LA Climate Tech Events: Jan 16 - Jan 22
LA Climate Tech Events: Jan 16 - Jan 22
Sustainability cocktails, biodiversity storytelling, open applications (LACI, Chefluencer) - and more!
Hi friends,
This week, I hope you enjoy the incredible sunsets, whether from the hilltops or at the ocean! And for a perfect agenda, meet with friends in-person, here are our picks for this week:
Don’t miss the excellent🍹 Carbonauts' Sustainability Cocktails event on the west side this Thursday!
On Saturday, come learn about The Beehive Collective’s giant murals depicting biodiversity and environmental issues 🐝 Art. Earth. Liberation or enjoy the join Heal the Bay for a large 🌊 beach cleanup at Zuma Beach.
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Maëlys & The Climate Tech Cities Team
🌎 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!
Opportunity
Application for LACI's Founders Business Accelerator Cohort 10 now open (Due Feb. 13)
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is actively recruiting entrepreneurs for a limited number of Founders Business Accelerator (FBA) seats. LACI’s FBA increases the economic, community, and environmental impact of small businesses and micro-enterprises throughout the City of Los Angles. During this free 6-month virtual program, founders receive training and individual support from LACI’s Executives-In-Residence and other industry experts. It is a unique opportunity for founders to connect with other entrepreneurs and a vast network of successful LA based business owners and to: create or revitalize a business plan modeled for success, develop new channels to increase revenue, expand customer base, access vital funding resources, research and analyze trending and predictive market data, receive technical development guidance, reduce the environmental impact and cost of doing business, increase your social and economic impact and become a leader in the community. Apply for FBA Cohort 10!
Application for the Chefluencer Cohort (rolling basis through January 2024)
Share the Chefluencer free training opportunity with chefs you know! California chefs can apply to the January Chefluencer cohort at the Building Decarbonization Coalition (BDC) to become a leader in culinary sustainability. Chefs will learn all about induction cooking and add a new facet to their journey. Learn more about the program and apply here.
Events This Week
🥕 VegFest at UCLA: Thu, Jan 18
🍹 The Carbonauts' Sustainability Cocktails: Thu, Jan 18
🌿 Health and Sustainable Lifestyle Festival: Thu, Jan 18
🐝 Art. Earth. Liberation: Storytelling: Sat, Jan 20
☀️ Pacoima Solar Clinic: Sat, Jan 20
🌊 Nothin’ But Sand Beach Cleanup: Sat, Jan 20
🦀 Marine Protected Area (MPA) Hike: Sat, Jan 20
🔬 Educator Lunch and Learn: Synthetic Sand Collection: Sat, Jan 20
🍄 Exploring the Mycoverse: Who Speaks for the Fungi?: Mon, Jan 22
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings.
Upcoming Events
🚰 MWD Advocacy Training Workshop: Building a Water-Resilient Future: Wed, Jan 24
🏙 Sustainable Water Use Ordinance Community Meeting: Wed, Jan 24
🗣️ Climate Techies Los Angeles Cleantech & Sustainability Networking Meetup: Thu, Jan 25
🌄 Sunset Queer Ecology Walk: Sat, Jan 27
🛠️ Repair Cafe: Sat, Jan 27
🐠 Santa Monica Aquarium Comedy Club: Sat, Jan 27
🧬 Malibu eDNA Community Science Event: Sat, Jan 27
🌴 Plant Identification Hike: Sun, Jan 28
📜 River Session: Poetry and Ecology: Sun, Jan 28
☀️ 2024 Inland SoCal Climate Action Conference: Tue, Jan 30
📚 Book Talk! Nick Romeo's The Alternative: Wed, Jan 31
🏛️ Drinking water system consolidation potential, governance and equity implications in California: Wed, Jan 31
🎹 The Music Sustainability Summit: Mon, Feb 5
🌀 Create Epic Beach Art: Fri, Feb 9
🐛 Wisdom: Making Conservation More Inclusive: Sat, Feb 10
🌎 Exploring the Mycoverse: What Fungi Teach About Multispecies Collaboration: Mon, Feb 12
⚡ Net Zero Accelerator (NZA) Annual Demo Day: Thu, Feb 15
🔋 Energy Innovation Conference at UCLA: Fri, Feb 16
🏄♀️ Open House: Sustainable Surf: Sat, Feb 24
💧 Tour of Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility: Sat, Feb 24
Event Details
🥕 VegFest at UCLA // UCLA’s Vegan Revolution Week
When: Thu, Jan 18th from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: UCLA, Wilson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
VegFest is a one-day event within UCLA’s Vegan Revolution Week, a week-long set of events that several other UCLA student organizations (e.g. Plant Futures Initiative, Animal Welfare Alliance, Lives Without Knives) are hosting to unite students at UCLA who are excited to change our food system so that it is better for people, animals, and the environment; some of the other events in our Vegan Revolution Week include a Meatless Monday at the dining halls and Plant Futures Initiative’s career fair for jobs and internships in the plant-based food system and animal rights movement.
