NY Climate Tech: May 1 - May 8
First Friday, agtech, deputy mayors, disco galas, climate board games, and more events this week
Hi friends,
Happy May Day! You may have noticed, but for the last two months we’ve been focusing on different themes: Water in March, and the Circular Economy in April.
We’ll continue this month with Energy & New York – providing an overview of the challenges, opportunities, and major players in the space. For the next couple of weeks, we’re going to experiment sending events on Monday and the Hot Take on Thursday. Let us know what you think!
Time flies, and our two-year anniversary meetup is next Wednesday! We began in May 2021 just as vaccines (and the sun) came out, and it’s incredible to see the community grow. But no need to wait for climate events – there’s plenty going on now! As always, you can scroll down for the full list.
Here are our picks for the week:
Tue: Breakfast with Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi
Wed: Learn about climate change through a board game at Eat Offbeat
Wed: AgTech Meet-Up NYC at IndieBio
Thu: Talks and dinner at Newlab with Climate Tech Roundtable
Fri: NY Climate Tech First Fridays for casual drinks in the East Village
Mon: Comedy at the Climate Town Town Hall
Also this week: fashion, climate analytics, passive house, disco & design, more climate boardgames, biomimicry, and the climate imaginations festival.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and Kathy
Community Shoutouts
The Urban Future Prize Competition seeks entrepreneurs who are building startups that contribute to a more resilient and sustainable planet. Two prizes of $50K each will be awarded to two companies who embody the drive and mission needed to address the greatest challenge of our time.
NY Climate Tech 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. Streetlife Ventures, co-founded by NY Climate Tech’s very own Sonam Velani, is excited to support these efforts across our community. We can’t wait to hear from you!
We’re launching a new Climate Tech Pitch Night! We want to provide a platform for local entrepreneurs to practice pitching and receive feedback from a curated panel of experts. We know how important selling a story can be - and we want to help! Stay tuned for a final date and location in May, but if you’re interested in pitching your great idea, apply here!
Events This Week
🗽 Economic Development Breakfast with NYC Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi: Tue, May 2
🎲 Climate Fresk and Dinner at Eat Offbeat: Wed, May 3
👗 Fashion: Issues, Impacts, and Innovations: Wed, May 3
👩🌾 AgTech Meet-Up NYC: Wed, May 3
📊 Climate Analytics – Looking Into Our Future: Wed, May 3
🏡 Ecolibrium: Ramp Up, Draw Down: Wed, May 3
🍽️ Climate Tech Roundtable: Thu, May 4
🕺 NYC Fair Trade Coalition Disco Nights Gala & Sustainable Design Forum: Thu, May 4
🍣 ClimateTech Roundtable: Thu, May 4
🧩 EcoLearn & Agendi - The Impact Box: Fri, May 5
🍻 Climate Tech First Friday Meetup: Fri, May 5
🦜 Introduction to Biomimicry: Learning From Nature’s Genius: Sat, May 6
☀️ Spring Climate Imaginations Festival: Sat, May 6
🌏 Earth Networks Spring Forward: Mon, May 8
🌳 Climate Town Town Hall: Mon, May 8
Read on for more details about this week’s happenings and upcoming events this month
Events This Month
🏢 Cutting Carbon in Co-Ops and Condos: Tue, May 9
🔌 DER Taskforce NYC Happy Hour: Wed, May 10
🏥 City of Science: Climate Change and Health: Wed, May 10
🗽 NY Climate Tech Meetup, Second Anniversary Edition: Wed, May 10
❇️ Green Hydrogen Business Summit (GHBS): New York 2023: Thu, May 11
🌱 Feeding the Soil: Thu, May 11
⚡️ Young Professionals in Transportation NYC May Happy Hour: Thu, May 11
⚖️ Environmental Health Justice and Leadership Training: Sat, May 13
🌱 ECOLOGICAL CITY - Procession for Climate Solutions: Sat, May 13
🌿 The Social Drivers of Deep Decarbonization: Tue, May 16
🍽️ Women and Climate Spring Dinner: Tue, May 16
🏢 NYSERDA’s Grid-Interactive Building Showcase: Wed, May 17
🍻 Green Drinks Brooklyn: Tue, May 17
🌦️ AI Climate Modeling and Full AI Weather Prediction: Thu, May 18
🥗 The Vegan Women Summit 2023: Thu, May 18
💨 ClairCon: Fri, May 19
🛣️ BQE 2053: Public Symposium: Sat, May 20
⚡️ Smart Grid Forum (SGF): Wed, May 24
🎞️ Environmental Advocacy & Exploration On Screen: Thu, May 25
Events This Week
🗽 Economic Development Breakfast with NYC Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi
When: Tue, May 2nd from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Where: Wythe Hotel, 80 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will host a conversation with New York City Deputy Mayor for Operations, Meera Joshi, on the Economic Development path forward in Brooklyn and beyond. Featured Topics include: Open Streets and Open Restaurants; Environment policy; Energy & Sustainability; DSNY, DOT, DOB
🎲 Climate Fresk and Dinner at Eat Offbeat
When: Wed, May 3rd from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Chelsea Market 75 9th Avenue New York, NY 10011
Want to help tackle climate change but don’t have the time to become a climate scientist? Join us for this fun and informative Game + Dinner night that has already been played by >1 M people worldwide! In just 3 hours, the collaborative Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change and empower you to take action. The workshop will take place at Eat Offbeat and will include a full dinner featuring the best home cooking from around the world made with love by refugee chefs in NYC.
