NY Climate Tech: August 20 - August 31
NY Climate Tech: August 20 - August 31
Our next meetup, carbon dioxide removal, sunset boat tours, the solar frontier, climate justice, and more upcoming events
Hi friends,
Our next 🗽 NY Climate Tech Meetup is on the books for Wednesday, Sept. 4th at The Globe Bar on 23rd St. Come join us after Labor Day as we ease back into a busy Fall. All are welcome!
Stay tuned tomorrow for an update to our Climate Week guide with nearly 300 (!) events, some top picks, and more curation.
One quick preview in case you missed it: our sister organization the Climate Film Festival just released its lineup and tickets.
Out of well over 300 submissions, CFF selected a slate of 59 boundary-pushing short-, episodic-, and feature-length films, 31 of which have never been shown publicly in NYC.
CFF has special opening night and closing night events, but the bulk of the program will take place on Saturday and Sunday at Firehouse Cinema: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film (87 Lafayette St, just south of Canal).
Plan on back-to-back film programming, panels, coffee, snacks, and conversation all weekend long.
Check out the schedule and snag tickets here.
In the meantime, the city never sleeps! Here are our picks for the next couple weeks:
Today talk all things carbon removal at 🍺 New York CDR Community Drinks
Wednesday, take advantage of summer and go on a ⛴️ Sunset Boat Tour of NYC's Green Economy
Also Wednesday, GreenHomeNYC and the Solar Maverick podcast host a panel on 🌅 The Solar Frontier
Thursday, swing by Brooklyn Central Library for ⚖️ How to Create Efficient Cities: Planning Environmental & Climate Justice
And of course, plan on the 🗽 NY Climate Tech Meetup on Wed, Sep 4
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities Team
This Week’s Events
☀️ Solar New-York Show International 2024: Tue, Aug 20
🍺 New York CDR Community Drinks: Tue, Aug 20
⛴️ Sunset Boat Tour: NYC's Green Economy: Wed, Aug 21
🍻 Green Drinks Brooklyn - August 2024: Wed, Aug 21
🌅 The Solar Frontier: A GreenHomeNYC x Solar Maverick Podcast collaboration: Wed, Aug 21
⚖️ How to Create Efficient Cities: Planning Environmental & Climate Justice: Thu, Aug 22
☕️ Climate Cafe at the Climate Imaginarium on Governors Island: Sat, Aug 24
✍️ Climate Writing Club: Sat, Aug 24
🌎 The Climate Crisis: Local and Urban Solutions to a Global Challenge: Wed, Aug 28
🗽 NY Climate Tech Meetup: Wed, Sep 4
Opportunities
🌱 GROW + TOGETHER Accelerator (Due: Sept. 6)
Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and SecondMuse are pioneering the GROW + TOGETHER Accelerator to merge the innovative forces of hardtech clean energy startups with the manufacturing industry in the Northeast US. Supported by an EPIC award funded by the DOE Office of Technology Transitions, this model accelerates hardtech startup integration into existing supply chains, overcoming common barriers to market penetration faced by innovative products.
Community Shoutouts
🌎 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!
💸 Climate Capital Summit
Planning for Cimate Week already? The 2024 Climate Capital Summit is an invite-only gathering that brings together the industry’s leading innovators, investors, executives and policymakers - taking place on Wednesday 9/25 during NY Climate Week. If interested in attending, please request an invite here.
Upcoming Events
🗽 NY Climate Tech Meetup: September Edition: Wed, Sep 4
🔌 Data in Power: Thu, Sep 5
🎴 Climate Fresk at Eat Offbeat (Chelsea Market): Thu, Sep 5
💸 Climate Mobilization Act Series: Funding, Financing & Incentives: Wed, Sep 11
🏙️ 2024 Economic & Workforce Development Summit: Thu, Sep 12
🏢 Decarbonizing NYC Offices: Implementing Forward-Thinking Fit-Outs: Tue, Sep 17
⛵️ 2024 Textile X Ocean Connector Sail: Fri, Sep 27
⚡️ Dervos 2024: Fri, Oct 25
🔌 Deploy24: Wed, Dec 4
This Week in Depth
☀️ Solar New-York Show International 2024
When: August 20 · 8am - August 23 · 5pm EDT
Where: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 350 West 40th Street New York, NY 10018
Solar New York Show International 2024 attracts energy professionals from across the solar and storage markets each year to facilitate business and connections. Featuring two days of exhibition, a robust education schedule, networking opportunities, attendees will hear from visionary leaders to propel your business to the next level.
