NY Climate Tech: Mar 3 - Mar 10
Demos, pitches, billions of oysters, UK climate tech, critical minerals, water infrastructure, clean creatives, and more upcoming events
Hi all,
Curious what startups are working on these days? Come to 🗽our quarterly Climate Tech Demo Night with Streetlife, NYU, and AWS on Mon, Mar 17. We’d love run more of these but finding space is always hard—know anyone who might host? Send them our way. We’re also happy to be feature some amazing women-led companies at 👩🔬 Women in Climate: Building a Sustainable Future in partnership with Hearst Lab.
Finally, we have a couple university events on the horizon. Head to NYU Stern on March 27 for 💸 2025 Practice Forum: Sustainability Driven Value Creation, follow it up with an evening ♻️ Circular Supply Chains for Critical Minerals Hackathon at Columbia and stick around on Friday for the 🌍 14th Annual Columbia Sustainability Symposium.
Here are our picks for the week:
Tuesday catch Sonam at 🚀 Entrepreneurs Roundtable 199, mourn 18F at 🍻 A Civic Tech'ish Happy Hour, or learn about the 🦪 The Billion Oyster Project
Wednesday head to Brooklyn for a 🍻 Happy Hour with Clean Creatives
Thursday hear from UK startups at 🌐 Climatetech Innovation Across Markets or talk aqueducts at 💧 Water Talks: Inside DEP with Commissioner Aggarwala
Saturday, head to the Upper West Side for the ✍️ Climate Writing Club
As always, scroll down for the full list of events.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities team
This Week’s Events
🎙️ FERN Talks & Eats NYC 2025 - A BUZZKILL Podcast Celebration: Mon, Mar 3
🎬 The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice: Screening and Discussion: Mon, Mar 3
🍻 A Civic Tech'ish Happy Hour: Tue, Mar 4
🎤 CELI 2025 Fellowship Info Session & Alumni Meet-Up: Tue, Mar 4
🚀 Entrepreneurs Roundtable 199: Tue, Mar 4
🦪 DeSciNYC: The Billion Oyster Project: Tue, Mar 4
☕ Grab Coffee With Impact Farmers: Wed, Mar 5
🌱 Bio, Climate, & Deep Tech Salon with Antler, Newlab, and Nucleate: Wed, Mar 5
🍻 Brooklyn Happy Hour with Clean Creatives: Wed, Mar 5
🎴 Climate Game Night at Eat Offbeat (Chelsea Market) - ENG & SPA: Thu, Mar 6
💧 Water Talks: Inside DEP with Commissioner Aggarwala: Thu, Mar 6
🤖 Drones & Robotics AI Summit 2025: Thu, Mar 6
📊 Spring 2025 LEAP Research Updates: GABRIELE ACCARINO / MAX KAGAN: Thu, Mar 6
🌳 Street Tree Care w/ Fort Greene Park Conservancy: Thu, Mar 6
🌐 Climatetech Innovation Across Markets | Global Incubator Programme: Thu, Mar 6
📚 Book Event: Lauren Markham with Joshua Jelly-Shapiro: Thu, Mar 6
🌍 International Women's Day Brunch & Panel: Women in Climate Leadership: Sat, Mar 8
✍️ Climate Writing Club: Sat, Mar 8
🌿 Songs of Connection + Climate Cafe: Sat, Mar 8
💩 Master Composter Course: Systems, Tools, and Scales: Sun, Mar 9
Community Shoutouts
📈 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
🌎 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. The RFP is due on or by Wednesday, March 26, 2025. To learn more about the program and ask questions, we invite you to join our informational webinar on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 10:00AM ET. Download the RFP and register for the webinar today!
💨 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.
🌎 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!
