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This is a monthly meetup for women who work in, or want to work in, climate. 

4. Move through topics in order of highest to lowest votes (7 min per topic)

We will use a Lean Coffee format, where we co-create the agenda real-time and get through the topics that are most interesting to the group. Each month we'll pick an industry learning theme and a jobs related theme to focus on. 

This is a casual event so come when you can and no worries if you miss a month. It's helpful to RSVP each month so we have a sense of who is joining or not.

Please reach out with questions or feedback. Anyone is welcome who identifies as a woman, no matter your climate experience. 

Women in Climate Meetup

 are collaborating to present a monthly series of invaluable tips and tricks to advance your career working on climate. Our career advancement meetup offers a unique opportunity to learn from experts, build a strong community, and chart your path in the climate sector.

​Join the MCJ and Climate People team every second Wednesday of the month as we tackle the challenges of the climate job search together.

​​Please reach out with any questions or feedback. Anyone is welcome to join, irregardless of whether you're an existing MCJ member.

Your Invisible Network: How to Create, Maintain, and Leverage the Relationships That Will Transform Your Career

In this interactive talk, author and executive coach 

 will share insights and practical tools from his book, 

 and from his years coaching leaders of all backgrounds. 

In this session, Michael will talk about:

Our objective is for you to leave this session feeling confident, energized, and ready to expand your professional network! The session will also have plenty of time for you to meet other attendees and be inspired by each other. We look forward to seeing you there!

MCJ + Climate People Climate Career Advancement Meetup

Connect, share and learn in a MCJ Community Welcome Call. 

Still have questions? Reach out to Leone on slack! 

We're looking forward to meeting you properly soon! 

MCJ Community Welcome Call

Want to help tackle climate change but don’t have the time to become a climate scientist?

, the collaborative and playful science-based 

 workshop will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change and empower you to take action. It also generates discussions on solutions we can put in place both at an individual and collective level. Climate Fresk is an empowering tool for everybody concerned with climate change and willing to raise awareness in their entourage.

With 1,200,000 participants, 60,000 volunteers, 50 countries, 45 languages over the last 4 years, we're excited to be collaborating with Climate Fresk to bring their unique workshop to the MCJ community! 

Climate Fresk is a serious game where participants use their collective intelligence to build a collage and link the causes and consequences of climate change using 42 science-based cards that represent the different components of climate change. 

Participants collaboratively work to identify cause and effect relationships, under the supervision of a trained facilitator to guide them, provide additional insights and ensure smooth communication. 

As a second part to the workshop, participants leverage the lessons learned from the cards and ideate about the best actions & solutions to be taken individually or collectively to mitigate Climate Change.

Capacity for this first workshop is limited to 10. 

Can't make this workshop, but wish to be notified about future ones? 

MCJ x Climate Fresk: November Workshop

Jump into 3 week facilitated learning with 15 other MCJ members! 

Ever feel overwhelmed by how much there is to learn about ‘climate’? Never know which resources are worth your time, and which will waste your time? Keen to meet others interested in similar topics? Want short, energetic bursts of group learning to keep you engaged and excited?

 are designed to bring members together around one central topic every month, via 10-15 diverse resources curated by an expert. 

Fashion's Future - Threading the global journey of your wardrobe!

In this learning sprint we’ll take a journey along the life cycle of the clothes in your wardrobe. From the materials used, to who made them, whether we should even buy them, and how we can stop them from ending up in landfill - it will be a fascinating two weeks threading together globalisation, human rights, material innovation, circularity, consumption and so much more.

Whilst this event series shows it's 1 hour for each session, it's actually: 

Register for this series! We ask that you participate in at least 2 of the 3 sessions. Your registration to this event series will confirm your participation, and we'll then be in touch to add you to the private slack channel when the sprint kicks off. 

 to participate. If you have any questions, 

Can't make this sprint, or don't want to learn this topic, but wish to be in the loop for the future? 

Recent participants of our 'Food Systems: From Farm to Fork' sprint. 

