Resilience Week is in San Francisco this week, built around Wednesday's Red Sky Summit on wildfire, and one of its events is free and open to anyone: a screening of Stray Embers, a documentary about a Paradise homeowner who took in his neighbors after the Camp Fire, at Stanford on Tuesday evening. Sunday brings Young Professionals in Energy's annual career expo downtown (register by Wednesday), and Saturday morning offers three hands-on ways to spend it: a remembrance planting at Quartermaster Reach, native plant work at the Presidio Nursery and seed cleaning with a heritage-seed farmer in North Oakland.
Early this week
- Confessions of a Pilot: How to Fly Better in the Climate Crisis, today at noon, virtual and free with no approval step, and you can join from your desk.
- Stray Embers, Tuesday at 5:00 PM at Stanford, free and open, with a panel after the film.
- YPE Career Expo registration closes Wednesday night, so if Sunday's expo is on your list, sign up early this week.
- Methane Cluster Meetup at 9Zero, Tuesday at 5:00 PM, free with approval, so request a spot today.
This week in San Francisco
Monday, November 2
Lunch and Learn with Swiss Climate Tech — Hosted by 9Zero · their calendar, with Swissnex in San Francisco · 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 350 California St, 4th floor · 12:00 to 1:00 PM · Free, for 9Zero members, approval required · Seven Swiss climate tech startups meet the 9Zero community over a light vegetarian lunch and talk about bringing climate solutions to the US market, with no slides and no pitches.
9Zero x YPE Mentorship Program Resume Workshop: Telling Your Career Story — Hosted by Young Professionals in Energy, SF Bay Area · their calendar, with 9Zero · 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 350 California St, 4th floor · 5:00 to 7:00 PM · Free, for YPE Mentorship participants, scholarship recipients and 9Zero members, approval required · Mike Altman of Clean Catch Energy on turning your experience into a career story and finding your transferable skills.
Tuesday, November 3
Methane Cluster Meetup: November Edition — Hosted by 9Zero · their calendar, with the Methane Mitigation Council · 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 350 California St, 4th floor · 5:00 to 7:00 PM · Free, approval required, with one ticket type for 9Zero members and another for newcomers covering their first three events · A sector meetup for people measuring and cutting methane across oil and gas, farming and food systems, landfills and wastewater, and the people who want to see those solutions deployed.
Wednesday, November 4
San Francisco Habitat Stewards — Hosted by Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · rotating park lands including Baker Beach, Fort Funston and Lands End, with the meeting point sent in your registration confirmation · 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Free · A standing Wednesday morning restoration crew, volunteers of all ages welcome, registration required.
Emergency Brake for the Climate: Superpollutants — Hosted by 9Zero · their calendar · 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 350 California St, 4th floor · 5:00 to 7:00 PM · Free, approval required, with one ticket type for 9Zero members and another for newcomers covering their first three events · An interactive session on methane, black carbon and refrigerant gases, where they come from and what cuts them fast, with speakers from ClimeCo, Recoolit and the Methane Mitigation Council.
Happy Hour: YPE x Sierra Club x SF Clean Energy Gather — Hosted by Young Professionals in Energy, SF Bay Area · their calendar, with Sierra Club and SF Clean Energy Gather · Asiento, 2730 21st St · 5:00 to 7:00 PM · $15; a limited number of free tickets for Sierra Club members, approval required · A relaxed networking evening for climate and clean energy people, from seasoned experts to people just finding their way into the field.
Thursday, November 5
AI, Your Work and Your Next Move — Hosted by 9Zero · their calendar · 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 350 California St, 4th floor · 12:00 to 1:00 PM · Free, for women of 9Zero; open registration with no approval step · Career coach Magda Kufrej of Work Ally on which tasks and roles AI is automating or augmenting, which skills are rising and where you sit on a skills map. Kufrej joins by video and the talk is broadcast to the room; bring your lunch.
San Francisco Habitat Stewards — Hosted by Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · rotating park lands including Crissy Field and the Presidio, with the meeting point sent in your registration confirmation · 1:00 to 4:00 PM · Free · The Thursday afternoon version of the same restoration crew, if mornings do not work for you.
