NY Climate Tech: Feb 11 - Feb 19
Deep tech, green careers, infrastructure bioart, climate dating, and more events this week!
Hi friends,
It was great to see so many of you at the January meetup! We were happy to announce the Climate Film Festival’s open call for their September festival and are looking forward to a big year ahead for the NY Climate Tech Community.
February is off to a busy start (so busy we missed getting out last week’s newsletter!). Here are our picks for a packed week:
Tuesday:
Take a walk on the wild side and head across the river for 🤖 SOSV's IndieBio & HAX - Deep Tech Happy Hour in Jersey City
Workshop your resume at 🌳 Green Careers with GreenHomeNYC in Flatiron
Head to Brooklyn for 💗 Heartmageddon: Looking for Love in the Climate Crisis
Thursday
Join City & State for 👷 The Most Significant Infrastructure Projects Summit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City
Get breakfast with 🙋♀️ Women in Carbon and Carbon Direct Capital in the FiDi
This Weekend
On Saturday, take the ferry to BAT for a 🎨 Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care, a bioart exhibit
Swing by the Climate Museum for 👩🏾🔬 Black to the Future: Black Girl in Climate Tech on Sunday
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities Team
PS. We bit the bullet and got a subscription for Eventbrite (thanks, paid subscribers!!). If anyone wants to host an event under NYCT’s account, we’re happy to share!
🌎 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!
Arts, Film, and More!
📽️ Bloomberg GreenDocs (Due Apr. 26)
The Bloomberg Green Docs competition is open to all eligible filmmakers who would like to compete to win a $25,000 grand prize for a short climate documentary. We want to explore our climate future with documentaries that reveal the world we are making today. Ecosystems are being restored and tomorrow’s zero-carbon communities are being formed. At the same time, extremes in our habitats warn of cascading climate consequences.
🎬 Climate Film Festival Open Call (Due Jun. 3)
The Climate Film Festival (CFF) is New York City’s first film festival dedicated to climate in all its forms. From narrative and documentary features to experimental shorts and music videos, CFF harnesses the transformative power of motion pictures, showcasing new and established voices, classic climate films, and energizing, human stories. Our inaugural festival will take place from September 20-22, 2024 during the opening weekend of Climate Week NYC.
🪨❄️ Coal + Ice @ Asia Society (Opens Feb. 13)
COAL + ICE is an immersive photography and video exhibition and series of related events that visualizes the causes and consequences of the climate crisis and proposes creative solutions. From February 13 through August 11, 2024, climate change takes center stage at Asia Society New York through a series of speaker events, performances, films, and more.
♳ Plastic Art @ the Sustainable Fashion Community Center
Help the Sustainable Fashion Community Center reach 20,000 bottles for a stunning High Line installation during Earth Month. They’re collaborating with artist Benjamin Von Wong to transform waste into art. For every bottle you donate to The Sustainable Fashion Community Center, you get a free piece of clothing from the Swap Shop [10 bottles per gift shop item].
Grant & Accelerator Opportunities
🏙️ NYC Smart City Testbed (Rolling)
The newly launched NYC Smart City Testbed Program creates a streamlined path to pilot emerging technologies with stakeholder city agencies. Accepted applicants will pilot their technology within New York City’s built environments with assistance from the Testbed team throughout the entire process.
🏆 Keeling Curve Prize (Due Feb. 12)
The Global Warming Mitigation Project’s flagship program, the Keeling Curve Prize, awards $50,000 annually to each of 10 global projects that demonstrate the ability to reduce, replace, or remove greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and oceans.
🌳 NY Climate Resilience Grant Program (Due Feb. 24)
The Climate Resilience Grant Program (CRGP) offers grants of up to $50,000 to non-profit 501(c)(3) conservation and community organizations, municipalities, tribal entities and local and state agencies for projects that contribute to a world where people and nature can thrive. The goal of the program is to support partners in protecting the lands and waters critical for adapting to climate change.
