NY Climate Tech: Oct 29 - Nov 8
Future of transportation, work for the UNFCCC, design for startups, hardware acceleration, pilot on Governor's Island, and more upcoming events
Hi friends,
It’s a quiet couple of weeks ahead in climate in the lead up to the election. In the meantime, we have a great list of opportunities coming up:
Apply to pitch in Brooklyn at the 🚲 Future of Transportation Pitch Contest (deadline today!)
Work on the UN FCCC’s Race to Zero as 0️⃣ Campaign Lead
Get design help from Parsons students with Prof. Sally Chung’s 🎨 Parsons Collab: Climate Startups & UX Design
Apply to 🚀 Scale For ClimateTech’s hardware accelerator
Pilot your technology at 🏝️ Governor's Island
As always, scroll down for the full list of upcoming events.
Cheers,
Alec, Sonam, and the Climate Tech Cities Team
This Week’s Events
🎃 Hardtech Halloween: Tue, Oct 29
📲 eWaste and Electronic Swap!: Tue, Oct 29
🧬 Applied: Vol 7: Wed, Nov 6
🎴 Climate Fresk Workshop (Spanish session): Wed, Nov 6
🎴 Climate Fresk at Eat Offbeat (Chelsea Market): Thu, Nov 7
🥕 plant-based supper club: land justice edition: Thu, Nov 7
👩🔬 C2T: Our Energy Challenge Workshop: Fri, Nov 8
🌎 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!
Community Shoutouts
🌇 Urban Tech Summit 2024: Nov 19
The 2024 Urban Tech Summit, focusing on the theme of “Intelligence for Climate Adaptation” is only a few weeks away! Join Cornell Tech on November 19-20 at its Roosevelt Island campus for two days of keynotes, panel discussions, and interactive workshops addressing critical challenges like extreme heat, flooding, renewable energy, building systems, and urban logistics. Don’t hesitate - get your tickets today!
Opportunities
🚲 Future of Transportation Pitch Contest: Oct 29
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership presents the Future of Transportation Pitch Contest, part of our Make It in Brooklyn initiative. We’re seeking innovative startups developing cutting-edge technologies to revolutionize transportation and promote sustainability.
0️⃣ Race to Zero Campaign Lead: Nov 1
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced climate action campaign leader to lead the world’s largest platform of 14,500+ businesses, financial institutions, public service organisations, cities and regions committed to halving global emissions by 2030.
🎨 Start-ups Application for Parsons Collab: Climate Startups & UX Design - CRN 15717 - Prof.Sally Chung: Nov 10
Calling early-stage NYC climate tech start-ups to collaborate with top-tier designers from Parsons School of Design. Early-stage climate start-ups in NYC will be paired with the selected top design students(based on portfolio & interview) for a semester-long collaboration to validate product-market fit & tackle UX.
🚀 Scale For ClimateTech, Cohort 6 Application Survey: Nov 30
Scale For ClimateTech provides immersive training on manufacturing for climatetech hardware innovators, along with a team dedicated to making manufacturing easier — from mentors, experts in the field and product and packaging designers, to manufacturers, suppliers, and investors. Participating companies receive access to dedicated mentors, entry into the New York State hardware ecosystem, Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) assessments from industry experts, a deeper understanding of GHG metrics and impact in their target market, customized roadmap development, and introductions to strategic partnerships, investors, and founder-friendly contract manufacturers to commercialize technology in New York State and beyond.
🏝️ Climate Pilots at Governor's Island: Dec 5
The Trust for Governors Island offers unique opportunities for innovators to test early-stage climate products and services in a real-world environment. Selected piloting projects utilize Governors Island’s built, social, and natural environments – including a 2.2-mile waterfront, 43-acre climate resilient park, 7 miles of car-free streets, and 50+ historic buildings – to accelerate climate innovation, economic opportunity, and social impact in diverse urban communities.