Cleantech Open Community Mixer at 9Zero — Hosted by 9Zero · their calendar, with Cleantech Open · 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub, 350 California St, 4th floor · 5:00 to 7:00 PM · Free; Cleantech Open alumni, mentors and volunteers register directly, and everyone else, including newcomers who want to learn about the program, needs approval · An evening with Cleantech Open mentors, alumni, volunteers and current cohort members, with the doors open to anyone thinking about getting involved as a founder, mentor or volunteer.
Friday, November 6
Consultants for Good Co-Working Day at Trellis — Hosted by Consultants for Good · their calendar · Trellis Coworking and Events, 981 Mission St · 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM · $20 suggested, pay what you want starting at $0 · A full day of focused work, lunch and a happy hour with the consultant community; come and go as you please, including for the happy hour only.
What Are We Optimizing For? — Hosted by Trellis Coworking and Events · their calendar, with Gaia University · Trellis Coworking and Events, 981 Mission St · 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM · $48 · An interactive salon on systems thinking, values-centered design and what it means to design with care in a time of fast technological change, limited to 25 participants, with pastries and coffee.
Saturday, November 7
Presidio Nursery — Hosted by Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · Presidio Native Plant Nursery, 1249 Appleton St · 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM · Free, ages 5 and up, with ages 5 to 13 alongside a parent or guardian; registration required · Growing the native plants that go back into the park, with all training and tools provided.
Diwali and Día de los Muertos in the Parks: Planting as Remembrance — Hosted by Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · Quartermaster Reach, Presidio of San Francisco, with the meeting point sent in your registration confirmation · 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM · No price posted, registration required · Planting a native tidal marsh where freshwater meets the bay, with a short talk at 10:45 AM on planting as remembrance; participants under 15 should bring an adult, and knee pads, tools and gloves are provided.
Sunday, November 8
YPE SF Bay Area Annual Career Expo — Hosted by Young Professionals in Energy, SF Bay Area · their calendar · Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Four Embarcadero Center · 12:00 to 5:00 PM · $10, or $5 for students and YPE Mentorship participants with approval; registration closes Wednesday, November 4 · The chapter's sixth annual expo, a half day of panels and workshops with industry leaders and early-career professionals plus a career fair with hiring managers, for emerging professionals, students and anyone pivoting within energy.
On the Peninsula and South Bay
Tuesday, November 3
Stray Embers: Film Screening and Panel — Hosted by Resilience Week, with CIRCLE at Stanford · Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Room LK130, 291 Campus Dr, Stanford · 5:00 to 7:00 PM · Free · A vérité portrait of Brad Weldon, a fifth-generation Paradise resident who saved his home in the 2018 Camp Fire and then took in more than 20 displaced neighbors, filmed over five years, followed by a panel.
Friday, November 6
Repair Advice Workshop with Fixit Clinic — Hosted by the Burlingame Public Library, with San Mateo County Sustainability · their calendar · Burlingame Public Library, 480 Primrose Rd · 2:00 to 4:00 PM · No price posted · Bring something broken and work on it alongside a Fixit coach; drop-ins are welcome, though registering what you are bringing helps the library plan.
Saturday, November 7
Wonders of a Watershed Storytime — Hosted by San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society · Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center, 1751 Grand Blvd, Alviso · 10:30 to 11:30 AM · Free, registration required, with a ticket for each parent and child and an adult staying throughout · An interactive story about a water drop's journey through the watershed and time with the center's watershed model, for families with preschool through elementary-aged children.
East Bay and North Bay
Tuesday, November 3
Fire and Water: A Resilience Week Happy Hour — Hosted by Rain and Natel, as part of Resilience Week · Rain, in the former naval air traffic control tower at Alameda Point, 2175 Monarch St, Alameda · 4:00 to 6:00 PM · Free, waitlist open · A low-key evening with two neighbors working on resilience, one building autonomous aerial tools to help firefighters reach wildfires early and one modernizing hydropower at the dams we already have.
Thursday, November 5
Women Building and Leading Organizations — Hosted by Local Economy, with Katrien Johnson Zoons · Local Economy, 6028 College Ave, Oakland · 6:00 to 7:30 PM · Free, waitlist open · An informal, connection-focused evening for Bay Area women founders and leaders building nonprofits, social enterprises, consultancies and other purpose-driven organizations, whether just starting or years in.
