NY Climate Tech: Mar 10 - Mar 17

Biomaterials, sustainable tech, DERs, and $ for offshore wind, AI & nature, biomimicry, and more

Alec Turnbull, Sonam Velani, and Streetlife Ventures

Mar 10, 2025

Hi all,

It’s Spring, and that means it’s accelerator season! We have a lot of newly added opportunities in this newsletter:

💨 Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Innovator Call (due Mar. 21)
🌎 International Landing Pad Network (due Mar. 26)
⚡️ 2025 Venture For ClimateTech Global Innovation Challenge (due Mar. 31)
🐠 AI for Nature Accelerator and Climate (due Mar. 31)
💻 Compute for Climate Fellowship (due Apr. 6)
🦋 Ray of Hope Accelerator (due Apr. 25)
🌇 The Urban Future Prize Competition (due Apr. 28)

Scroll down for more details on each. In the meantime, here are our (Brooklyn heavy!) picks for the week:

Tonight, join TômTex at the 🔬 Genspace Biomaterials Studio Open House
Tomorrow, hear from startups and sustainability leaders at the 🌱 Make It in Brooklyn x Newlab: Sustainable Technologies Panel
Wednesday, nDER out at ⚡ DERTF NYC Meetup
Monday, join us at our quarterly 🗽 Climate Tech Demo Night

As always, scroll down for the full list of events—there’s a lot more going on.

Cheers,

Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities team

🔬 Genspace Biomaterials Studio Open House: Mon, Mar 10
🌋 Lecture: Climate and Geology: Tue, Mar 11
🧵 Makers Show & Tell @ FABSCRAP w/Climate Cafe! March 11th, 6p: Tue, Mar 11
🍹 Sip and Solutions: A Climate Themed Happy Hour Event: Tue, Mar 11
🎨 Aesthetics of Repair: Indigenous Art and the Form of Reconciliation: Tue, Mar 11
📊 Data In Power - NYC Event: Tue, Mar 11
🌱 Make It in Brooklyn x Newlab: Sustainable Technologies Panel: Tue, Mar 11
⏳ Manhattan Climate Changemakers Hour of Action: Tue, Mar 11
🌱 Sustainability Graduate Programs Midterm Capstone Briefings: Spring 2025: Tue, Mar 11
🍏 Green Apple Trivia: Tue, Mar 11
🍽️ Monthly Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner: Tue, Mar 11
♻️ Circular Economy Lab - How to trigger Circular Economy Opportunities?: Wed, Mar 12
🌍 How Can the Leadership of Women and Girls Help Save Our Cities and Planet?: Wed, Mar 12
🌳 Resilient Parks - Design Opportunities for Bushwick Inlet Park: Wed, Mar 12
🤖 Science & Society: AI and Us: Wed, Mar 12
🌀 The Conflict, Gender, Climate Nexus: Wed, Mar 12
📊 Vito Telesca: Using Machine Learning to link ER & Environmental Factors: Wed, Mar 12
🏗️ New York Build 2025: Wed, Mar 12
🌆 Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (Urban CAMP): Wed, Mar 12
🦋 MOTH 2025 Festival of Ideas: Wed, Mar 12
🎶 Climate Cafe, Zines & Folk Jam: Wed, Mar 12
⚡ DERTF NYC Meetup: Wed, Mar 12
📈 Spring 2025 Lecture in Climate Data Science: MATTHIAS IHME: Thu, Mar 13
♻️ Compost & Community: How to Compost with LES Ecology: Thu, Mar 13
🍺 4WARD Global Climate & Sustainability Networking Meetups NYC: Thu, Mar 13
⚖️ FORGE 2025 Gathering - General Admission: Fri, Mar 14
🏃 2025 United Airlines NYC Half Plogging Event: Sat, Mar 15
🎥 PEAKER + THE PRICE OF POWER: Doc Screenings + Panel/Q&A on NYC's "Peaker" Plant Problem: Sun, Mar 16
🗽 Climate Tech Demo Night - AWS, Collab Fund, Streetlife Ventures: Mon, Mar 17

📈 Wall Street Green Conference: March 18-19

2025 Wall Street Green Summit is our 24th annual event and one of the longest running and most comprehensive sustainable finance events in the world and will be held in New York City at the Cornell Club March 18th and March 19th 2025. Learn from 40 ClimateTech experts on solutions to climate change.

🌊 2025 Waterfront Conference: May 13

The 2025 Waterfront Conference comes at a pivotal moment, exploring a shifting political landscape, evolving funding challenges, and transformative policy changes. With a new administration reshaping federal priorities, the event is an unparalleled opportunity to influence critical conversations and advance solutions to define the future of climate resilience, waterfronts, and coastlines.

Opportunities

💨 Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Innovator Call: Due Mar. 21

The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH) Accelerator in New York City is a world-class accelerator program open to global offshore wind innovators. Building on a strong two-year track record, this six-month intensive program provides unparalleled support for innovators looking to develop novel technology and advance commercialization in the New York offshore wind market.

