NY Climate Tech: Jan 25 - Feb 1st
Welcome back to NY Climate Tech!
After the holiday and Omicron hiatus, things are slowly starting back up.
If you’re looking to meet up in-person, swing by the NYC Climate Tech / MCJ NY meetup on Tuesday, Feb 1st. We’ll stay outside and do our best to keep it safe!
There are only a couple other in-person events this week: a fireside chat about the polar regions with Columbia Climate School researcher Andrew Kruczkiewicz, and an off-off Broadway play about corporate climate reductions.
Online, you can learn about Biotech for Carbon Removal, check in across the country on California’s (very important) rooftop solar policy, or take a virtual trip and hear about the effects of climate change on life in the Arctic or on Okinawan waters.
In This Newsletter
Events
🔥 Fireside Chat: Climate Migration and Disaster Relief
🎭 Nothing’s Plenty for Me
🧬 Roundtable: Biotech for Carbon Removal
☀️ Live debate: How to fix rooftop solar policy in California
❄️ ‘Ice Edge’ – Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing Reveal Arctic Change
🌊 Climate Change & The Blue Economy: Diving Into Okinawa’s Waters
From the Community
✍️ Job: Editorial Director @ Planet Home
🎨 Sustainable Energy for Artists and Arts Organizations Workshop
In-Person Events
🗽 NY Climate Tech Winter Meetup
When: Tuesday, Feb 1st at 6:30 PM EST
Where: Grey Dog, Carmine Street
RSVP: Free here
It's been a couple months! We'll be meeting at our standard spot — Grey Dog in the West Village. There are a few locations, so make sure you go to the Carmine street one.
We always get a good mix of people, and newcomers are very welcome!
This meetup will be outside. Grey Dog has heat lamps, but bundle up and plan to be outdoors.
We all know Omicron is still going strong, so please only attend if vaccinated and feeling well! If possible, take a rapid test before you head over — it's the courteous thing to do.
🔥 Fireside Chat: Climate Migration and Disaster Relief
When: Thu, Jan 27 at 6:00 PM EST
Where: Harriet's Lounge @ 60 Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY
RSVP: Free here
Warm up during a fireside chat with Oceanic Global and Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Senior Researcher & Faculty Lecturer at Columbia University's Climate School; Science Adviser, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. We’ll discuss the vulnerability of our polar regions, explore various ways to protect them, and close out the chat with a cocktail on the rooftop Polar Lounge.
🎭 Nothing’s Plenty for Me
When: Fri, Jan 28 through Sun, Feb 13
RSVP: Tickets available for $35 here
A fast-moving play about a climate change wager between five people and a huge oil company. The five move into one dorm room for three months, where fights, romances and art bloom.
Online Events
🧬 Roundtable: Biotech for Carbon Removal
When: Wed, Jan 26 at 3:00 PM EST
RSVP: Free or $10 for event carbon removal
With carbon removal truly in our DNA, we're having a roundtable discussion to launch a new AirMiners channel on biotech applications that remove carbon: "#biotech-cdr". If you want to learn about cool new ways to harness the power of biotechnology innovation (or even learn about CDR generally!) this is the event for you.
☀️ Live debate: How to fix rooftop solar policy in California
When: Wed, Jan 26 at 4:00 PM EST
RSVP: Free here, hosted by Canary Media
Join Canary Media’s Jeff St. John as he moderates a debate between energy experts Severin Borenstein and Ahmad Faruqui about California’s solar net-metering policy. The issue has sparked a polarizing fight among clean energy advocates, with high stakes for the future of solar power in the most populous state in the nation.
❄️ ‘Ice Edge’ – Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing Reveal Arctic Change
When: Thu, Jan 27 at 2:00 PM EST
RSVP: Not necessary, watch online here, hosted by Columbia’s Climate School
A film launch and discussion of a pioneering Arctic climate study meshing Indigenous and western expertise and perspectives. Five years ago, facing momentous changes in coastal sea ice, Iñupiaq residents of the Native Village of Kotzebue along northwest Alaska and researchers from Columbia University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks began a collaborative research project to understand the changes in sea ice cover and implications for the Indigenous way of life. Guests will include the filmmaker, Sarah Betcher, and research team members.
🌊 Climate Change & The Blue Economy: Diving Into Okinawa’s Waters
When: Tue, Feb 1 at 7:00 PM EST
RSVP: Free here, hosted by NYC’s Japan Society
Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth’s surface and are vital to the world economy. The ocean economy is estimated at $2.5 trillion in goods and services annually—equivalent to 5 percent of global GDP—and is the 7th largest economy in the world. However, increasing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have had a significant impact, resulting in decline of marine life and extreme weather events. How is climate change posing a threat to the world’s oceans? What are the promises of a blue economy? In this webinar, speakers discuss how climate change is affecting marine life, with a particular focus on Okinawa’s waters, and the importance of transitioning to a sustainable ocean economy.
From the Community
✍️ Job: Editorial Director @ Planet Home
Planet Home is seeking an Editorial Director who will guide our Solutionist 100 Index while overseeing and crafting engaging content that takes into account the perspectives of business and planetary health. The ideal candidate has a background that includes both business and environmental journalism or communications. The editorial mission is to identify and cover the important topics and people working every day to improve our climate.
🎨 Sustainable Energy for Artists and Arts Organizations Workshop
Are you an artist or arts organization planning a covid safe outdoor event, art installation, or performance? Would you like to integrate sustainable energy into the project in some way? This remote workshop is geared specifically for artists and arts organizations. We will discuss the opportunities for incorporating sustainable energy, with a particular focus on solar power, into outdoor artworks and performances, both as a power supply and as an integrated part of the work. Participants will be introduced to some basic concepts for determining if their project and/or location is suitable for incorporating solar power.
Just missed this month’s, but the next one is February 27th. Register here.