MCJ Learning Sprint: Fashion's Future - Threading the global journey of your wardrobe!

Hi everyone, we are already in the fall 2023 and it has been a great year already for MCJ collective with many events and new members joining. let's get together in South Bay (update: it will be in Mountain View) on Thursday October 12 starting 5pm!

Come meet up with the Bay Area MCJ members and the climatetech community.

​More details about the MCJ climatetech community, content and membership: 

​This will be a casual meetup, no set agenda. 

​Venue details: Beer garden Das Bierhauz in Mountain View - 

 - 135 Castro Street, Mountain View, California 94041 (Happy hours from 5 to 5:30pm if you want to join early for it)

Bay Area Climate Tech meetup - MCJ Drinks & network - Oct 12 2023 5pm

Join us at Sustainable Ventures for our September Climate Social! 

Converse and connect with entrepreneurs, operators, investors, academics, policymakers and more

who are all passionate about climate solutions. 

. Sarah is the Director leading the Cleantech for UK initiative, building up a coalition of cleantech and policy leaders to scale up sustainable innovation in the UK. Before joining Cleantech Group, Sarah spent 11 years working for the UK civil service, primarily in energy and innovation policy and legislation. She began her career as a research associate working on carbon capture and storage. Sarah has a degree in Environmental Science, a Ph.D. in Isotope Geochemistry and a Master’s in public policy. 

: Sustainable Ventures, County Hall, Belvedere Road, SE1 7PB. Some drink will be provided, after which it will be a paid bar. 

 +1/2s/3s are welcome, but please ask all guests to register in advance via this event page. There are limited spaces and we will reach capacity. 

 At MCJ, we believe in breaking down knowledge siloes and supporting climate solutions. One way that we do this is via our community of 3500+ people! 

 Cleantech for UK is a new initiative aiming to pave the way for a new generation of global cleantech champions, by establishing a dialogue between the UK’s policy-making community and those living the reality of creating, incubating, investing in and scaling cleantech companies.

 We are a full-service ecosystem empowering sustainable start-ups to scale through community, investment, innovation, and workspace.

Details on how to find us: https://www.sustainableventures.co.uk/locations

MCJ London: September Social, with Sustainable Ventures and Cleantech for UK

The Drop is more fun when you know people going! Join us for The Drizzle, the 2nd annual happy hour before The Drop, to meet fellow climate, biodiversity, and sustainability founders and investors the night before the big event.

Beer will flow, light appetizers will be served, and conversations will range from biodiversity to DAC and back. Someone will probably sign a SAFE note.

We're taking over the taproom at Hyllie Bryggeri, Malmö's finest local brewery.

 invests in pre-seed climate tech, mostly software. In 2019 founding partner 

 woke up to the climate crisis and dedicated his work to support climate tech founders right when they're starting. Jetstream has invested in over 25 climate tech startups.

 is a venture capital firm for startups that prevent biodiversity loss. We back early-stage founders with a vision of an abundant future for both humans and nature. Founded by 

, Superorganism convenes a community of founders, advisors, and investors working to protect biodiversity. Our portfolio of hardware, software, and biotech companies are re-imagining nature's place within our societies and global economy.

 powers collective innovation for climate solutions by breaking down silos and unleashing problem-solving capacity. We’re a platform for the flow of information, ideas, and capital needed to accelerate individual climate journeys and enable collaboration. An early-stage climate tech investor, MCJ backs companies in the EU and around the world and has built a portfolio of over 80+ companies.

 invests in early stage technology startups. The team offers programs that inspire both professional and personal growth based on the deep belief that creativity flourishes when founders are fully supported. True's climate investments span decarbonization, emissions measurement, renewable energy, and more.

The Drizzle Happy Hour

Join fellow MCJ members in Portland for a casual happy hour! 

Everyone is welcome, irregardless of your experience in the climate tech space. 

Have questions? Reach out to Leone (who is in town!) in the MCJ slack. +1s/2s/3s very welcome. 

