NY Climate Tech: July 10 - July 17
NY Climate Tech: July 10 - July 17
Look for love, rally for clean buildings and climate jobs, and celebrate all the water across the five boroughs!
Hi friends,
We hope you had a great week celebrating America, and now it’s back to work making sure we continue to build resilient and sustainable communities from sea to shining sea!
We’ve got a great lineup of events this week ranging from date nights and game nights to career training and climate rallies across NYC. Here are our top picks:
Want to have a voice at COP in November? Join the 🇺🇳 CitizenCOP Launch Party on Monday to get going!
Retrofitting buildings and greening the grid will require a lot of people in boots making it a reality. Join the 🌳 Green Careers program to learn about opportunities this Tuesday.
💚 Looking for love in the climate crisis? Meet a partner for the apocalypse, a socialist summer fling, or find your climate comrade this Wednesday at Public Records (this definitely tops our favorite event for the week!).
Long live Local Law 97! Hit the City Hall Plaza to 📣 Enforce NYC's Climate Jobs Law this Thursday.
Celebrate the 🌊 City of Water across NYC this weekend with a 🦪 Behind-the-Scenes Oyster Tour at Governors Island on Friday and Build & Launch a Floating Garden at the RETI Center on Saturday!
As always, scroll down for a full list of events!
Cheers,
The NY Climate Tech 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
💧 Environmental Tech Lab Challenges
Applications are open for the inaugural Environmental Tech Lab, a public-private initiative between the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Partnership Fund for New York City to test new technologies to help solve pressing challenges facing the city’s water and wastewater network. This year’s challenges focus on helping DEP better utilize data and technology and improve operational efficiency at New York City’s water and wastewater utility.
👩🏻🌾 Terra.do’s Climate Farm School
The Climate Farm School program at Terra.do is a unique opportunity for adult professionals to get their hands dirty on a regenerative farm for a week while learning about climate solutions within sustainable food systems. We’re enrolling cohorts that launch in July or September, at Green Valley Farm + Mill in Sebastopol, CA and Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY. Contact program director Laney Siegner with any questions: laney@terra.do.
Events This Week
📈 WISE x BPP: Capitalizing on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Mon, Jul 10
🇺🇳 CitizenCOP Launch Party: Mon, Jul 10
🎉 NYASG Summer Soiree: Tue, Jul 11
🌳 Green Careers - Vocational Careers: Tue, Jul 11
🪵 Tri-Lox Workshop Tour with AIA Brooklyn COTE: Tue, Jul 11
🟢 Entrepreneurs Roundtable 179 IN-PERSON: Tue, Jul 11
👷♀️ Beyond Green Jobs: Wed, Jul 12
🧩 Energy and Climate Game Night: Wed, Jul 12
💚 It’s getting hot in here: looking for love in the climate crisis: Wed, Jul 12
🥗 FoodHack NYC Meet Up: Advances in Agriculture: Wed, Jul 12
⚡️ DER Taskforce NYC Happy Hour: Wed, Jul 12
🏢 National Sustainability and ESG Conference: Thu, Jul 13
📣 Rally to Enforce NYC's Climate Jobs Law: Thu, Jul 13
🍀 The State of Climate Tech VC Panel and Happy Hour: Thu, Jul 13
🦪 Behind-the-Scenes @ The Billion Oyster Project HQ on Governors Island: Fri, Jul 14
🌊 City of Water Day: Sat, Jul 15
💧 City of Water Day at RETI Center's Barge : Build & Launch a Floating Garden: Sat, Jul 15
✅ The Green Summit: Sat, Jul 15
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events this month
Events This Month
☕️ Climate Cafe: Mon, Jul 17
⚖️ Just Transitions for All: Achieving Climate & Social Justice: Tue, Jul 18
🍻 Green Drinks Brooklyn: Wed, Jul 19
🤖 SOSV Deep Tech Summer Bash w/ Free Agency: Wed, Jul 19
🔋 Renewables & Energy Storage - The Booming Energy Transition: Wed, Jul 19
🐟 Karen Pinchin + Sabrina Imbler: Kings of Their Own Ocean: Wed, Jul 19
🎲 Climate Fresk and Dinner at Eat Offbeat (Chelsea Market): Sat, Jul 22
🌱 Social Impact Summer Connector: Tue, Jul 25
💸 Paula DiPerna ("Pricing the Priceless") Half King: Tue, Jul 25
🪴 Eco-friendly PopUp: Wed, Jul 26
🏢 Climate Mobilization Act Series: NYC Building Envelopes: Thu, Jul 27
⛴️ Sunset Boat Tour: Explore our Region's Port Infrastructure: Tue, Aug 1
Events This Week
📈 WISE x BPP: Capitalizing on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
When: Mon, Jul 10th from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Where: Building Energy Exchange
BE-Ex’s Women in Sustainability & Energy (WISE) and the Building Performance Partnership present Capitalizing on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a panel event discussing the federal grant competition, program strategy and implementation, and the profound influence the Inflation Reduction Act investment can have on communities and climate. Join us as we delve into the intricacies of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, uncovering opportunities to maximize impact and pave the way for major greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the built environment.
