Boston Climate Tech: September 2023
Climatetech career fair, Climatetech cocktails, and Electrification Roadmap & more
Hi all!
This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.
We have 15 events in September- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter.
Announcements
A few announcements before the event list:
🏠⚡ In the Boston area and interested in upgrading to a climate-friendly home? Our friends at Elephant Energy recently launched their new product, Your Electrification Roadmap for the Boston area. With your personalized roadmap in hand, Elephant makes it easy to install the recommended upgrades (think, heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, weatherization, and more). The best part? You save money because Elephant assembles and wrangles all of the rebates and incentives available to you. 👉 Check it out here
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Cheers,
How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs: 9/12 Tue
Climatetech Career Fair 2023 : 9/12 Tue
✨ Future Changemakers Lab x Boston : 9/9 Sat
How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs: 9/12 Tue
Climatetech Career Fair 2023 : 9/12 Tue
Out in Climate - Boston Meetup: 9/12 Tue
Climatetech Cocktails - Greentown Labs: 9/13 Wed
Coffee Chat With MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative: 9/13 Wed
Connecting with Americans on Climate Change - MIT Events: 9/13 Wed
Prithvi Ventures Boston Roadshow: 9/19 Tue
Sustainability Ecosystem Mixer: Welcome Back! - Sustainability Initiative: 9/21 Thu
EnergyBar: New Member Spotlight Tickets, Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 5:30 PM : 9/21 Thu
Why Boston? Learn about Activate Boston from staff and fellows. — Activate: 9/27 Wed
Waterfront ClimateTech hub info: 9/28 Thu
✨ Future Changemakers Lab x Boston
🕑 Start time
9/9/2023 Sat 9:00 AM
🕓 End time
9/9/2023 Sat 9:07 AM
📍Location
Cafe Iterum
📍Address
11 Father Jacobbe Rd, East Boston, MA 02128, USA
📝 Notes
Electric Potential, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on a mission to make socially impactful careers more accessible to Gen Z students, is inviting you to our first in-person event in Boston!
This small group gathering will bring together 30-40 select student changemakers from various schools in the Boston area who are passionate about social change and building impact-driven career paths.
There will be speakers, workshops with a Certificate of Impact, a social innovation idea competition, networking, a fireside chat, and more importantly, free snacks and swags.
Event agenda:
✨ Opening Keynote
Why Gen Z will build a better future and drive social change, and how to be a part of the change
🧑⚖️ Workshop I: Civics & Policy
How to understand civics and mobilize policy-driven action for wide-scale social change
🍽 Lunch Break / Networking
🗺 Workshop II: Career Mapping
How to explore and design career paths in social change
🌐 Workshop III: Social Issues
How to break media echo chambers, bias, and misinformation on social issues and take informed action
🧑💻 Social Innovation Idea Competition
Form small groups and design an innovative solution to tackle pressing social issues
🏆 Presentation / Judging / Networking
🎤 Fireside Chat
Panel with current changemakers in the field with an AMA session
Find us on Instagram, Linkedin or TikTok to stay up-to-date with the latest news and announcements on this event and all things Electric Potential!
🔗 Registration link
https://lu.ma/f6mhrbaz?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Built Environment Plus: Bike Tour | MassCEC
🕑 Start time
9/9/2023 Sat 9:00 AM
🕓 End time
9/9/2023 Sat 2:00 PM
📍Location
Alewife Brook Reservation
📍Address
📝 Notes
Brought to you by the Built Environment Plus Emerging Professionals Community, this bike tour will begin in Cambridge and end in Boston's Seaport, following the Green Line Extension community path. The tour will also explore projects from local architecture and engineering firms in their efforts in creating a more sustainable built environment.
🔗 Registration link
https://www.masscec.com/event/built-environment-plus-bike-tour?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs
🕑 Start time
9/12/2023 Tue 4:00 PM
🕓 End time
9/12/2023 Tue 4:02 PM
📍Location
Virtual
📍Address
📝 Notes
Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing our world and there are countless ways to approach solutions. If you’re interested in founding a climate startup, we can help you get started.
What We’ll Cover“How to Create a Climate Venture” focuses on five key areas: unpacking climate solutions, coming up with your idea, leveraging tools to test the viability of your idea, and connecting with fellow climate entrepreneurs to hear their stories and build your network.
The first half of the program is focused on structured ideation, and the second half on idea evaluation.