🚇 Transit Innovation (Due Feb. 28)
The Transit Tech Lab provides an accelerated pathway for early to growth-stage companies to solve public transportation challenges for the largest transit agencies in North America.
Rolling Deadlines and Upcoming
🏙️ URBAN-X Accelerator (Rolling, program starts March)
🌬️ OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge (Due Mar. 4)
🔋 Energy Storage Capital Challenge (Due Mar. 4)
🤩 Brand New Brand (Due Mar. 22)
🌇 $10M Empire Technology Prize (Due Mar. 24)
☀️ Mária Telkes Fellowship (Due Mar. 31)
⚒️ Pilots at the Brooklyn Army Terminal (Rolling)
🏢 Urban Tech XChange (Rolling)
Community Shoutouts
🌿 Climatebase Fellowship (Due Feb 23)
The Climatebase Fellowship combines a 12-week industry-oriented educational program and ongoing community membership throughout the year. Access expert guest speaker sessions, career support, project-based work, and a supportive network of highly talented peers.
🌳 Adapt Unbound (May 21)
Over 250 leaders and visionaries will convene in NYC to share actionable insights, scale innovative solutions and unlock the critical capital needed to adapt our urban and natural environments to the changing climate.
Events This Week
🤖 SOSV's IndieBio & HAX - Deep Tech NYC/NJ: Tue, Feb 13
🌳 Green Careers - Resume Workshop: Tue, Feb 13
💗 Heartmageddon: Looking for Love in the Climate Crisis: Tue, Feb 13
⚖️ Bringing Forward Justice and Art: A Conversation on the Fifth National Climate Assessment: Tue, Feb 13
🏗️ New York Build 2024: Tue, Feb 13
👗 From Targets to Transformation: Tackling Tier 4 Climate Collaboration: Tue, Feb 13
✊ Monthly XR Gathering and Book Talk w/ Dr. Dana Fisher: Wed, Feb 14
📚 Ajay Singh Chaudhary Presents The Exhausted of the Earth: Wed, Feb 14
👷 The Most Significant Infrastructure Projects Summit 2024: Thu, Feb 15
🙋♀️ Women in Carbon x Carbon Direct Capital Galentine’s Event: Thu, Feb 15
🌍 Business Networking Event - SILC's Leadership Council: Thu, Feb 15
📗 Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action: Fri, Feb 16
🧥 Climate Cafe + Circular Fashion Workshop: Fri, Feb 16
🎨 Bioart Exhibit : Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care: Sat, Feb 17
👩🏾🔬 Black to the Future: Black Girl in Climate Tech: Sun, Feb 18
♻️ The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Sustainability Management: Mon, Feb 19
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events this month
Upcoming Events
🏳️🌈 Out in Climate Happy Hour: Tue, Feb 20
📈 The role of financial centers in the adoption of ISSB standards: Wed, Feb 21
🌱 Green Drinks Brooklyn - February 2024: Wed, Feb 21
🍵 2024 Climate Café at the Brooklyn Public Library: Wed, Feb 21
📣 B Heard: Community Storytelling Event: Wed, Feb 21
♻️ Home Swaps: A Sustainable Household Item Swap: Sat, Feb 24
🦠 Hazard NYC: A Talk on NYC’s Toxic Sites in the Age of Climate Change: Tue, Feb 27
🌊 COPRI Technical Lecture - The Battery Coastal Resilience: Wed, Feb 28
🌎 ECOLOGICAL CITY - Art & Climate Solutions Workshops: Sat, Mar 2
🎨 Bioart Exhibit : Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care: Sat, Mar 2
🌱 Redefining the Concrete Jungle: NYC as a Model for Urban Sustainability: Thu, Mar 7
🌿 Wall Street Green Summit 2024: Tue, Mar 12
🗽 2024 Digital New York Summit: Thu, Mar 14
⚖️ Youth-Powered Green Future | Visions for a Just Transition: Thu, Mar 14
🔬 LEAP Research Updates: Florencio Portocarrero + Jaeyoung Jung: Thu, Mar 14
🗣️ Climate Techies NYC Monthly Member Sustainability and Networking Meetup: Thu, Mar 14
🧩 Unlocking Enterprise Value through Embedded Sustainability: Fri, Mar 15
🍽️ Pratt Presents Food Equity: A Design Equity Event: Tue, Mar 19
🏫 Columbia University Sustainability Symposium: Fri, Mar 22
Event Details
🤖 SOSV's IndieBio & HAX - Deep Tech NYC/NJ
When: Tue, Feb 13 from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: Jersey City, NJ
Come join SOSV's programs IndieBio and HAX in bringing together the scientists, engineers, climate folks and others for drinks and snacks. Light programming, and a early winter get together for all of our favorite ecosystem builders! We'll be going on a road trip for this one - Jersey City! I know, crossing state boarders. But a great way to get our Newark and NYC folks in one place, and great views of the greatest city.