I'll bring some MCJ stickers so hopefully you can spot us, but if you have any difficulty give me (Leone) a ring on +447710514025

MCJ Portland Happy Hour

Join fellow MCJ members in Seattle for a casual happy hour! 

Free on the 24th August as well? RSVP also for the next 

, bringing together the MCJ, Work on Climate and Climate Changemakers communities. 

MCJ Seattle Community Happy Hour!

Join us at BeZero's HQ for lightening talks, breakout discussions and drinks. 

​We'll be digging deep into opportunities available across the supply side, demand side and market infrastructure organisations that exist today, scoping what steps we need to take as an industry and brainstorming how different stakeholders can lean in further and get involved.

: BeZero HQ: Senna Building, Gorsuch Place, London, E2 8JF

 +1/2s/3s are welcome, but please ask all guests to 

. There are limited spaces left and this event will reach maximum capacity. 

All backgrounds and prior levels of understanding are welcome. 

Patch builds software connecting and supporting the unique needs of buyers and suppliers in the carbon market. For suppliers, Patch’s CarbonOS is the platform many of the world’s leading project developers use to manage and sell their carbon credits. Patch’s marketplace enables buyers to access the widest network of vetted and rated credits through spot purchases or multi-year offtake agreements. Finally, Patch has built a suite of software products that enable businesses to extend climate action to their networks of consumers, suppliers, subsidiaries and partners.

 BeZero Carbon’s ratings are critical to the development of the Voluntary Carbon Market. We’re the world’s most comprehensive provider of ratings-based risk analysis. Our technology, ratings and research enable market participants to make better net zero decisions.

MCJ London x BeZero x Patch: Carbon Markets - A View of the Future Showcase

 invites you to hang out with other members of the Houston Climate Tech community at Second Draught. 

Join to connect with folks who are working to build, support and join ventures in the local climate tech ecosystem, alongside some of the MCJ team. 

, we believe in breaking down knowledge siloes and supporting climate solutions. One way that we do this is via our community of 3000+ people! Interested? 

MCJ Houston: Climate Happy Hour 

 invite you to hang out with other members of the New York Climate Tech community at citizenM's rooftop bar. 

Join to connect with folks who are working to build, support and join ventures in the local climate tech ecosystem. We'll share the full list of who is joining, alongside their LinkedIn URLs and 'offers' to the group, ahead of the event so you know who is coming. The full MCJ team will be in attendance too! 

, we believe in breaking down knowledge siloes and supporting climate solutions. One way that we do this is via our community of 3000+ people! Keen to join the community? 

 aims to be a community resource - built for and by our community. Whether you're a student exploring the field, a professional looking to change careers, or an expert excited to bring your ideas to expand the ecosystem, we would love to have you on board! 

MCJ x NY Climate Tech Happy Hour 

 invite you to hang out with other members of the Boston area Climate Tech community at SVB's Boston office. 

Come meet people who are working to build, support, and join ventures in the local climate tech ecosystem - as well as the full MCJ team who will be in attendance. 

MCJ x SVB: Boston Climate Tech Happy Hour

Join us for an evening of drinks, networking and climate-focused conversation between the MCJ and Pebblebed communities. We'll be joined by the Pebblebed team, in their incredible offices, alongside MCJ's very own Jason Jacobs. 

Collective powers collective innovation for climate solutions by breaking down silos and unleashing problem-solving capacity. We’re a platform for the flow of information, ideas, and capital needed to accelerate individual climate journeys and enable collaboration.

We're a bunch of builders backing early stage founders with a nerdy secret. The cast is Pam Vagata (founding eng of OpenAI, AI lead for Stripe, builder of FBLearner Flow); Keith Adams (former chief architect at Slack, founder of FB's AI Research team, builder of HHVM, engineer #20 at VMWare); Luke Byrne (all around tinkerer, former partner at Tapestry in Europe); Tammie Siew (former Sequoia and GGV backed founder in consumer healthtech x mobile gaming, investor at Sequoia Singapore).

