SF Climate Tech: Oct 15 - Oct 21
Multidisciplinary approaches to climate action, data centers, green buildings happy hour, cinematic visions, energy talks, and more upcoming events
Hi friends,
And we’re back! Here are our picks for the week:
Today, join the Center for Architecture and Design for a cross-sector panel on 🏗️ Richard Neutra's Influence on a Multidisciplinary Approach to Climate Action
Thursday, head to Arup’s offices in downtown SF for 💽 TLS: How Data Centers Pave the Way for a More Sustainable World with USGBC followed by the 🍻 USGBC California Bay Area Launch Party: Sip, Savor, and Socialize!:
Or go to Oakland for a special screening of 🎬 Cinematic Visions of a Climate Just World, also on Thursday
Next Monday, swing by 9Zero for 🔌 GSI Energy & Sustainability, a morning event featuring David Hochschild, Chairman of the California Energy Commission and Nelson Lage, President of the Portuguese Energy Agency.
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
🏗️ Neutra's Influence on a Multidisciplinary Approach to Climate Action: Tue, Oct 15
🎬 Cinematic Visions of a Climate Just World: A Climate Woke Special Screening: Thu, Oct 17
📀 TLS: How Data Centers Pave the Way for a More Sustainable World: Thu, Oct 17
🍻 USGBC California Bay Area Launch Party: Sip, Savor, and Socialize!: Thu, Oct 17
🧪 Intro to Bio Textile Design: Sat, Oct 19
🔌 GSI Energy & Sustainability: Mon, Oct 21
Opportunities
👩🔬 Activate Fellowship: Oct 23
Activate transforms scientists and engineers into founders, empowering them to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. The two-year Activate Fellowship provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, investors, commercial partners, and fellow entrepreneurs.
🌁 Yes San Francisco, Urban Sustainability Challenge: Nov 4
The challenge calls for impactful solutions that are viable, scalable and advance sustainability in San Francisco, such as innovations using AI and solutions for infrastructure, urban green and blue spaces, renewable energy and water and waste management.
Community Shoutouts
🌐 SOSV Climate Tech Summit
The SOSV Climate Tech Summit (October 14-18) is a free, virtual and global event that features the top technologists, researchers, founders, investors, and policy makers working on the frontiers of climate innovation. Registration is open and free.
🌎 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
🏛️ Fireside Chat with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla: Tue, Oct 22
🌳 A Nature Positive San Francisco Future: What's Good SF! Series: Tue, Oct 22
🌎 11th Peninsula Climate Coffee and Happy Hour: Thu, Oct 24
🎴 Climate Fresk: Climate Change in a Game of Cards: Sat, Oct 26
🌐 VERGE 24 Pre-Kickoff: Panel & Networking on AI and Climate Innovation: Mon, Oct 28
💰 Investments in Resilience: Tue, Oct 29
🚀 VERGE: Tue, Oct 29
🦪 Wild Oyster Project Volunteer Day @ REAP Climate Center: Sun, Nov 3
🔌 Skills for the Future: Preparing the Electrification Workforce: Thu, Nov 7
♻️ Recology San Francisco Public Tour: Wed, Nov 13
🏡 Climate Migration: Getting Ahead of the Next Housing Crisis: Thu, Nov 14
🦉 NNA1 San Francisco Public Engagement Event: Mon, Nov 18
🧑🌾 CTAN 1.5C Presents: AgTech for Climate: Thu, Nov 21
This Week in Depth
🏗️ Neutra's Influence on a Multidisciplinary Approach to Climate Action
When: Tuesday, October 15 · 5:30 - 8pm PDT
Where: Center for Architecture + Design, 140 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
Join this multi-disciplinary panel of design professionals as they discuss design in the time of climate change. Find out how human ingenuity, cross-disciplinary inquiry and simultaneous advocacy coalesce to supercharge our creative powers and lead us to the most sustainable, thoughtful and equitable design solutions. Inspired by Richard Neutra’s “Survival Through Design,” this session will begin with each panelist providing an overview of their unique approach to addressing the impacts of climate change.
🎬 Cinematic Visions of a Climate Just World: A Climate Woke Special Screening
When: Thursday, October 17 · 6:30 - 8:30pm PDT
Where: The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Get ready for an unforgettable night at a special screening of hija de Florinda and Remembering Our Way Forward, created by filmmakers Shenny De Los Angeles, Amanda Morell, and Lily Xie, winners of the Center for Cultural Power’s Climate Woke contest! We'll kick off the night with a performance from youth spoken word poet Aniya Butler, and end with a panel discussion Q&A with the filmmakers.
📀 TLS: How Data Centers Pave the Way for a More Sustainable World
When: Thursday, October 17 · 4 - 5:30pm PDT
Where: Arup, 560 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105
As the urgency of the climate crisis grows, data center operators must continue to drive down their carbon footprint, which is now estimated to be larger than the airline industry. This challenge presents an incredible opportunity for data centers to lead the way on cooling technologies, building automation, grid interoperability, demand response, low-carbon concrete, and more.
🍻 USGBC California Bay Area Launch Party: Sip, Savor, and Socialize!
When: Thursday, October 17 · 6 - 8pm PDT
Where: Rickhouse, 246 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Bay Area Green Building Friends! We’re throwing a kickoff event for our Northern California Community, and you’re invited! Think great drinks, tasty bites, seeing old friends, and meeting new ones to ignite connections and help us accelerate our collective work in building a more sustainable California for all! This is all about connecting or reconnecting, sharing some laughs, new ideas, or inspirational stories and igniting our collective fire to move our work forward. Whether you’re a longtime regular or just getting to know the crew, we’re ready to welcome you back and make some new memories together.
🧪 Intro to Bio Textile Design
When: Saturday, October 19 · 10:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Where: Emeryville
Are you fascinated by biomaterials and the future of textiles? Dive into the innovative world of bio plastic textiles at our hands-on workshop! 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!