San Francisco Climate Week is brought to you by Brighter Climate Futures and Authors, Large and Small, and endorsed by Norcal Solar (Northern California Solar Energy Association) and the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Come join us on April 5th - 10th for a week of exciting and meaningful online Facebook/Zoom events that aim at timely and adequate solutions to Climate Change, from the local to the global. Mind, body and soul come together in this series of events highlighting dance, artists, poets, activists, and practitioners.
Throughout the week, Climate Week organizer Dr. Hari Lamba and guest speakers from 350 Bay Area, Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter, Local Clean Energy Alliance, and other organizations will share educational talks, beginning at 6pm PST each evening (no event on April 8th). All of the weekday events are free, and will be hosted live on the Brighter Climate Futures Facebook page (with links to attend through Zoom if preferred).
The final event on April 10th, organized by Authors Small and Large, will be a gathering with art, poetry, dance and speakers to celebrate our commitment to reverse climate change. To attend the final celebration, you must register on Eventbrite. All U.S. residents will receive a copy of Dr. Lamba’s book Brighter Climate Future and a packet of tree seeds. If you would like to receive these items in time for the April 10th event, please register by April 1st.
Climate Week Schedule:
Monday, April 5th, 6 - 7:30pm PST (FB/Zoom)
Hari Lamba - Introducing the San Francisco Climate Week & what its aims are
Hari Lamba (Brighter Climate Futures) “The Global Plan - Net Zero Emissions by 2050”
Dr. Sailesh Rao (Exec. Dir., Climate Healers) “Animal Agriculture is a leading cause of Climate Change”
Dave Rosenfeld (Solar Rights Alliance) “How to keep growing Solar energy in California”
Video from Pat Race, “Climate Stick Clubs build a mass movement to end carbon burning”
Tuesday, April 6th, 6 - 7:30pm PST (FB/Zoom)
Jenna Famular (MCE) “Overview of Marin Clean Energy & Community Choice Aggregation”
Rand Wrobel (350 Bay Area) “Bay Area Climate Activism”
Richard Rollins (Sierra Club) “Resources & Tasks for Climate Emergency Mobilization”
Hari Lamba (Brighter Climate Futures) “How California can get to Net Zero”
Wednesday, April 7th, 6 - 7:30pm PST (FB/Zoom)
Paul Fenn (Local Power LLC) "CCA 3.0: Climate Mobilization - the equity pathway to energy transformation”
Hari Lamba (Brighter Climate Futures) “Transitioning the USA to Renewable Energy”
Jessica Tovar (Local Clean Energy Alliance): “Efforts for Clean Energy in SF Bay”
Friday, April 9th, 6 - 7:30pm PST (FB/Zoom)
Jack Lucero Fleck (350 Bay Area) “Clean & Just Transportation”
Hari Lamba (Brighter Climate Futures): “Transitioning to Zero Emissions Transportation”
Koami Hayibo (Michigan Tech. Univ.) “3 Things you should know about solar PV pricing”
Saturday April 10th, 6 - 8 pm PST (Zoom, Eventbrite registration)
“Getting to Net Zero – Community Celebration”
Video from Pat Race, “Climate Stick Clubs build a mass movement to end carbon burning”
Jen Karetnick (Poet & Writer)
Deidra Renkenberger (Comics for Climate) “Comics for Climate - Our Changing World”
Lucille Lang Day (Poet & Writer) “Eco-Poetry”
Dance Break with Giti of The Dance Floor
Jan Kirsch (350 Bay Area) “Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Pollution & Health”
Hari Lamba (Brighter Climate Futures) “Poems/Art – The world needs to begin reducing emissions in 2021”
Event Organizers: Dr. Hari Lamba (hlamba101@gmail.com) & Cristina Deptula (cedeptula@sbcglobal.net)
Thumbnail photo credit: Solar Panels at Topaz Solar 2 by Sarah Swenty/USFWS via Flickr Creative Commons.