NY Climate Tech: Apr 1 - Apr 8
NY Climate Tech: Apr 1 - Apr 8
Urban wildlife, sustainable careers, the SECs new climate rules, Danish demos, High Line art, climate summits, and more upcoming events!
Hi friends,
This past Saturday morning we hosted our first NY Climate Unconference. It was a bit of an experiment: we wanted an event that would create closer connections and catalyze conversation more than your average meetup or panel, but that would be less formal and top-down than a full conference.
We invited anyone who attended to speak, and had 16 incredible discussions over the course of the morning, with a diversity of topics almost too large to summarize: from “traditional” climate tech topics like utilities, interconnection queues, AI, sustainable fuels, and financing to expanded conversations on climate justice, art, nightlife, and changemaking.
And honestly? It was a blast. We kept this one small, with invites to community leaders, regulars, and paid subscribers, but we’ll definitely do more in the future. If you want to be the first to hear about the next one, the best way to is to support our work with a paid subscription!
Here are our picks for the week:
On Wednesday head to NYU for 🦉 Wild Animals in Urban Spaces for a lunch hour panel on wildlife and animals in NYC
Thursday, swing by BE-EX for Women in Sustainability and Energy’s 👷♀️Sustainable Career Showcase, Hells Kitchen for the 🏳️🌈 Out in Climate — NYC Happy Hour, or NYU to ⚖️ learn about the SEC’s Climate Disclosure
Start off Friday with Kaplak’s 🇩🇰 Danish Demo Day - Climate Tech Catalyzer in the morning, then meet artist Benjamin Von Wong and members of the Sustainable Fashion Community Collective on the High Line for 🥳 "Single-Use Reflections" no-frills wrap party (you can also meet the artist on Sunday), and finally unwind at our 🍻 First Friday Meetup in the East Village
On Sunday, head uptown for the 🌐 ESG & Sustainability Global Summit Spring 2024 at Columbia, then keep going north on Monday for the 🌎 Fordham Climate Action Summit 2024
As always, you can find the full list of this week’s and upcoming events below.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities team
This Week’s Events
🧪 Applied: Vol 3: Mon, Apr 1
🎲 Climate and Energy Game Night: Mon, Apr 1
🌍 Stephanie Hanes on The Climate Generation at Hunter College: Tue, Apr 02
💸 AnchorZero: Founders & Tax: Tue, Apr 2
🍹 The Carbonauts Sustainability Cocktails: Wed, Apr 03
🦉 Wild Animals in Urban Spaces: Wed, Apr 3
👷♀️ WISE: Sustainable Career Showcase: Thu, Apr 04
🏳️🌈 Out in Climate — NYC Happy Hour hosted by EQT Partners: Thu, Apr 04
⚖️ ICGF- New SEC Developments- Climate Disclosure: Thu, Apr 04
🍻 First Friday Meetup: Fri, Apr 5
🇩🇰 Danish Demo Day - Climate Tech Catalyzer: Fri, Apr 5
🥳 "Single-Use Reflections" no-frills wrap party!: Fri, Apr 5
🌐 ESG & Sustainability Global Summit Spring 2024: Sun, Apr 7
♻️ Meet the Artist on the High Line!: Sun, Apr 7
🌎 Fordham Climate Action Summit 2024: Mon, Apr 8
🌎 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!
Community Shoutouts
Upcoming
🧑🌾 Regenerative NYC: Apr 23
Join us as we unite a diverse spectrum of voices, including farmers, students, academics, NGOs, startup founders, business leaders, bankers, investors, and more to initiate a groundbreaking conversation on regenerative agriculture. Our mission is to educate through scientific evidence, foster collaboration, and cultivate a community dedicated to driving positive change through regenerative agriculture.
🤖 TechDay: May 10
TechDay is back this year with exciting events to bring together NYC’s most innovative startups, investors, tech talent and more. The TechDay Expo will take place on May 10 at Javits Center. For more info on TechDay’s Expo and upcoming Founder Summits in 2024.
Opportunities
⚡️ Offshore Wind Innovation Hub: Apr 1
The goal of the OWIH Accelerator is to support the growing offshore wind industry in New York, by bringing the most promising and impactful innovations to scale. To achieve this the program provides the selected cohort companies with bespoke support from all program partners to further technology development and commercialization goals.
🏙️ McKinsey InNYC: Apr 15
McKinsey & Company’s New York office has launched applications for its 2024 InNYC startup program, welcoming founders that have faced systemic barriers and who have experienced network and resource opportunity gaps. The program provides dedicated McKinsey team support and access to their network of functional and industry experts.