Upcoming Events
🍏 Green Apple Trivia: Tue, Nov 12
🚲 Make It in Brooklyn Future of Transportation Pitch Contest: Tue, Nov 12
🏙️ NYC Accelerator Open House: Wed, Nov 13
🥟 Data + Dumplings NYC #2: Wed, Nov 13
🏳️🌈 Out in Climate - Fireside Chat with NYC Climate Government Leaders: Wed, Nov 13
🏙️ Increase portfolio value and solve tenant issues with climate tech: Wed, Nov 13
✍️ How They Did It: Writing Climate Activism Across Genres (Aftershocks): Sun, Nov 17
🌇 Urban Tech Summit 2024 – Intelligence for Climate Adaptation: Tue, Nov 19
🌐 Ecosystem Builders & Leaders in Impact: Happy Hour: Tue, Nov 19
🍄 From Field to Form: Mycelium: Wed, Nov 20
🏗️ Cornell Infratech Day 2024: Thu, Nov 21
⚡️ Clean Energy in New York Summit: Thu, Nov 21
🔌 Deploy24: Wed, Dec 4
✍️ Climate Writing Club: Sat, Dec 7
This Week in Depth
🎃 Hardtech Halloween
When: Tuesday, October 29 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Where: Breitling Boutique, 875 Washington St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Calling all NYC ghosts, goblins, and ghouls for Hardtech Halloween on October 29th! Come make friends across the City’s Hardtech ecosystem — an eerie, fun evening with entrepreneurs, engineers, academics, investors, tinkerers, and all bravely exploring, even building (!) the physical future — robotics and beyond.
📲 eWaste and Electronic Swap!
When: Tuesday, October 29 from 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Where: Tomorrow Lab, 1205 Manhattan Ave #241, Brooklyn, NY 11222
We welcome you to bring tools, electronic components, usable e-waste and small shop equipment like 3D printers that you do not use or want anymore. Bring as much as you can so that we can truly swap it or get rid of it. Should you have any larger equipment, bringing a photo is encouraged. We ask that you do not bring batteries, and dispose of those at your local Staples.
🧬 Applied: Vol 7
When: Wednesday, November 6, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Where: Prime Produce, 424 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Applied is a platform for provoking new ways to discuss and empower New York sciences. We’re discipline agnostic and application focused. For Volume 7 we’ve partnered with our friends at Columbia University Postdoc Society (CUPS) and The Chemist’s Club. CUPS is an organization run by postdocs for postdocs to build community at Columbia University. Chemist’s Club encourages members to connect around shared interests and career paths in chemical, paper, pharmaceuticals, metals, biotech, and similar industries.
🎴 Climate Fresk Workshop (Spanish session)
When: Wednesday, November 6 · 5 - 8pm EST
Where: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue (Oyster classroom), New York, NY 10011
¡Ven y únete a nuestro taller Climate Fresk para aprender sobre el cambio climático de una manera divertida y educativa! ¿Listo para convertir tu preocupación por el cambio climático en una acción concreta y divertida? Únete a una tarde de juegos y aprendizajes con Climate Fresk , y forma parte de la red de más de 1.5 millones de personas en el mundo que ya han participado en esta iniciativa. Sera la primera sesión en español en NYC
🎴 Climate Fresk at Eat Offbeat (Chelsea Market)
When: Thursday, November 7 · 6:15 - 9:30pm EST
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 Game + Appetizers night that has already been played by >1.5 M people worldwide! In just 3 hours, the collaborative Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change, empower you to take action and allow you to meet cool people ! The workshop will take place at Eat Offbeat and includes appetizers home-cooked with love by refugee chefs living in NYC.
🥕 plant-based supper club: land justice edition
When: Thursday, November 7 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: 116 W. Houston St, New York, NY
Soapbox Project, Amrūt, and Rethink Food are so excited to welcome you to our November plant-based supper club. We'll welcome you to an evening of vibrant, nourishing, and seasonal food. You'll get a four-course meal, where each course is paired with a climate action prompt.
👩🔬 C2T: Our Energy Challenge Workshop
When: Friday, November 8 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Where: CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, 85 St Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10031, USA
Join us for a one-day workshop, Our Energy Challenge, where we will explore global energy challenges through the lens of convergence science. Hosted by TREAD (Translational Research Excellence Across Disciplines) and NanoBioNYC, this event is open to all CUNY PhD students from STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities disciplines.