Upcoming Events
🍹 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
🎨 Makers Show & Tell @ FABSCRAP w/Climate Cafe! March 11th, 6p: Tue, Mar 11
⏳ Manhattan Climate Changemakers Hour of Action: Tue, Mar 11
🌱 Sustainability Graduate Programs Midterm Capstone Briefings: Spring 2025: Tue, Mar 11
🌎 Fariba Tehrani Lecture | Anne Holtrop: Climate and Geology: 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
🌳 Resilient Parks - Design Opportunities for Bushwick Inlet Park: 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
🌍 How Can the Leadership of Women and Girls Help Save Our Cities and Planet?: Wed, Mar 12
🦋 MOTH 2025 Festival of Ideas: Wed, Mar 12
💰 Decarbonizing Industry: Investing in Breakthrough Solutions: Wed, Mar 12
🎶 Climate Cafe, Zines & Folk Jam: Wed, Mar 12
⚡ DERTF NYC Meetup: Wed, Mar 12
🤖 Science & Society: AI and Us: Wed, Mar 12
📈 Spring 2025 Lecture in Climate Data Science: MATTHIAS IHME: Thu, Mar 13
🍻 4WARD Global Climate & Sustainability Networking Meetups NYC: Thu, Mar 13
💪 Recharge & Rise: Beating Workplace Burnout in Uncertain Times: Thu, Mar 13
⚖️ FORGE 2025 Gathering - General Admission: Fri, Mar 14
🌳 2025 United Airlines NYC Half Plogging Event: Sat, Mar 15
🌍 Climate Disruption: Protect & Defend The Sacred: Sat, Mar 15
🌳 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
🌍 Climate Tech Mixer: Tue, Mar 18
🪶 NEW - SJC SpeakEASY Salon Series @ &Co Grove: Tue, Mar 18
🌊 OWIH Accelerator Q&A Happy Hour: Wed, Mar 19
👩🏫 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
🌱 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
📚 Offsite: Karen Russell: The Antidote w/ Rivka Galchen: Tue, Mar 25
🌿 How to be Sustainable: Tue, Mar 25
🌍 Manhattan Climate Changemakers Hour of Action: Tue, Mar 25
📚 Jack Lohmann presents White Light, ft. Alice Maiden & Ajay Singh Chaudhary: 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
💸 2025 Practice Forum: Sustainability Driven Value Creation: Research, Results & Real-world Applications: Thu, Mar 27
🌍 14th Annual Columbia Sustainability Symposium: 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
This Week in Depth
🎙️ FERN Talks & Eats NYC 2025 - A BUZZKILL Podcast Celebration
When: Monday, Mar 3 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Where: 124 East 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003
Celebrate the 'Buzzkill' podcast at FERN Talks & Eats NYC, featuring discussions on urban pollinators and the pollinator crisis. Join a panel moderated by Sewell Chan with guests including Teresa Cotsirilos and Sara Hobel. Discover how we can support our food system through engaging conversation and community.
🎬 The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice: Screening and Discussion
When: Monday, Mar 3 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Where: 601 West 125th Street, New York, NY, 10027
A screening of the award-winning 60-minute documentary, The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice (2024). Directed by former evolutionary biologist Kathy Kasic, the film features surprising discoveries about the Greenland Ice Sheet by climate scientists including Columbia’s Dorothy Peteet and Joerg Schaefer. The film meditates on the uses of scientific knowledge of the past, the urgency of global warming for our future, and the challenge of spurring action in the present: “Paradoxically, our ability to look forward in time is best aided by looking backwards in time.
🌾 Midwest Meets Manhattan: Farmer and investor perspectives on the power of farmer-led regenerative agriculture investing
When: Tuesday, Mar 4 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Register to See Address
Join us for a happy hour with three Midwestern regenerative farmers sharing their experiences in regenerative agriculture. This event bridges the gap between investors and farmers, hosted by Fractal Ag, aimed at fostering connections and understanding in the regenerative space.
🍻 A Civic Tech'ish Happy Hour
When: Tuesday, Mar 4 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Radegast Hall & Biergarten, Kings County, New York
Join us for a Civic Tech'ish Happy Hour at Radegast Hall & Biergarten, Williamsburg, on March 4th, where you can network with Civic Tech professionals in a cozy atmosphere. Enjoy engaging conversations, a surprise raffle, and the chance to connect with kindred spirits in NYC's vibrant Civic Tech community.
🎤 CELI 2025 Fellowship Info Session & Alumni Meet-Up
When: Tuesday, Mar 4 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Energy Impact Partners, New York, New York
Join the CELI 2025 Fellowship Info Session & Alumni Meet-Up in New York for a chance to learn about the fellowship and network with alumni and professionals in clean energy. This event includes panel discussions, mingling opportunities, and insights into the fellowship experience, tailored for clean energy professionals.
🚀 Entrepreneurs Roundtable 199
When: Tuesday, Mar 4 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Register to See Address
The New York Entrepreneurs Roundtable 199 invites five startups to pitch their ideas to investor Sonam Velani of Streetlife Ventures. Attendees will receive valuable feedback, participate in a Q&A session, and network, supporting the growth of startups in NYC.
🦪 DeSciNYC: The Billion Oyster Project
When: Tuesday, Mar 4 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Register to See Address
Join the Billion Oyster Project's informative event to learn about their mission to restore 1 billion oysters to NYC's Harbor by 2035. Engage with experts on the ecological benefits of oysters and find out how you can participate in monitoring and testing initiatives.
☕ Grab Coffee With Impact Farmers
When: Wednesday, Mar 5 from 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM
Where: Register to See Address
Grab breakfast with Fractal farmers in Midtown NYC to discuss the concept of 'impact' in agriculture. This event aims to explore how farmers think about impact, whether it is making a real difference, and how Fractal Ag enables investors to support impactful farming practices.
