*TODAY* Entrepreneurs as Transformers!

TODAY: Innovation Lab Pitch Event

It's not too late to register! Join us today for our Innovation Lab virtual pitch event: Entrepreneurs as Transformers! Hear about our exciting member companies working to address environmental and social challenges. US Senator Chris Van Hollen, who has sponsored the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act on carbon trading and who supports a Green New Deal, will offer opening remarks. Networking rooms will open at 3:15 to allow breakout discussions with our eco-entrepreneurs; program starts at 4:00.

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Innovation Lab Company Updates

Regional experiences, food, and beverages are a multi-billion dollar industry, yet there was not a searchable app+platform to find and buy it all... Until now. GetawayLocal helps users find fun things to do and enables local businesses to attract and learn about consumers. Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab is hosting an online conversation with the GetawayLocal team on Wednesday, May 5th at 2pm ET. Accredited investors are invited to attend and may register here.

MāKā Superfood produces ready-to-drink wheatgrass beverages, +energized+ with yerba mate & guayusa tea, to help you live an active, healthy lifestyle. Organic certified and carbon neutral – MāKā’s drinks are truly better for you. Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab is hosting an online conversation with the MāKā team on Thursday, May 6th at 3pm ET. Accredited investors are invited to attend and may register here.

Grateful Gardeners Has the Perfect Mother's Day Gift

Celebrate your Mom this year with dahlias and sweet decorative treats! BG Innovation Lab member Grateful Gardeners is offering Mother’s Day packages that will have Mom yearning for spring so she can plant her dahlia tubers while enjoying hand-crafted dahlia-inspired cookies from @sinful3cookies. Shop two different sizes of gift baskets; a small bundle of 6 dahlia tubers and 6 cookies OR a large bundle of 12 dahlia tubers and 12 cookies.

Apply for Summer Internships with Our Innovation Lab Companies

Explore internship opportunities with Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab portfolio companies! Check out the opportunities below to work closely with founders building innovative and sustainable solutions to tackle environmental and social challenges. Apply here.

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.

Upcoming Student B Corp Workshop

Our Student B Corp Workshop Series teaches students how businesses can improve their environmental and social impact through B Corp certification and B Corp's impact assessment tools. Students are invited to join us May 4th from 3pm to 4pm for a live demo of the B-Impact Assessment. Register here.

The Best for DMV Campaign is a partnership of organizations throughout the DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region that aims to dramatically expand the number of businesses that incorporate impact into their business models.

Learn About Biking in Bethesda Next Tuesday

Join us for a Sustianability Series session with local transportation experts and advocates to learn about plans and improvements to make biking more accessible in Bethesda. Tuesday May 4, 5pm to 6:30pm. Register here.

Participate in the City Nature Challenge This Weekend!

Help scientists gather data about local wildlife by joining the City Nature Challenge. All you have to do is find wildlife, snap a photo, and submit it using the iNaturalist App.

Teens are invited to join Bethesda Green's Environmental Leaders on Monday, May 3rd at 5pm for a species identification session. Sign up here.

Hear About Our Environmental Leaders' Community Projects

Join us May 14th for the final presentations of our high school Environmental Leaders! They've been working on spring conservation projects to support environmental efforts in our community. Come see what they've been up to! Register here.

Bethesda Green’s Environmental Leaders Program is an experiential school-year long sustainability program for high school seniors in Montgomery County. The training focuses on environmental stewardship and community engagement through a series of projects. Applications for the 2021 - 2022 program are rolling. Apply here.

More Upcoming Green Events

DC Net Impact is hosting a virtual webinar on Environmental Advocacy and the New Administration. Today at 6pm.
Join the Montgomery County Food Council's virtual Food Sovereignty Panel Discussion Friday, April 30, 10am - 11:30am.
Join Greenbelt Community Composting and ECO City Farms in celebrating International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) for a Compost Tour & Get Together, Monday, May 3, 2021 (starting at 10 am). Register here (Password: ICAW).
Register for the Montgomery County Energy Summit from May 4-6. Event hours will be 9:30am to 4pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and 9:30am to 3pm on Thursday.

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