🇺🇳 CitizenCOP Launch Party
When: Mon, Jul 10th from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: TBA
The COP 2023 will take place at the end of November. These events have rarely lived up to the challenges of implementing the necessary actions to address the climate emergency and related issues (biodiversity crisis, migration crisis...). In response to this, different individuals from various projects (Closiist, Climate Fresk, Déb'Acteur, ...) wish to breathe new life into this significant media event.
🎉 NYASG Summer Soiree
When: Tue, Jul 11th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: The J.M. Kaplan Fund, 71 West 23rd Street #903, New York, NY 10010 United States
We invite all NYASG members to come together to celebrate the summer, discuss latest sustainability trends and share ideas for potential event topics. There will be no speakers at this gathering, but we hope it sets the stage for future events and collaborations.
🌳 Green Careers - Vocational Careers
When: Tue, Jul 11th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: TOTO Showroom, W 22nd St, New York, NY 10010
Most of New York City was built before “sustainability” was even a word, and yet we’ve got plans to transform it into the most environmentally friendly city in America. Retrofitting buildings, greening the grid, installing solar, and more will require a lot of people in boots making it a reality. Join us to talk about the trades, crafts, and the education needed to be part of what promises to be a huge workforce of green collar jobs.
🪵 Tri-Lox Workshop Tour with AIA Brooklyn COTE
When: Tue, Jul 11th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Tri-Lox, 228 India Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Join AIABK's Committee on the Environment for a tour of Tri-Lox's workshop in Greenpoint. Tri-Lox, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer specializing in unique reclaimed and ethically sourced wood, is building a circular wood system through research, design, and craft.
🟢 Entrepreneurs Roundtable 179 IN-PERSON
When: Tue, Jul 11th from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
Where: Rise New York, 43 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
"Entrepreneurs Roundtable" monthly events are free community events open to entrepreneurs and investors in New York City. The event series has been going on every month in NYC since 2008 (11 years). Our goal is to help New York City startup ecosystem grow and connect the entrepreneurial community with each other for learning and networking opportunities. Every event features an active early-stage investor with 5 startups pitching to them for feedback and fundraising followed by community networking. Featuring William Lese from Braemer Energy Ventures.
👷♀️ Beyond Green Jobs
When: Wed, Jul 12th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Where: Online
In discussions on Just Transition, green jobs become the priority. However this roundtable discussion will take the dialogue beyond jobs into life-skills. Green jobs and greening of the transition is just piece of the puzzle, but the larger share is our collective commitment towards the planet. To foster this commitment, global citizenship education provides the pathways to take care of our planet and all living beings. Therefore this round table discussion will include green jobs needed for livelihoods, but it also include all the elements of SDG target 4.7 which talks about the role of education in a peaceful and prosperous planet.
🧩 Energy and Climate Game Night
When: Wed, Jul 12th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 West 64th Street New York, NY 10023
If we are to confront the climate crisis at scale, we will need to collaborate and coordinate across fields, neighborhoods, cultures and industries. A serious energy transition demands such coordination (that’s what Energetic the game teaches us). Collaborative games and policy making forums (such as deliberative citizens’ assemblies) point the way forward to enable us to do this at scale. They orient participants towards longterm goals and enable them to work through scenarios of the coming decades, in order to discuss what policies will be most efficient and successful at reducing emissions while maintaining public support.