🌱 Bio, Climate, & Deep Tech Salon with Antler, Newlab, and Nucleate
When: Wednesday, Mar 5 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Register to See Address
Join founders, investors, and researchers in the Bio, Climate, & Deep Tech fields for an engaging evening of networking, lighting talks, and discussions. This event is ideal for those passionate about advancing technology and sustainability.
🍻 Brooklyn Happy Hour with Clean Creatives
When: Wednesday, Mar 5 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Kings County Brewers Collective, Kings County, New York
Join Clean Creatives for a happy hour in Brooklyn where creatives discuss their role in addressing the impact of fossil fuels and the rollback of DEI and climate commitments. Featuring special guests like Laura Ranzato and Sam Eaton-Kuo, the event includes refreshments for the first 30 RSVPs.
🎴 Climate Game Night at Eat Offbeat (Chelsea Market) - ENG & SPA
When: Thursday, Mar 6 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Where: 75 9th Avenue, New York, NY, 10011
Join the interactive Climate Game Night at Eat Offbeat where you'll learn about climate change through a collaborative workshop and enjoy dinner prepared by refugee chefs. This bilingual event in English and Spanish promises fun and learning, connecting you with others passionate about environmental action.
💧 Water Talks: Inside DEP with Commissioner Aggarwala
When: Thursday, Mar 6 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Where: 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011
This event features a talk by Rohit T. Aggarwala, Commissioner of NYC DEP, discussing water infrastructure and related projects, followed by a conversation with expert Kate Ascher. It aims to raise awareness of NYC's vital water systems and climate resilience efforts.
🤖 Drones & Robotics AI Summit 2025
When: Thursday, Mar 6 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: Register to See Address
The Drones, Robotics & AI Summit 2025, taking place on March 6th in New York, will gather innovators, investors, and leaders in autonomous systems. Attendees can expect insightful discussions, demonstrations, and networking with over 300 industry professionals, featuring top speakers from various sectors.
📊 Spring 2025 LEAP Research Updates: GABRIELE ACCARINO / MAX KAGAN
When: Thursday, Mar 6 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Where: 2276 12th Avenue, New York, NY 10027
This event features presentations by Gabriele Accarino and Max Kagan on recent research at the LEAP initiative. It will be held on March 6, 2025, in a hybrid format, allowing participants to join virtually via Zoom or in-person at Columbia Innovation Hub. Limited in-person space is available.
🌳 Street Tree Care w/ Fort Greene Park Conservancy
When: Thursday, Mar 6 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Where: Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Participate in the Street Tree Care event with the Fort Greene Park Conservancy in Brooklyn. Meet at the Fort Greene Park Visitor Center at noon. All supplies are provided. Dress for the weather and bring water. Sponsored by Council Member Crystal Hudson District 35.
🌐 Climatetech Innovation Across Markets | Global Incubator Programme
When: Thursday, Mar 6 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), New York, New York
The Climatetech Innovation event in New York is a celebration of Year 5 of the Innovate UK Global Incubator Programme. It gathers startups, industry leaders, and experts to discuss technology, sustainability, and market expansion. Attendees will engage with innovative startups, hear keynote insights, participate in networking, and enjoy refreshments in a collaborative environment.
📚 Book Event: Lauren Markham with Joshua Jelly-Shapiro
When: Thursday, Mar 6 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Join Lauren Markham for the launch of her book 'Immemorial' in a conversation with Joshua Jelly-Shapiro. This event includes readings, discussions on climate crisis reflections, and an audience Q&A, taking place at Greenlight Bookstore.
🌍 International Women's Day Brunch & Panel: Women in Climate Leadership
When: Saturday, Mar 8 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Join us for International Women's Day Brunch & Panel, where we celebrate the role of women in climate leadership. Experience an inspiring panel discussion and networking session focused on sustainability initiatives led by women.
✍️ Climate Writing Club
When: Saturday, Mar 8 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Silvana, New York, New York
Join the Climate Writing Club in New York for a morning of focused writing and community chat around climate and sustainability topics. Whether you're into fiction, newsletters, or journaling, this collaborative environment is perfect for all writers.
🌿 Songs of Connection + Climate Cafe
When: Saturday, Mar 8 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Where: Brooklyn Peace Center, Kings County, New York
Join singer/songwriter Benny Woodard for an engaging Climate Café at the Brooklyn Peace Center, where music and communal dialogue will address climate grief. Experience healing and connection through original songs that evoke shared emotions about our world.
💩 Master Composter Course: Systems, Tools, and Scales
When: Sunday, Mar 9 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Where: 43-50 Main St, New York, NY 11355
The Master Composter Course at QBG covers Systems, Tools, and Scales, and is essential for completion of their Master Composter program. Registration is free but required, and attendees must be 16 years or older. Join us in the Visitor & Administration Building's Auditorium on Sunday, March 9, from 1 PM to 3 PM.