NY Climate Tech: Jan 22 - Jan 29
Transforming our food system, climate dinners, prizes, accelerators, and more events this week!
Hi friends,
There’s plenty to satisfy your appetite this week:
On Tuesday, join Vegpreneur and Shopify for a panel on 🥬Building a Sustainable Business with products from plant-based companies
Wednesday, head to Urban Future Lab for 🥕 Climate is the New Economy: Transforming our Food System co-hosted with Brym (a fantastic panel lineup!)
Get dinner with climate friends at Chelsea Market and play an educational game about climate change on Thursday with 🍽️ Climate Fresk at Eat Offbeat
Our next 🗽 NY Climate Tech X Climate Film Festival Meetup is Wednesday the 31st. It’s pretty packed, but if you’re really eager to come, shoot us an email!
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and 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!
Opportunities
🎓 New Futures Fellowships (Due Jan. 31)
The New Futures Fellowship is a three-month remote fellowship program for graduate and undergraduate students that focuses on innovative and interdisciplinary solutions to the climate crisis.
🏆 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.
Rolling Deadlines and Upcoming
🌳 New York Climate Resilience Grant Program (Due Feb. 24)
🚇 Transit Innovation (Due Feb. 28)
🏙️ URBAN-X Accelerator (Rolling, program starts March)
🌬️ OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge (Due Mar. 4)
🌇 $10M Empire Technology Prize (Due Mar. 24)
☀️ Mária Telkes Fellowship (Due Mar. 31)
⚒️ Pilots at the Brooklyn Army Terminal (Rolling)
🏢 Urban Tech XChange (Rolling)
Events This Week
🥬 Vegpreneur x Shopify: Building a Sustainable Business: Tue, Jan 23
🏘️ What Municipalities Need to Know to Apply to USEPA’s $4.3 Billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program: Tue, Jan 23
🥕 Climate is the New Economy: Transforming our Food System: Wed, Jan 24
🌱 Intersecting Hubs: Wed, Jan 24
📚 Celebrating Recent Work by Lorraine Daston: Wed, Jan 24
💰 Raise Green Investor Day: Wed, Jan 24
🥂 Jacob Simon x CLIP Meetup: Thu, Jan 25
📚 Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe & Nuclear War: Thu, Jan 25
🍽️ Climate Fresk & Dinner at Eat Offbeat: Thu, Jan 25
☕️ Climate Cafe: Thu, Jan 25
🌍 World Salon Global Future Forum 2024: An Integrated Approach: Sat, Jan 27
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events this month
Upcoming Events
🏗️ Quest for Sustainable Future in Design & Build Trends: Sustainability Group: Wed, Jan 31
🎬 NY Climate Tech X Climate Film Festival January Meetup: Wed, Jan 31
🖼️ Unique NY ~ Private Tour of Poster House Exhibition: Wed, Jan 31
🔮 Meet the Psychedelic-Climate Leaders: Wed, Jan 31
🚗 The War on Cars: Wed, Jan 31
🧑💻 LEAP Spring 2024 Lecture in Climate Data Science: Carl Vondrick : Thu, Feb 1
🧑⚖️ WCA's New York State Legislators Forum: Fri, Feb 2
🙋♀️ NYC Women And Climate Winter Indoor Picnic: Sun, Feb 4
🍹 The Carbonauts Sustainability Cocktails: Tue, Feb 6
🧑⚖️ CUNY BMI Legislative Breakfast: Wed, Feb 7
🏡 The Conceivable Future: Planning Families in the Age of Climate Crisis: Wed, Feb 7
🌱 Nyack 2030 Climate Solutions Fair -- A Community Open House: Wed, Feb 7
🌍 Climate Techies NYC Monthly Member Sustainability and Networking Meetup: Thu, Feb 8
🏗️ New York Build 2024: Tue, Feb 13
Event Details
🥬 Vegpreneur x Shopify: Building a Sustainable Business
When: Tue, Jan 23rd from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Shopify NY, 131 Greene Street, New York, NY
Join us in NYC on January 23 from 6-9 PM to hear from leading founders, network, and sample products from exciting plant-based companies! Panelists will be announced shortly.
