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The City of Portland, Oregon restored Johnson Creek in Westmoreland Park. Now salmon and beaver have returned. A great example of building local resilience in an urban setting.
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Featured company: Intrinsyx Environmental
Intrinsyx Environmental designs Integrated Biological Systems using a unique collection of plants and microbes to safely remove and degrade pollutants in soil and water. Its systems are being used by Fortune 100 clients in the energy and high tech sector to cost effectively remediate polluted sites, and enable them to be returned to productive use for future development.
Contact Kanako McPhail of Minerva to learn more.
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Wildfires sighted on plane trip from Portland to San Jose. Sept. 5, 2018.
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Report on California Climate Adaptation Forum 2018
Our managing partner, Marianna Grossman, attended the California Climate Adaptation Forum (CAF 2018) during the last week in August. More than 750 people engaged in in-depth workshops and panels exploring a range of topics from social justice and equity to addressing sea level rise, organizing for resilience and a wide range of useful tools for taking action.
Excellent resources for communities and businesses:
California’s 4th Climate Change Assessment Report includes 9 regional reports with in-depth information for local jurisdictions, issued on August 27, 2018. This assessment contributes to the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability at the local scale and informing resilience actions, while also directly informing State policies, plans, programs, and guidance, to promote effective and integrated action to safeguard California from climate change.
Resilient California https://resilientca.org/is a clearinghouse of useful information and tools for elected leaders, planners, business and civic leaders and citizens, as well.
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Global Climate Action Summit Affiliated Events:
The Healthy Climate Alliance is working with Citizens Climate Education to organize workshops on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the Google Community Space in San Francisco.
10-12 noon Restoring the Climate: Achievable Solutions
We can restore a healthy climate for future generations. Doing so would require rapidly drawing down and sequestering carbon and protecting Arctic ice. Technologies exist that can accomplish these goals. This panel will explore the mission of restoring the climate and solutions that can get us there.
Panelists:
Leslie Field, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Ice911
Brent Constantz, Founder and CEO, Blue Planet
Peter Fiekowsky, Founder and President, Healthy Climate Alliance
Moderator:
Marianna Grossman, Managing Partner, Minerva Ventures
12:30 - 2:30 Crossing the Partisan Divide with Joan Blades, founder of MoveOn.org and Kitchen Table Conversations.
3:00 - 5:00 Frontline Communities and the Carbon Dividend
For more information and to register
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Join the action!
Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice California March
Saturday, September 8, 2018, starting at 10:00 AM
Embarcadero Plaza• 4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
Organized by The People's Climate Movement, together with 350 Bay Area, 350 Silicon Valley, the Sierra Club, GreenFaith, and 50 other organizations.
More info and RSVP here.
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Interim Peninsula Bikeway Launch on Sept. 8
The Peninsula Bikeway is an idea that has grown out of the coordination of four cities (Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Mountain View) to better connect our cities and the region. Come join the interim Peninsula Bikeway launch on September 8 at Burgess Park in Menlo Park with rides starting in each of the cities. For more details, please click here.
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Global Climate Action Summit
Wed., Sept. 12- Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, San Francisco
The 2018 Summit will bring people together from around the world to showcase climate action and inspire deeper commitments from national governments, and each other, in support of the Paris Agreement. There will be 5 tracks: Healthy Energy Systems, Inclusive Economic Growth, Sustainable Communities, Land & Ocean Stewardship, Transformative Climate Investment.
Many affiliated events are open to the public. Check the GCAS site for the affiliated events (including the ones mentioned in this newsletter) and sign up soon.
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Global Climate Action Summit Affiliated Event:
The ClimateMusic Project presents "Play for the Planet"
Wed., September 12, 2018, 12-6 pm
at San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch (outdoors)
For more details, please click here.
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Batteries and Clean Tech: Energy Storage Trends for Transportation and Grid Storage
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Registration/Networking: 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Program: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Networking: 8:00 PM - 8:45 PM
At Procopio, 1117 S. California Ave. Suite 200, Palo Alto
This is a joint program with the Japan Society of Northern California.
For more info. and tickets, please click here.
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Imagine a Day Without Water
October 10, 2018
Join us and many others in celebrating the value of water.
Sign up here.
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Jeff Goodell has written a compelling book about sea level rise. It is hard to imagine the impact on the billions of people who live near water, or even inland from water. Nevertheless, we need to prepare!
Learn more about Jeff Goodell at this link.
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Reshaping of the Civilized World is based on scientific research and investigative reporting.
Here is a NY Times review.
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Minerva Ventures is a consulting firm that works with established and new companies, communities and leaders from all sectors to create strategies and to implement plans that will help them thrive in an uncertain future. We bring insights from systems thinking to drive towards solutions that enhance resilience and success.
For more information visit our updated website: minervaventures.com
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