Connect with others to address the climate crisis in ways that are meaningful to you, from poetry and music to science and practical action.
JULY 2026 SCHEDULE
All events held at the Main Library unless otherwise noted.
| | | | Presentation: Sustainable Investing
Wed, July 1, 12-1 pm, Zoom
Book Club: The Story is in Our Bones
Wed, July 1, 6-7 pm, Paley Room | Book Club: World Literature, Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction
Thu, July 2, 6-7:30 pm, Zoom | | |
Workshop: Climate Communication; Emotions & Actions
Sun, July 5, 12, 19, 1-3 pm, Latino Room and Offsite
Presentation (演講): 我們的城市，我們的電力：是時候在三藩市全面實現公共電力
(Presentation: Our City Our Power in English with Cantonese Translation)
Sun, July 5, 2-3 pm, Chinese Center | | Presentation: Protecting Biodiversity in SF
Tue, July 7, 5:30-6:30 pm, Environmental Center | Film: Water For Life
Wed, July 8, 5-7:30 pm, Koret | Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates Ecopoetry
Thu, July 9, 6-7:15 pm, Latino Room | | Social: Library Day at the New Farm with performances by Bay Beats artists
Sat, July 11, 1-4 pm, Offsite: New Farm, 10 Cargo Way |
Workshop: Climate Communication; Emotions & Actions
Sun, July 5, 12, 19, 1-3 pm, Latino Room and Offsite | | Workshop: Rooted in Earth: Cacao & Pocket Altars for Connection and Care, presented by Marigold Project and SF Latinas Social Club
Tue, July 14, 5-7 pm, Latino Room | Presentation: Covering Climate Now
Wed, July 15, 5:30-6:30pm, Environmental Center
Presentación: Nuestra ciudad nuestra energía (Presentation: Our City Our Power)
Wed, July 15, 6-7 pm, Excelsior Branch | Film: How to Power a City
Thu, July 16, 12-1:30 pm, Latino Room
Author: Allison Carruth on Novel Ecologies
Thu, July 16, 6-7 pm, Zoom | | |
Workshop: Climate Communication; Emotions & Actions
Sun, July 5, 12, 19, 1-3 pm, Latino Room and Offsite
Workshop: Finding Your Place in the Climate Justice Movement
Sun, July 19, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Latino Room | | | Film: Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
Wed, July 22, 3-4:30 pm,
Golden Gate Valley Branch
Author: Osprey Orielle Lake, The Story is in Our Bones
Wed, July 22, 6-7 pm, The Page, 1st Floor | Presentation: Hope after Climate Catastrophe
Thu, July 23, 6-7 pm, Latino Room | | |
Film: A Radical Thread (2026) + Q&A with Director Jeanne Finley
Sun, July 26, 1-2:30 pm, Latino Room | | | Presentation: Our City Our Power - It's Time for Full Public Power in San Francisco
Wed, July 29, 6-7 pm, Learning Studio | | | |
July-August On the Same Page selection:
Sea Now by Eva Meijer
Related events:
August 18, 6 pm, Main Library, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
Author Eva Meijer, translator Anne Thompson Melo and Gregory Hom discuss , a haunting work of climate fiction set in a submerged Netherlands.
Book Club: Eva Meijer’s Sea Now
Discuss a haunting work of climate fiction set in a submerged Netherlands. Sea Now by Eva Meijer, translated by Anne Thompson Melo, follows three women who set out by boat to search for loved ones in a world reshaped by rising seas and reclaimed by seabirds, whales and kelp forests. Explore themes of resilience, loss and environmental change while reflecting on the novel’s blend of philosophy and nature writing.
Sun, July 26, 2 pm, Marina Branch
Wed, July 29, 6 pm, Main Library, Environmental Center, 5th Floor
, Thu, July 30, 7 p.m, Virtual Library
