Your Climate Week Schedule Starts Now
a stacked week of events centered around climate solutions
Climate Week NYC kicked off Sunday, featuring a multitude of events all across the city and industry sectors. For those interested in participating but unsure where to begin, I've compiled a list of mostly fashion-related events that I'm either attending or particularly excited about.
If you do plan on going to any of these, please reach out, I would love to meet up irl!
Monday, September 23rd
Fusion Fashion Tech Summit
In alignment with the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and the proposed NYC Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act there are going to be a lot of great conversations with leaders driving circularity and sustainability within the fashion industry.
Where/When: 10am-5pm, FIT
Futerra Solutions House
From the 23rd to 25th, Solutions House is a hub for climate solutions panels and discussions and with thought-leaders, scientists, creatives, comedians, and more.
I’m excited about:
Emmerson Collective Science Fair
Taking place through Monday on the Highline, the Emmerson Collective Science Fair features exhibitions from SuperCircle, Stella McCartney, and a full schedule of workshops including one with Bill Nye! This would be a great place to bring kids to learn and interactive with climate solutions.
Tuesday, September 24th
Daughters for Earth Breakfast
including a panel conversation on Indigenous Women Protecting Biodiversity, Climate, and Mother Earth
Details in invite below:
Breaking Silos for a Sustainable Fashion Future
An inclusive happy hour hosted by my friend Nancy Rhodes, Co-founder of Alternew, Lisa Diegel, Director of Global Sustainability at Faherty, and Cleo Escarez, founder of Redyoos. If you’re in the industry, this is the event to attend to meet key stakeholders from the climate, fashion, retail, and tech sectors to break down silos and foster cross-industry collaboration.
Where/Where: 6-8pm, Faherty Madison Ave
The Future of Fashion Salon Series with Thousand Fell and SuperCircle
Where/When: 6:30pm, 1 Hotel Dumbo
Send me a DM if interested in attending!
Thxitsthrifted presents: Pop-Up Thrift Store & Sustainable Fashion Panel
Where/When: 5-9pm, 53 Bridge Street, Unit 204
Wednesday, September 25th
Techomony Climate: Driving Sustainable InnovationÂ
Join visionaries, innovators, and thought leaders from the global tech industry as they tackle the urgent challenges presented by the climate crisis.
Panelists I’m excited about: Vanessa Barboni Hallik, CEO & Founder, Another Tomorrow, Wawa Gatheru, Founder & Executive Director, Black Girl Environmentalist, and Bill McKibben Author, Educator, Activist, Founder, Third Act
Where/When: 8am, City Winery (Pier 57)
SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR MY COMMUNITY! Techonomy Climate conference at a discounted rate of $199 (normally $299). Simply enter the code TEXSBNN199 to activate the offer and gain access to the complete program, activities, scheduled meals, and engaging conference sessions.
Systemic Shifts for a More Resilient Fashion Future
Textile Exchange and Tapestry are coming together for an afternoon of conversations on the need for system-level transformation to enhance climate resilience within the textile industry focusing on the role of growth in environmental impact, and the imperative for women in leadership.
Time: 1-6pm
This is an invite-only private event, if interested, email: communications@textileexchange.org
Fashion & Intimacy Talk & Book Signings at Veja Soho
A conversation with Alyssa Hardy, author of Worn Out: How Our Clothes Cover Up Fashion's Sins and Cameron Russell, model and writer of How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone
Where/When: 7pm, Veja Soho
Thursday, September 26th
Forward Food and FashionÂ
An interactive and dynamic experience bringing together leaders from food and fashion industry- they are more connected than you might think! + lunch from Le Botaniste!
Time: 9am to 4:30pm
Panelists I’m excited about: Innovations in Sustainable Food and Fashion featuring Laurent Francois, Co-founder of Le Botaniste. Erin Beatty, Founder and Creative Director, Rentrayage and Clarabeth Concaret, Co-Founder, Fabricure
Full Circle: Enhancing Circularity and Traceability in Sustainable Food and Fashion an interactive panel Facilitated by Danielle Azoulay, The CSO Shop.
Moving Beyond Fashion’s Waste at The Explorers ClubÂ
Panelists I’m excited about: Samina Virk, North American CEO of Vestiaire Collective, Arshiya Lal, Director of Corporate Development at Circ, Liz Ricketts, Co-Founder of The Or FoundationÂ
Time: 5pm
Crafting Circular Solutions in Fashion Retail
Join circular-design consultants Lauren B. Fay and Cynthia Power as they discuss the work of brands and retailers that are transitioning to a circular economy.
Where/When: 5:30pm at FIT Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
New Climate Futures at Newlab
Over 1,000 innovative entrepreneurs, industry leaders, investors, and policymakers join together for cutting-edge technology demos and to connect with leading change-makers. Make sure to check out the latest Tomtex materials.
Where/When: 10-6pm at Newlab in Brooklyn Navy Yards
Friday, September 27th
Renewing Fashion: Clean Energy and Circular Economy
Panelists I’m excited about: Nicolaj Reffstrup, Founder of Ganni and Sarah Kent, Chief Sustainability Correspondent, The Business of Fashion
Where/When: 10am - 12pm, Columbia University
Textile Recycling at with Thousand Fell @ HYER GOODS.
Bring your textiles to be recycled to HYER GOODS, enjoy a coffee cart and enter to win prizes from Thousand Fell.
Where/When: 12pm-6pm, 21 Greenwich Ave, no RSVP needed!
Saturday, September 28th
Ganni Climate Week Celebration & Book Signing
Join Ganni at their Mercer store for a morning of light bites and sips while Nicolaj signs copies of his latest book, The GANNI Playbook: How To Get Started Creating A Responsible Business.
Marketplace for the Future
The 8th annual Marketplace of the Future aims to show climate solutions in the same light as the 1939 New York World Fair, novel now, normal soon.
​Climate Solution Exhibitors
​Panel Discussions
​Film Screenings
​Art Gallery
​Live Jazz
​Workshops
​Open Bar & PLNT Burgers
And don’t forget to check out Caroline Zimbalist exhibit, Tomorrow’s Garden at Ace Hotel Brooklyn on view through November 27th. Her work questions what the future can look like in a world where nature has been altered by the overuse of plastic.
Thanks for reading, it really does mean so much to me! Did you like this format of newsletter and want to be kept in the loop on other circular fashion events? Comment below if so!