NY Climate Tech: June Roundup
NY Climate Tech: June Roundup
June events, our next two meetups (with special guests!), and the UN's World Oceans Week
Hi all,
We’re coming in a little late this week, but I think there’s more than enough in this newsletter to make up for it! To start with, we have a preview of 19 events happening this month. Highlights include climate education workshop at Teachers College, three competing happy hours on Wednesday, June 15th, and of course, our next two meetups!
NY Climate Tech will be hosting our first subject-specific meetup on Wednesday, June 16th. We’re covering a one of the most difficult challenges for the climate: how companies and governments can work together to deploy climate solutions. We have an amazing set of speakers confirmed from NY city government, NYSERDA, and Cornell. We’re also hosting our standard monthly meetup on Thursday, June 23rd. We’re already seeing success stories: Legends Solar founder Lassor Feasley met a key investor and advisor at one of the meetups. So RSVP and swing on by!
Some of this week’s events have already happened, from the FT’s Strategies for Transitioning to Net Zero summit to the Clean Energy for Homes conference in Saratoga, but check out their websites to find out about what’s coming next. If you’re in Jersey City, we finally have something for you! SJC Green Drinks is hosting an event on urban agriculture at Latham House tonight.
On Friday, head to Brooklyn for a lightly academic “Olio” on the more than human world and talk through a diverse set of readings from indigenous writers. This Sunday, celebrate World Environmental Day and the start of World Oceans Week with talks, networking, and films at the Selina Chelsea. If you’re interested in continuing with a visit to the UN on World Oceans day on Wednesday the 8th, be sure to RSVP today as they close in-person registrations at midnight tonight.
Next week, Sonam Velani will be joining the newsletter to add more content, from hot takes on local climate news to profiles of people in the community and more on climate, policy, and the city.
Events This Week
Events This Month
Wed, 6/8 🇺🇳 United Nations World Oceans Day
Thu, 6/9 📚 Climate Education on Chancellor's Day
Thu, 6/9 ⚡️ Electrify Brooklyn - Virtual Transportation Town Hall
Sat, 6/11 🏖 Beach Clean-up, Yoga and bike ride for the oceans
Sat, 6/11 🌊 World Ocean Festival
Wed, 6/15 🏙 Happy Hour: Combining Capital, Technology and Design to Build Better Cities
Wed, 6/15🍷 YPE NYC June Happy Hour
Wed, 6/15🍹 Green Drinks Brooklyn & Offshore Wind Drinks & WRISE
Thu, 6/16 🗽 NY Climate Tech: Working with Governments to Deploy Climate Solutions
Wed, 6/22 🇬🇧 Climatetech Showcase - Innovate UK at the Urban Future Lab
Thu, 6/23 🗽NY Climate Tech Meetup: June
Fri, 6/24 🪙 ReFi NYC
Tue, 6/28 🇧🇩 Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA: Critical Response
Events This Month
0️⃣ Strategies for Transitioning to Net Zero: New York
When: Wed, June 1st from 12 PM - PM
Where: Convene, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York
The pressure for corporations to deliver on their climate commitments has never been as strong as it is today. With mandatory climate-related disclosures set to come into force in the US, corporate progress on climate action will be even more scrutinized. Even those that have made great strides with reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions face the often bigger challenge of influencing their scope 3 emissions along their value chain.
At this one-day in-person event hosted by the Financial Times and Oliver Wyman, join business leaders in New York, drawn from across industries, to develop principles for delivering a successful climate transition. The intersection between transition planning and leadership, business operating models, customers and finance will all be examined separately.
🏡 Clean Energy For Homes Conference
When: Wed, June 1st and Thu, June 2nd
Where: 534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Join us June 1-2 in Saratoga Springs, New York, for two days of education and networking. This in-person event includes live sessions and content relevant to New York's climate, housing stock, and industry trends.
The host sponsor, NYSERDA, is offering a $100 discount for New York State businesses and residents for the next 154 registrations. Use code NY22100SP.
🍻 SJC Green Drinks
When: Wed, June 1 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Where: Latham House, 299 Marin Boulevard at Jersey City, NJ
The first drink is on us at our quarterly SJC Green Drinks, sponsored by Solar Landscape. (don't forget to use promo code SL-SJC when you sign up for Community Solar with Solar Landscape for preferred discount on your PSE&G utility bill !)
Come chill with us on the patio at the beautiful Latham House - steps from the Grove Street PATH.
