Hi all,
Here are our picks for the week:
Tomorrow head to midtown to talk ⚡️ grid optimization with NYPA and AEG or swing by the 🏗️ Make It in Brooklyn Sustainable Materials Pitch Contest
Thursday feel the buzz of distributed energy at 🔌 DERVOS ($) or learn about 🏙️ Building A Better New York: AIA Brooklyn Women in Architecture Lecture
Friday head uptown for the ⚡ 22nd Columbia University Energy Symposium 2026
Next week head to Columbia for 🔋 Storage Is the New Grid: Jobs, Investment, and Community or Cornell Tech for 🏙️ Urban Tech Summit 2026: The Generative City
As always, scroll down for the full list and upcoming events.
Til next week!
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities team
Community Shoutouts
🚀 SOSV Deep Tech Summit
From the producers of the 5-year running Climate Tech Summit, a flagship event that regularly attracts 5,000 attendees, comes the SOSV Deep Tech Summit. Join us for a free, virtual, three-day event bringing together world-class founders, researchers, and investors to explore breakthroughs across climate tech, but also human health and physical-world AI. Check out the confirmed lineup of speakers, which includes climate visionaries like Mike Schroepfer (Gigascale Capital), Milo Werner (DCVC), Laurie Menoud (At One Ventures), experts from Harvard and Princeton, a number of founders, and many others who will explore where funding is flowing and what the future holds for energy. Register now to save your spot.
🤖 Campus Deep Tech
Campus Deep Tech (CDT) connects university researchers with founders, investors, industry, and commercialization partners. Its programs have engaged 1,000+ deep-tech PhDs and faculty and welcomed 2,500+ attendees across the NYC region. See CDT's Climate Week 2026 pitch event winner, Roxanna Delima, founder & CEO of Rushnu! Next up: the Boston Hard Tech X Climate Tech Summit on Oct. 26th during Tough Tech Week 2026. Reach out to malcolm@campusdeeptech.com if you'd like to learn more about future initiatives.
This Week’s Events
Tuesday, Nov 3
Wednesday, Nov 4
⚡️ AEG NY Affordability & Grid Optimization Task Force Roundtable with NYPA
👗 Sustainability for Every Body: The Future of Fashion Is Size Inclusive
💰 Alternative and Non-Dilutive Funding Sources: Know Your Options
Thursday, Nov 5
💼 Cornell Entrepreneurship Showcase: Student Pitches & Venture Panel
🌞 Solar Maverick 300: A Celebration of Clean Energy, Community & 300 Episodes
🏙️ Building A Better New York: AIA Brooklyn Women in Architecture Lecture
Friday, Nov 6
Saturday, Nov 7
Sunday, Nov 8
Monday, Nov 9
Tuesday, Nov 10
🌎 Climate Tech Cities and Streetlife Ventres 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
🏥 Decarb Healthcare: Nov 11
A Fragile Himalaya: Disaster, Adaptation, and the Challenge of Rebuilding: Nov 12
🏘️ Affordable Housing Roundtable with Annie Barrett and Pamela Cabrera: Nov 12
🌱 New Earth Dialogues: In conversation with Mae-Ling Lokko: Nov 12
Ecology and Politics: Collective Action and Environmental Justice: Nov 12
🌊 Latino Outdoors NYC | Astoria Environmental Justice Walk: Nov 15
🧹 Chelsea Trash Clean Up: Nov 15
Women in Business, Startups, Professionals Social Networking Event NYC: Nov 16
The Next Wave: AI and the Future of Ocean Conservation, with Ocean Agentics: Nov 17
🌊 2026 Wind-Win Startup Showdown: Nov 17
🎶 The Sound of Change: How Music Moves Climate and Culture: Nov 17
🔗 NYC Future Tech: Startups & Digital Innovation Networking Mixer: Nov 17
🎓 Workshops in Sustainability Career Paths and Curriculum: Nov 17
LEED v5 : The Next Evolution of the Green Building Rating System: Nov 18
🎉 After5NewYork - The Future Of Nightlife: Can Going Out Be Sustainable?: Nov 18
🌳 Tree Care + Bulb Planting with CM Epstein - Last Event for the Season!: Nov 19
WISE-NYC: Fireside Chat and Shopping at MM LaFleur with WISE-Living: Nov 19
Climate Adaption in Action: Risk Assessment to Resilient Infrastructure: Nov 19
🌱 Building a Sustainability Career in a Changing World: Nov 19
🎬 The Welcome Table: Film Screening, Dinner, & Party: Nov 20
🧵 Rework Your Wardrobe: Sweater Weather Workshop | Jersey City: Nov 21
⚡ November YPE tour: the past, present, and future of NYC’s electricity grid: Nov 22
Clean Energy x AI Happy Hour: Nov 23
🧵 *In-person** Funding Fashion’s Future: Capital, Purpose & Innovation: Nov 25
📚 Law and Climate Action: Dec 1
💧 Demystifying the Steam Rate Case: Keeping Steam Affordable and Reliable: Dec 2
This Week in Detail
🚌 Electric Ride & Site Visit with First Student
When: Tuesday, Nov 3
Where: W New York – Union Square, New York
Join AEG for a site visit at the First Student Malta facility depot in Brooklyn, where attendees will learn about the collaboration between First Student and Con Edison to advance electric school bus infrastructure in New York City. The project includes an initial fleet of 10 electric buses, with plans for 40 more, and features innovative charging infrastructure and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) integration.