♻️ Fellowship - NYC Fair Trade Coalition: Apr 15
Interns have always played an integral role at the NYC Fair Trade Coalition. As we continue to evolve and grow so will our relationship with students, advocates, and business members. Once fellows are selected they will have the opportunity to work remotely connecting with the team for 2-3 hours a week via zoom or in-person working from The Sustainable Fashion Community Center 1 day a week.
Upcoming
✨ Peerless Pitch Competition: Apr 26
🏙️ URBAN-X: Apr 30
👩🔬 The Greenhouse: Apr 30
🦚 Ray of Hope Accelerator from the Biomimicry Institute: May 3
💸 The Innovation Prize — InnSure: May 30
🏹 AI Poverty Challenge: May 30
💻 IRCAI and AWS Compute for Climate Fellowship | IRCAI: Jun 7
Upcoming Events
🌎 Fordham Climate Action Summit 2024: Mon, Apr 8
🍻 Net Impact Monthly Social Hour: Tue, Apr 09
🍏 Green Apple Trivia: Tue, Apr 9
⚖️ At the Crossroads of Data, Environmental, and Climate Justice: Wed, Apr 10
🍏 Transforming Education for Sustainability: Wed, Apr 10
🌎 MYCO NYC: Wed, Apr 10
⚡️ YPE NYC April Happy Hour: Thu, Apr 11
👗 Circular Fashion Playground: Sat, Apr 13
📖 Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis: Mon, Apr 15
🧪 The Bio-Inspired Green (BIG) Science & Technology Symposium 2024: Thu, Apr 18
🍺 Climate Pints Spring Soiree: Thu, Apr 18
🌲 EcoExpo: Celebrating Earth's Champion: Thu, Apr 18
🧩 2024 NYILR Spring Symposium: Fri, Apr 19
🪩 Wildlife · Earth Night: Sat, Apr 20
🧹 Earth Day Queensway Cleanup: Sat, Apr 20
🎨 Creative Climate Awards Opening Night 2024: Sun, Apr 21
🕺 EARTH LOVE FEST · Block Party: Sun, Apr 21
🥕 FoodNiche Summit NYC: Mon, Apr 22
🌇 Where Nature Meets City: Three Short Films and Discussions: Mon, Apr 22
🧵 Harlems Fashion Row 3rd Annual Sustainability Forum: Mon, Apr 22
✅ Sustainability Programs Final Capstone Briefings: Spring 2024: Tue, Apr 23
☕️ 2024 Climate Café at the Brooklyn Public Library: Wed, Apr 24
⚡️ Accelerating the Energy Transition with Industrial Impact with Micah Kotch: Fri, Apr 26
This Week in Depth
🧪 Applied: Vol 3
When: Monday, April 1 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: RSVP for Location
Applied provokes meaningful connections across the expansive environmental and life science sector – sparking new projects, partnerships and promises for a vivid future. We gather forefront researchers and invite high-caliber individuals from many fields who can inspire and empower their work.
🎲 Climate and Energy Game Night
When: April 1 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: The Skylight Room (9100) at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, NYC
If we are to confront the climate crisis at scale, we will need to collaborate and coordinate across fields, neighborhoods, cultures and industries. Join us in playing the cooperative board game Energetic! where together we will learn and collaboratively build a renewable energy grid in NYC by 2035. This environmental game night is free and open to all.
🌍 Stephanie Hanes on The Climate Generation at Hunter College
When: Tuesday, April 2 · 6 - 8pm EDT
Where: Roosevelt House 47-49 East 65th Street New York, NY 10065
Join Director of the Journalism Program Professor Sissel McCarthy for a conversation with Stephanie Hanes on her project on social and cultural transformations that young people across the globe are enacting in response to climate change.
💸 AnchorZero: Founders & Tax
When: Register to See Address
Where: Tuesday, April 2 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join AnchorZero, backed by Bain and Spark, on Tuesday, April 2nd at 6:00 PM for a founder mixer and a workshop on founder tax optimization. Learn about 83(b) elections, QSBS, and founder Roth IRAs. With early planning, founders have saved hundreds of millions of dollars at exit. AnchorZero helps founders leverage their Roth IRAs for significant founder tax savings.
🍹 The Carbonauts Sustainability Cocktails
When: Wednesday, April 3rd from 6:30pm to 10:30pm
Where: Lovejoys, 412 Troutman St, Brooklyn, NY
Join us for delicious cocktails and conversations with other passionate sustainability advocates. This is a great opportunity to meet others in the sustainability community, so feel free to share this invite with friends and colleagues. The more the merrier!
