Build the core professional skills needed to be successful in green trades! This public workshop sponsored by MCE and SEI will be held in person CareerPoint Napa. You must register in advance using the attached link.
This public workshop will be held in person at MCE’s offices, as well as over Zoom. Date: October 22, 2026 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Locations: 1125 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901 2300 Clayton Road, Suite 1500, Concord, CA 94520 Joining Information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89558191522?pwd=3ZDhGry61ufbKYiEKaAmZDKJaB5qrf.1 Meeting ID: 895 5819 1522 Passcode: 551526
Last year's gathering brought together environmental advocates, community leaders, students, and friends from across our region. This Halloween, we're doing it again—and expanding the conversation. Please join the Napa Sierra Club Group for our 3rd Annual Regional Environmental Gathering, an afternoon of inspiration, conversation, and connection at Skyline Wilderness Park. Together with participants from Napa, […]
“Climate predictability is gone.” The weather patterns we once counted on no longer hold. What does an El Niño year mean for Napa Valley and the greater California region, and how do we prepare for a climate that no longer follows the historical script? Drew explores the two forces most shaping our future, fire and […]
“Not a rejection of a legacy but a next chapter, and a cheaper one too.” Napa’s growers are already living with a changing climate: shifting growing seasons, increased pest pressures, real costs. This session cuts through to what matters, from the difference between fossil carbon and modern carbon to where the real opportunities lie. Climate-smart […]
“Climate change does not belong to any one group of people.” Climate is reshaping economics from the household up to the capital markets, and it doesn’t land evenly. Rising insurance premiums, shifting property values, and energy costs hit some Napa families far harder than others. This session looks at where the money moves, and how […]
“The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones.” There aren’t five easy things you can do; it’s more like fifty hard ones but the news is better than most people think. From the decrease in solar costs to the surge in EVs, there’s reason to believe humanity may have reached peak combustion. Drew […]
“ A hotter future is certain. But how hot is up to us.” Two hundred years of climate science, from the first discovery of the greenhouse effect to measuring our atmosphere today. Drew walks through what we know, how we know it, and the question everyone is really asking: how screwed are we? About Professor […]
“No matter the problem you’re trying to solve, climate is the hole in the bucket.” Climate change is a health issue. Rising heat, wildfire smoke, air quality, and the uneven toll all of it takes on the most vulnerable among us. This session connects the science to the body and the community, and to what […]