A world's fair of sustainability

The Marketplace of the Future is the annual closing event of Climate Week NYC in September. However, since it's now virtual, the world will remain open for free exploration! We will be releasing a program schedule soon, and in the meantime, please enter and visit the booths, find hidden climate facts by Project Drawdown, and send us a message if you'd like to learn more.

Enter the Marketplace of the Future

in the future

We'll plug directly into the sun

(with Grouphug Tech)

Salads will offer more than just nutrients

(with Just Salad)

Our clothes will have goals

(with Pildora)

Buildings will breathe and food will grow everywhere

(with Starrett Lehigh)

For the first time, the Marketplace of the Future will be an online event in a world that combines the charm of nostalgic video games with the modern connectivity of Zoom.

In this world, you can have spontaneous conversations with people passing by.

Meet vendors introducing most innovative products for a regenerative future.

we invite you to the future

Enter the Marketplace of the Future

our schedule

Stage 1

Food & Agriculture: Watch Here

Anna Hammond, CEO & Founder, Matriark Foods
Alina Zolotareva, Marketing Director, Aerofarms
Jonas Guenther, Co-Founder, New Farmers
Riyana Razalee, Head of Business Development & Strategy, Re-Nuble
Moderated by Chloe Vichot, Founder, Ancolie

The Future of Fashion: Watch Here

Christina Almeida, Founder, Pildora
Camille Tagle, Co-Founder, Fabscrap
Chloe Songer, Co-Founder, Thousand Fell
Moderated by Jessica Kelly, Founder, Thr3efold
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Circular Economies: Watch Here

Tom Szaky, Founder, Terracycle, LOOP
Sarah Paiji Yoo, Co-Founder, Blueland
Ana De Luco, Sure We Can
Moderated by Lucy Biggers, Now This Media

The Future of Ocean Restoration: Watch Here

Sam Teicher, Co-Founder, Coral Vita
Jason Donofrio, External Relations Officer, The Ocean Foundation
Dr. Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Nation, Member of Mid-Atlantic Committee on the Ocean
Moderated by Cassia Patel, Program Manger, Oceanic Global

The Future of Energy: Watch Here

Ken Levenson, Executive Director, North American Passive House Network
Chris Collins, Executive Director, Solar One
Moderated by John Oppermann, Executive Director, Earth Day Initiative

Stage 2

Future Meets Past: Watch Here

Sophia Kianni, Member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Tia Nelson, Managing Director, Climate Outrider Foundation
Moderated by John Oppermann, Executive Director, Earth Day Initiative

The Future of Stuff: Watch Here

Sandra Goldsmark, Director of Campus Sustainability and Climate Action, Barnard College; Author of Fixation: How to have stuff without breaking the planet.
Moderated by Marcos Salazar, Founder, Be Social Change

The Future of Carbon Labeling: Watch Here

Alexandre Frantzen, CEO of Carbon Calories
Sandra Noonan, Head of Sustainability, Just Salad
Moderated by Marcos Salazar, Founder, Be Social Change

The Futuer of Greener Cities: Watch Here

Jacqueline Klopp, Co-Director Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Dominic Ruiz, Director of Healthy Buildings, Green Generation
Henry Gordon Smith, Founder and CEO of Agrictecture
Moderated by John Oppermann, Executive Director, Earth Day Initiative

Environmental x Social Justice: Watch Here

Leslie Campbell (he/him), Senior Coordinator, Special Projects, FoodShare Toronto
Melana Roberts (she/her), Community Food Activist and Chair of Food Secure Canada
Moderated by Peter Liu

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