🦉 Wild Animals in Urban Spaces
When: April 3, 2024, 11:00 – 12:15 PM EST
Where: New York University School of Law, 245 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012
This panel will bring together experts in local policy, building sustainability, and wild animal welfare to discuss how cities and other local actors can shape their policies for land use and the built environment to better promote the welfare of wild animals. As part of the discussion, researchers from NYU will present findings from a newly-released report that identifies promising policy options for cities to consider, ranging from bird-friendly building materials to green infrastructure design and prohibitions on gas leaf blowers.
👷♀️ WISE: Sustainable Career Showcase
When: Thursday, April 4th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Where: Building Energy Exchange
The Women in Sustainability and Energy (WISE): Sustainable Career Showcase will highlight diverse perspectives within the energy and sustainability sector. Our panelists will represent various industries, each offering a unique insight into their sector of the industry, role in their company, and career path.
🏳️🌈 Out in Climate — NYC Happy Hour hosted by EQT Partners
When: The Dickens, Hells Kitchen
Where: Thursday, April 4 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Come join the NYC Out in Climate community (LGBTQ+ professionals who currently work in sustainability) for an evening of cocktails and conversation. EQT Partners is generously sponsoring this event.
⚖️ ICGF- New SEC Developments- Climate Disclosure
When: Thursday, April 4 · 4:30 - 7pm EDT
Where: Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
Learn about the latest SEC updates on climate disclosure in a face-to-face setting.
🍻 First Friday Meetup
When: Friday, April 5 from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Where: Belvedere Lounge, 77 E 7th St, New York, NY
Monthly happy hour for people who care about climate, tech, and building cool things!
🇩🇰 Danish Demo Day - Climate Tech Catalyzer
When: Friday, April 5, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: Rise New York, New York, NY
Join us for the ‘Climate Tech Catalyzer’ Demo Day on April 5th, 10:00 AM, where you’ll meet 5 Danish startups developing cutting-edge technology to help decarbonize our world. Network with a curated group of mentors, investors, and partners afterward. Space is limited.
🥳 "Single-Use Reflections" no-frills wrap party!
When: Friday, April 5 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Highlight, 14th Street and 10th Ave, New York, NY
For the last couple of months, the Sustainable Fashion Community Collective has been helping us collect plastics from all across the city, and we're excited to transform this into a giant art installation that people can visit and experience. Come hang, network, and meet the team and volunteers who brought the giant "Single-Use Reflection" Art installation to life!
🌿 Sustainable Fashion & Lifestyle Summit
When: Saturday, April 6 · 11am - 5pm EDT
Where: 65 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011
This forum will serve as a platform to gather the innovative power of women, focusing on industry pioneers who will share their success stories in the sustainable industry. GAIC will invite expert practitioners from the fields of sustainable fashion design, consumer goods and art to participate in the panel talk. In addition to expert discussions, there will also be engaging art therapy workshops allowing attendees to experience sustainable wellness.
☕️ Climate Cafe 4/6 (Jersey City)
When: Saturday, April 6 · 12:30 - 3pm EDT
Where: The Heights, Jersey City, NJ
Join us for our first Jersey City-based cafe to enjoy some free coffee while we chat about the technology that will save (or destroy 😨) our planet! Feel free to bring a delicious baked good or snack to share and enjoy others’ treats too! Please bring a reusable cup to enjoy coffee, tea, or juice. This is a great chance to meet other sustainability-minded folks in the area and navigate our emotions surrounding this crisis.
🌐 ESG & Sustainability Global Summit Spring 2024
When: Sunday, April 7 · 9am - 9pm EDT
Where: Low Memorial Library Low Memorial Library New York, NY 10027
Our summit aims to bring together bright minds and industry leaders to foster meaningful discussions, share innovative ideas, and inspire action towards sustainable development. By bridging ESG and sustainability with diverse sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Investment & Risk, Management Consulting, New Materials, and Biochemical Engineering, we hope to ignite cross-industry idea exchanges and offer fresh perspectives on tackling ESG challenges.
♻️ Meet the Artist on the High Line!
When: Sunday, April 7 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: The High Line, 14th St and 10th Ave, New York, NY
Meet artist Benjamin Von Wong at his new installation on the High Line! The piece is called "Single Use Reflections", made from over 2 tonnes of household plastic waste. The art installation is inspired by the legend of the Hydra, which grows back another head for everyone that you cut off -which reminds me of how hard of a problem Single Use Plastics are to solve.
🌎 Fordham Climate Action Summit 2024
When: April 8 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458
A full day climate summit at Fordham, with panels on community led solutions, environmental justice, the green workforce, and a keynote by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.