SD Climate Tech Cities: May 19 - May 26
Networking Mixer, Workshop for your startup, webinars and more!
Hi San Diego,
Hope you enjoyed the weekend! Our top picks for this week:
On Wednesday, May 21st, go to 👩🏫 LiS Spring Mixer or learn about how our economy got so much carbon dependent at ☁ Confronting Carbon Form or go to 🔑 Essentials for BlueTech Startups.
Attend the free workshop of ⚖ Business Formation & Intellectual Property 101 on Thursday, May 22nd.
On Saturday, May 24th, pick from 👗 Sustainable Fashion & Fabric Event or 🥪 Picnic, Panel, Discussion: Going forward together!
Dive into the details below and mark your calendars for these not-to-be-missed events! Remember, some email platforms may truncate this message, so be sure to scroll down for the full list of upcoming activities.
Best
Ehsan & The Climate Tech Cities Team
⚖ Essentials for BlueTech Startups, Wed, May 21
☁ Confronting Carbon Form, Wed, May 21
⚡ How to Go Electric For Renters, Wed, May 21
👩🏫 LiS Spring Mixer, Wed, May 21
⚖ Business Formation & Intellectual Property 101, Thu, May 22
🍌 Organic Waste to Resource Instructor Workshops, Sat, May 24
🥪 Picnic, Panel, Discussion: Going forward together!, Sat, May 24
👗 Sustainable Fashion & Fabric Event, Sat, May 24
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings.
Community Shoutouts!
Claim $25 to back solar projects on Renewables.org
Renewables.org is offering Climate Tech Cities subscribers $25 free to get started with their Global South solar investing nonprofit. When you back solar projects on Renewables.org, your funds help build the world’s highest carbon impact renewables across India and Africa. The best part is you get repaid to your Renewables.org account where you can choose to withdraw funds or redeploy them for even more impact.
Opportunities
Upcoming and Rolling Deadlines
🎓 University of San Diego Regional Energy Academy Interest Form
🎬 The Bloomberg Green Docs competition, May 23
💧 XPRIZE Water Scarcity, May 31
🚒 Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize, June 13
🔌 Google AI For Energy Startup Accelerator (Due June 30)
💡 Innovation Challenge 2025 (June 30)
🌊 Ocean Exchange 2025 (August 1)
👉 Would you like to feature a grant opportunity, fellowship application, or incubation program in the SD Climate Tech Cities newsletter? Reach out to us with the info.
Upcoming Events
🔉 Evolving Landscape of Climate Communications, Thu, May 29
🏦 Weathering the Change: Climate Resilience Strategies & Solutions, Fri, June 6
🛠 SD Fixit Clinic, Sat, June 21
⚡ Trends & Opportunities Series, Wed, Jun 11
💙 BlueTech Week 2025, Mon, Nov 17
This Week in Depth
⚖ Essentials for BlueTech Startups
When: Wednesday, May 21, 9:30 AM 10:30 AM
Where: Online
TMA BlueTech, in partnership with Morrison Foerster, is proud to introduce the Legal Lift-Off Series: Essentials for BlueTech Startups, a monthly program designed to help BlueTech ventures navigate the complex path from startup to scale. These expert-led sessions will provide critical legal, financial, and strategic guidance tailored to entrepreneurs in the maritime, ocean technology, and sustainable blue economy sectors.
☁ Confronting Carbon Form
When: Wednesday, May 21, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Where: UCSD Design & Innovation Building, Room 208, Innovation Lane San Diego, CA 92093
This lecture will discuss the history of how or economy got built based on fossil fuels while theorizing, speculating, and imagining where an alternative may be found.
⚡ How to Go Electric For Renters
When: Wednesday, May 21, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Where: Online
As a renter, it may be hard to fully electrify without your landlord’s help. But you don’t have to own your home to go electric! There are many efficient options available to renters, and because the equipment tends to be portable, you can take it with you when you move.
👩🏫 LiS Spring Mixer
When: Wednesday, May 21, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: RSVP for location
Join Latinxs in Sustainability for our Spring Mixer!
Connect with fellow sustainability-minded professionals, enjoy a fun group activity, and share a drink with the San Diego Chapter of LiS.
⚖ Business Formation & Intellectual Property 101
When: Thursday, May 22, 2:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Where: Pacific Highlands Ranch Library
Free workshop with the goal is to demystify the startup process, providing practical insights and legal essentials tailored to a niche audience of professionals figuring out their next steps in entrepreneurship.
🍌 Organic Waste to Resource Instructor Workshops
When: Saturday, May 24, 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Where: 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West El Cajon, CA 92019
This is an in-depth background on the SB 1383 mandate, definitions and applications of organic waste recycling, landfill and methane implications, recovered organic waste products, composting, compost use and application, soil carbon, soil ecosystem and climate change dynamics.
🥪 Picnic, Panel, Discussion: Going forward together!
When: Saturday, May 24, 2:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Where: 2221 Morley Field Drive, San Diego, 92104
Meet like-minded people, learn about concrete climate action, and discuss: how can we be effective in these times?
👗 Sustainable Fashion & Fabric Event
When: Saturday, May 24, 12:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Where: Fern St. Community Arts
Join I Love A Clean San Diego at Mid City CAN’s Sustainable Fashion & Fabric Event! We will be having our clothing and accessories swap in conjunction with Sew Loka’s Clothing Repair. Swap your winter and spring items for an updated summer wardrobe for free, all while reducing your textile waste and recirculating clothing back into the community. Come along for a Saturday full of sustainable fashion fun and opportunities to find resources from other organizations.