RETI Center by Radhika Chalasani
This is a past event
Climate Piloting Summer Kickoff
Jul 13, 2024
Yankee Pier - Yankee Pier
Celebrate City of Water Day with the Trust for Governors Island’s inaugural cohort of climate pilots! Featuring live demos, workshops, and tours of the exciting and impactful water-based climate tech projects being piloted on Governors Island this summer, including innovations in living shorelines, urban aquaculture, water quality, indoor agriculture, and more.
Featured Projects:
- IoT water quality monitoring with Duro UAS
- Greywater treatment with LAERO
- Living shoreline technologies with Just EcoCities & Biohabitats
- Hydroponics with GrowNYC
- Urban kelp farming with Seaweed City
- Air quality monitoring with South Bronx Unite
- Coastal infrastructure with Object Territories
- Floating gardens with RETI Center
This free, all-ages event is meant to directly engage New Yorkers with the innovative climate solutions — and the people and communities behind them — being tested on Governors Island through the Trust’s Climate Solutions Piloting Program. Please note, this event is rain or shine.
Governors Island Climate programs are made possible with the generous support of Amazon, Con Edison, Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, the New York Community Trust, Deutsche Bank, and LISC.
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