Ideation sessions cover both mitigation and adaptation and use classic ideation frameworks to generate solutions to climate challenges. Climate entrepreneurs tackling both emissions and city-level adaptation share their journeys. Participants use these examples as well as structured exercises to formulate their own elevator pitches.
The second half of the training hones in on idea evaluation, with sessions focused on the five core areas to validate before diving into a startup. Sessions equip participants with tactical tools in demand validation, A/B waitlist testing, assessing climate impact, and ends with using ChatGPT as a co-ideation tool.
The instructor is Rebekah Emanuel, senior advisor for social impact and director of the Harvard Climate Circle at the Harvard Innovation Labs. The class also features entrepreneurs, operators, funders, and other speakers from the climate entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Who Is Eligible
If you are a member of an eligible university, you may enroll in a “How to Create a Climate Venture” program. Participants who work full-time are welcome to enroll if you can commit to attending sessions regularly.
“How to Create a Climate Venture” is designed for aspiring climate entrepreneurs who do not yet have an idea. We will provide structured activities to help you understand the climate venture space and come up with ideas you might want to work on, as well as meet others who are interested in starting climate ventures.
If you have an early-stage idea, and are just getting started on building it out or forming a team, you are welcome to register. If you are pivoting your idea and want to zoom out, you are welcome to register if you think broader ideation and startup tools will help you. Venture ideas may be for-profit or nonprofit or housed within larger institutions.
If your venture already has traction, this is likely not for you.
🔗 Registration link
https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/creating-climate-ventures/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Climatetech Career Fair 2023
🕑 Start time
9/12/2023 Tue 4:30 PM
🕓 End time
9/12/2023 Tue 6:30 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
We’re proud to support climatetech startups as they develop their technologies, scale their businesses, and grow their teams. Greentown startups are not only developing climatetech solutions—they’re building a climate workforce that is ready to harness the massive economic opportunities of the energy transition. And that climate workforce is hiring.
There’s a place for everyone in climatetech, whether you’ve previously worked in traditional energy, have experience tackling climate change, or are new to the climate and energy fields. The jobs are here. We just need you!
The types of roles you'll find at the fair:
Business Administration
Data
Engineering
Marketing
Operations
Sales
Software
And more!
You can view all job openings on our careers page here.
Venue Information
Parking is incredibly limited at Greentown Labs. We encourage attendees to consider taking advantage of public transportation. We’re a short walk from the newly opened Union Square station and 1 mile away from the Harvard MBTA station. Union Square in Somerville is easily accessible via the #86 and #91 MBTA buses. The closest Bluebikes stations are at Dane St., Conway Park and Union Square.
Please note that by registering to attend this event you are accepting these terms: 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.
This event is currently slated to be in-person and masks are encouraged but not required while inside Greentown Labs. Greentown provides medical grade masks at the front desk of each location. Please reach out Kelly Wilson ([email protected]), Events Coordinator, with any questions on our safety policy.
🔗 Registration link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climatetech-career-fair-2023-tickets-668291446707?aff=ebdsoporgprofile?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Out in Climate - Boston Meetup
🕑 Start time
9/12/2023 Tue 6:00 PM
🕓 End time
9/12/2023 Tue 8:00 PM
📍Location
The Engine
📍Address
750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA
📝 Notes
Out in Climate is a non-profit dedicated to building community among LGBTQ+ professionals in the climate space. Our mission is to foster networking, community-building, and mentoring, and to help connect folks with opportunities and resources in the space.
Come join us at The Engine for our first meet up in the Boston area!
🔗 Registration link
https://lu.ma/OutInClimateBostonSeptember?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Climatetech Cocktails - Greentown Labs
🕑 Start time
9/13/2023 Wed 5:30 PM
🕓 End time
9/13/2023 Wed 9:30 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
🍀 Boston! Tis’ the season for CTC!
🍻 CTC is back at Greentown Labs on 9/13 for a classic Climate Tech Cocktails happy hour(s) + startup showcase from 5:30-9pm!
🚨 Are you a climate tech startup and want to participate in the showcase? Apply HERE ASAP as we only have 13 spots available!
🎫 RSVP IS REQUIRED to attend so we have enough food+drinks!
🟢 Be a circle, 🙅♀️ not a square. See you there.
🔗 Registration link
https://greentownlabs.com/event/climate-tech-cocktails/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
EBC Fifth Annual New England Energy Leadership Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.
