Washington D.C. Climate Resource Guide

Climate Communities

• Slack Channels with DC-specific channels

• Women & Climate

• Work on Climate

• MCJ

• DC Climate Tech Cities: awesome weekly newsletter of climate events around the city, it has the word "tech" in the title but I find their lists to be very intersectional and include events outside tech too

• Climate DC: monthly meetup of climate enthusiasts

• Green Drinks DC: events with people passionate about climate, happening all over the city

• Young Professionals in Energy DC: community for early career folks working in clean energy

• DC Climate Week: week long event that took place for the first time in May 2025. Great place to look for other organizations and people who are involved in climate work locally.

• Climate Funders: events and happy hours with people involved in funding climate projects & companies

• DC Ecowomen: women’s focused environmental meetup

• Cleantech Leaders Roundtable: events and support for clean tech leaders in DC

• Out in Climate DC Chapter: DC chapter for LGBTQIA+ professionals in climate

Climate Organizations

• Top Tier Impact 

• DC Tech & Venture Coalition (DCTAV)

• Halcyon: accelerator for innovative ideas

• Uptop Acres: rooftop farming company

• Environmental Defense Fund: national nonprofit leading environmental protection campaigns, they also have a fellowship program for recent graduates

• Clean Energy America: clean energy nonprofit, community, and political action committee

• Just about every national environmental nonprofit has offices in DC: World Wildlife Fund, Oceana, American Forests, U.S. Green Building Council, National Geographic, Ocean Conservancy, The Climate Reality Project, Sunrise Movement, The Nature Conservancy, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)

• List of DC-based Climate Tech startups

Climate People

• Yaris Ng Pang: Women & Climate DC Chapter Lead

• Sarah DeWitt: career coach and forest bathing guide

• Tiffany Mrotek: Environmental workforce development leader with SEI

• Daniel Hill: Founder of #OpenDoorClimate and leader at the Environmental Defense Fund

• Vid Mićević: Founder of ClimateDC, Investor & VC

• Daniel J. Barker: CEO of Halcyon

• Anjali Mahadevia: Co-organizer of DC Climate Week and leading Business Development with Future

• Rahul Misra: VP of Living Carbon

• Sade Dennis, M.S.: Leader at US Green Building Council

• Eboni Hall: Climate workforce development leader and shares a weekly drop of climate jobs

• Justin Brodie-Kommit, PhD: climate hard tech VC. Also, check out his amazing DMV climate resource guide