💚 It’s getting hot in here: looking for love in the climate crisis
When: Wed, Jul 12th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Public Records, 233 Butler Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Conserve energy by losing the dating apps and finding that special someone to share your climate anxiety! Whether you’re looking for someone to prep with, protest with, farm with, or to explore the great outdoors with (while we still have it), this event is for you! This will be a very chill (no pun intended!) way to meet a partner for the apocalypse, a socialist summer fling, or just make some climate comrades! NOTE: this event is open to all ages, sexualities and genders-- it'll take all of us to make the revolution!
🥗 FoodHack NYC Meet Up: Advances in Agriculture
When: Wed, Jul 12th from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Newlab, 19 Morris Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Join us for our next FoodHack NYC meetup in collaboration with Newlab! Hear a panel of experts discuss advances in agriculture and how new technologies are reframing our food system. FoodHack meetups are for entrepreneurs, professionals, investors and food enthusiasts to network and hear from food industry speakers.
⚡️ DER Taskforce NYC Happy Hour
When: Wed, Jul 12th from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Urban Energy, 116 Ainslie St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hey DER TF! Join us at Urban Energy's office for our monthly hang on the second Wednesday of each month. There isn't a reoccurring agenda, but we may have guests or topics to discuss for a particular events.
🏢 National Sustainability and ESG Conference
When: Thu, Jul 13th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Enhance your business by understanding how prioritizing ESG and sustainability across development, design, investment and asset management verticals can change the city but also positively impact your bottom line. Hear from New York City's leading developers, investors and designers on financing ESG Deals, the next wave of building innovation and achieving net zero carbon.
📣 Rally to Enforce NYC's Climate Jobs Law
When: Thu, Jul 13th from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Where: New York City Hall, 1 City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007
Join us for rally to demand Mayor Adams fully implement Local Law 97, New York City's Green New Deal for Buildings. Local Law 97 is on track to help New York meet its climate goals while creating tens of thousands of good jobs, cleaning our air, and reducing energy bills. Unfortunately, the real estate lobby is spending big money on a misinformation campaign to gut the law with weak rules that would delay its enforcement and create massive loopholes for building owners to avoid cutting pollution. The Adams administration is expected to issue draft regulations implementing the law any day now, so this is a critical time for New Yorkers to speak out.
🦪 Behind-the-Scenes @ The Billion Oyster Project HQ on Governors Island
When: Fri, Jul 14th from 12:45 PM to 3:00 PM
Where: Battery Maritime Building (Inside), 10 South Street, New York, NY 10005
While oysters are undeniably delicious, there's even a better reason to love them — did you know they help protect coastlines against storm surge, and filter nitrogen pollution from our waterways? Get ready to travel to Governors Island for a crash course lesson on these famous shellfish, all while helping one organization accomplish their goal of repopulating New York Harbor with a billion of them. Join New York Adventure Club for a special behind-the-scenes oyster experience with Billion Oyster Project, a nonprofit headquartered on Governors Island that's dedicated to restoring oyster reefs in New York Harbor through public education initiatives.
🌊 City of Water Day
When: Sat, Jul 15th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: New York and New Jersey
Now in its 16th year, City of Water Day — taking place this year on Saturday, July 15 — is a region-wide day organized by Waterfront Alliance and New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), to champion a climate-resilient New York and New Jersey harbor.
💧 City of Water Day at RETI Center's Barge : Build & Launch a Floating Garden
When: Sat, Jul 15th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: RETI Center Barge : Field Station at GBX~ Gowanus Bay Terminal, 701 Columbia Street Brooklyn, NY 11231
RETI Center and GBX~ Gowanus Bay Terminal are hosting an In Your Neighborhood event for the 16th Annual City of Water Day July 15, 11-4pm. Join us to help build and launch a floating garden that incorporates marsh grasses, mussels, oysters and kelp that’s built entirely of salvaged and sustainable materials like scaffolding planks, reclaimed fishing nets, wine corks, salvage steel, and more. All skill levels and ages welcome. Refreshments, all tools and supplies will be provided.
✅ The Green Summit
When: Sat, Jul 15th from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Where: 10 W 64th St, New York, NY 10023
The Green Summit is an in-person event bringing together leaders in business, tech, and finance to share their vision of a sustainable future. There will be panels, breakout sessions, networking events, and a happy hour at the end of the day.
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Climate Tech Cities
We are expanding! We started as an 8-person dinner and now have over 7,000 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!