NY Climate Tech: Aug 14 - Aug 21
NY Climate Tech: Aug 14 - Aug 21
Climate rules = good for climate trivia games! Plus, check out some fantastic films in the neighborhood and enjoy sunday brunch with your climate circle!
Hi friends,
We’re so glad to hear you’ve been enjoying our deep dives on the impacts of climate change in our backyards. We recently featured long-form pieces on Local Law 97 to decarbonize our buildings, NYC’s growing urban forests, and how local community orgs like WEACT are helping save lives in extreme heat. This cross-section of topics is representative of our goal to break down the silos between climate tech, climate policy, and climate justice - three pieces of the climate puzzle that are intricately linked. If there are certain topics of intrigue in your own streets and neighborhoods, please reach out to us and we’ll dive in!
We’ve got quite the lineup this week. Here are our top picks:
Why should biodiversity be at the center of every climate conversation? Come find out at 🦋 The Edge of Biodiversity on Tue, Aug 15!
Rules, rules, and more rules. We’ve got you covered with the 🌲 Implications of SEC Climate Rule and 🌆 New York City's Local Laws 94 and 97 on Wed, Aug 16. Then go test all that knowledge at the 🎲 August Energy & Climate Game Night in the evening!
Want to sit back and relax at the theater instead? Check out the special screenings for 🎬 How to Blow up a Pipeline on Wednesday and 📽️ THE WANDERING EARTH 2 on Saturday.
Round out the weekend with a 🧵 Community Brunch @ The Sustainable Fashion Community Center on Sunday!
And don’t forget our very own 🗽 NY Climate Tech Summer Meetup, next Tuesday, August 22 at the beautiful CitizenM Hotel rooftop!
Last but not least, NY Climate Week is around the corner! Last year our guide to events featured over 300 options, with our top picks in every climate category - definitely our most popular post to date! This year we’re going above and beyond, releasing a preview this month, with more in-depth guides as we near the kick-off on September 17. Stay tuned!
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
The Climate Tech Cities Team
🌎 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
💧 DUE TOMORROW! Governors Island Climate Solutions Piloting Program
The Climate Solutions Piloting Program is a new call for piloting and demonstration projects addressing climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and climate and environmental justice. The program is led by the Trust for Governors Island’s new Living Lab as part of the Center for Climate Solutions, dedicated to preparing New York City and cities around the world for climate change. Applications for the Climate Solutions Challenge, a recurring summer challenge with new themes and a $10,000 cash prize, are due by August 15, 2023. This year’s theme, “Water Abundance,” seeks proposals addressing how water can help to power climate solutions that grow blue and green jobs and create healthier communities.
Events This Week
☕️ Climate Cafe (8/14): Mon, Aug 14
🦋 The Edge of Biodiversity: Tue, Aug 15
💚 B Local NYC Summer Social: Tue, Aug 15
🗺️ Financial Institutions' Responsibility for Climate Action: Tue, Aug 15
🌲 Implications of SEC Climate Rule on Capital Markets: Wed, Aug 16
🌆 New York City's Local Laws 94 and 97, Are you ready?: Wed, Aug 16
🎲 August Energy & Climate Game Night: Wed, Aug 16
🥂 Green Drinks Brooklyn: Wed, Aug 16
🎬 How to Blow up a Pipeline: Wed, Aug 16
🌳 How to Save a Planet w/ XR: Wed, Aug 16
🟢 Nick Fuller Googins presents The Great Transition: Wed, Aug 16
♻️ GreenHomeNYC Tour of SIMS Material Recycling Facility: Thu, Aug 17
📽️ THE WANDERING EARTH 2 | Film Screening & Climate Panel: Sat, Aug 19
🖼️ RAW MATERIAL: Re-Wilding The Body | Cilla Vee Life Arts: Sat, Aug 19
🧵 Community Brunch @ The Sustainable Fashion Community Center: Sun, Aug 20
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events this month
Upcoming Events
🗽 NY Climate Tech Summer Meetup: Tue, Aug 22
💚 Carbon Dating: Looking for Love in the Climate Crisis: Wed, Aug 23
🌏 Climate Town Town Hall: Wed, Aug 23
🖼️ Botanical Drawing an Urban Meadow w/ NCL Artist Resident Jessica Dalyrmple: Thu, Aug 24
