SF Climate Tech: July 16 - July 22
UNICEF & green energy, sustainability & IT, Stanford's green summit, climate capitalism, and more upcoming events
Hi friends,
It’s a bit quieter this week, but there’s plenty more on the horizon! Here are our picks for the week:
On Thursday, head to SF for 🌱 UNICEF San Francisco's The Next Generation Speaker Series with three young green energy founders
Or stay in the South Bay and go to Milpitas for ⚡️ The Intersection of Energy, Sustainability and Information Technology, also on Thursday
Spend Saturday at Stanford’s 🌳 2024 Global Green Development Summit (GGDS) or stay in SF for 📗 Climate Capitalism - Book Talk with Author Akshat Rathi
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
This Week’s Events
🥂 Marketers in Sustainability Happy Hour: Thu, Jul 18
📽️ Climate Film: Climate Warriors (2017): Thu, Jul 18
🌱 UNICEF San Francisco's The Next Generation Speaker Series: Thu, Jul 18
⚡️ The Intersection of Energy, Sustainability and Information Technology: Thu, Jul 18
🌳 2024 Global Green Development Summit (GGDS): Sat, Jul 20
📗 Climate Capitalism - Book Talk with Author Akshat Rathi: Sat, Jul 20
🌎 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!
Opportunities
👩💻 Nonprofit Eng(ine): Jul 26
Know any US nonprofits building innovative tech to advance social & economic opportunity? AlleyCorp’s Nonprofit ENG(INE) program will deliver $1 million in awards to four eligible nonprofits.
🌌 Endless Frontier Labs: Jul 31
EFL is a free, no-equity program at NYU Stern that matches tech startups with MBA students who provide you with business development support for nine months, and offers access to NYU’s network of investors and scientific experts.
💧 Environmental Tech Lab: Aug 1
The Environmental Tech Lab provides an accelerated pathway for early to growth-stage companies to solve challenges facing the New York City’s water and wastewater network which serves residents in the nation’s largest city.
💨 2024 Cleantech Open Northeast Direct Air Capture Academy: Startup Application: Aug 2
Cleantech Open Northeast, NECEC was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy Direct Air Capture (DAC) Pre-Commercial Energy for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize to run the 2024 DAC Academy. This is an accelerator tailored to DAC startups. Each of five (5) DAC startups in the 2024 Cleantech Open Northeast DAC Academy cohort will receive a $10,000 cash award upon completion of the DAC Academy accelerator program.
Upcoming Events
🤖 San Francisco Climate Tech & AI Salon: Tue, Jul 23
📚 Tom Steyer, author of CHEAPER, FASTER, BETTER: Wed, Jul 24
🎞️ Climate Film: The Reluctant Radical (2018) + Q&A with Ken Ward,: Wed, Jul 24
🌎 College to Climate x Earth First Climate Tech Panel & Mixer: Wed, Jul 24
👩💻 Climate Co-Work Day at Port Labs!: Wed, Jul 24
🏝️ Author: Christina Gerhardt, Sea Change: Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean: Thu, Jul 25
🍻 8th Peninsula Climate Happy Hour: Thu, Jul 25
🧬 SF Bits in Bio Mixer with Cellsius at Studio 55: Thu, Jul 25
🍽️ GP Dinner #179 | Circular Economies w/Manuel Maqueda: Sat, Jul 27
⚖️ Workshop: Finding Your Place in the Climate Justice Movement: Sun, Jul 28
🔥 Climate Fresk - Wild Fire Edition: Wed, Jul 31
🎶 Deep Ecology and Deep Listening with the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: Wed, Jul 31
🏙️ EcoBlock Update: Progress and Innovations: Thu, Aug 1
🍻 August East Bay Climate Happy Hour: Thu, Aug 1
🎥 Climate Warriors Final Showcase: Summer 2024: Fri, Aug 2
🌳 Reimagining San Francisco’s Green Spaces: Tue, Aug 6
🌄 SkyDeck Climate Happy Hour: Wed, Aug 7
🌲 WUI - What Makes It Critical?: Thu, Aug 8
🌎 Rising Together: The Bay Adapt Summit: Thu, Aug 8
This Week in Depth
🥂 Marketers in Sustainability Happy Hour
When: Thursday, July 18 starting at 5:45 PM
Where: RSVP for Location
Happy Hour for all Marketers in the Sustainability space and those trying to start in or change their careers to this space. If you are into marketing and selling all things social good, join us! This will be a very informal event so bring your colleagues and friends!
📽️ Climate Film: Climate Warriors (2017)
When: Thursday, July 18 · 12 - 2pm PDT
Where: San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Climate Warriors presents people who show resistance against the devastating effects of climate change. They show that we need a fast transition in order to save the environment and keep human rights in balance in favor of peace.
🌱 UNICEF San Francisco's The Next Generation Speaker Series
When: Thursday, July 18 · 5:30 - 9pm PDT
Where: Canopy Jackson Square, 595 Pacific Avenue #4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
Welcome to The Next Generation Speaker Series hosted by UNICEF San Francisco at Canopy Jackson Square. This speaker series is focused on young and successful founders in the green energy space. We are thrilled to host panelists Philipp Krinner and Joselyn Lai. Krinner founded Arch, a company that enables HVAC pros to reach their full potential and drive climate tech adoption. Lai founded Bedrock Energy, a company that uses geothermal to heat and cool buildings at a reduced cost for people and the environment. 100% of ticket proceeds go to UNICEF's emergency relief fund. This is an exciting opportunity to fundraise for the world's most vulnerable children while also listening to successful panelists, networking, and mingling. We hope to see you there!
⚡️ The Intersection of Energy, Sustainability and Information Technology
When: Thursday, July 18 from 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
Where: Milpitas, CA
Join us at FalconX for the inaugural event of our Energy & Sustainability Center of Excellence (E&S CoE). This event will focus on bringing together key players in the Energy and Sustainability sectors to foster innovation and collaboration.
🌳 2024 Global Green Development Summit (GGDS)
When: Saturday, July 20 · 8:30am - 8:30pm PDT
Where: The Stanford Faculty Club, 439 Lagunita Drive Stanford, CA 94305
“Energy Transition and Innovation for Carbon Neutrality” is the focus topic of 2024 GGDS. We have invited distinguished professors, top executives, industry experts and leading professionals from well-known universities, energy companies, utilities, technology solution providers, government, and investment companies. The conference will feature discussions with our honored speakers on a shared goal of fighting the climate crisis and accelerating energy transition and decarbonization.
📗 Climate Capitalism - Book Talk with Author Akshat Rathi
When: Saturday, July 20 · 4 - 5pm PDT
Where: Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Tackling climate change is the greatest challenge humanity faces. So far, business and finance have either delayed action or, at best, played second fiddle. Climate Capitalism highlights successes from around the world where, finally, you can see green shoots across business. How exactly has that happened? And is there still time to make a meaningful impact? Join two of the world's leading climate and energy journalists in conversation to find out: James Temple, senior editor at MIT Technology Review, and Akshat Rathi, senior reporter for Bloomberg News.