🌳 Green Careers - Resume Workshop
When: Tue, Feb 13 from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Where: Jersey City, NJ
Join GreenHomeNYC Careers group in an IN-PERSON resume workshop. During timed sessions with green career professionals, you'll receive constructive, personalized feedback on how to present your skills and experience so you get the attention of employers and land the job you want!
💗 Heartmageddon: Looking for Love in the Climate Crisis
When: Tue, Feb 13 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: Wild East Brewing Co, 623 Sackett Street Brooklyn, NY 11217
Has your love life been as mild as the weather this winter? Is your heart sinking faster than the polar ice caps? Good news– it’s climate cuffing season! Adulting in the Anthropocene is hosting a pre-Valentine’s Day to find your climate bae ;) Find some fossil-free ways to raise the temperature with adult-themed arts and crafts, spicy speed dating, games, and more!
⚖️ Bringing Forward Justice and Art: A Conversation on the Fifth National Climate Assessment
When: Tue, Feb 13 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: The Climate Museum, 105 Wooster StreetNew York, NY, 10012
Join us on February 12 to learn about the U.S. government’s changing approach to understanding the climate crisis and the breakthrough significance of a federal climate report combining science, social justice, and art.
🏗️ New York Build 2024
When: Tue, Feb 13th from 9:30 AM to Wed, Feb 14{suffix(end.day)} at 4:30 PM
Where: Javits Center, Hall 3 (Level 3), New York, NY
New York Build is the leading construction and design show, featuring 35,000+ AEC and real estate professionals, 500+ high-profile speakers, 13 conference tracks, AIA CES approved workshops, 400+ exhibitors, Architects Hub, Government Hub, and New York's biggest Festival of Construction.
👗 From Targets to Transformation: Tackling Tier 4 Climate Collaboration
When: Tue, Feb 13th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC), 64 Wooster Street, New York, NY
ABLE Ecosystems, Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) and Peruvian cotton manufacturer Become invite you to join in closing fashion week with a look into the future of tier 4 systems change and collaboration. Become is the first fully traceable manufacturer to work in collaboration with cotton farmers to build a fully engaged, bottom up, self reporting on inter-generational relationships, gender, soil health, biodiversity, water use and shared goals.
✊ Monthly Rebel Gathering
When: Wed, Feb 14th from 6:15 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: Fourth Universalist Society, 160 Central Park West, New York, NY
Join us for a conversation with Prof Dana R. Fisher about her latest book 'Saving Ourselves' which assesses the current state of climate inaction and provides a realistic path forward through the worsening climate crisis. Attendees are encouraged to read the book in advance and join groups that implement specific arms of XR NYC's 2024 strategy to take meaningful climate action.
📖 Ajay Singh Chaudhary Presents The Exhausted of the Earth
When: Wed, Feb 14th from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, NY
P&T Knitwear welcomes writer & researcher Ajay Singh Chaudhary for a discussion of his newest book, The Exhausted of the Earth, on climate politics and the power needed to alter the course of climate change. The event includes a discussion, audience Q&A, and book signing. Pre-order signed copies available for shipping.
