Join KneeDeep Times for Lightning Talks with 8 Local Reporters at SF Climate Week 

The Hidden Details Behind the Story:
Local climate science, maps, tech and resilient communities! 

Earth Day April 22, 6-7 pm
Bay Area Metro Center, San Francisco
SF Climate Week 

1. Tech reporter Daniel McGlynn on the community fire reporting app Watch Duty and what consumer tech can teach us about how to approach climate change.
2. Journalism student Taylor Barton on how to use your car battery to power your home during blackouts. 
3. Nat Geo Storyteller and Fulbright recipient Sierra Garcia on floating solar.
4. Science writer Kathleen Wong on gene-mapping the local extent of the near-extinct salt marsh harvest mouse. 
5. Computer Engineer and writer Kofi Ansong on energy equity.
6. Water reporter Alastair Bland on sea level rise, ocean coast erosion and managed retreat. 
7. Everyday Climate Champions podcaster Dalya Massachi on an online collaboration space for women climate tech entrepreneurs. 
8. Equity reporter Audrey Brown on the Hunter’s Point shipyard and data on the disparities in toxic cleanup durations across the Bay Area. 

Arrive early for drinks, snacks, and a networking reception with local journalists, editors, local agency planners, and climate adaptation leaders. Reserve your spot now! 

Four Talks Exploring the Region’s Response

​Metro Center, April 22: 

• ​2-4 PM – Green Money, Green Impact: Exclusive Fireside Chat with California’s Green Bank — Bay Area Air Quality Management District 
• ​4-5 PM – Can AI Help the Bay Area Plan for Climate Change? — Bay Conservation & Development Commission & Bay Area Regional Collaborative
• ​4:30-6 PM – The Down Low Mixer: enjoy drinks and apps and meet project leaders, innovators, designers, planners, and reporters. Limited to forum attendees.
• ​5:30-8 PM – Advancing Nature Based Solutions: At the Intersection of Design and Community — San Francisco Estuary Partnership & Bay Area Regional Collaborative
• ​6-7 PM – Lightning Talks by 8 Reporters On Local Climate Science, Tech, and Resilience — KneeDeep Times 

Other events from our partners:

April 23, 6-7:30 PM at Manny’s – Climate Conversations: Rising Seas, Resilient Communities – Save the Bay

April 25, 12-1 PM at the Metro Center – From Science to Action: ‘Treasure Maps’ for a Resilient Bay – SFEI