Boston Climate Tech: March 21-April 2, 2023
Boston Climate Tech: March 21-April 2, 2023
MCJ Climate Tech Meetup, Tough Tech Talent Fair, Cleantech Open Boston Kickoff & More
Hi all!
This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so.
If you’re looking for some interesting reads this week, here’s the climate essay of the week from our friends running the NY Climate Tech newsletter re: NYC coastal flooding, climate change, and building codes
For the full calendar, check out https://airtable.cool/shrfu1ovRrNCh7SGy - we have 14 other events coming up in April!
To submit events, use this form
Decarbonization Transformation in Chinese Cities: A Talk by Daizong Liu - MIT Events: 3/23 Thu
Tough Tech Talent Fair - The Engine: 3/24 Fri
2023 Cleantech Open Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs: 3/28 Tue
NESEA's BuildingEnergy Boston Conference | MassCEC: 3/28 Tue
MCJ Climate Tech Meetup Boston - Spring 2023 · Luma: 3/29 Wed
EnergyBar: Go Make 2022 Final Showcase - Greentown Labs: 3/30 Thu
Cheers,
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration - A conversation with author Jake Bittle - UMass Boston
🕑 Start time
3/23/2023 Thu 3:00 PM
🕓 End time
3/23/2023 Thu 4:00 PM
📍Location
UMass Boston
📍Address
📝 Notes
Or, attend online via Zoom, free with registration!
https://umassboston.zoom.us/webinar/register/1916787339408/WN_NZzWmfHmRaOPjkWcfB567w
In the coming decades millions of Americans will be uprooted by wildfires, floods, and rising seas in the largest migration in our country’s history. And many are already on the move. "The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration" by Jake Bittle compassionately tells their stories and uncovers how government and insurance policies are shaping who rebuilds and who retreats. Read an excerpt from the book here.
The Living on Earth Book Club, UMass Boston School for the Environment and Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston proudly present this free, live conversation between author Jake Bittle and Host Steve Curwood, with a special introduction by distinguished guest, UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco. There will be an opportunity for the audience to submit questions during the event.
About the author of "The Great Displacement"
Jake Bittle is a journalist based in Brooklyn who covers climate change and energy. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Harper’s Magazine, and a number of other publications. He is also a contributing writer for Grist. (Photo: Jasmine Clarke)
For disability-related accommodations, including dietary accommodations, please visit www.ada.umb.edu two weeks prior to the event.
🔗 Registration link
Decarbonization Transformation in Chinese Cities: A Talk by Daizong Liu - MIT Events
🕑 Start time
3/23/2023 Thu 5:00 PM
🕓 End time
3/23/2023 Thu 7:00 PM
📍Location
MIT Building 9, 9-255
📍Address
105 MASSACHUSETTS AVECambridge, MA 02139
📝 Notes
Urban Science (11-6) and Sustainable Urbanization Lab (SUL) at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning are hosting a talk by Daizong Liu (刘岱宗), China Director of World Resources Institute (WRI) Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.
Daizong has over 20 years of professional experience in Urban Sustainable Development Strategy, Planning and Design, and Zero Carbon City Roadmap and Inventories. In his talk, Daizong will share his projects promoting sustainable cities in a number of cities in China, and discuss challenges and opportunities that China faces in achieving its decarbonization goals.
We welcome you to join in-person at 9-255. Please register if you intend to attend the event so we can plan food accordingly. https://forms.gle/fYuHdmSJK1kHSK986
Zoom option please register at https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvcuqorDIiE9xj-UuqMsvKjPUII8AwpHXd
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/dinner_seminar_decarbonization_transformation_in_chinese_cities
Tough Tech Talent Fair - The Engine
🕑 Start time
3/24/2023 Fri 11:00 AM
🕓 End time
3/24/2023 Fri 4:00 PM
📍Location
The Engine
📍Address
750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA
📝 Notes
Interested in working at a mission-focused startup driving the future of industry? The Tough Tech Talent Fair is your chance to engage with Tough Tech founders looking for candidates to join their team.
🔗 Registration link
https://toughtechtalentfair.splashthat.com/?autoopen=1&mc_cid=c11686b436&mc_eid=dc56449188
2023 Cleantech Open Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs
🕑 Start time
3/28/2023 Tue 5:00 PM
🕓 End time
3/28/2023 Tue 7:00 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
Join us for an evening of food, drink, and celebration!
Join Cleantech Open Northeast for their kickoff at Greentown Labs! Since 2005, more than 70% of Cleantech Open’s reporting U.S. alumni companies are still active and have collectively raised over $2B in external funding.
Learn how the accelerator program can help you develop your cleantech venture and how to apply to the accelerator. Cleantech Open welcomes entrepreneurs, students, investors, savvy technologists, and those interested in joining the growing cleantech community.
