: Thursday, August 15 from 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
Where: 9Zero, San Francisco, CA
Get ready to mix, mingle, and make magic happen at the Founder and Investor Happy Hour! ✨ Hosted at 9Zero, the new home for all things climate, this is your golden opportunity to connect with like-minded founders and investors who are passionate about solving climate change.
🥗 An Evening with Michael Pollan
When: Thursday, August 15 · 6:30 - 8pm PDT
Where: Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Author Michael Pollan is coming back to Manny's discuss all the things! His recent works, his upcoming work, how to eat, advances in the efforts towards psychedlics for therapuetic use, and his thoughts on the world today.
🧫 Cellular Agriculture Happy Hour
When: Thursday, August 15 · 5:30 - 7:30pm PDT
Where: Fort Point Valencia, 742 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Whether you're in the Life Science industry or just interested in cultured meat and future food technologies, this event is open to everyone. This is an informal event. We will be meeting to discuss the state of the industry and meeting others in the field of cellular agriculture.
🥼 Intro to Bio Textile Design
When: Saturday, August 17 · 10:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Where: Emeryville, CA
Join us for an exciting in-person event where you'll learn how to create sustainable, eco-friendly textiles from gelatin-based bio plastics. This workshop will guide you through new applications for bio plastics and you'll even get to design and craft your own unique bio plastic creations to take home!
🍹 The Carbonauts Sustainability Mocktails
When: Thursday, August 22nd from 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: 1309 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
The Carbonauts invite you to join an upcoming, Carbonauts’ Sustainability Mocktails in San Francisco! Join us for delicious sustainable drinks, vegan seafood apps, and conversations with other passionate sustainability advocates.
🍻 9th Peninsula Climate Happy Hour
When: Thursday, August 22 · 6:00 - 9pm PDT
Where: The Hub, 2650 Broadway, Redwood City
All climate fixers, domains are welcomed! Socialize, Eat, Drink, Partner. As always - we’re happy to expand the network, support carpools. And also now looking for adding partnering local climate orgs as well as for sponsors. Then following East Bay’s lead, we’re opened to have 2 members tell their climate story.
🔋 Battery Saloon Launch Event
When: Thursday, August 22 · 6:30 - 9pm PDT
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub & Coworking, 350 California Street #4th floor San Francisco, CA 94104
A recurring in-person event series in the San Francisco Bay Area, Battery Saloon brings together the leading innovators in the battery industry, in a more intimate environment, to accelerate electrification efforts. By sparking ideas, fostering partnerships, facilitating knowledge sharing, and addressing the critical challenges, we aim to build a strong community at the forefront of combating climate change. Climate change is real, happening now, and requires urgent action. Join us in creating a sustainable future that we can proudly pass on to the next generation.
📖 Cheaper, Faster, Better: Tom Steyer on Winning the Climate War
When: Tue, Aug. 27 at 6:00 PM
Where: The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105
In his new book, Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War, Steyer argues that we are in a defining moment: we face the daunting, existential threat of climate change. And yet, with this great challenge comes a great opportunity for innovation, global leadership and economic growth.
🏳️🌈 Out in Tech SF Bay Area | get acCLIMATEd! Summer Social @ The Academy
When: Wednesday, August 28 · 5 - 8pm PDT
Where: The Academy, 2166 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
We’re having a Summer Social to beat the heat! We have new friends from Climate Tech Action Network to network, connect about tech, and take action. Enjoy the chic East Wing Event Hall where you can mingle in the cool. And if you want to be energized by greenery, we have the Outdoor Garden Terrace to enjoy the summer* for some solar-powered goodness!
🥗 Challenges and Opportunities in Food Tech for Sustainability
When: Wednesday, August 28 · 6 - 9pm PDT
Where: 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub & Coworking, 350 California Street, #4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104
The Silicon Valley Sustainability & Social Impact Network is excited to announce our inaugural event: "Challenges and Opportunities in Food Tech for Sustainability". In this event we will give you an overview of the impact our food system has on climate change, human health and planet health, and then get in-depth perspective with a panel of industry experts, exploring the current state of sustainable food systems and innovation in food technology for sustainability.
🦸♂️ 9Zero Hero Inaugural Event featuring Tom Steyer
When: Thursday, August 29 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Where: 9Zero, 350 California Street, CA
Join us for an evening of insight and inspiration as we launch our inaugural 9Zero Heroes series, honoring Tom Steyer, an American Climate Investor, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, and author of "Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War." At this event, we will present Tom Steyer with the prestigious 9Zero Hero award. You'll have the opportunity to engage directly with Tom during a lively fireside chat and Q&A session, where he will share his insights and vision for combating climate change.