👗 Sustainable Fashion Panel
When: Tuesday, Nov 3
Where: Pratt Sustainability Center, Engineering Building, Room 001, Brooklyn
This in-person panel at the Pratt Sustainability Center features designers, educators, and founders discussing what it takes to make fashion sustainable, focusing on materials and the lifecycle of clothing. The event is part of Pratt Earth Action Week and is open to students, faculty, and staff interested in biomaterials, circular design, or careers in sustainable fashion.
🌱 WinC x Tech@NYU: AI & Sustainability with ecogpt
When: Tuesday, Nov 3
Where: NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute (Leslie eLab), New York
Join Tech@NYU for a discussion on AI and sustainability featuring ecogpt, focusing on innovative solutions to environmental challenges. This event will explore the intersection of technology and sustainability, highlighting how AI can contribute to a more sustainable future.
⚡️ AEG NY Affordability & Grid Optimization Task Force Roundtable with NYPA
When: Wednesday, Nov 4
Where: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York
Join us for the AEG New York Q3 Affordability & Grid Optimization Task Force Roundtable, hosted at Kirkland & Ellis. Workshop Objective: Convene a workshop with SUNY/CUNY and other key stakeholders to align on key locations + zones for VPP / energy optimization pilot development as Excelsior innovation hubs, prioritizing affordability outcomes 12-month Goal: Develop a collaborative/competitive framework regarding selected sites and clean energy zones that accelerates research, VPP pilot development, funding, and public/private partnerships with defined, measurable outcomes.
👗 Sustainability for Every Body: The Future of Fashion Is Size Inclusive
When: Wednesday, Nov 4
Where: Pratt Sustainability Center (Engineering, Room 001), Brooklyn
Mallorie Dunn, founder of SmartGlamour and Pratt Visiting Faculty, presents original body measurement research that highlights how sizing that ignores most bodies contributes to overproduction, returns, and waste in the fashion industry. Attendees will gain actionable insights for consumers, designers, and policymakers, along with opportunities for frank discussion and Q&A.
💰 Alternative and Non-Dilutive Funding Sources: Know Your Options
When: Wednesday, Nov 4
Where: First Citizens Innovation Bank (formerly Silicon Valley Bank), New York
Grants, loans, prizes & other non-dilutive funding explained by industry experts, presented by First Citizens Innovation Bank (formerly SVB),
🏗️ Make It in Brooklyn Sustainable Materials Pitch Contest
When: Wednesday, Nov 4
Where: The Malin Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
🌎 Hoboken Climate Changemakers!
When: Wednesday, Nov 4
Where: Pilsener Haus & Biergarten, Hoboken
Hey hey! When you enter into the Biergarten, look for the Climate Changemakers sign and small group :)
🥕 Careers in Ag & NewAge Ag
When: Thursday, Nov 5
Where: Bronx Community College, Bronx
Explore real career pathways in agriculture and green industries at Bronx Community College. The event features tables from employers, agencies, and training programs, a talk on CUNY and SUNY admissions, a panel discussion on careers in agriculture, and hands-on activities like pocket forest planting.
💼 Cornell Entrepreneurship Showcase: Student Pitches & Venture Panel
When: Thursday, Nov 5
Where: Verizon Executive Education Center, New York
Experience the best of Cornell entrepreneurship in New York City at the Cornell Entrepreneurship Showcase, featuring top student startups pitching their businesses and a venture capital panel discussing what makes a business “venture backable.” Network with entrepreneurs and investors while enjoying complimentary food and beverages, and remember to bring your own water bottle as part of the event’s sustainability efforts.
🌱 Salt Lot Compost Site Tour
When: Thursday, Nov 5
Where: 22 2nd Ave, Brooklyn
Join our guided tour of the Salt Lot, a mid-scale community compost site, to learn how compost is made and about Big Reuse’s waste diversion and community engagement efforts. Bring all your compost-related questions!
🌞 Solar Maverick 300: A Celebration of Clean Energy, Community & 300 Episodes
When: Thursday, Nov 5
Where: Hudson Hall, Jersey City
A celebration of 300 episodes of the Solar Maverick Podcast, bringing together clean-energy professionals, entrepreneurs, and community members for networking and conversation. This event will highlight the relationships and knowledge shared in the energy transition, featuring guests from across the clean energy sector.
