Snowpocalypse 2: Return of the Snow
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Snow sculpture in front of J’s Big Gym in Washington Heights (not taken today, obvs)
Solar One E$C Coordinator Diana Pangestu’s snowman in her Brooklyn backyard
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Feb. 27 Green From the Inside Out CANCELED
Friday, February 26th, 2010Due to the continuing snow storm and anticipated road conditions, February 27th Green From the Inside Out at the Clay Pit Ponds Interpretive Center has been canceled. Please see our Green From the Inside Out event page for information about future events, including our March 27th program at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center.
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Solar One presents: Party for a Solar Powered New York!
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010| March 16, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Party for a Solar Powered New York is a get-together for New Yorkers who share an interest in solar power, music, clean energy activism, cocktails, and DIY gadget building. It’s a chance to have fun, learn and get directly involved in efforts to transform the Empire State into a solar power capital.
Tuesday, March 16th, 7pm – 11ish PM
At Southpaw,
125 Fifth Ave. Brooklyn tel: 718.230.0236
M,R to Union; B,Q to 7th Ave, or 2,3 to Bergen.
What’s happening?
- 7PM – 7:45: TEACH-IN for clean energy activists who want to help us make New York a Solar Power Capital! Learn about our goals and how you can get involved. We’ll be debuting our new mobile phone application GNR8R (“generator”) which enables activists to more easily get friends and family to call their politicians in support of pro-solar policies.
- Letter Writing Bar – write a message to your state politicians in support of our solar initiative. We’ll brief you when you get here and provide the stamps, envelopes, etc. Motivation and eloquence are on you.
- Ask a Solar Installer. Are you considering investing in a solar system but don’t know where to start, what it will cost or if your building is a good fit for the technology. We’ll have real live solar professional to answer all of your questions.
- Throw down $5 and build a nifty little solar powered device in the company of friends. Lots of fun. The best design gets a blue ribbon.
- DJ Joa Kin will be spinning dub, r&b and soul.
FREE!
18 to enter, 21 to drink.
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Party for a Solar Powered New York!
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Solar One presents
Party for a Solar Powered New York!
A get-together for New Yorkers who share an interest in solar power, music, clean energy activism, cocktails, and DIY gadget building. It’s a chance to have fun, learn and get directly involved in efforts to transform the Empire State into a solar power capital.
Tuesday, March 16th, 7pm – 11ish PM
At Southpaw,
125 Fifth Ave. Brooklyn tel: 718.230.0236
M,R to Union; B,Q to 7th Ave, or 2,3 to Bergen.
What’s happening?
• 7PM – 7:45: TEACH-IN for clean energy activists who want to help us make New York a Solar Power Capital! Learn about our goals and how you can get involved. We’ll be debuting our new mobile phone application GNR8R (“generator”) which enables activists to more easily get friends and family to call their politicians in support of pro-solar policies.
• Letter Writing Bar – write a message to your state politicians in support of our solar initiative. We’ll brief you when you get here and provide the stamps, envelopes, etc. Motivation and eloquence are on you.
• Ask a Solar Installer. Are you considering investing in a solar system but don’t know where to start, what it will cost or if your building is a good fit for the technology. We’ll have real live solar professional to answer all of your questions.
• Throw down $5 and build a nifty little solar powered device in the company of friends. Lots of fun. The best design gets a blue ribbon.
• DJ Joa Kin will be spinning dub, r&b and soul.
FREE!
18 to enter, 21 to drink.
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Bugbot! A solar gadget building workshop- SOLD OUT!
Monday, February 22nd, 2010| March 13, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
UPDATE: Thanks for all your interest everyone! This month’s gadget building workshop is SOLD OUT!
In this workshop, participants will learn how to construct a circuit that gathers solar energy and releases it in bursts, and then use it in the creation of a small, light-powered, vibro-bot. These Bugbots will respond directly to the intensity of the light that they are exposed to, using solar energy to power two vibrating pager motors. On a sunny day they will skitter about frantically… On cloudy days they will move intermittently as they build up energy.
During the course of this workshop, participants will be introduced to the basics of solar-powered electronics and circuit construction. Each participant will solder their own circuit board and build a Bugbot of their own to take home. Participants need no prior experience in this field. Just come with a willingness to learn!
Registration for this workshop is limited to 15 participants, so sign up today!
It will be on March 13, from 1 – 5, and will be taught by Christian Cerrito Resident Researcher Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU. His website.
LOCATION: Solar One is located right along the East River, south of E.23rd St, beside the FDR Drive at the northern end of Stuyvesant Cove Park. To view map and directions, click here.
PRICE: $35. All materials and tools included.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
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