The theme of our spring event is Urban Agriculture. Hear from fellow JC residents getting their hands dirty and growing food right in your backyard!
Meet like-minded people and learn about projects happening in your neighborhood!
🦤 The More than Human World
When: Thu, June 2 at 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Where: Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY
The theme for this Olio is the “more-than-human world” and how different religions and spiritualities are responding to the climate crisis. By alternating between lectures, group work, and discussion, we will analyze how both secular and religious writers integrate and cite scientific data and compare and contrast the various philosophies about our responsibilities to the planet. Authors will include Muskogee Creek poet Joy Harjo, Pope Francis, Nigerian writer and lecturer Bayo Akomolafe, Potawatomi scientist and author Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka, and more!
Nic Adams is an NYC-based playwright, theatre-maker, and adjunct professor at Brooklyn College
🌎 Climate Connection : Celebrating World Environment Day
When: Sun, June 5 from 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDT
Where: Selina Chelsea New York City at 518 West 27th Street. New York, NY 10001
Join us as we come together on the 5th of June to celebrate the World Environment Day and the start of the World Oceans Week. This gathering features diverse programming highlighting United Nations partnerships, organizations, impact focused initiatives and artists from around the world.
The event program will be segmented into 3 parts - daytime youth segment / talks, panels, networking, and dinner / evening celebration.
Use code PARTNER to RSVP
💬 Effective Environmentalism NYC Discussion Group
When: Wed, June 8th at 6 PM EDT
Where: Winter Garden Atrium, Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St, Manhattan, New York
Effective Environmentalism NYC is hosting an in-person discussion group: ‘Effective Climate Mitigation Basics’. Here is the curated list of recommended readings (90 min) to read before the discussion. Note that the event is open to people with any experience level with environmentalism/climate. All are welcome!
🇺🇳 United Nations World Oceans Day
When: Wed, June 8 from 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM EDT
Where: United Nations Headquarters 760 United Nations Plaza
This year's United Nations World Oceans Day (UN WOD) celebration will be taking place on Wednesday 8 June 2022 around the theme Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean .
United Nations World Oceans Day is hosted by the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs (DOALOS) with the generous contribution of Oceanic Global, made possible by La Mer.
📚 Climate Education on Chancellor's Day
When: Thu, June 9 from 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Where: Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, NYC 10027
Join the Office of Sustainability for our first in-person event in over two years! Workshops are facilitated by the DOE's Climate Education Leadership Team. 3 CTLE credits are available for this training!
Workshop 1: En-ROADS Tutorial for Climate Modeling (Grades 8-12 Educators Only)
Workshop 2: Place-Based Education: Bring Climate Education to Your School (All Grades)
Workshop 3: How to Host a Climate Teach-in At Your School (All Grades)
Workshop 4: IPCC and Me: Make High-level Climate Info Accessible to Your Classroom (All Grades)
⚡️ Electrify Brooklyn - Virtual Transportation Town Hall
When: Thu, June 9 at 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Where: Virtual, Zoom
Learn about green energy initiatives on the city & state level and an exciting new transportation option that can be coming to Brooklyn soon
Do you want clean transportation that reduces local air pollution, helps to overcome transportation challenges, and improves public safety?
Join the conversation!
🏖 Beach Clean-up, Yoga and bike ride for the oceans
When: Sat, June 11 from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
Where: New York Aquarium, 602 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn
You are invited to the Beach clean-up, Yoga and picnic lunch at Coney Island on Saturday, June 11! Help us preserve the ocean and our beautiful coastline by keeping it clean with our community clean-up. This year we are also encouraging everyone to bike to the beach if you can to keep up our wellness and environmental sustainability for this beach activity. We will have two groups cycling if you would like to join us.
🌊 World Ocean Festival
When: Sat, Jun 11 from 4:00 PM – Late
Where: Gaia NoMaya at 510 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
We are thrilled to bring together so many amazing non-profits, creative communities, musicians, artists, healers, and Brooklyns diverse and multi-dimensional culture for a great cause to support ocean education for the youth.
Funds from the event will be donated towards supporting underserved communities of youth to participate in educational programs through the "Youth for the SDG's" Scholarship, focusing on the UN sustainable Development Goals.
🏙 Happy Hour: Combining Capital, Technology and Design to Build Better Cities
When: Wed, June 15 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Where: Newlab at 19 Morris Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Cities account for 75% of global CO2 emissions. How we build, operate, and modernize buildings will have a major impact on our climate future and the liveability of cities. Capital investment, new technology, and clever design will be instrumental in creating new approaches that can decarbonize the built environment at scale, while also ensuring the viability and affordability of real estate.