🕑 Start time
9/13/2023 Wed 9:00 AM
🕓 End time
9/13/2023 Wed 9:03 AM
📍Location
📍Address
📝 Notes
Don’t miss the fifth annual EBC New England Energy Leadership Conference to hear the latest and greatest from state and regional leaders in energy policy and programs. If you’re in the business of energy, this is your opportunity to learn firsthand about the priorities and challenges faced by each state and the region, and how to help your clients navigate the policy and regulatory environment.
State leadership is tasked with addressing permitting and regulatory changes, policy developments, and what keeps them up at night. Also participating is ISO New England, the organization that is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to perform three critical, complex, interconnected roles: grid operation, market administration, and power system planning for the region.
A robust panel discussion between the speakers and attendees will conclude the program.
🔗 Registration link
https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-fifth-annual-new-england-energy-leadership-conference/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Coffee Chat With MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
🕑 Start time
9/13/2023 Wed 9:30 AM
🕓 End time
9/13/2023 Wed 9:31 AM
📍Location
📍Address
📝 Notes
Stop by the E62 café for an informal coffee chat to learn more about the Sustainability Certificate program and how to get connected to our ecosystem. We’ll provide the coffee, just drop by and get inspired to make a positive impact at Sloan!
🔗 Registration link
https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1927582?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Connecting with Americans on Climate Change - MIT Events
🕑 Start time
9/13/2023 Wed 12:30 PM
🕓 End time
9/13/2023 Wed 12:31 PM
📍Location
Virtual
📍Address
📝 Notes
How do we engage Americans in areas of the country where many still are uncertain about the science of climate change, the seriousness of the impacts, or the practicality of the solutions?
Join a dialogue between celebrated climate scientist and communicator Prof. Katharine Hayhoe and the 2023 MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellows on the challenges and rewards of connecting with Americans across the country on climate change. Moderated by Laur Hesse Fisher, Program Director at MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, this event will share best practices for understanding your audience, uplifting local trusted messengers, and bridge-building for impact, and will answer questions from the audience.
This event is part of the People, Prosperity and the Planet lecture series produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative.
Presenting Speaker:
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding what climate change means for people and the places where we live. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Professor of Public Policy and Public Law in the Dept. of Political Science at Texas Tech University. She is the author of the book “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World,” has given a TED talk with over 4 million views, and she also hosts the PBS digital series Global Weirding. Katharine has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People, the United Nations Champion of the Environment, and the World Evangelical Alliance’s Climate Ambassador.
Featured Panelists:
The 2023 MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellows developed deeply reported pieces from across the country that connect climate science and solutions with local priorities and opportunities.
Micah Drew covers local government, the environment and athletics for The Flathead Beacon in Northwest Montana. When not in the newsroom, Micah is routinely found running on alpine trails in Glacier National Park.
Fellowship Project: An eight-part series in The Flathead Beacon: “Montana’s Climate Change Lawsuit”
Joan Meiners is the climate news and storytelling reporter at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, AZ. With a background in science writing and a Ph.D. in Ecology, she publishes a weekly story aimed at helping readers understand how climate change is altering life in the southwest and what we can do about it.
Fellowship Project: A five-part series in the Arizona Republic on climate and housing. The first piece has been published, and there are four more forthcoming: “As Arizona builds to solve a housing crisis, will its homes withstand future heat extremes?”
Annie Ropeik is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Maine, where she reports on climate change, energy and environmental issues for The Maine Monitor and other outlets.
Fellowship Project: A five-part series in the Maine Monitor: “Hooked on Heating Oil,” and “Making Maine’s next generation of housing fossil-free—and affordable” in Energy News Network
Mike Tony is The Charleston Gazette-Mail’s energy and environment reporter in Charleston, WV. He has written extensively about how West Virginia’s topographic and political landscapes make its residents vulnerable to climate impacts.
Fellowship Project: A four-part series in The Charleston Gazette-Mail: ”‘We have to move on’: WV leaders pushing state flood risk upward by favoring resource extraction over climate action,””‘More intense, more water’: West Virginians call for greater flood protection amid climate concerns from extraction projects,” “‘Focus on the solutions’: Climate change communication looms large as WV faces flooded future,””Unfunded, uninsured and ignored: Experts urge support for flood protection solutions amid mounting disaster costs”
Ryan Van Velzer is Louisville Public Media’s Energy & Environment reporter and is dedicated to covering climate change and environmental issues across Kentucky. He has won numerous awards including regional Edward R. Murrow awards, Associated Press Broadcasters awards and Society of Professional Journalists Louisville Pro Chapter awards.