🌳 Climate Resiliency in Community Gardens: Sat, Aug 26
🥳 Climate Movement Summer Celebration: Sat, Aug 26
💩 Park Tours: Compost Center: Thu, Sep 7
🌍 Muslims for Climate Justice: The Earth as our Amaanah: Sat, Sep 9
⚖️ Climate, Politics, and Corporate Power: A Conversation with Steven Donziger: Tue, Sep 12
🥬 Food and Agriculture as a Solution to the Climate Crisis: Thu, Sep 14
🧶 Meet emerging Nordic fashion brands and sustainability leaders: Thu, Sep 14
🪴 7th NYC Green School Conference 2023: Fri, Sep 15
🎭 Climate Change Action Theater: Sun, Sep 17
🌍 New Yorkers and the Climate Movement: Mon, Sep 18
🌎 The Nest Climate Campus, Official Event Partner of Climate Week NYC 2023: Tue, Sep 19
❇️ How the Global North can Take Responsibility for the Climate Crisis and Act: Tue, Sep 19
Event Details
☕️ Climate Cafe (8/14)
When: Mon, Aug 14th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Neighbor, 176 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Climate Cafes represent an opportunity to discuss difficult emotions that arise out of the climate crisis - everything from anxiety, fear, dread, hopelessness, and anger - in a supportive environment of peers. Climate Cafes are non-clinical, non-directive spaces where attendees can hold space for each others’ emotions without trying to fix other people. At it’s core, it can be meaningful to spend time with others who feel the same way. Participating in Climate Cafes can be cathartic for many who are aware of the ongoing climate emergency. It can break through the “business as usual” of daily life.
🦋 The Edge of Biodiversity
When: Tue, Aug 15th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Where: Online
Almost all climate and energy transition conversations center on carbon. It’s time for that to change. Biodiversity, whether viewed in the context of developing natural capital and ecosystem restoration projects, or developing new energy infrastructure while accounting for its impact on ecosystems, must be a core component of this decade’s climate tech boom.
💚 B Local NYC Summer Social
When: Tue, Aug 15th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Hawksmoor NYC, 109 East 22nd Street, New York, NY
You're invited to a heartwarming B Corp community get-together! Join us for a meaningful gathering, where we'll connect with like-minded individuals who share our vision for a better world. Hawksmoor restaurant, a fellow B Corp, will be hosting the event.
🗺️ Financial Institutions' Responsibility for Climate Action
When: Tue, Aug 15th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: SOSA NYC, 127 West 26th Street #5th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Join us for a roundtable discussion on the role of banks, investment firms, and other financial entities in shaping our climate.
🌲 Implications of SEC Climate Rule on Capital Markets
When: Wed, Aug 16th from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Join the BASIC community on August 16th for an in-person panel discussion about the proposed SEC Climate and ESG Disclosures and implications for capital markets. We will have refreshments and opportunity to meet and connect with our panelists and BASIC members.
🌆 New York City's Local Laws 94 and 97, Are you ready?
When: Wed, Aug 16th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Deloitte, 30 Rockefeller Pl, New York, NY
The Sustainability Investment Leadership Council is pleased to host a discussion about Local Laws 94 and 97.
🎲 August Energy & Climate Game Night
When: Wed, Aug 16th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York, NY
We can teach everyone in the US (and then around the world) how to fix climate change with accurate, updatable info, scaling from a 2.5 hr game to a monthlong series of workshops, matched to the region in which they live. And it's fun! Energetic as seen in New York Times and on NY1. To confront the climate crisis we will collaborate and coordinate across fields, neighborhoods, cultures and industries. Collaborative games and policy making forums (such as deliberative citizens’ assemblies) are an enjoyable and engaging way to find out how solutions will really work.
