Solar One’s Tamar Rogoff in the NYTimes
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Tamar has been with Solar One since its inception, and has long been the inspiration behind our connection between the arts and the environment. In addition to being one of the longest tenured members of the Solar One staff, she is also a choreographer with a long history of acclaimed work. For more of her bio, look here or here.
Now, in today’s New York Times, Tamar’s latest piece – “Diagnosis of a Faun” – is featured on the front page of the Arts section. The article discusses the genesis of the piece and the transformations it has created in the life of Gregg Mozgala, an actor with cerebral palsy who has connected with his body in new and unexpected ways as a result of his work with Tamar in preparing the piece. It’s an interesting look at the creative process for what should be an engaging and entertaining performance.
“Diagnosis of a Faun” plays at La Mama Theater in the East Village on Thursdays-Sundays from December 3 – 20. More information and tickets available here. Congratulations to Tamar for her achievement and recognition!
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Upper West Side Goes Green From the Ground Up!
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Last Wednesday’s Green From the Ground Up was a huge success, with an overflow crowd at the Red Oak on West 106th Street. The unique event packed together valuable information about greening apartment buildings and opportunities for owners to meet energy and environmental services vendors. Highlights included presentations on solar electric power by Solar One’s Chris Neidl, solar hot water and cool roofs by Larsen Plano from the Community Environmental Center, residential energy efficiency by NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities Coordinator Diana Pangestu, recycling by Christina Salvi of the Office of Recycling Outreach and Education, and energy incentive programs by Susan Gunn of ConEd.
Many of the tenants, owners, and facilities managers who attended said they would put what they had learned into action, in some cases by working with vendors they met at the event. One coop board member left convinced of the “‘Doability’ of solar energy,” promising to discuss it with the rest of her board, and a local facilities manager said that he planned to get a quote on energy efficiency improvements for his building as soon as possible.
In 2010, Green From the Ground Up will be coming to more neighborhoods around the city. Check back at solar1.org soon for details about upcoming events!
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Website Vacation
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009We are experiencing some difficulties with our website today. The main page has been restored, but the rest of the pages are still appear to be out of commission. Guess our site decided to go on vacation a couple of days early. We are working on the problem and hope to have it resolved soon. Thanks for your patience.
**UPDATE** 3:00pm
Looks like things are back to normal. If you notice anything that still appears to be broken, please let us know.
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Volunteer Day Cancelled
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Due to Hurricane Ida and all the rain and wind she has brought with her, we have cancelled the volunteer day scheduled for today, November 14 at 9am.
Thank you
Solar One Staff
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Staten Island Greenmarket: Textile Recycling Day
Thursday, November 5th, 2009| November 14, 2009 | ||
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Come to the Staten Island Mall Greenmarket on Saturday, November 14 2009 for Clothing and Textile Recycling Day!
In celebration of the opening of CENYC’s 50th Greenmarket farmers market at the Staten Island Mall, come down and drop your unwanted clothing and textiles while you check out the Greenmarket.
Unwanted textiles represent almost 6% of the city’s residential waste stream. You can do your part to help prevent textiles from winding up in the landfill by dropping them off for reuse or recycling. Once collected, the textiles are transported to a sorting facility where everything gets categorized based on reusability and type of fabric, then sent to different markets where there is a demand for that type of material. CENYC will partner with Wearable Collections, a NYC-based textile recycling company for this event. More than 450,000 pounds of used clothing, shoes, linens, towels, and accessories have been dropped off by over 11,000 New Yorkers since the summer of 2007 at eight textile recycling collection sites at Greenmarkets in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens thanks to CENYC’s efforts.
And learn how to save energy and money with NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities. We’ll have tips on how to keep energy bills down this winter, and information about programs that can help fund energy upgrades in your home or business!
When: Saturday, November 14- 8:00am-4:00pm
Where: 2655 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY
For more information contact: Max Joel at 646-576-5673 0r Max@solar1.org.
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