LA Climate Tech Events: Mar 18 - Mar 25
Happy Spring Equinox! Climate Career Week, Transportation Forum - and more!
Hi friends,
Happy -almost- Spring Equinox! As the seasons shift, being in sync with nature is one of the first steps towards healing - ourselves and the natural ecosystems around us. May this transitional time bring you a sense of balance and renewal!
Here are our picks for this week:
On Thursday, join professionals, researchers, community activists, and students at the 🚲 UCLA DTLA Forum | Transforming Transportation to discuss pressing questions affecting transportation and land use and to learn about TRACtion: A Research Agenda For Just and Sustainable Transportation.
💧UN World Water Day 2024 is this Friday! Celebrate the spring equinox and the commencement of the next phase of Bending the River with Metabolic Studio.
Hosted by Climate Draft, Climate People, Terra.do, CrowdSolve and Work on Climate, 💼 Climate Career Week starts next Monday, check out the agenda and in-person community meetups.
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!
Opportunities
Rolling Deadlines and Upcoming
🌞 Third Derivative Accelerator (Due March 26)
🏢 Net Zero Accelerator 2024 Cohort (Due March 31)
💻 USC Viterbi Startup Garage Spring 2024 Residency Program (Due March 31)
⚙️ 2024 Cleantech Open Accelerator (Due April 14)
🦋 Biomimicry Institute’s 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator (Due May 3)
Events This Week
🐴 Lower LA River Trail Concept Presentation Workshop: Wed, Mar 20
🚲 UCLA DTLA Forum | Transforming Transportation: Thu, Mar 21
🏗️ LACI Building Energy Management Systems Fellowship Career Exploration Day: Fri, Mar 22
💧 UN World Water Day 2024: Water for Peace with Metabolic Studio: Fri, Mar 22
🌕 Moonlight Hike: Fri, Mar 22
👨🌾 Introduction to Waterwise Garden Design: Sat, Mar 23
🌲 Guided Forest Therapy Walk: Sat, Mar 23
🍀 Ecology Walk: Building Relationship with Land: Sun, Mar 24
💼 Climate Career Week: Mon, Mar 25 - Fri, Mar 29
🎯 Glendale’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan: Mon, Mar 25
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings.
Upcoming Events
💼 Climate Career Week: Mon, Mar 25 - Fri, Mar 29
🍸 Climate Career Week LA Mixer: Tue, Mar 26
🍽️ Women and Climate LA Dinner: Food For Thought: Tue, Mar 26
🌞 Women Shaping Cleantech: Past, Present, Future: Thu, Mar 28
💭 Environmental Design 2024 Donghia Designer-in-Residence: Thu, Mar 28
🍷 Climate Techies Networking Meetup: Thu, Mar 28
🐰 Vegan Easter Hunt: Sun, Mar 31
🍹 The Carbonauts Sustainability Cocktails: Wed, Apr 3
🎉 WICIF LA Chapter One-Year Anniversary Celebration: Thu, Apr 4
🌿 Climate Forward 2024 at USC: Thu, Apr 4
🏖️ Ten x Claytone Beach Clean Up: Sun, Apr 7
Event Details
🚲 UCLA DTLA Forum | Transforming Transportation
When: Wed, Mar 20th from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Online
The Lower LA River Trail Restoration & Access Gateway Project is a planning project that will develop conceptual designs to improve 1.3 miles of the Lower LA River Trail between Somerset Blvd. and the I-91 Freeway, and to elevate 72nd Street Equestrian Park as a proper access gateway that welcomes the community to the river. Key goals of the project are to address the blighted and dilapidated conditions along the trail; to promote investment in existing public facilities that will serve adjacent communities of need; and to be a catalyst and model for transformative project improvements within the river corridor. Join us for our next virtual community meeting.
🚲 UCLA DTLA Forum | Transforming Transportation
When: Thu, Mar 21st from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: The California Endowment, 1000 North Alameda Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Join professionals, researchers, community activists, and students at the downtown Los Angeles presentation of the sold-out UCLA Arrowhead Symposium on Transforming Transportation! This in-person event will showcase new research, analysis, and future research plans in TRACton: A Research Agenda For Just and Sustainable Transportation, a research and policy agenda that is a product of collaborative agenda-setting between UCLA researchers and members of community-based and advocacy organizations.
🏗️ LACI Building Energy Management Systems Fellowship Career Exploration Day
When: Fri, Mar 22nd from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: LACI, 525 S Hewitt St Los Angeles, CA 90013
Learn more about career opportunities in Green Jobs, and meet LACI startups and partner organizations working with LACI.
💧 UN World Water Day 2024: Water for Peace
When: Fri, Mar 22nd at Sunset
Where: Info shared by email
Join Metabolic Studio on World Water Day to celebrate the spring equinox and the commencement of the next phase of Bending the River, as we weave a tapestry of art and advocacy for a world where water flows freely, and peace unites us. Invitation and details following your RSVP. RSVP by email: info@metabolicstudio.org subject line “RSVP World Water Day”.
🌕 Moonlight Hike
When: Fri, Mar 22nd 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. Before the hike, experience the harmony between soundscape and landscape with an inspirational outdoor musical performance. Check-in starts at 6:30 pm, music starts at 7 pm and the hike starts at 8 pm.
👨🌾 Introduction to Waterwise Garden Design
When: Sat, Mar 23rd from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Where: Waterwise Community Center, 4594 San Bernardino Street Montclair, CA 91763
Join us for a walk through our demonstration garden looking at the key principles of garden design including choosing the right plant for the right place, layering and building visual depth with plantings, aesthetic aspects of planting design, strategically providing shade, and much more!
🌲 Guided Forest Therapy Walk
When: Sat, Mar 23rd from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Where: Gabrielino Trail Western Trailhead, 915 Ventura Street Altadena, CA 91001
Join HikingwithSun and Ecodelictherapy for a rejuvenating Forest Therapy Walk at the Gabrielino Trail in Altadena, CA, USA. Immerse yourself in the beauty of nature and experience the healing power of the forest.
🍀 Ecology Walk: Building Relationship with Land
When: Sun, Mar 24th from :00 PM to :00 PM
Where: Echo Sunset Prieto Trail Loop, 2755-2839 North Windsor Avenue Altadena, CA 91001
Join us on a guided ecology walk to get to know the plants growing around LA in embodied practice accompanied by a discussion on decolonizing relationships with plants and building conscious relationships of reverence and reciprocity with the land we inhabit.
💼 Climate Career Week
When: Mon, Mar 25th - Fri, March 29th
Where: Online
Join us for 5 days of free virtual events with leading climate founders, investors, and experts for those interested in exploring career opportunities in climate.
🎯 Glendale’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan
When: Mon, Mar 25th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Glendale Central Library, 222 East Harvard Street Glendale, CA 91205
This is an In-Person Focus Group for community organizations, groups, and businesses for Glendale's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), a roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve community resiliency to extreme weather events.