LA Climate Tech Events: April 23 - 29
LA Climate Tech Events: April 23 - 29
NeueHouse and TreePeople gathering, Women and Climate LA beach cleanup, LACI Spring Power Day - and more!
Hi friends,
Happy Earth Week! 🌎 If you traveled to SF for Climate Week: have a great time and report back what you're hearing and seeing! If you’re holding the fort in LA: the city is buzzing with flowering trees and many climate events to choose from! Our picks this week:
On Wednesday, NeueHouse and TreePeople present 🌳 Designing a Beautiful Tomorrow: a panel discussion featuring artists, architects, and designers on the role of aesthetics in the environmental movement.
Women and Climate LA Chapter is hosting on Thursday a 🏖️ Beach Cleanup & Dinner.
This coming Friday, attend ⚡ LACI Spring Power Day 2024!
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Maëlys & The Climate Tech Cities Team
This Weeks’ Events
💡 Inland Empire Innovation Summit: Tue, Apr 23
❤️🩹 Learning and Mending: Folklore Apothecary: Tue, Apr 23
🌳 Designing a Beautiful Tomorrow: Wed, Apr 24
🏡 LA Green Jobs - Virtual Career & Resource Fair: Wed, Apr 24
🎞️ True False, Hot Cold Screening: Wed, Apr 24
🏖️ Women and Climate LA Beach Cleanup & Dinner: Thu, Apr 25
💡 Building Systems Design and Energy Saving: Thu, Apr 25
🍻 L.A. Carbon Removal Happy Hour: Thu, Apr 25
💰 Investing in Climate Despite Budget Uncertainty: Thu, Apr 25
⚡ LACI Spring Power Day 2024: Fri, Apr 26
🔥 Fire-Resilient Gardens: A Maintenance Walk and Talk: Fri, Apr 26
🔎 City Nature Challenge BioBliz: Fri, Apr 26
🌙 TreePeople Moonlight Hike: Fri, Apr 26
🤝 NextGen Climate Summit: Sun, Ap 28
🛶 Earth Focus Presents: River Perspectives: Sun, Ap 28
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings.
🌎 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
Hey, LA: What issues do you care about?
Voting is open! LA2050 - an initiative driving and tracking progress toward a shared vision for the future of Los Angeles - Grants Challenge is giving $1 million to the issues that matter most to Angelenos. Vote now.
UCLA Venture Accelerator 2024 Summer Activate Program
Have an idea for a (climate?) startup but don’t know where to start? Join the summer incubator program that will provide instruction from UCLA Anderson Faculty and Professionals in the LA startup ecosystem. The program is industry agnostic, but primarily focuses on healthcare, cleantech, and tech-enabled businesses. Activate is conducted in-person with hybrid participation available. Meet like-minded peers and have access to the extensive resources UCLA offers to alumni, students, and community founders. More info and application here.
Rolling Deadlines and Upcoming
💼 UCLA Venture Accelerator 2024 Summer Activate Program (Due April 27)
🦋 Biomimicry Institute’s 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator (Due May 3)
Upcoming Event Spotlight
📊 Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Navigating Climate Disclosure - UCLA + special CTC discount
A unique sustainability workshop, hosted by the Center for Impact at UCLA Anderson School of Management in collaboration with Accounting for Sustainability.
When: Fri, May 10th from 8:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Where: UCLA, Marion Anderson Hall Grand Salon, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
For whom: Corporate professionals including those involved with sustainability reporting, accounting, finance, legal, compliance and risk management.
Join us as we unite cutting-edge research from UCLA Anderson and practical insights to better equip you and your organization for the rapidly evolving sustainability landscape. The workshop will be held in-person, and all discussions will be strictly off-the-record to encourage open, candid discussion that can help you learn from your peers and develop actionable steps to enhance your organization’s journey towards sustainability. Presentations, research findings and facilitated discussions will be led by Prof. Maggie Delmas, Professor of Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Brad Sparks, Executive Director, Accounting for Sustainability Foundation; and Kelly Clark, ESG Specialist and Stakeholder Manager at UCLA Anderson Center for Impact.
Register here with a 25% discount code “CTC25”.