AGENDA
About Cleantech Open – meet the Cleantech Open Northeast team and learn about opportunities to be involved.
Alumni Lightning Talks – hear from Cleantech Open alumni about their experiences in the program.
Entrepreneur Introductions – tell us about yourself and your clean technology & business. To participate in this part of the program, please sign up when you register!
Q&A – ask your questions about the program, application process, and more.
Networking – meet people in the local ecosystem who are interested in and support Boston cleantech entrepreneurs in a wide variety of ways.
The Cleantech Open early bird application is open NOW through February 28! For more information, read The 2023 Cleantech Open Northeast 1-pager which includes application info & deadlines.
REGISTER NOW
Questions? Reach out to Greentown Labs’ Events Coordinator, Kelly Wilson ([email protected]).
Please note that by registering to attend this event you are accepting these terms: You acknowledge that alcohol will be served and all attendees are subject to be ID’ed (only those 21+ will be served); You consent to your image or likeness being used in content associated with the event; You release Greentown Labs and all partners from any and all liability stemming from any event-related incident.
🔗 Registration link
https://greentownlabs.com/event/cleantech-open-northeast-kickoff-2023/
NESEA's BuildingEnergy Boston Conference | MassCEC
🕑 Start time
3/28/2023 Tue 8:00 AM
🕓 End time
3/28/2023 Tue 6:00 PM
📍Location
Westin Boston Seaport District
📍Address
425 Summer StreetBoston, MA 02210
📝 Notes
BuildingEnergy Boston is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Conference sessions and showcase demos offer best practices and lessons learned, case studies and proven data, technical how-to’s, emerging technologies, and innovative policies and programs. If you are a professional in the built environment in any stage of your training and career, plan to immerse yourself in twio days of networking and intensive learning on March 28th and 29th. BuildingEnergy Boston 2023 anticipates offering credits for AIA, BPI, GBCI, PHIUS, and RESNET.
🔗 Registration link
https://www.masscec.com/event/neseas-buildingenergy-boston-conference
MCJ Climate Tech Meetup Boston - Spring 2023 · Luma
🕑 Start time
3/29/2023 Wed 5:00 PM
🕓 End time
3/29/2023 Wed 8:00 PM
📍Location
Cambridge Brewing Company
📍Address
1 Kendall Square Bldg 100, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
📝 Notes
Come meet up with the Boston MCJ and climate tech community! MCJ is a podcast and community for those interested in climate, see here for more info.
This will be a casual meetup with no set agenda.
When you register, you'll have the option to input an 'ask' and an 'offer'. These will be shared with the group beforehand, alongside a full list of who has signed up.
Anyone interested or involved in climate is welcome! Please just make sure your guests register. There will be an opportunity to sign up for MCJ at the event.
Venue details: we have one of the bars at Cambridge Brewing Company. The venue is a 10min walk from Kendall/MIT station!
🔗 Registration link
EnergyBar: Go Make 2022 Final Showcase - Greentown Labs
🕑 Start time
3/30/2023 Thu 5:00 PM
🕓 End time
3/30/2023 Thu 5:00 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
This EnergyBar is focused on celebrating the culmination of Go Make 2022, a startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on decarbonizing supply chains. This program was developed in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) and M-Lab Companies, a consortium of top-tier Japanese corporations based in Silicon Valley.
Manufacturing contributes 31 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. From production to packaging to distribution, each stage of the supply chain needs robust climatetech innovation to decarbonize the manufacturing sector.
Together, our partners have supported five innovative startups accelerate the commercialization of technologies to revolutionize supply chains. Attendees will hear the Go Make 2022 cohort speak about their technologies, their work with our corporate partners, and where they are headed next.
Agenda (times are in ET):
5:00-5:30 PM: Check-in and Networking*
5:30-6:45 PM: Speaking Program
6:45-8:00 PM: Networking and Showcase*
*In-person only
ABOUT ENERGYBAR
EnergyBar is Greentown Labs’ signature networking event that fosters conversation and collaboration among entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, neighbors, and other climate champions passionate about innovations in climatetech and the energy transition.
ABOUT GREENTOWN GO
The climate crisis urgently demands sweeping climatetech deployment. While startups bring the solutions, corporates often bring commercialization pathways and scale. That’s why Greentown Go builds partnerships that propel climatetech solutions to market—at the pace needed to tackle climate change.
With a mission of decarbonizing the key greenhouse gas-emitting sectors, Greentown Go programs inject momentum and traction into startup-corporate collaborations, unlocking the power of climate solutions at scale.
🔗 Registration link
https://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-go-make-2022-final-showcase/