🥂 Green Drinks Brooklyn
When: Wed, Aug 16th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Estuary Brasserie & Bar, 159 Bridge Park Drive, Brooklyn, NY
Get inspired, be inspiring!Is your work related to the environment or sustainability? Are you interested in sustainability or environmental issues. Do you want to meet some like minded folks and share your thoughts and passion. Come down to Estuary at ONE15 Brooklyn Marina for Happy Hour drinks. We'll have a few folks introduce themselves and their work. Tell anyone from NGOs, academia, government, business or anyone interested in the environment/sustainability issues and ask them to bring a friend!
🟢 Nick Fuller Googins presents The Great Transition, with Gina Chung
When: Wed, Aug 16th from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, NY
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Nick Fuller Googins for a discussion of his debut novel, The Great Transition, along with an audience Q&A and book signing. For fans of Station Eleven and The Ministry for the Future, this richly imaginative, immersive, and “profound” (Alice Elliott Dark, author of Fellowship Point) novel is the electrifying story of a family in crisis that unfolds against the backdrop of our near future .Nick will be joined in conversation by Gina Chung, author of Sea Change and a 2021–2022 Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow. After the talk, Nick will sign copies of his book.
🎬 How to Blow up a Pipeline
When: Wed, Aug 16th from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Angelika Film Center & Cafe, 18 West Houston StreetNew York, NY, 10012
The Climate Museum joins forces with Lapham’s Quarterly and the Center for Constitutional Rights to present a special screening of the 2023 eco-thriller film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Andreas Malm.
🌳 How to Save a Planet w/ XR
When: Wed, Aug 16th from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Where: Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church, 178 Bennett Avenue, New York, NY
We’re living in a time of global crisis. We bear witness to the effects of our government’s inability to respond to the existential threats of climate and ecological emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ravages of a long history of systemic racism. Facing these threats alone can be overwhelming. Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a mass movement that is bringing people together to avoid total climate breakdown. This talk will (a) lay out the climate science that drives our urgency to act and (b) describe how we use nonviolent direct action to demand change from government, corporations, and media. We welcome you if you want to just learn about the state of the earth’s climate.
♻️ GreenHomeNYC Tour of SIMS Material Recycling Facility
When: Thu, Aug 17th from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Sims Recycling Center, 472 2nd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Come join GreenHomeNYC in learning more about how our waste is recycled in NYC with a guided tour at the U.S.'s largest recycling sorting center! The event fees are nominal but we have a limit of 30 people so you must secure a ticket in order to attend.
📽️ THE WANDERING EARTH 2 | Film Screening & Climate Panel
When: Sat, Aug 19th from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Where: AMC Lincoln Square 13, 1998 Broadway, New York, NY
Tzu Chi Foundation present film screening of Chinese Sci-Fi film "The Wandering Earth" followed by climate action panel with Dale Jamieson. After the screening, join our esteemed panel of climate experts as they delve into the film's themes and discuss the real-world implications of climate change. Gain valuable insights, ask questions, and engage in meaningful conversations about our planet's future.
🖼️ RAW MATERIAL: Re-Wilding The Body | Cilla Vee Life Arts
When: Sat, Aug 19th from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Port Authority Bus Terminal, 625 8th Avenue, New York, NY
A multimedia, collaborative, sensory, interactive, public art installation simulating a nature environment, melding organic materials with digital audio-visual elements plus live performance. Re-Wilding is a Motion Sculpture Movement Installation - a performance method unique to Cilla Vee Life Arts wherein the performer enters a meditational state, becoming a living part of the environment.
🧵 Community Brunch @ The Sustainable Fashion Community Center
When: Sun, Aug 20th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Where: Sustainable Fashion Community Center, 1795 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
You're invited to The Sustainable Fashion Community Center Brunch! Clean out your closet, bring a sweet or savory treat, and/or bring a bottle to really get the party started!It's a community affair so bring a friend, bring your dog, and bring good vibes!
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A Global Network of Local Communities
We are expanding! We started as an 8-person dinner and now have over 8,000 members in our community. We’ve had people across the world reach out to us to start their own chapters - so we’re launching a new Climate Tech Cities organization this year! If you have friends who are interested in becoming chapter leads, please share the word. Here’s to a global network of local communities making a positive impact!