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DrinKicks is Transforming—and Decarbonizing—Sneaker Culture with Plant-leather Shoes and Education

Greentown Labs

The team is wholeheartedly dedicated to educating people on circularity, merging climate-conscious fashion with sneaker culture, and elevating Black and Brown individuals’ involvement in the sustainability movement. We are education-first; we use sneakers as our medium,” says Reynolds, the startup’s CEO. “A Think again.

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Greentown Labs Announces Location of New Incubator in Houston’s Innovation District

Greentown Labs

North America’s largest climatetech incubator will expand to Houston’s Innovation District to accelerate the clean energy transition and reveals Microsoft, Rice Management Company, Saint-Gobain, Direct Energy, Naturgy, and FCC Environmental Services as additional partners. Somerville, Mass., and Houston, Texas, Sept. Somerville, Mass.,

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Electrify America details plan to invest $200 million more in EVSE, ports and EV education

Charged

Electrify America has committed to invest $800 million in EVSE and education programs in California, in four cycles over 10 years. Brand-neutral education and awareness, including educational marketing, ride-and-drives, and direct-to-consumer messaging through social media. Source: Electrify America.

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Clean Energy Trust Named As Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Channel Partner Award Winner

Clean Energy Trust

Clean Energy Trust today announced that it was named a 2020 Channel Partner Award winner by the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the U.S. March 31, 2020? —?Clean Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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“How early education in STEM helped shape my career”

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

New Energy Nexus is described as a catalytic nonprofit organization bringing together a global community of climate change accelerators and entrepreneurs. Through the years this organization has worked with universities, angel investors, government agencies, and incubators. What is your role? This is such a good question.

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“How early education in STEM helped shape my career”

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

New Energy Nexus is described as a catalytic nonprofit organization bringing together a global community of climate change accelerators and entrepreneurs. Through the years this organization has worked with universities, angel investors, government agencies, and incubators. What is your role? This is such a good question.

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How racism manifests itself in clean energy

GreenBiz

The right to breathe isn't just related to surviving interactions with police," said Alexis Cureton, former electric vehicle fellow at GRID Alternatives , an organization that works to bring clean energy jobs and access to low-income communities. "It Black communities have been struggling to breathe for decades. .

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