Hi all,
Keeping it quick this time around! Here are our picks for the week:
Today power up at ⚛️ Manhattan's Project - The New Nuclear Ecosystem
Tomorrow talk self-driving cars with Streetlife Ventures and Keyframe at 🚙 AVs are Actually Happening: What Now?
Also tomorrow, do a deep dive into deep tech at 🔬 DEEP-TECH DEEP-DIVE - Scaling the Next Generation of Technologies and the 🍹 Deep Tech Week Happy Hour @ Makelab | NY Hardware Meetup
Thursday it’s all about carbon at the 🌍 C2V Initiative Year 4 Final Showcase with UFL and the 🏙️ 1930 Broadway CarbonQuest Carbon Capture Tour with GreenHome NYC
Friday, head to Pratt for 🏛️ Resilience Thinking Pratt Public Sphere and 🧵 Microplastics and Fibers: Problem and Solutions
As always, scroll down for the full list of events.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities team
This Week’s Events
🎬 Sustainable Production: Reducing Carbon Footprints: Tue, Apr 1
🌱 The Sustainable Retail Collective: Tue, Apr 1
💧 Celebrate World Water Day - "Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration": Tue, Apr 1
⚛️ Manhattan's Project - The New Nuclear Ecosystem: Tue, Apr 1
🏙️ Smart City Expo USA: Wed, Apr 2
🔬 DEEP-TECH DEEP-DIVE - Scaling the Next Generation of Technologies: Wed, Apr 2
🚙 AVs are Actually Happening: What Now?: Wed, Apr 2
✊ Brooklyn Hour of Action: Wed, Apr 2
⚡️ Synthetic Fuels: Wed, Apr 2
♻️ MAKESTREAM: Circularity 101 Workshop + Creative Circularity Panel: Wed, Apr 2
🍹 Deep Tech Week Happy Hour @ Makelab | NY Hardware Meetup: Wed, Apr 2
📈 Spring 2025 Lecture in Climate Data Science: OREOLUWA BADAKI: Thu, Apr 3
🏙️ 1930 Broadway CarbonQuest Carbon Capture Tour: Thu, Apr 3
🍯 Hive to Table: Oscar-Shortlisted Film & Honey-Infused Bites: Thu, Apr 3
⚡ Solving the AI Energy and Silicon Complexity Crises with Physics-Based Computing: Thu, Apr 3
🌍 C2V Initiative Year 4 Final Showcase: Thu, Apr 3
🏛️ Resilience Thinking Pratt Public Sphere: Fri, Apr 4
💬 The Climate Emergency in the Language Classroom: Fri, Apr 4
🧵 Microplastics and Fibers: Problem and Solutions: Fri, Apr 4
♻️ The End of Waste: A Visionary Future: Fri, Apr 4
🪫 Community E-Waste Event: Sat, Apr 5
🚶♂️ Gowanus Art Walk & Climate Talk with Gotham SideWalks: Sat, Apr 5
🌿 Climate Volunteers Spring Kickoff: Sun, Apr 6
🍻 Net Impact NYC April Social Hour: Mon, Apr 7
Community Shoutouts
🎨 Climate Studio Initiative: Due April 15
Pratt Institute, in collaboration with Beam Center and Telos Learning, is proud to launch its new Climate Studio Initiative. In its inaugural year, the initiative will host the Climate Studio Residency 2025, bringing together artists, scientists, and educators with youth from New York City. With funds of $4,000 per resident, this call is open to all applicants with a demonstrated interest in climate literacy or climate justice who meet the application criteria.
🌊 2025 Waterfront Conference: May 13
The 2025 Waterfront Conference comes at a pivotal moment, exploring a shifting political landscape, evolving funding challenges, and transformative policy changes. With a new administration reshaping federal priorities, the event is an unparalleled opportunity to influence critical conversations and advance solutions to define the future of climate resilience, waterfronts, and coastlines.
Opportunities
💻 Compute for Climate Fellowship: Due Apr. 6
The Compute for Climate Fellowship is a global R&D funding program that empowers climate tech startups to leverage advanced cloud computing and AI in the fight against climate change. The Fellowship was founded in 2023 by the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), under the auspices of UNESCO, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Each Fellow company accepted into the program builds a groundbreaking proof-of-concept (PoC) climate solution that is funded by AWS, with technical and scientific advisors from AWS and IRCAI.