🏙️ Building A Better New York: AIA Brooklyn Women in Architecture Lecture
When: Thursday, Nov 5
Where: Voorhees Hall, Brooklyn
Five professionals from NYSERDA, NYC HPD, NYS HCR, private practice, and a former MTA chief architect share strategies for making New York’s built environment more equitable and resilient. They discuss successes, obstacles, and how agencies, designers, and communities can collaborate to improve health, safety, and quality of life in urban settings. The event includes short talks, a moderated discussion, and roundtables for brainstorming and networking.
⚡ 22nd Columbia University Energy Symposium 2026
When: Friday, Nov 6
Where: Pulitzer Hall, New York
Now in its 22nd year, the Columbia University Energy Symposium (CUES) is one of the largest student-led energy conferences in the country, bringing together students, policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, academics, and industry leaders for timely, action-centered discourse on the forces reshaping the global energy sector. This year’s theme focuses on the next decade of energy, addressing issues such as rising power demand, the expansion of AI and data center infrastructure, and the necessary policy and market structures to support the energy transition.
🏗️ Pratt Public Sphere Geodesic Dome Build-Up
When: Friday, Nov 6
Where: Rose Garden, Pratt Institute (weather permitting), Brooklyn
A hands-on geodesic dome build-up at the Pratt Public Sphere, a living laboratory for sustainability, climate justice, and community resilience at Pratt Institute. Participants will engage with the assembly of a geodesic dome while exploring sustainable design, low-impact construction, and the relationship between the built environment and ecological systems.
🤖 NYC Agent-a-thon for the Environment
When: Saturday, Nov 7
Where: BATWorks, Brooklyn
Students, public-sector agencies, environmental organizations, and technology partners to build environmental intelligence tools that support decision-making around sustainability initiatives. Participants will work with real environmental datasets to develop dashboards, APIs, GIS applications, and AI workflows that improve access to environmental information and support planning, monitoring, and public engagement.
🌊 Dune Dreams & Peninsula Power: Climate Cafe in the Rockaways
When: Sunday, Nov 8
Where: Arverne East Nature Preserve, Queens
This special edition Climate Cafe invites participants to process their climate emotions and hopes in community alongside the restoring dunes in post-Sandy Rockaway. Co-facilitated by notable figures in climate action and grief support, the gathering will connect attendees to the Rights of Nature movement and provide an opportunity to contribute testimonials for the upcoming Great Lakes and New York Waters Bill of Rights.
🎃 Pumpkin Smash 2026
When: Sunday, Nov 8
Where: La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, New York
Bring your pumpkins, gourds, and jack-o’-lanterns to LES Ecology Center’s Pumpkin Smash! You smash them, and we’ll turn them into compost for City parks and green spaces. Enjoy fun family-friendly activities and light refreshments!
🌱 Saving Seed with the Iraqi Seed Collective
When: Sunday, Nov 8
Where: Brooklyn Public Library - Bedford Branch, Brooklyn
In this workshop, members of the Iraqi Seed Collective will introduce their stewardship work and lead attendees in hands-on learning about dry seed processing basics using Iraqi Hamaira Wheat and Reehan (Basil). Participants will engage with seeds, share plant stories, and leave with seeds to sow at home.
🧵 TEXTILE INTENSIVE
When: Monday, Nov 9
Where: The New York Sewing Center, New York
FABSCRAP’s 2-Day Intensive to improve confidence in textiles, develop hands-on skills, and gain current industry knowledge in identifying fiber types and fabric construction methods. Participants will explore textile durability, performance, recyclability, and circularity in fashion systems, with interactive activities including hands-on fiber identification and foundational weaving and knitting exercises.
🏗️ AECtech 2026 | NYC
When: Monday, Nov 9
Where: Cornell Tech, New York
AECtech 2026 is the 14th annual conference for the AEC+ Community, featuring a Two Full-Day Symposium, a 27-hour Hackathon, in-person Workshops, Tech Crawls, and Tech Tours. The event will showcase contemporary architecture projects and innovative design processes, with presentations from leaders in design and technology within the AEC industry.
🏆 Energy New York Awards 2026
When: Monday, Nov 9
Where: Town Hall, New York
The Energy New York Awards on November 9 will celebrate the New York Energy Consumers Council’s mission to protect energy consumers and promote innovation and leadership in the community. Keynote Speaker Kevin S. Parker, New York State Senator, will be featured alongside nominees recognized for their contributions in community impact, leadership, and innovation.
🏙️ Urban Tech Summit 2026: The Generative City
When: Tuesday, Nov 10
Where: Verizon Executive Education Center, New York
The sixth Urban Tech Summit, presented by Cornell Tech and the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, will explore the theme of The Generative City, focusing on how AI and emerging technologies can drive urban innovation. The event will gather policymakers, technologists, researchers, and community leaders to discuss partnerships that enhance urban infrastructure, public engagement, and climate resilience, showcasing real-world examples of technology developed collaboratively with cities.