SF Climate Tech: July 22 - July 29
Climate Tech & AI, College to Climate, coworking, happy hours, bio, climate justice, and more events this week
Hi friends,
Here are our picks for the week:
Tomorrow, head to downtown SF for the 🤖 San Francisco Climate Tech & AI Salon to talk about the two hottest topics
On Wednesday, join College to Climate, Wireframe Ventures, and Energize Capital at 9Zero for 🌎 College to Climate x Earth First Climate Tech Panel & Mixer
Also on Wednesday, get some work done and make new connections at Port Labs’ 👩💻 Climate Co-Working Day in Oakland
Thursday, swing by Redwood City for the 🍻 8th Peninsula Climate Happy Hour
Or join talk planetary and human health at the 🧬 Bits in Bio Mixer with Cellsius in San Francisco, also on Thursday
Finally, head to the SF central library on Sunday for a workshop on ⚖️ Finding Your Place in the Climate Justice Movement
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
🤖 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 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
🔥 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
🏳️🌈 Out in Tech SF Bay Area | get acCLIMATEd! Summer Social @ The Academy: Wed, Aug 28
🦸♂️ 9Zero Hero Inaugural Event featuring Tom Steyer: Thu, Aug 29
This Week in Depth
🤖 San Francisco Climate Tech & AI Salon
When: Tuesday, July 23 · 5 - 8pm PDT
Where: 650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Bridge Ventures and Open Future Forum bring you San Francisco Climate Tech & AI Salon. Brining together Founders, VCs and LPs.
📚 Tom Steyer, author of CHEAPER, FASTER, BETTER
When: Wednesday, July 24 · 6 - 7:30pm PDT
Where: Orinda Books, 276 Village Square Orinda, CA 94563
The climate is changing more rapidly than scientists predicted even a few years ago, with extreme weather already touching our everyday lives. At the same time, the clean energy revolution is forging ahead faster than nearly anyone anticipated. As Tom Steyer sees it, these two trends together create a moment like the one America faced during World War II: on the one hand, an existential threat calling for collective action; on the other, an opportunity to lead the world, protect the planet, and set the stage for a new generation of shared economic prosperity.
🎞️ Climate Film: The Reluctant Radical (2018) + Q&A with Ken Ward,
When: Wednesday, July 24 · 5 - 7:15pm PDT
Where: San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
An intimate portrait of climate activist Ken Ward. Ken breaks the law as a last resort and with great trepidation, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. The film follows Ken through a series of civil disobedience direct actions, culminating with his participation in the coordinated action that shut down all the U.S. tar sands oil pipelines on October 11, 2016. Facing 20 years in prison for his actions, the film reveals both the personal costs and also the fulfillment that comes from following one’s moral calling.
🌎 College to Climate x Earth First Climate Tech Panel & Mixer
When: Wednesday, July 24 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
Where: 9Zero, San Francisco, CA
Join College to Climate and the Earth First newsletter at the 9Zero Innovation Hub and Co-working space this July to learn from Paul Straub, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Wireframe Ventures, and Mark Tomasovic, Principal at Energize Capital, about the many technologies helping to build a more sustainable world.
👩💻 Climate Co-Work Day at Port Labs!
When: Wednesday, July 24 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
Where: 2044 Franklin St, Oakland, CA
Whether you've been working in climate for a decade or are just getting into the field, come learn from each other and share your skills! Climate Co-Work Day is meant to be a mixture of work, fun, and conversation.
🏝️ Author: Christina Gerhardt, Sea Change: Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
When: Thursday, July 25 · 6 - 7:30pm PDT
Where: San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Christina Gerhardt speaks on her book Sea Change, which includes essays, maps, art and poetry showing island nations in a warming world. Low-lying islands are least responsible for climate change, but are suffering the brunt of it. This atlas reorients your vantage point to center these islands, highlighting Indigenous and Black voices and the work of communities taking action for local and global climate justice.
🍻 8th Peninsula Climate Happy Hour
When: Thursday, July 25 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Molly O's, San Carlos, CA
All climate fixers, domains are welcomed! Socialize, Eat, Drink, Partner. Bring friends! Time is short, act fast to: get everyone and any process onboard.
🧬 SF Bits in Bio Mixer with Cellsius at Studio 55
When: Thursday, July 25 from 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
Where: 55 Grace Street, San Francisco, CA
Come out and catch up with your friends at this mixer with Bits in Bio and Cellsius in SF. There will be drinks and food and great networking opportunities. Bits in Bio is the community for those who want to work on the world’s hardest problems in human health and planetary health by accelerating the bioeconomy with science and software.
🍽️ GP Dinner #179 | Circular Economies w/Manuel Maqueda
When: Saturday, July 27 · 6 - 10pm PDT
Where: 1640 Ninth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
Circular Economies w/Manuel Maqueda. Our new friend Manuel Maqueda is an entrepreneur, a professor, a speaker and an international innovator focused on restoring the balance of living systems, and reversing climate change. GP Dinners is a community built around meaningful conversations and delicious feasts, a moveable social club for those who value authenticity, a better way to connect with each other.
⚖️ Workshop: Finding Your Place in the Climate Justice Movement
When: Sunday, July 28 · 1 - 3pm PDT
Where: San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
You probably know about the major troubles of climate change: rising global temperatures, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and the negative impact to the livelihoods of many people around the world—to name just a few. But the issues are so big, it feels insurmountable. What can one person do in the face of all of that? This workshop will address how you can get involved, starting from wherever you are, and how important it is that you do so. The only way forward is together.
Hello! We're hosting a trivia night on Plastics and Petrochemicals next week in the East Bay: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/plastic-free-july-trivia-night-plastics-petrochemicals-registration-920451734917?aff=oddtdtcreator
Plastic production is driving demand for new oil and gas infrastructure, so we're wrapping up Plastic Free July with a fun way to shed light on plastics as a driver of climate change. 🤔😄