🦋 Ray of Hope Accelerator: Due Apr. 25
Calling all nature-inspired startups! Join a diverse cohort of high-impact visionary leaders. Receive personalized support, access to funding, attend a Nature Retreat and more. Apply today and be part of a community driving positive change!
🌇 The Urban Future Prize Competition: Due Apr. 28
For the ninth consecutive year, the Urban Future Lab is proud to present the Urban Future Prize Competition, which identifies and supports top climatetech startups. Thanks to the generous support of MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), and NYU Tandon School of Engineering, two winners will each receive a $50,000 cash prize and admission into the ACRE Incubator—New York’s longest-running and most successful climatetech program.
🌎 Climate Tech Cities and Streetlife Ventures Startup and Talent Platforms
Climate Tech Cities and Streetlife Ventures are launching new platforms to support climate founders, funders, and career transitioners! There is no shortage of great companies raising money for their groundbreaking ideas, great investors looking to support with capital, and great talent living the mantra that every job is a climate job. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Upcoming Events
🌍 The Good Business that comes from Good Business Research Forum: Tue, Apr 8
🎨 Creative Climate Awards 2025 Opening Night: Tue, Apr 8
💪 Manhattan Climate Changemakers Hour of Action: Tue, Apr 8
🍏 Green Apple Trivia: Tue, Apr 8
🌱 Monthly Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner: Tue, Apr 8
📊 Urban Science Research Seminar: Cynthia Zeng: Wed, Apr 9
☕️ Climate Cafe & Facilitator Training: Wed, Apr 9
⚡️ DERTF NYC Meetup: Wed, Apr 9
🌍 Brooklyn Hour of Action: Wed, Apr 9
🍺 4WARD NYC Climate & Sustainability Networking Meetup: Thu, Apr 10
🍽️ Food Rescue Social Series: Feed the Future: Thu, Apr 10
🦸 Become a Climate Hero! (Climate Fresk - ENG & SPA): Fri, Apr 11
🎉 CEA/SEA 20th Anniversary - Alumni Gala Reception: Fri, Apr 11
🏡 GreenHouse: Sat, Apr 12
📝 Climate Writing Club: Sat, Apr 12
🌊 Artemis Presents: There is a Place by the Solarpunk Society: Sat, Apr 12
🌍 Columbia University Global Sustainability Summit, 2025: Sun, Apr 13
🥂 SJC SpeakEASY Salon Series: Tue, Apr 15
🌃 Think Tech: Tools for Meeting Building Decarb Targets: Tue, Apr 15
🌱 Greenhouse Gang: Tue, Apr 15
🇨🇳 The China Climate Conundrum: Wed, Apr 16
This Week in Depth
🎬 Sustainable Production: Reducing Carbon Footprints
When: Tue, Apr. 1 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Where: 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn
This event focuses on sustainable production practices in the film and media industries, offering actionable insights for filmmakers and designers to reduce their carbon footprints. Held at Pratt Institute, it aims to equip professionals with strategies for more eco-friendly creative practices.
🌱 The Sustainable Retail Collective
When: Tue, Apr. 1 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: 417 5th Avenue, New York
The Sustainable Retail Collective is an interactive think tank that unites retailers in New York to discuss innovative co-retailing and collaborative strategies aimed at promoting sustainability in the retail sector.
💧 Celebrate World Water Day - "Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration"
When: Tue, Apr. 1 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: 22 Commerce Street, Brooklyn, US
"Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration" is an award-winning documentary screening that examines the relationship between communities and their water sources, followed by a Q&A and community discussion. The event aims to highlight the role of water in restoring climate systems and is part of the Film Series on Community Activism.
⚛️ Manhattan's Project - The New Nuclear Ecosystem
When: Tue, Apr. 1 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Where: RSVP for Location
"Manhattan's Project - The New Nuclear Ecosystem" is a free event in NYC focused on the nuclear energy community, featuring presentations from industry leaders and opportunities for networking among innovators, investors, and policymakers.
🏙️ Smart City Expo USA
When: Wed, Apr. 2 from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: 429 11th Avenue, New York