Fellowship Project: A four-part series in Louisville Public Media: “Coal’s Dying Light”
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/connecting_americans_on_climate_change?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Prithvi Ventures Boston Roadshow
🕑 Start time
9/19/2023 Tue 2:00 PM
🕓 End time
9/19/2023 Tue 4:00 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
Prithvi’s Partner Dr. Vivek Soni, PhD will be leading a discussion on all the opportunities and challenges around decarbonizing metrics.
Ayuh’s & Prithvi’s Partner Kunal Sethi will be leading a discussion on all the opportunities and challenges around Syn Bio, differentiating between what’s real & reel in his climate journey.
🔗 Registration link
https://pp.events/av97LyB3?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
UMass Lowell Innovation Hub: Getting from Here to There - Advancing Your Sustainability Solution | MassCEC
🕑 Start time
9/19/2023 Tue 4:00 PM
🕓 End time
9/19/2023 Tue 8:00 PM
📍Location
UMass Lowell Innovation Hub
📍Address
110 Canal St. 3rd FloorLowell, MA 01852
📝 Notes
The UMass Lowell Innovation Hub and Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds are putting on an amazing one night only experience geared toward startups and small businesses in the green tech and sustainability sectors.
Listen to startups speak on their experience making their way through the market in the Fireside Chat and learn from industry professionals during the Innovation Panel discussion.
Also, don't miss the engaging Networking and Innovation Showcase sessions where you will have the chance to talk with entrepreneurs at various stages of development, as well as like-minded, sustainability focused community members
🔗 Registration link
https://www.masscec.com/event/umass-lowell-innovation-hub-getting-here-there-advancing-your-sustainability-solution?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Sustainability Ecosystem Mixer: Welcome Back! - Sustainability Initiative
🕑 Start time
9/21/2023 Thu 5:30 PM
🕓 End time
9/21/2023 Thu 5:32 PM
📍Location
Private Location (register to display)
📍Address
📝 Notes
Welcome back to campus! Let's catch up over some (free) food and drinks! Join the Sustainability Initiative, fellow MIT sustainability students, and Boston-area sustainability alumni to celebrate the new semester. Open to MIT graduate students & sustainability alumni.
🔗 Registration link
https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1927411?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
EnergyBar: New Member Spotlight
🕑 Start time
9/21/2023 Thu 5:30 PM
🕓 End time
9/21/2023 Thu 7:30 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
Thirty-five startups have joined the Greentown community so far in 2023, working on climate solutions across the agriculture, buildings, manufacturing, electricity, and resiliency and adaptation sectors.
We're thrilled to support these groundbreaking startups—let us introduce you! Join us for our fall EnergyBar on Sept. 21 to hear lightning pitches from some of the newest members of our community and network with entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, and other climate champions passionate about innovations in climatetech and the energy transition.
Presenting startups will be announced soon! You can learn more about all of our incredible new members in our Q1 and Q2 new member roundups.
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.
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This event is in-person and masks are encouraged but not required while inside Greentown Labs. Greentown provides medical grade masks at the front desk of each location. Please reach out Kelly Wilson ([email protected]), Events Coordinator, with any questions on our safety policy.
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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://www.eventbrite.com/e/energybar-new-member-spotlight-tickets-686781912187?aff=ebdsoporgprofile?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Why Boston? Learn about Activate Boston from staff and fellows. — Activate
🕑 Start time
9/27/2023 Wed 12:00 PM
🕓 End time
9/27/2023 Wed 1:00 PM
📍Location
📍Address
📝 Notes
In this webinar, you will have the opportunity to hear more about why Boston is a great place to build your hard-tech company, and how the Activate Boston team will support you on this journey. You’ll hear from Activate Boston staff and current fellows and have a chance for Q&A.
The Activate Fellowship transforms scientists and engineers into hard-tech founders. The two-year experience provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, technologists, and fellow entrepreneurs.
For more information about the fellowship and this year's application process and to sign up for application updates, visit
🔗 Registration link
https://www.activate.org/events/why-boston?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Waterfront ClimateTech hub info
🕑 Start time
9/28/2023 Thu 11:00 PM
🕓 End time
9/29/2023 Fri 12:00 AM
📍Location
Virtual
📍Address
📝 Notes
Please take the brief climate ecosystem survey for BLUE a waterfront ocean innovation hub on Boston Harbor.
https://blueonbostonharbor.com/
🔗 Registration link
https://blueonbostonharbor.com/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
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