Climate Hackathon x DeSciNYC
The Climate Hackathon series is teaming up with the Decentralized Science community. Join us for an afternoon of multi-disciplinary teams grappling with open-source data.
Industry Focus: for those who don't know, we have a rich array of open data available (https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/). During this event we have several climate-themed challenges that will utilize this data. Bonus: this Hackathon allows a unique opportunity to create a climate-themed submission for Open Data Week.
Agenda:
11am gather and meet
11:30am small teams are formed and the prompt is revealed
12:00pm hack
1:00 report out
2:00pm next steps, including opportunities to submit to https://2025.open-data.nyc/
2:30pm network
What to bring: your climate-interested and solutions-focused attitude, laptop or pen+paper, and your friends who also have a climate-interested and solutions-focused attitude.
What you don't need: No need to have specialized expertise in sustainability or tech since sustainability solutions come from all angles in society. No need to plan or research in advance since the prompt will be revealed during the event. And no need to create a team in advance since small teams will be formed as we go.
We are taking the innovative, solutions-focused energy of a hackathon and directing it toward climate and other sustainability challenges that our society has encountered as of 2024. While we might not solve climate change during one afternoon, this seems like a great way to get involved and stay in contact with the good ideas that are being generated every day. Plus, the short ideathon-style format allows this event to run every month.
We are grateful to our sponsor for providing a space for this event!
Learn more about DeSci NYC https://www.desci.nyc/
Learn more about NYC Open Data https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/
Interested in sponsoring this Hackathon, have an idea for the prompt, or want to help in some other way? Reach out to danbakke1@gmail.com