Upcoming Events
🍹The Carbonauts Sustainability Cocktails | Weho: Tue, Apr 30
🚢 Ignite 22 Global Tech Showcase: Thu, May 2
🌱 May Naturehood Webinar: Spring to Summer Garden Needs: Thu, May 2
🥾 Fire Ecology Hike: Fri, May 3
🌾 Nature-Based Education Summit: Sat, May 4
📽️ Screening: Cal State LA Community Impact Media Documentaries Spring 2024: Sat, May 4
💲Corporate VC, Govt & Impact Funding - Milken LA: Tue, May 7
🦋 Sunset Queer Ecology Walk: Wed, May 8
📣 Beyond Advocacy Day: Unlocking Key Insights for Action: Wed, May 8
📊 Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Navigating Climate Disclosure - UCLA: Fri, May 10
✂️ Weekend Workshops at Arlington Garden: Sat, May 11
🎥 A year in a Field - US Premiere: Sat, May 11
🗺️ Pico Rivera Climate Action Plan - Community Conversation: Sat, May 11
🐝 Expedition LA: Creating Pollinator Habitats with California Native Plants: Sat, May 11
🐅 The Endangered Species Act at 50: is it working for California? - UCLA Lecture
🧑 Women in Impact Investing: Tue, May 14
🏡 California Green Building Conference: Thu, May 23
🥳 LACI Innovation Happy Hour: Thu, May 23
🌊 AltaSea’s Grand Opening of Berth 58: Wed, May 29
🗳️ EnviroVoters Badass in Green Awards 2024: Fri, May 31
🎠 3rd Annual Cool Irvine Eco Fair: Sat, June 15
This Week in Depth
💡 Inland Empire Innovation Summit
When: Tue, Apr 23rd from 9:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Where: Riverside Convention Center, 3637 5th Street Riverside, CA 92501
NavalX, Inland Empire Tech Bridge, and FedTech invite you to attend the Inland Empire Innovation Summit on April 23, 2024! Join US Navy, Defense-focused, and Inland Empire industry leaders at the Inland Empire Innovation Summit to network, learn, and discover deep tech solutions to today's pressing challenges.
❤️🩹 Learning and Mending: Folklore Apothecary
When: Tue, Apr 23rd from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Where: Online
Please join Metabolic Studio for the 13th series of Learning and Mending: Folklore Apothecary. In this series, we will be reading Corinne Boyer’s The Witch’s Cabinet: Plant Lore, Sorcery, and Folk Tradition. As its title suggests, the focus of this ethnobotanical text is the world of witch lore and the plants that give it life—and death.
🌳 Designing a Beautiful Tomorrow
When: Wed, Apr 24th from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: NeueHouse Venice Beach, 73 Market St., Venice, California 90291
Please join a special earth month gathering of tree huggers, visionaries, and art lovers. NeueHouse and TreePeople present a panel discussion featuring artists, architects, and designers on the role of aesthetics in the environmental movement. Delving into profound truths and potential futures, the conversation will explore the role of the arts as a gateway to the imagination and the pathway designing a more sustainable, equitable, and greener future.
🏡 LA Green Jobs - Virtual Career & Resource Fair
When: Wed, Apr 24th from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Where: Online
Hello, green job seekers! We would like for you to join us for our LA Green Jobs: Virtual Career & Resource Fair brought to you by USGBC-CA! If you're looking for an opportunity to speak directly with hiring managers in the sustainability industry for the built environment, this is a great opportunity for you. Additionally, we are featuring workforce development partners with professional development training opportunities as well.
🎞️ True False, Hot Cold Screening
When: Wed, Apr 24th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Albert & Dana Broccoli Theater, 3401-3495 Watt Way Los Angeles, CA 90089
The USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future and the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability invites you to join a screening of True False, Hot Cold on Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Albert & Dana Broccoli Theater. This award-winning documentary is centered around climate change, belief, and civil discourse. It was filmed in Utah over the course of one summer in a county where many residents don’t believe in climate change. Instead of focusing on divisions, the documentary offers ideas about building bridges with people who have very different identities and beliefs. This event is in partnership with Bridge Entertainment Labs. A moderated discussion with Ben Stillerman, the documentary’s Director and Producer, will follow the screening.
🏖️ Women and Climate LA Beach Cleanup & Dinner
When: Thu, Apr 25th from 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: North Pier Lifeguard Tower Los Angeles, CA 90291
Welcome to our LA Beach Cleanup & Dinner! Join the wave of change this Climate Week to protect our precious ocean.
💡 Building Systems Design and Energy Saving
When: Thu, Apr 25th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: 888 Seafood Restaurant, 8450 East Valley Boulevard Rosemead, CA 91770
The workshop will touch on basic design of energy saving electrical and HVAC systems.