🌎 International Landing Pad Network: Due Mar. 26

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the International Landing Pad Network, a program that will support growth-stage international companies in their expansion to New York City. This RFP is seeking program operators with expertise in identifying and scaling growing companies to operate the inaugural cohorts of the International Landing Pad Network.

⚡️ 2025 Venture For ClimateTech Global Innovation Challenge: Due Mar. 31

The Venture For ClimateTech Global Innovation Challenge aims to address the urgent need for climate tech solutions, which can be difficult to develop without the right resources. This year, we are rallying a global community to source and support the most impactful and equitable early-stage climate tech solutions key to reducing global emissions. We look forward to reviewing your innovative solutions!

🐠 AI for Nature Accelerator and Climate: Due Mar. 31

A ten-week accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups based in North America and LATAM, bringing the best of Google to startups working toward nature protection, conservation, and restoration.

💻 Compute for Climate Fellowship: Due Apr. 6

The Compute for Climate Fellowship is a global R&D funding program that empowers climate tech startups to leverage advanced cloud computing and AI in the fight against climate change. The Fellowship was founded in 2023 by the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), under the auspices of UNESCO, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Each Fellow company accepted into the program builds a groundbreaking proof-of-concept (PoC) climate solution that is funded by AWS, with technical and scientific advisors from AWS and IRCAI.

🦋 Ray of Hope Accelerator: Due Apr. 25

Calling all nature-inspired startups! Join a diverse cohort of high-impact visionary leaders. Receive personalized support, access to funding, attend a Nature Retreat and more. Apply today and be part of a community driving positive change!

🌇 The Urban Future Prize Competition: Due Apr. 28

For the ninth consecutive year, the Urban Future Lab is proud to present the Urban Future Prize Competition, which identifies and supports top climatetech startups. Thanks to the generous support of MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), and NYU Tandon School of Engineering, two winners will each receive a $50,000 cash prize and admission into the ACRE Incubator—New York’s longest-running and most successful climatetech program.

🌎 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!
Climate startups looking to raise
Climate talent looking to transition

Upcoming Events

🌳 Bosco Verticale with Stefano Boeri and Francesca Cesa Bianchi: Tue, Mar 18
🥐 Executive Breakfast with Verse and BloombergNEF’s Kyle Harrison: Tue, Mar 18
🌱 Wall Street Green Summit 2025: Tue, Mar 18
🍻 Post Global DAC Conference NYCDR Happy Hour: Tue, Mar 18
🎉 NYC Climate Tech Mixer: Tue, Mar 18
🪶 SJC SpeakEASY Salon Series @ &Co Grove: Tue, Mar 18
🌊 Monthly Forum: The Water-Energy Nexus: Wed, Mar 19
🌊 OWIH Accelerator Q&A Happy Hour: Wed, Mar 19
🌍 Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation: Wed, Mar 19
💧 Celebrate World Water Day - "Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration": Thu, Mar 20
👩‍🏫 Women in Supply Chain & Port Management: Thu, Mar 20
🍸 Climate Tech Investors & Strategics Cocktail hour: Thu, Mar 20
☀️ Fractal Rooftop Garden Launch Party & Build Day Part 2: Thu, Mar 20
🌱 2025 Cleantech Open Northeast New York City Kickoff Party: Thu, Mar 20
🔬 Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellows Program Information Session-NYC: Thu, Mar 20
🛠️ 104th NY Hardware Meetup // Climate Tech & Supply Chain: Thu, Mar 20
🌍 ATPI & PELR Conference on Tax Law, the Environment, and Climate Change: Fri, Mar 21
🌊 Empowering Women, Securing the Future of Climate-Resilient Tuna Fisheries: Fri, Mar 21
🌱 So, What Do You Do? Unleashing Authentic, Sustainable Leadership: Fri, Mar 21
🌾 OATLY Zero Waste Throwdown: Sun, Mar 23
🍸 ClimateTech Happy Hour: Mon, Mar 24
🌿 How to be Sustainable: Tue, Mar 25
📚 Offsite: Karen Russell: The Antidote w/ Rivka Galchen: Tue, Mar 25
🌍 Manhattan Climate Changemakers Hour of Action: Tue, Mar 25
🌟 Women's History Month Networking Event: Tue, Mar 25
📚 Jack Lohmann presents White Light, ft. Alice Maiden & Ajay Singh Chaudhary: Wed, Mar 26
🤖 DeepTech for Climate: What's Working and What's Next?: Wed, Mar 26
🌦️ Spring 2025 Lecture in Climate Data Science: HUGH MORRISON: Thu, Mar 27
♻️ Circular Supply Chains for Critical Minerals: Thu, Mar 27
🌱 NYC Latinas Leading the Green Revolution!: Thu, Mar 27
🌍 14th Annual Columbia Sustainability Symposium: Fri, Mar 28
🍽️ Sustainability & Business Strategy: An Exclusive Breakfast Conversation: Fri, Mar 28
📚 Tasmania by Paolo Giordano with Hisham Matar: Fri, Mar 28
✍️ Climate Writing Club: Sat, Mar 29
🛠️ No North Brooklyn Pipeline teach in + orientation: Sat, Mar 29
🤖 Commercializing Deep Tech: Mon, Mar 31
🎤 Live! From Tomorrow - The Pilot: Mon, Mar 31
🧪 DeSciNYC: Prediction Markets In Science: Tue, Apr 1
🍹 Deep Tech Week Happy Hour @ Makelab | NY Hardware Meetup: Wed, Apr 2
🌱 Spring 2025 Lecture in Climate Data Science: OREOLUWA BADAKI: Thu, Apr 3
⚛️ Solving the AI Energy and Silicon Complexity Crises with Physics-Based Computing: Thu, Apr 3
🌱 C2V Initiative Year 4 Final Showcase: Thu, Apr 3
🎲 Climate Game Night at Eat Offbeat (Chelsea Market): Thu, Apr 3
🌍 The Climate Emergency in the Language Classroom: Fri, Apr 4
✊ Manhattan Climate Changemakers Hour of Action: Tue, Apr 8
🔋 DERTF NYC Meetup: Wed, Apr 9