🍹 The Carbonauts' Sustainability Cocktails
When: Thu, Jan 18th from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Where: The Waterfront Venice, 205 Ocean Front Walk, Los Angeles, CA
Join us for delicious cocktails (including a complimentary one), a bite to eat, and conversations with other passionate sustainability advocates.
• Learn a few things while having a blast
• Meet old friends, make new ones
• Find valuable work/hires/partners/connections
• Most importantly, GET INSPIRED!This is a great opportunity to meet others in the sustainability community, so feel free to share this invite with friends and colleagues. The more the merrier!
🌿 Health and Sustainable Lifestyle Festival
When: Thu, Jan 18th from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Where: 15502 Starbuck Street Whittier, CA 90603
Get ready to embrace a healthier and eco-friendly lifestyle at our Health and Sustainable Lifestyle Festival.
🐝 Art. Earth. Liberation: Storytelling
When: Sat, Jan 20th from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Where: 1216 South Saint Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 900191
The Beehive Collective is on tour! Come learn about their giant murals depicting biodiversity and environmental issues—you'll be moved.
☀️ Pacoima Solar Clinic
When: Sat, Jan 20th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Pacoima City Hall, 13520 Van Nuys Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 91331
Informational sessions in English and Spanish hosted by nonprofit organization GRID Alternatives. Learn about these programs in your neighborhood:
Solar Installation for Homeowners. FREE, state-funded solar installed by community nonprofit GRID Alternatives.
Solar Installation Training Program. 13-week PAID program preparing individuals to be solar installers.
🌊 Nothin’ But Sand Beach Cleanup
When: Sat, Jan 20th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Zuma Beach, 3000 Zuma Access Road, Malibu, CA 90265, at Tower 2
Kick off the New Year with Heal the Bay at Zuma Beach for a beach cleanup with a big impact. Heal the Bay guarantees cleanup supplies for the first 300 people who are registered.
🦀 Marine Protected Area (MPA) Hike
When: Sat, Jan 20th from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Where: Little Corona Beach, 3100 Ocean Blvd Corona del Mar Newport Beach, CA 92625
Enjoy the Marine Protected Area (MPA) shoreline and tide pools from Little Corona to Crystal Cove by hiking with our experienced hike leaders and naturalists. You will get to see many tide pool species and learn much about the history of this area.
🔬 Educator Lunch and Learn: Synthetic Sand Collection
When: Sat, Jan 20th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Algalita Marine Research and Education, 148 North Marina Drive Long Beach, CA 90803
Enjoy the Marine Protected Area (MPA) shoreline and tide pools from Little Corona to Crystal Cove by hiking with our experienced hike leaders and naturalists. You will get to see many tide pool species and learn much about the history of this area.
🍄 Exploring the Mycoverse: Who Speaks for the Fungi?
When: Mon, Jan 22nd from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Where: Arlington Garden in Pasadena, 275 Arlington Dr Pasadena, CA 91105
An exploration into the mushrooming young field of conservation mycology. As the first chair of the newly formed Conservation & Stewardship Committee at the North American Mycological Association, the parent organization of Mycological organizations around the continent, Aaron will share what they have learned about the current state of fungal conservation and the many ways you can get involved. Aaron will also share about their firsthand experience working with the Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS) on the CA FUNDIS Project, the first ever tax payer mycological conservation project of its kind to map the diversity of macrofungi in California.