+1s/2s/3s are welcome, but please ask all your guests to register via this event page in advance. Spaces are limited, and we'll be operating a waitlist for when capacity is reached. 

We'll be kindly hosted at the Pebblebed offices (1417 15th street, San Francisco) in their amazing mission space. 

If you have any questions, reach out to Leone (MCJ's Community Lead) via 

MCJ Collective x pebblebed: Climate and AI

Join us at Epoch Biodesign's HQ, for a panel, drinks and lab tour. 

We'll be digging into what it's like building venture backed biotech startups in the UK - from the early days to now scaling up - alongside concerns and hopes for the future. 

 in order to gain access to the lab space. One of the Epoch Biodesign team will meet you on the ground floor to guide you in the right direction. If you arrive after 6pm, please let Leone know. No entrance will be facilitated after 6.15 - sorry! 

There will be some drinks and light refreshments provided at this event - some of which are kindly provided by 

. The Uncommon is an award-winning, Kent-based canned sparkling wine company. A certified B Corp, they've partnered with Kent Wildlife Trust to support local biodiversity, as one of their many sustainability initiatives. 

, we believe in breaking down knowledge siloes and supporting climate solutions. One way that we do this is via our community of 2500+ people! At our monthly 'MCJ First Mondays' socials in London, you can converse and connect with entrepreneurs, operators, investors, academics, explorers, students 

who are all passionate about climate solutions too. 

MCJ London: Building A Biotech Startup In Climate - Panel, Q&A & Lab Tour

We'll be digging into the challenges and opportunities facing climate startups spinning out of UK universities. We have funders, founders and experts lined up to share their perspective, with time for casual drinks and conversation afterwards. 

: Sustainable Ventures, 3rd Floor, Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB

Floor 3, Kyoto Building - if you have any issues accessing the workspace, ring +447710514025! 

MCJ London: Climate Startups at UK Universities - Panel + Drinks

Join us in the MCJ Community Slack to kick off our 24 hour 'Ask Me Anything' with Tonya Hicks (Power Solutions Inc, Women Do Everything LLC). 

Our next MCJ Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) is with 

 Tonya Hicks is a serial entrepreneur and journeyman wireman electrician in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). She became the first woman to become a journeyman wireman in Local 917 of IBEW in her hometown of Meridian, Mississippi. She is the first African American woman to become an IBEW journeyman electrician in the State of Mississippi. Ms. Hicks specializes in robotics, building automation, and high voltage equipment installation and repair. In 2000, at the age of 28, Ms. Hicks founded Power Solutions, Inc.; an electrical contracting and facility maintenance company specializing in renewable energy, sustainability, and smart city technology. In 2015, Ms. Hicks launched Women Do Everything LLC; a workforce development and technology company helping women to thrive in male dominated industries through employment and entrepreneurship. Tonya serves on the board of C5 Georgia Leadership Foundation, Georgia Women’s Chamber of Commerce, and Board Chair for Partners in Action for Healthy Living (PAHL). In November 2019, Ms. Hicks was featured in Forbes Japan for expanding her business in Singapore and the New York Times for her progress as a tradeswoman and business owner in the construction industry. Ms. Hicks is a Leadership Atlanta Class of 2022 alumni and a Sustainability Ambassador for the City of Atlanta. Tonya is a graduate of the inaugural classes of the City of Atlanta Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI), Women Export University by UPS, The Bridge Accelerator by Microsoft, and the African Diaspora Network (ABLE) Program. Ms. Hicks has received several honors and awards. She was honored in 2021 with the Minority Contractor of the Year award by the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC)- Atlanta Chapter.

Wednesday 8th February at 9am PST - 12pm EST - 5pm GMT 

Set your reminders, and get your questions ready! You can ask Tonya anything!

NOTE: This event will act as a placeholder in your calendar. Only MCJ members will be able to attend. Not yet a member? Apply to join 

MCJ AMA: Tonya Hicks

, we believe in breaking down knowledge siloes and supporting climate solutions. One way that we do this is via our community of 2500+ people! 