🍻 New York CDR Community Drinks
When: Tuesday, August 20 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Register for Address
Isometric is hosting a casual drinks event for New York's carbon removal and climate tech communities at 530pm on Tuesday 20th August and we’d love to have you join us. The event will be held on the rooftop at Isometric’s offices.
⛴️ Sunset Boat Tour: NYC's Green Economy
When: Wednesday, August 21 · 6:20 - 8:30pm EDT
Where: Pier 83 Midtown, 12th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
How is NYC rethinking transportation, construction, workforce training, and our waterfront spaces to achieve its climate goals and build a green economy? New York City's Green Economy Action Plan is a first-of-its-kind roadmap to growing the city's green economy and meeting its ambitious goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. To expand NYC's green economy, the city is committed to investments that will reshape the way we build, move goods, generate power, and train workers. Some of these projects are already underway—and this sunset boat tour of the New York Harbor will provide an insider's look at current progress and what's next. Participants will view the New York Climate Exchange under construction on Governors Island, learn about industrial building decarbonization techniques being piloted at Brooklyn Navy Yard, and hear how the Climate Innovation Hub at Brooklyn Army Terminal will provide piloting and prototyping space for the next generation of climate technologists and entrepreneurs.
🍻 Green Drinks Brooklyn - August 2024
When: Wednesday, August 21 · 6 - 10pm EDT
Where: 159 Bridge Park Drive, Brooklyn, NY, USA 159 Bridge Park Drive Brooklyn, NY 11201
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.
🌅 The Solar Frontier: A GreenHomeNYC x Solar Maverick Podcast collaboration
When: Wednesday, August 21st from 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Where: 20 West 22nd Street, #Suite 201, New York, NY 10010
This forum will take a look at some of the lesser known, but critical parts of the solar energy industry that are helping open new markets, are at the forefront of innovation, and in the early stages of development and growth. After speaker presentations, we will have a special 30 minute Q&A panel moderated by Benoy Thanjan, Host of the Solar Maverick Podcast. Join the discussion around pushing the limits of technology and policy for Agrivoltaics, the co-location of solar energy and agriculture production.
⚖️ How to Create Efficient Cities: Planning Environmental & Climate Justice
When: Thursday, Aug. 22 from 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Where: Brooklyn Central Library
Join grassroots leaders from UPROSE, Nyiesha Mallett (Climate Justice Hub Organizer) and Nebraska Hernandez (Climate Justice Hub Advocate) in conversation with Pratt Institute Professor and New York City Planning Commissioner Juan Camilo Osorio as they discuss the most pressing opportunities and challenges to achieving environmental & climate justice in Brooklyn.
☕️ Climate Cafe at the Climate Imaginarium on Governors Island
When: Saturday, August 24 · 1 - 3pm EDT
Where: Climate Imaginarium, 406A Comfort Road, New York, NY 10004
Join us on Governors Island for an uplifting afternoon of snacks and refreshments, meditation, and a meaningful conversation on climate emotions! Please bring your own cup if you would like coffee or tea. We suggest a $5 donation to help us keep hosting more cafes, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
✍️ Climate Writing Club
When: Saturday, August 24 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Where: Upper West Side, NYC
Climate Writing Club connects and supports New Yorkers exploring topics within climate & sustainability through writing. We meet once a week on Saturday mornings on the UWS to write about climate together — from fiction to newsletters to academic papers and everything in between.
🌎 The Climate Crisis: Local and Urban Solutions to a Global Challenge
When: Wednesday, Aug 28 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Yale Club, NYC
Cities currently hold over 50% of the global population, a number projected to rise to 70% by 2050. Two environmental experts discuss the importance of local and urban solutions to climate change.