Speakers
Johan Schwind - Acting Managing Director, URBAN-X
Kanan Ajmera - Founder & CEO, Builders Patch
Mark Domino - Director of Digital Media, The Durst Organization
Zak Schwarzman - General Partner, Metaprop
🍷 YPE NYC June Happy Hour
When: Wed, June 15 from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Where: Amity Hall Downtown at 80 W 3rd St, New York, NY
YPE NYC is hosting an in-person happy hour to kick off the summer! Please join YPE NYC and the energy community for an evening of casual drinks.
We will be gathering at Amity Hall Downtown in their downstairs room. Come grab a drink with us and discuss the latest in the NYC energy world with professionals from the utility, power, energy finance, law, and policy community.
We can’t wait to see you all again and hope you can join us!
🍹 Green Drinks Brooklyn & Offshore Wind Drinks & WRISE
When: Wed, June 15 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Where: Estuary Brasserie & Bar at 159 Bridge Park Drive, Brooklyn, NY
Co-hosting with Offshore Wind Drinks & Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)
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.
This month's event co-hosted with Offshore Wind Drinks & Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)
Ramon Cruz, Sierra Club
Max Taffet, EDC, NYC Waterfront Development
KC Sahl, National Director of Offshore Wind, This organization for all offshore wind professionals who are interested in networking, community and advocacy.
🗽 NY Climate Tech: Working with Governments to Deploy Climate Solutions
When: Wed, June 16th at 6:30 PM EDT
Where: To Be Announced
NY Climate Tech is proud to announce our first subject-specific meetup.
This month, we're focusing on one of the most important, and most challenging aspects of climate tech: working with (and within) government to deploy climate solutions.
Featuring representatives from:
Katie MacDonald, Director Technology to Market at NYSERDA
City of New York — OneNYC, NYC’s comprehensive strategy to get to net zero by 2050
Ben Furnas, Executive Director of the Cornell 2030 Project, leading the university’s multi-disciplinary program to develop technological solutions in partnership with private sector players and advance policies that mitigate the impacts of climate change.
The format will be a panel followed by audience questions and networking.
🇬🇧 Climatetech Showcase - Innovate UK at the Urban Future Lab
When: Wed, June 22 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Where: Company at 355 Madison Avenue, 7th floor Commons, NYC
The Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is the U.S. landing pad for Innovate UK’s Global Incubator Programme, which is designed to cultivate and support the launch of innovative cleantech companies with a strong potential to scale internationally to new markets. The Global Incubator Programme is a multi-year partnership between Innovate UK and the Urban Future Lab.
Attendees will hear brief presentations from the companies about their technologies, what they have learned and accomplished over the program’s six-month intensive market discovery process, and where they’re headed next.
🗽NY Climate Tech Meetup: June
When: Thu, June 23rd at 6:30 PM EDT
Where: Madison Square Park
Join us for our June meetup!
Each month we bring together entrepreneurs, climate scientists, investors, students, engineers, and people of all backgrounds looking to transition into climate or meet other people with similar interests. We tend to have 50+ attendees, sometimes as many as 100 depending on the month and event.
This month we'll cross our fingers for good weather and try a picnic (+ Shake Shack) meetup in Madison Square Park.
🪙 ReFi NYC
When: Fri, June 24 from 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Where: Penthouse @ Hotel on Rivington at 107 Rivington Street, New York, NY
dClimate is hosting ReFi NYC, the flagship regenerative finance event of Ethereum New York on June 24th, 2022. Come for the panels, keynotes, merch, and networking opportunities. Stay for the happy hour, breathtaking views of New York City, and food!
🇧🇩 Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA: Critical Response
When: Tue, June 28 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Where: Scholastic Big Red Auditorium, 130 Mercer Street, New York, NY
The spring 2022 Current Work series focuses on architectural practices designing museums, schools, and cultural centers that contend with the complex legacies of place.
Kashef Chowdhury cofounded the Dhaka-based firm URBANA in 1995 and has led the practice as solo principal since 2004. The firm’s projects span various typologies and methodologies, from climate-action initiatives to cultural, educational, sports, health, industrial, religious, and residential facilities. In its own words, the practice aims to cultivate “a contextually and socially responsible…architectural and planning response” to the twin crises of climate change and migration in Bangladesh.