At our monthly 'MCJ First Mondays' socials in London, you can converse and connect with entrepreneurs, operators, investors, academics, explorers, students 

who are all passionate about climate solutions too. When you register, you'll have the option to input an 'ask' and an 'offer'. These will be shared with the group beforehand, alongside a full list of who has signed up.

We'll also be hearing from founders within the MCJ community; 

They'll tell us more about the problem they're solving, and what they're building. 

: The Wildwood Room at The Green Man, 36 Riding House Street, London, W1W 7EP

. Created by a coalition of climate organizations - Climate Draft, 

, MCJ Collective, Work on Climate, Climate People, Project Drawdown, Frontier and more - we’ll be welcoming attendees of the week to join us!

MCJ London: February Mixer

Join us in the MCJ Community Slack to kick off our 24 hour 'Ask Me Anything' with Peter Minor (Carbon180) and Jack 

, Policy Manager for Carbon Management at 

. Peter and Jack are two of the world’s foremost experts in the world on carbon dioxide removal (CDR).

 Peter is the director of science and innovation at Carbon180. His knowledge of the latest science helps the team craft federal policy recommendations that catalyze the carbon removal industry. Prior to Carbon180, Peter built a startup accelerator and venture fund focused on frontier innovation. He is a staunch believer that technology can help solve humanity’s greatest challenges.

 Jack runs the carbon management portfolio at Breakthrough Energy. He focuses on the policies and partnerships that will advance direct air capture, CCS, and geologic storage to meet net-zero by 2050 goals. Prior to joining Breakthrough, Jack was the Energy Policy Advisor at The Climate Reality Project and an Engineering Design Associate at Duke Energy.

Our AMA with Peter and Jack will start on 

Wednesday 25th January at 9am PST - 12pm EST - 5pm GMT 

In Peter and Jack’s episode with Cody, they cover:

Ahead of the AMA, you can also check out the Carbon180 and Breakthrough Energy websites. 

Set your reminders, and get your questions ready!

Only MCJ members will be able to attend. Not yet a member? Apply to join 

MCJ AMA: Peter Minor & Jack Andreasen

Free on Monday 16th January? Keen to chat all things climate? We'd love to meet you! 

 are passing through Paris, and would love to say hello! We're gathering climate curious and climate focused friends together, from the 

+1s/2s/3s are very welcome, the more the merrier, we simply ask that everyone registers beforehand so we can get an accurate idea of numbers. We'll also be sharing a list of who is joining ahead of the night itself.

, 5 Parv. Alan Turing, 75013 Paris. We'll find a space in the Biergarten area (see map below) - see you there! If you have trouble locating us, Leone is on +447710514025. 

A map of La Felicita - with the Biergarten area in the blue box...

Biergarten @ LA FELICITÀ - we'll find a space in this area, see you there! 

Paris Climate Tech Drinks

Get ready for MCJ's November Social - in partnership with Sustainable Ventures! 

's 'MCJ First Mondays' socials in London, you can converse and connect with entrepreneurs, operators, investors, academics, explorers, students 

who are all passionate about climate solutions too. This month, we're partnering with 

 - the incredible central London workspace with an ever growing community of sustainable businesses. 

When you register, you'll have the option to input an 'ask' and an 'offer'. These will be shared with the group beforehand, alongside a full list of who has signed up. 

: Sustainable Ventures Workspace, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7PB. 

Here's a helpful guide to find the entrance

 - the workspace is then on the third floor. There will be an initial bar tab, and then drinks are on a pay-per-drink basis. 

Note: You MUST be a member of either Sustainable Ventures or MCJ Collective to join this social. 

If you register to join and are neither, your registration may be rejected depending on capacity (we're limited to 50 people). 

MCJ Collective x Sustainable Ventures - Climate Social

Join us in the MCJ Community Slack to kick off our 24 hour 'Ask Me Anything' with Dr Leah Stokes. 