👗 Fashion: Issues, Impacts, and Innovations
When: Wed, May 3rd from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: Webster Library, 1465 York Avenue, New York, NY 10075
We will have a discussion of how the design, production and distribution of fabric, clothing and accessories impact the planet and solutions that brands are incorporating to reduce those impacts. Speaker bio: Andrea Kennedy is VP of Sustainability at Material Exchange, a digital fabric and fashion sourcing platform for large global brands. Kennedy is also an adjunct professor at LIM College and is responsible for developing Fashion Sustainability courses and chairs the LIM Sustainability Task Force.
👩🌾 AgTech Meet-Up NYC
When: Wed, May 3rd from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: IndieBio NY, 7 Pennsylvania Plaza, Floor 9, New York, NY 10001
Come meet fellow AgTech enthusiasts in NYC! Join Triple Helix for a casual evening of AgTech networking hosted by IndieBio NY.
📊 Climate Analytics – Looking Into Our Future
When: Wed, May 3rd from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Secret West Village Speakeasy, New York, NY
Join Mike Hanrahan (Sustain.Life), Sabina Munnelly (Baringa), and Rael McNally (Blackrock) for a talk on building businesses with the environment in mind. Hosted by Digital Irish.
🏡 Ecolibrium: Ramp Up, Draw Down
When: Wed, May 3rd from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: The Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009
What is a "Passive House"? Why Are Building Efficiency Retrofits vital to electrification, reducing carbon emissions, and saving money? Join the ECOLIBRIUM program at The Loisaida Center, in collaboration with Cooper Square Committee and Cycle Architecture + Planning, to participate in a first-of-its-kind community-wide free building energy use and efficiency assessment.
🍽️ Climate Tech Roundtable
When: Thu, May 4th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Newlab, 19 Morris Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Meet climate tech founders, operators, enthusiasts, doers, innovators & solution providers, and openly discuss and seek resolutions to challenges faced by the industry. Whether you're looking to gather insight on the industry, showcase your technology, or to ask for guidance/feedback on problems you are facing today - this event is a great opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact in this space.
🕺 NYC Fair Trade Coalition Disco Nights Gala & Sustainable Design Forum
When: Thu, May 4th at 6:00 PM to Fri, May 5th at 4:00 PM
Where: 1 Bryant Park New York, NY 10036
Thursday May 4th join us for a Disco in the Stars as we take over the 48th floor of 1 Bryant Park. Vintage Disco attire strictly enforced! Light bites and hors d'oevres will be served. Then on May 5th continue with talks on Design for Circularity, Design for Reuse & Disassembly, Design for Longevity & Detoxification, Design for Energy Efficiency, Design for Biomimicry, and more.
🧩 EcoLearn & Agendi - The Impact Box
When: Fri, May 5th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: 500 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10018
A Business Game for Sustainable development. During this event, we will be showcasing EcoLearn’s popular product, Impact Boxes, which offer a unique and engaging way to learn about sustainability in your value chain. Level up your sustainability skills with EcoLearn’s Impact Box workshops – a strategic game designed for understanding your company’s impacts, risks, and solutions across the value chain!
🍻 Climate Tech First Friday Meetup
When: Fri, May 5th from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Belvedere Lounge, NYC, 77 E 7th St, New York, NY 10003
Monthly happy hour for people who care about climate, tech, and building cool things!
🦜 Introduction to Biomimicry: Learning From Nature’s Genius
When: Sat, May 6th at 10:00 AM to Sun, May 7th at 2:00 PM
Where: Genspace 132 32nd Street Suite 108 Brooklyn, NY 11232
In this workshop, you’ll learn: what biomimicry is all about and how it relates to various industries, the biomimicry design process, how to approach problems through the lens of natural principles, how to start doing biomimicry research and learn about the resources you can use, how to brainstorm, draw, and evaluate biological strategies and design ideas aimed at solving climate-related challenges.
☀️ Spring Climate Imaginations Festival
When: Sat, May 6th from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Where: Lenfest Plaza at Columbia University, 615 W 129th St, New York, NY 100027
Responding to climate change requires us to act in community: with hope, grounded in action. This festival is an invitation to build connections, engage with climate stories and art, and cultivate joy and strength:all critical ingredients in the journey that lies ahead.
Join the Fun!
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Climate Tech Cities
We are expanding! We started as an 8-person dinner and now have over 4,000 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!
Hi, this is so awesome! Consider adding this to your calendar for May: https://thoughtexperience.ticketleap.com/ground-cycle/t/887452eb6df5aad7b6ff39bd69743338/ (I saw someone post about it in a slack channel)