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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q2 2023

Greentown Labs

Seventeen startups joined our community Q2 2023, working on innovations ranging from smart sensors for wind turbines, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to a combo of water desalination and carbon capture. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Vodka made from captured carbon dioxide? That’s the spirit.

Grist

It’s vodka, made without any potatoes or grains, and the key ingredients are hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide. The startup began selling its spirits this month to bars and restaurants around New York City, after years of development in the lab. Last year, global carbon emissions hit an all-time high of 40.9 billion tons (37.1

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. In the wings: startups touting a new generation of textiles, production methods and business models, suggesting there are a lot more innovations in store.

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The case for climate-positive beef — In conversation with Vence founder Frank Wooten

Elemental Excelerator

In addition to improving profitability and productivity, the technology enables better grazing techniques that can improve soil health, stimulate grass productivity and root growth, and turn our vast grasslands into more efficient carbon sinks. And if it did, it would actually have a negative impact on the entire globe.

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2020 was the year that…

AGreenLiving

Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. In the wings: startups touting a new generation of textiles, production methods and business models, suggesting there are a lot more innovations in store.

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Meet the Innovators in Elemental Excelerator’s 9th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

Because the price of keeping the status quo grows steeper every year, from the human and economic toll of climate-related disasters, fires, heatwaves, and other environmental stresses to the jobs left on the table by not accelerating towards a carbon-free, regenerative economy. Together they can be transformative. Evrnu | DEMONSTRATION TRACK.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. Circular outdoor gear. Decarbonized buildings. Electrified mobility.