Our next MCJ Ask-Me-Anything is with the 

 Dr. Leah Stokes. Policy expert, award-winning author, podcast host, TIME100 Next honoree, Business Insider Climate Action 30 leader and MORE.

 Leah is the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Political Science, and is also affiliated with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Among SO many other accolades, in 2022 alone Leah was named an advocate on 

 global leaders working toward climate solutions. Wow. She’s also the award-winning author of 

 podcast, and senior policy advisor for Rewiring America 

In Jason’s words, Leah is a ‘combination of pragmatic, progressive, commercial minded, activism minded, academic minded, scientific minded, all kind of blended into one powerhouse of a woman’.

asynchronously in this channel for 24 hours.

In Leah’s episode with Jason, they cover:

Ahead of the AMA, you can also check out 

, her video chat with Project Drawdown on 

MCJ AMA: Dr Leah Stokes

Join us in the MCJ Community Slack to kick off our 24 hour 'Ask Me Anything' with Eliza Nemser (Climate Changemakers) and Caroline Spears (Climate Cabinet).

 Next Wednesday we’re hosting a MCJ Ask-Me-Anything with 

Ahead of the US midterms on November 8th, Eliza and Caroline will be joining us to workshop ways the MCJ community can take action and get involved in supporting climate champions across the thousands of candidates up for election this November 8th. We’re watching everything: from State Legislatures, County Commissions and City Councils to the United States Senate.

Eliza and Caroline have both been My Climate Journey podcast guests - listen to Eliza’s episode 

Want a reminder for the AMA? Register here for this AMA, to add it to your calendar! 

 A Ph.D. Geoscientist, Eliza spent over a decade at a multinational infrastructure firm, assessing earthquake hazards at critical facilities for government agencies and big oil companies. In 2017, Eliza pivoted to work on environmental health and justice, with an emphasis on climate politics; in 2022 she received the "Grist Fixer" award. Eliza was a consulting advocate and strategist with the NRDC Action Fund before co-founding Climate Changemakers in August 2020 (alongside our very own Cody Simms, amongst others). Climate Changemakers is a nonpartisan community action network mobilizing ‘you, me, and everyone we know’ as effective advocates for climate candidates and ambitious climate policies.

, which helps hundreds of candidates run, win and legislate on the climate crisis every year. Climate Cabinet built the largest database of climate and political action in the country, and uses this to find and support under-the-radar candidates with outsized climate wins. 

Climate Cabinet is like Moneyball - for climate policy.

Our joint AMA with Eliza and Caroline will start on 

Wednesday 19th October at 8am PST - 11am EST- 4pm BST.

 Eliza and Caroline will both be answering your questions 

Alongside your burning midterm questions (or simply not a US citizen but still keen to get involved), you can also ask them about…

Register for this event to bookmark the kick off time in your calendar, and get your questions ready!

MCJ AMA: Eliza Nemser & Caroline Spears

Join us in the MCJ Community Slack to kick off our 24 hour 'Ask Me Anything' with Andy Martinez and Sam Steyer. 

Andy Martinez is our first guest on our new Skilled Labor Series on the 

, hosted by MCJ Partner Yin Lu and special co-host Sam Steyer of Greenwork. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the skilled labor workforce, including the electricians, the farmers, the ranchers, the HVAC installers, and others who are on the front lines of rewiring our infrastructure. We decided to create this series after hearing the desire from many members of the community who wanted to learn more from folks in the trades. They’re also our first joint-AMA guests too!

 Andy Martinez is an experience field performance technician and licensed electrician for 

, based in Illinois. Driven by passion for solar, troubleshooting and helping people. As a field technician he repairs, installs, replaces and services different systems and equipment.

, a software startup helping climate tech companies build their construction teams, both by adding new employees and by partnering with local specialty contractors.

In this episode, Andy, Sam and Yin dig into:

Our podcast episode with Andy and Sam will go live on 

- you can find the My Climate Journey Podcast 

Andy and Sam will both be answering your questions 

Leone Baron

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