🌱 Intersecting Hubs
When: Wed, Jan 24th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: New York City College of Technology, 285 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
Learn about the Clean Energy Hub and the NYC Climate Justice Hub, two intersecting hubs in New York City that aim to promote a cleaner and more just environment for communities along the Brooklyn waterfront and beyond. The Clean Energy Hub will accommodate offshore wind generation and create skilled union jobs, while the NYC Climate Justice Hub focuses on participatory governance and climate justice.
📚 Celebrating Recent Work by Lorraine Daston
When: Wed, Jan 24th from 6:15 PM to 7:45 PM
Where: World Room, Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY
Rivals is a historical overview of the scientific community's unity and collaboration, examining the creation of projects like the Carte du Ciel and the International Cloud Atlas. The book explores how these collaborative efforts made it possible to gather evidence of phenomena like climate change. It is published by Columbia Global Reports and written by Lorraine Daston, a renowned historian of science.
🥂 Jacob Simon x CLIP Meetup
When: Thu, Jan 25th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Newlab, 19 Morris Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Meet climate communicator Jacob Simon in person and mingle with the CLIP team at Newlab in Brooklyn. Enjoy a tour of Newlab, a happy hour, and the opportunity to be in a news roundup video. Limited seating available, RSVP to attend.
🥕 Dish It Out: Hangout for Good Food Lovers
When: Thu, Jan 25th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Local Roots Market & Café, 398 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY
Connect with other NYers interested in local food, local agriculture, food and sustainability. Complimentary snacks from the Local Roots Market+Cafe and take home free veggies and fruit from our Local Roots produce grab bag. Fill out the google form to join!
📚 Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe & Nuclear War
When: Thu, Jan 25th from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore, 116 Suffolk Street, New York, NY
This handbook provides strategies and tools for campaigners to work on global nuclear disarmament and alternatives to fossil fuels. It debunks myths and explores the idea of converting resources from weapons to climate solutions. Written by Timmon Wallis, a peace and environmental advocate.
💊 Navigating the Path to Sustainable Health Solutions
When: Thu, Jan 25th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Catalent Pharma Solutions, 14 School House Road, Franklin Township, NJ
Join us for a dynamic and insightful panel discussion exploring the intersection of pharmaceuticals and sustainability in the pharma industry. Gain valuable insights and be part of the conversation shaping the way forward for sustainable health solutions.
🍽️ Climate Fresk & Dinner at Eat Offbeat
When: Thu, Jan 25th from 5:45 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Join us for this fun and informative Game + Dinner night that has already been played by >1.4 M people worldwide!!In just 3 hours, the collaborative Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change and empower you to take action.The workshop will take place at Eat Offbeat and can include a full dinner featuring the best home cooking from around the world made with love by refugee chefs in NYC.
🍽️ Digital Collage & Dinner at Eat Offbeat
When: Thu, Jan 25th from 5:45 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Join us for this fun and informative Game + Dinner night where the collaborative Digital Collage workshop will show you the fundamental impact on the environnement of the digital sector. The workshop will take place at Eat Offbeat and can include a full dinner featuring the best home cooking from around the world made with love by refugee chefs in NYC.
☕️ Climate Cafe
When: Thu, Jan 25th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Neighbor, 176 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Join us for the NYC Climate Cafe, an in-person event where attendees can discuss difficult emotions that arise out of the climate crisis in a supportive environment. It can be cathartic and an opportunity to connect with others who feel the same way. Open to all with a suggested donation of $10.
🌍 World Salon Global Future Forum 2024: An Integrated Approach
When: Sat, Jan 27th from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Where: Harvard Club of New York City, 35 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The World Salon Forum Series is a platform fostering global dialogue on 21st-century challenges, featuring keynotes and panels on Technology, Global Economic Development, Healthcare, ESG, and more. The event offers networking, industry updates, and a collaboration platform for cross-industry solutions. It covers topics such as financial stability, AI, healthcare systems, climate resilience, and sustainability. Attendees will gain insights from expert speakers and have the opportunity to engage with industry leaders.