🍻 L.A. Carbon Removal Happy Hour
When: Tue, Apr 23rd from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Arts District Brewing Company, 828 Traction Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Calling all carbon removal enthusiasts in LA! Join OpenAir and Carbon Capture for an evening of drinks, new connections and great conversation on April 25th at the Arts District Brewing Company in downtown L.A.! Our city has stealthily become a hotbed of carbon removal research and entrepreneurship, so it's high time for us to celebrate and elevate this impressive development over adult beverages. The occasion also will allow guests to learn more about and plug into an exciting carbon removal support legislation campaign gaining momentum right now in California.
💰 Investing in Climate Despite Budget Uncertainty
When: Thu, Apr 25th from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Where: Online
California’s legislative climate champions are going to be tested as this year’s estimated state budget deficit ranges from $38 to $53 billion according to the California State Senate’s Early Action Budget report. As the fifth-largest economy in the world, California must lead on climate investments, but Governor Newsom’s current climate budget proposal includes a whopping $4.7 billion in cuts and deferrals. In this webinar, experts, legislators, and activists will explain the California state budget process and its politics. We’ll also explore why California must preserve climate investments and end tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, as well as discontinue other dead-end infrastructure expenditures like freeway expansion.
⚡ LACI Spring Power Day 2024
When: Fri, Apr 26th from 9:30 PM to 12:30 PM
Where: La Kretz Innovation Campus, 525 S Hewitt St Los Angeles, CA 90013
Spring Power Day is an annual celebration of companies in LACI’s Incubation Program, highlighting their innovations, while making connections, to enable their contribution to building an inclusive green economy in Los Angeles. Spring Power Day invites Investors, potential pilot partners, such as utilities, corporates, colleges & universities, government officials, LACI active and alumni portfolio companies, and more to unite the cleantech community, form connections, and showcase the progress toward our shared priority areas in clean energy, zero emissions transportation, and the circular economy through smart, sustainable cities. Join us as we invite LACI’s latest cohort of startup companies to pitch their contributions to clean technology solutions and pilots providing social, economic and environmental benefits to the greater Los Angeles region.
🔥 Fire-Resilient Gardens: A Maintenance Walk and Talk
When: Fri, Apr 26th from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Where: Theodore Payne Foundation - Pergola, 10459 Tuxford St. Sun Valley, CA 91352
This session introduces basic maintenance and pruning techniques for a new reality: wildfires. Learn the when, why and how of managing a fire resilient garden in this walk and talk around the TPF gardens.
🔎 City Nature Challenge BioBliz
When: Fri, Apr 26th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Frogtown Brewery, 2931 Gilroy St, Los Angeles, CA 90039
Join FoLAR and LA Zoo’s Education team at Frogtown Brewery to learn how to use iNaturalist and make observations at the LA River! iNaturalist is a nature app that helps you identify the plants and animals around you while generating data for science and conservation. Get connected with a community of millions scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature! The City Nature Challenge started off as a friendly competition between Los Angeles and San Francisco to see which city had the most wildlife and now is a worldwide community science project! The City Nature Challenge happens every year in April, and this year it will start on Friday, April 26 and ends on Sunday, April 28.
🌙 TreePeople Moonlight Hike
When: Fri, Apr 23rd from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: Coldwater Canyon Park
TreePeople’s Moonlight Hikes take night owls on a guided exploration of beautiful Coldwater Canyon Park and neighboring Wilacre Park—after hours! So grab a flashlight and join us to experience the beautiful Los Angeles evening skyline and walk under the light of the moon. We welcome hikers of all ages and experience levels to enjoy the outdoors with us in either a Coyote Crawl, Silver Bear Stroll, or Night Owl Prowl.
🤝 NextGen Climate Summit
When: Sun, Apr 28th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Where: New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90404
This event is for high school and college students who live or go to school in Santa Monica. Take action and make a difference. Create your climate change vision and develop a roadmap to achieve it. Together let’s amplify the voices of the next generation of climate leaders in the civic process and help guide City decision-making for a sustainable and resilient future for all.
🛶 Earth Focus Presents: River Perspectives
When: Sun, Apr 28th from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), 960 East 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90013
Come celebrate the new season of our locally-produced environmental series Earth Focus! We're taking an in-depth look into the relationships between California's wildlands and urban infrastructure and how community leaders are reimagining the Los Angeles River’s role in its surrounding neighborhoods. Join PBS SoCal for an immersive event hosted at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (350 Merrick Street, Los Angeles, California 90013) featuring interactive ecology activities, oral histories from communities along the river, a pop-up VR exhibit, a screening introduced by show producers, and more! Guests can engage in activities led by various community partners, including: Friends of the LA River, Clockshop, the Ontario Museum of History & Art, LA River Arts, Metabolic Studio, the Arroyo Seco Foundation, and dublab.