NYC Wildflower Week Childrens Day
Thursday, April 30th, 2009| April 10, 2009 | to | April 30, 2009 |
Join Solar One as we host our 2nd annual Children’s Day for NYC Wildflower Week.
NYC Wildflower Week is all about celebrating NYC native plants and all things natural. During Wildflower Week May 2-9, there will be many activities to participate in from lectures, garden tours, botanical walks, and childrens events in all 5 boroughs.
Solar One will be hosting a childrens day on May 9th from 10am-2pm. This is also the first event in our summer Family Day Series. There will be many fun hands-on activities related to native plants, insects, and art. Some events you can expect are:
- Make your own seed bomb
- Pot up your very own native plant to take home
- Create beautiful crepe paper flowers
- Learn about butterflies and insects
- LESEC will feature a worm composting bin and information and demonstrations on how it works
- Plant scavenger hunt in Stuyvesant Cove Park
So bring your children down to S1 and join us in celebrating the importance of NYC native plants.
For more information about NYC Wildflower Week and the other events for the week go to
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NYC Wildflower Week at Solar One
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Join Solar One as we host our 2nd annual Children’s Day for NYC Wildflower Week.
NYC Wildflower Week is all about celebrating NYC native plants and all things natural. During Wildflower Week May 2-9, there will be many activities to participate in from lectures, garden tours, botanical walks, and childrens events in all 5 boroughs.
Solar One will be hosting a childrens day on May 9th from 10am-2pm. This is also the first event in our summer Family Day Series. There will be many fun hands-on activities related to native plants, insects, and art. Some events you can expect are:
- Make your own seed bomb
- Pot up your very own native plant to take home
- Create beautiful crepe paper flowers
- Learn about butterflies and insects
- LESEC will feature a worm composting bin and information and demonstrations on how it works
- Plant scavenger hunt in Stuyvesant Cove Park
So bring your children down to S1 and join us in celebrating the importance of NYC native plants.
For more information about NYC Wildflower Week and the other events for the week go to:
Posted in Native Plants, New York City, Stuyvesant Cove Park | Permalink
Manhattan Announces Green Jobs For the Ex-Homeless
Monday, April 27th, 2009
This past Friday, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced an innovative plan that will help curb NYC’s greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously providing jobs for those most in need of them. The Go Green! Cooking Oil Recycling Program will employ formerly homeless and incarcerated individuals to pick up used cooking oil from local city restaurants free of charge; the oil will then be sold to companies that conduct biodiesel conversion, cutting down on the use of standard diesel gasoline – among the dirtiest of hydrocarbon-based fuels – in commercial vehicles in and around the city.
The service will be conducted by RWA Resource Recovery, a venture of The Doe Fund and its Ready, Willing and Able Community Improvement Project. To date, RWA Resource Recovery has collected nearly 725,000 gallons of biodiesel since its inception in early 2007, an amount that should increase at a substantial rate under the new agreement; in March alone, RWA added 50 new client businesses around the city. Overall, through this community improvement project, The Doe Fund has aided more than 3,000 formerly destitute New Yorkers in their quest for self-sufficiency. The program will also partner with the Lower East Side Ecology Center, which will conduct education and outreach by training local students to serve as “eco-consultants” to help recruit other businesses into the program.
In addition to this venture, which will expand to neighborhoods in upper Manhattan over the next few weeks, the state will provide further incentives for biodiesel through tax credits for users and producers of the alternative fuel. Given current economic and employment trends, the Go Green! Cooking Oil Recycling Program will provide much-needed hope and opportunities while at the same time making progress towards a cleaner city.
Sources: “Speaker Sheldon Silver and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Announce Free Cooking Oil Recycling Program for Local Restaurants”, press release – 4/24/09, Manhattan Borough President’s Office official website (www.mbpo.org); RWA Resource Recovery website (www.rwarr.org); The Doe Fund website (www.doe.org); Lower East Side Ecology Center website (www.lesecologycenter.org).
Posted in Biofuel, Green Collar Jobs, New York City, Politics, Recycling, Waste | Permalink
Build It Green! NYC Block Party!!!
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009| May 9, 2009 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
Build It Green! NYC, in conjunction with the Council on the Environment of NYC’s (CENYC) Office of Recycling Outreach and Education (OROE), is proud to host its Second Annual Recyclefest Block Party. On May 9, the folks at Build It Green are shutting down the block for an afternoon of live music, food, crafts, and a CENYC Stop ‘N Swap. Feel free to bring useable clothing, sporting goods, books, housewares, and toys to the free swap. Or just bring yourself and enjoy the festivities!
In attendance:
Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee bike valet
Mare Liberum Boatbuilding
Community Energy
Nightwood Furniture Design and Construction
Trees Not Trash Planter Box Construction
Compost Project Worm Workshop
Recycle-a-Bike
Two Coves Community Garden plant sale
And much much more!
Bands:
Mike Wexler
Up Died Sound
Raya Brass Band
Marques Toliver
Kaneng Lolang
All items left behind will be donated to the nice folks at Hour Children. Be there and/or be square!
Where: 3-17 26th Ave (btwn. 3rd & 4th Streets)
Astoria, NY 11102
When: Saturday, May 9th – 11am – 4’ish pm
Contacts: Harvey Jaswal
Build It Green! NYC
718-777-0132 ext. 24
harvey@bignyc.org
Jon Klar
Office of Recycling Outreach & Education
212-788-7963
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Go Green LES Earth Week 2009
Monday, April 20th, 2009| April 25, 2009 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
GO GREEN LES Allen Mall 6 Green Celebration
Saturday, April 25th, 2 p.m.
Allen Mall 6 (Enter at Allen and Rivington)
Come celebrate with Time’s Up! and GO GREEN LOWER EAST SIDE as we bring one of the malls on Allen Street to life the Saturday after Earth Day!
The DOT has a bike lane redesign in the works for Allen St and we’re excited by the potential for revitalization on the mall in the middle of Allen St.
Times Up! will be offering FREE Bike Repair Education, Helmet and Safety Checks, and FREE Seed Planting Workshops
Other activities and events include:
FREE Green Maps for all
FREE Energy Efficiency Assessments & Evaluations
FREE Green Jobs summer training for students
FREE CFL Bulb Giveaway
Also check out the Youth Photo Exhibit and Vision for the Mall and Avenue of the Immigrants Exhibit
Other Group Involved:
Solar One, NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities, Green Maps, Win Win Campaign, Hester Street Collaborative, Green Market, LES Boys and Girls Club, LES BID, EcoBizNYC, NYRP, AAFE, Manhattan CB3, NYC Parks and Recreation
Also With:
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, NYS Senator Tom Duane, NYS Senator Daniel Squadron, Councilmember Alan Gerson, Councilmember Rosie Mendez, Asseblymember Brian Kavanagh
Posted in Art, Green Building, Green Collar Jobs, NYSERDA, Recycling, Solar One Events, Sustainability | Permalink