Friday, November 6
Learn and Burn Day at Pepperwood Preserve — Hosted by Resilience Week, with Pepperwood Preserve · 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Rd, Santa Rosa · 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Free, approval required · A hands-on day of prescribed fire and fire-resilient land management with Pepperwood's fire and stewardship manager, a California certified burn boss, with activities shaped by the day's weather and conditions.
Saturday, November 7
Hands-On Seed Processing with Farmer Sama — Hosted by Local Economy, with Reyhan Herb Farm · A neighbor's backyard on Armanino Court near Local Economy, Oakland, with the exact location sent to registrants · 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM · $10 suggested, pay what you want · Threshing and winnowing harvested seed by hand at the close of the growing season, with a farm that grows and shares seed for heritage crops from the SWANA region.
Are There Gray Foxes in Your Backyard? — Hosted by San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society · Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 2 Marshlands Rd, Fremont · 1:00 to 2:00 PM · Free, sign up ahead · A walk and talk with Bill Leikam on the gray foxes around the refuge and how to read their signs; the program meets outside the Visitor Center, so wear walking shoes and bring layers.
Kitchen Stories 2: Sharing Home Recipes and Why They Matter to Us — Hosted by Local Economy · Local Economy, 6028 College Ave, Oakland · 5:30 to 8:30 PM · Free · Bring a dish and the story behind it, whether it comes from deep family lore or last month's kitchen experiment, and leave with something new to cook.
Sunday, November 8
Stewardship Sunday — Hosted by San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society · Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 2 Marshlands Rd, Fremont · 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Free, register by Friday · A morning planting native species at the refuge. Bring sturdy shoes, a reusable water bottle and your own gloves.
Virtual
Monday, November 2
Confessions of a Pilot: How to Fly Better in the Climate Crisis — Hosted by Captain Katie Thompson, with Traci McStay Mikulik and Hannah Dick · Zoom · 12:00 to 1:30 PM · Free · A working pilot on the climate cost of a single seat on a flight, why aviation emissions keep climbing despite net zero pledges, and what a person can do about it.
Wednesday, November 4
Preparing for El Niño: What Cities, Community Groups and Advocates Are Doing Now — Hosted by SPUR, with Nuestra Casa · Online · 12:00 to 1:15 PM · Free · A panel on how the Bay Area is getting ready for a season of heavy rain and possible flooding, from local emergency planning and building standards to regional stormwater planning and community-led resilience.
Designing for Impact: AI, User Behavior and the Climate Cost of Design Choices — Hosted by Climate Conscious Leaders · Zoom · 12:00 to 12:45 PM · Free for the 45-minute community workshop, which the organizers open to everyone; $15 adds a 30-minute Apply-It Lab and the recording · How product design shapes the way people use AI and what that costs environmentally, with no technical AI background needed.
Thursday, November 5
Induction Cooking Demo — Hosted by Acterra · their calendar · Online · 6:00 PM · Free · Paola Lagunas of Alma y Sazón shows how fast induction cooking can be and shares an easy plant-based recipe to try at home.
Friday, November 6
EV Mobility and Charging Roundtable — Hosted by Women in Cleantech and Sustainability · their calendar · Zoom · 12:00 to 1:00 PM · $25; $15 for WCS members, and a limited number of free tickets for WCS corporate members · An hour of facilitated breakout rooms on charging deployment and reliability, access across communities, and fleet charging and grid coordination, for people working in electric mobility, energy, transportation or sustainability.
Looking ahead
- The Power of US: Women Shaping What's Next Together, Monday November 9, 5:30 PM at 9Zero, 350 California St, 4th floor. Hosted by Women in Cleantech and Sustainability · their calendar, with 9Zero. $50, or $25 for WCS, WRISE and Solar Sister members, with the WRISE and Solar Sister tiers requiring approval.
- Housing Advocacy 101: Understanding Policy and Making Your Voice Heard, Tuesday November 10, 5:30 to 7:00 PM at Local Economy, 6028 College Ave, Oakland. Hosted by SPUR, co-hosted with Local Economy. Free.
- Repair Advice Workshop with Fixit Clinic at John Daly Library, Wednesday November 18, 5:30 to 7:30 PM in Daly City. Hosted by San Mateo County Sustainability · their calendar.