👷 The Most Significant Infrastructure Projects Summit 2024
When: Thu, Feb 15th from 9:00 AM to 3:40 PM
Where: Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY
This event will provide in-depth conversations about some of the biggest infrastructure projects in New York City, which have the potential to generate trillions of dollars in economic output and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
🙋♀️ Women in Carbon x Carbon Direct Capital Galentine’s Event
When: Thu, Feb 15th from 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Where: Carbon Direct Capital NYC Office, 17 State St, New York, NY, US, 10004
Join us for a Women in Carbon x Carbon Direct Capital Galentine’s Day themed event in NYC! You’re invited to a morning of breakfast and inspiring carbon discussion with Women in Carbon and Carbon Direct Capital. Coffee and bagels will be provided, but please BYOCA (Bring Your Own Carbon Aspirations!) for the New Year!
🌍 Business Networking Event - SILC's Leadership Council
When: Thu, Feb 15th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Moxy NYC Chelsea, 105 West 28th Street, New York, NY
Join SILC Club for a networking event with drinks, food, and conversations. SILC fosters insight on incorporating sustainability practices in accounting and legal professions. RSVP required. Visit their website for more information.
📚 Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action
When: Fri, Feb 16th from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Where: Adler Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W 64th Street, New York, NY
Join author Dana R. Fisher and Steven Donziger for a discussion about Fisher's new book Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action, followed by a conversation with youth climate activists Saad Amer and Sage Lenier. Fisher addresses the frequency and severity of climate shocks and advocates for increased climate activism as a catalyst for meaningful climate action. The book explores the current state of climate inaction and presents a realistic path forward. Fisher examines the role of the state, the business sector, and civil society in bringing about change, highlighting the growing confrontational nature of climate activism. The event aims to provide insights on how to take power back from entrenched interests and secure a better future.
🧥 Climate Cafe + Circular Fashion Workshop
When: Fri, Feb 16th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Common Ground Marketplace, 495 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Welcome to Climate Cafe! We are friends and neighbors who get together over coffee and talk climate change and what we can do about it together. Our focus is on the social and organizing perspectives: we go to local events, host movie nights, and volunteer with activist groups and mutual aid. During this workshop, we will be discussing climate feelings and collaborating with Reclypt on how building a circular economy, especially within the fashion industry, is part of the climate solution.
🎨 Bioart Exhibit : Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care
When: Sat, Feb 17th from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: BioBAT Art Space @ Brooklyn Army Terminal, 80 58th Street - Building A - Ground Level - Waterfront entrace, Brooklyn, NY
Embodied Futures & The Ecology of Care is a thought-provoking exhibition that challenges normative views around care, body, and existence. The exhibition brings together artists, biologists, ethicists, and technologists to explore the concept of 'care' as a universal principle that transcends human-centric viewpoints. It encourages viewers to see care as a dynamic force that sustains and nurtures all beings, breaking free of hierarchical limitations. The artists imagine a world where 'care' becomes an inherent part of existence, inspiring empathy and reciprocity across species and ecosystems.
👩🏾🔬 Black to the Future: Black Girl in Climate Tech
When: Sun, Feb 18th from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: The Climate Museum, 105 Wooster Street, New York, NY
Join the Black Girl Environmentalist community for “Black to the Future: Black Girls in Climate Tech”. This evening, done in collaboration with ClimateinColour, will feature an educational panel diving into the intersections of climate chaos, environmental justice, and the technology space, with panlists Alexis Williams, Joycelyn Longdon, and Wawa Gatheru.After the panel, food, drinks, and refreshments will be provided.
♻️ The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Sustainability Management
When: Mon, Feb 19th from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: Columbia University, Low Library, 535 W. 116th St New York, NY 10027
The process of tracking the environmental and social impact of consumer products from “cradle to grave”—known as Life Cycle Assessment—is gaining in popularity, thanks to progress in respective accounting rules and databases, evolving software, and, crucially, ever-increasing consumer awareness. Existing and forthcoming policies, from sustainable fuel standards to carbon offset credits and the European Environmental Footprint, will drive this evolution forward, as will advances in AI-based tools. But what does this mean for manufacturers and their suppliers? Where are their pain points?