Bethesda Green Announces Financial Awards to Accelerator Companies

Dear Friends:

I'm excited to share the following updates with you about Bethesda Green's work, supporting entrepreneurs and volunteering in the community. I hope you'll read with pride and make a personal commitment to join our important efforts.

Keep Bethesda Green,

Adam M. Roberts
Executive Director

Announcing the Bethesda Green Innovation Lab Financial Awards

Bethesda Green announced today that it has awarded $10,000 financial awards each to four mission-aligned companies that participated in its 2021 Innovation Lab Accelerator. These companies are led by sustainability and impact-driven entrepreneurs who are ready to tackle the challenges ahead. Their business models seek to address gaps in the marketplace to manage food waste at scale, eliminate plastic waste from carry out containers, and provide healthy and impactful food and beverage options. Find out who the four awardees are in the press release.

Join Our Weed Warriors!

Bethesda Green launched its Weed Warriors project in partnership with Bethesda Urban Partnership last weekend. Together, two teams of volunteers set off through Bethesda pulling weeds from tree boxes and sidewalk crevices to beautify the neighborhood and rid us of invasive weeds -- without chemicals. Even bamboo was no match for these intrepid and dedicated weed warriors. We're staying on the case and hopefully expanding our reach. Please join us in August and beyond to be part of the team. Sign up here.

Summer Speaker Series

This summer, we’re once again bringing together founders, industry experts, and policy makers for a series of conversations that will inspire, motivate, and educate all who attend. Register for the remaining sessions below!

Considerations for Startups Applying Sustainability Principles in Their Supply Chains (July 27th)
Green Business Certifications: Which One and Why? (August 5th)
Climate Risk Management for Early Stage Startups (August 12th)
Building Resiliency into Your Sustainable Supply Chain (Date TBD)

More details can be found on our website here.

Innovation Lab Member Updates

AgUnity has launched a new website, the Agruit Foundation, and the AgriUT token, which is designed to facilitate and promote farmer appreciation in the form of Agriwards and to drive the economic development of smallholder farming communities around the world.

Ally Power was recently featured in Technical.ly for their work developing charging stations for cars powered by hydrogen. Ally Power is a hydrogen production company that specializes in the design of the Hydrogen and Electric Gas Station. Their stations are capable of refueling or recharging both hydrogen fuel cell and electric battery vehicles as well as generating excess electricity for sale to the grid. Check out the full article here.

Grateful Gardeners was awarded a grant from TEDCO's Agriculture and Rural Rebuild (ARR) Challenge to develop a novel process that employs aquaponics to grow high dollar value cut flower cultivars. Learn more.

Greenlist is happy to announce a new partnership with high end kimono company Port Zienna. Port Zienna uses ethical production methods, fair labor wages and ethically-friendly fabrics. Save 10% on Port Zienna's gorgeous pieces by purchasing returns with the greenlist process.

TrueAlgae was awarded a grant from the inaugural round of the Virginia Commonwealth Commercialization Fund to revolutionize algae for multi-purpose agribusiness.

Paradigm One is adding three new restaurants to its participating network, hired a Social Media and Marketing Specialist to help drive memberships and engagement, and its pilot Commercial Reuse Sanitation partnership with Imperfect Foods (which has already helped divert nearly 100,000 gel ice packs from landfills over the past three months) has been extended for a full year.

Universal Schedule's first patent in distributed ledger is now pending issuance from the USPTO. Additionally, receipt of an SBA grant will further development and promotion of their GetawaLocal app, which is now available in app stores. New content will include a searchable directory of existing events in the region, embedded social media image feeds, and cross-platform reviews for businesses.

Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab identifies and nurtures green, for-profit startups aligned with our vision for a sustainable, impactful, and purposeful economy. Our suite of programs support idea-stage companies through those raising Series A rounds. Applications for our Incubator and Amplifier programs are rolling. Learn more.

Pollinator Garden at Landon Lane

The Bethesda Green team recently visited Environmental Leader Emily Wu's pollinator garden on Landon Lane in Bethesda! This summer, Be Green Living intern Oran Lichtman has been taking inventory of all the species in the garden and keeping picture logs of each plant to see how the garden grows over the summer. We are using water collected by our newly installed rain barrel and are currently looking at ways to improve our water collection system.

More Green Events

MoCo Green Futures is launching this Saturday from 10 AM - 12 PM! In this webinar, students will hear from speakers in various green jobs about their career journey, current roles, and how they entered the field. The session is geared toward high school students to learn from experts in the field. The webinar is sponsored by Mansa Colabs and Evolve Green and supported by Waterford Inc, Leaders in Energy, and the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection. Register here.
Join Bethesda Green and DC Net Impact this Thursday evening at the Eat the Change office to learn more about Eat the Change and PLNT Burger while meeting and mingling with other sustainability-minded professionals. Seth Goldman, Co-Founder of Eat the Change, PLNT Burger, and Honest Tea will make opening remarks and kick off the broader conversation. This event is $5. Beverages, light snacks, and a tasting of the PLNT Burger menu will be provided! Register here.

Summer Intern Spotlight: Oran Lichtman

Oran was born and raised in Germantown, Maryland, and is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management at University of Maryland Global Campus. After a year studying abroad in Southern Israel he found his passion in sustainability and the community. He is looking forward to taking on his new role as the BeGreen Living Intern. After work you can find him either in the kitchen cooking or outdoors hiking with friends.

Read his latest blog post on Sustainability.

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