This Week in Depth

🔬 Genspace Biomaterials Studio Open House

When: Monday, Mar 10 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: 132 32nd Street, Suite #108, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Join the Genspace Biomaterials Studio Open House to explore bio-based materials. This month features Ross McBee from TomTex discussing sustainable leather alternatives. Engage in hands-on activities and discussions about materials innovation. A $10 donation is encouraged for event sustainability.

🌋 Lecture: Climate and Geology

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM

Where: 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY, 10003

Anne Holtrop's lecture addresses the intersection of architecture and environmental factors, focusing on topics like material transformation and adaptive design. Holtrop draws from his extensive experience, showcasing how architecture can respond to the changing environment, while highlighting his notable projects and international recognition.

🧵 Makers Show & Tell @ FABSCRAP w/Climate Cafe! March 11th, 6p

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM

Where: 140 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11220

Join the FABSCRAP community on March 11th for an evening of creativity and connection at the Makers Show & Tell. Showcase your projects, seek advice, and embrace discussions about climate action while enjoying light refreshments. This event provides a space for sharing skills and resources for a sustainable future.

🍹 Sip and Solutions: A Climate Themed Happy Hour Event

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM

Where: 625 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11238

Sip and Solutions is a networking event focused on the climate crisis, allowing attendees to engage in discussions around sustainability while enjoying refreshments. Participants will move between stations, each tackling different climate topics, facilitated by local and national organizations, encouraging conversation among diverse perspectives.

🎨 Aesthetics of Repair: Indigenous Art and the Form of Reconciliation

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Where: 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003

This event features a hybrid book launch and artist talk where author Eugenia Kisn and artist Luke Parnell will explore the themes of indigenous art and reconciliation within Kisn's work, highlighting the relationship between art and repair.

📊 Data In Power - NYC Event

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Where: Register to See Address

Join us for the Data In Power event in NYC where we will engage in an open discussion about the role of data in climate and energy decision-making. This small group discussion aims to explore who is responsible for collecting and analyzing data, providing a platform to share diverse perspectives.

🌱 Make It in Brooklyn x Newlab: Sustainable Technologies Panel

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Where: Newlab, Kings County, New York

Join industry leaders and innovators for the Make It in Brooklyn x Newlab panel focused on sustainable technologies. This event will highlight critical discussions on the current state, innovative opportunities, and future roadmaps for sustainable tech development, promoting meaningful environmental impact.

⏳ Manhattan Climate Changemakers Hour of Action

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Where: Pier 57, New York, New York

Join the Climate Changemakers Hour of Action at Pier 57 in New York, every other Tuesday. Enjoy food and conversation before engaging in productive climate action, including writing letters, scheduling meetings, and advocating for climate solutions. Open to everyone, whether newbies or seasoned advocates.

🌱 Sustainability Graduate Programs Midterm Capstone Briefings: Spring 2025

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 6:10 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: 606 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025

Join us for the Sustainability Graduate Programs Midterm Capstone Briefings on March 11, 2025. Experience engaging presentations by students from the M.S. in Sustainability Management & Science programs as they showcase their work on real-world sustainability challenges. Open to all, the event is a deep dive into innovative solutions in the field.

🍏 Green Apple Trivia

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: 659 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10036

Join us at Mercury Bar West for Green Apple Trivia, a fun-filled evening of trivia and sustainability-themed questions. Enjoy a vegan menu and special drinks as you compete for prizes and engage with fellow trivia lovers. Perfect for first-time attendees, we’ll help you team up!

🍽️ Monthly Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner

When: Tuesday, Mar 11 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: 402 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001

The Monthly Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner is hosted every second Tuesday at Skylight Diner in New York. This gathering focuses on constructive discussions about climate science and energy engineering, addressing skepticism and exploring decarbonization strategies. Participants will enhance their understanding of environmental challenges and solutions.