New New York GreenHomeNYC DIY Green Block Party in Brooklyn This Saturday
Monday, September 27th, 2010| October 2, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
The NEW New York: GreenHomeNYC’s DIY Green Block Party, Saturday October 2nd 10am – 6pm, will give New Yorkers tangible experience with ways to live green(er). Catering to citizens anywhere on the green spectrum from curious to committed, this event will bring concepts to life through hands-on activities. For example, a local compost vendor, Vokashi, will sell compost k its as well as have compost on hand to smell and examine up close. Recycle-A-Bicycle will demonstrate how to repair a bike and take donations of old bikes. Bring your old clothes to be recycled through Wearable Collections, and your e-waste through the Lower East Side Ecology Center. In addition to over 45 vendors, there will be special neighborhood tours such as a “ride-along” on a brownstone’s energy audit, a trip to a green roof, and a tour of Third + Bond, which is anticipating LEED-Gold.
In keeping with the theme, the NEW New York itself will be green: using biodiesel and compostable food containers, recycling trash and composting food-waste, minimizing trash by asking vendors to present paperless, and purchasing carbon off-sets.
Visit our website for more information, and to sign up for events,demonstrations, and building tours. Solar One will be running activities for kids!
10:00am- Make insect/butterfly/native creature puppets!
12:00pm- Make seed bombs that will turn into wildflowers in the spring!
2:00pm- Make a solar racecar and see how fast it will go!
www.greenhomenyc.org/thenewnewyork
Third St between Bond & Hoyt Sts in Brooklyn
F/G to Carroll Street
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2010 Solar Powered Film Series Continues!
Monday, September 20th, 2010| September 23, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
September 23-25 [Rain Date September 26]
FROM 7-10 PM
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Th Sep 23 – Fresh
Fr Sep 24 – Fuel
Sa Sep 25 – The Age of Stupid
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Thursday September 23: Fresh, 2009, 72 mins
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
Speaker Derek Denckla from Farm City leads a talk on urban agriculture. More speakers TBA.
Short Subject: Brooklyn Grange Farm (from Food Curated)
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Friday September 24: Fuel, 2008, 111 mins
Most Americans know we’ve got a problem: an addiction to oil that taxes the environment, entangles us in costly foreign policies, and threatens the nation’s long-term stability. But few are informed or empowered enough to do much about it. Enter Josh Tickell, an expert young activist who, driven by his own emotionally charged motives, shuttles us on a revelatory, whirlwind journey to unravel this addiction—from its historical origins to political constructs that support it, to alternatives available now and the steps we can take to change things.
Speakers
David Selig, owner of Rice Restaurants, whose delivery vans run on used vegetable oil.
Brent Baker, founder and CEO of Tri-State Biodiesel, educator and producer of biodiesel fuel since the fuel emerged in the United States about 15 years ago.
Short Subject: Breathe Easy (Greener Media)
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Saturday September 25: The Age of Stupid, 2009, 92 mins
The Age of Stupid stars Pete Postlethwaite as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? Speakers TBA.
Short Subject: Adventure of Our Butts (Greener Media)
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“Sneak Peak” at Freshkills Park
Monday, September 13th, 2010| October 3, 2010 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation is excited to invite you to the first public event *ever* at the Freshkills Park site! Autumn is the most beautiful season to see the hills and creeks of the closed 2,200-acre Fresh Kills Landfill, now beginning their transformation into NYC’s biggest and most fascinating new park, on Staten Island’s west shore. Join us for a preview of what the park will have to offer!
At 2pm, NYSERDA’s Energy $mart Communities Coordinator, Max Joel of Solar One, will present quality-of-life and economic benefits of emerging renewable energy technologies, such as solar thermal and photovoltaics. He will also speak about how energy efficiency will reduce fuel and utility costs in your home and business.
Click here for more details and the full schedule!
Sneak Peak Free Shuttle Location:
228 Wild Ave., Staten Island – click here for directions
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Energy Stewardship 101: Strategies for Houses of Worship & Households
Monday, September 13th, 2010| October 24, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Park Avenue United Methodist Church
106 East 86th Street; New York, NY 10028
RSVP Required: 732-565-7740 ext 303
Presenters:
The Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith
Max Joel, NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities Coordinator, Solar One
Sarah Pidgeon, Education Coordinator, Solar One
For the average religious institution, energy expenses are the second highest fixed cost—second only to personnel costs. Our energy use causes air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, and toxic waste from nuclear power plants. GreenFaith’s research shows that the average religious institution can cut energy use by close to 20% with investments that pay for themselves in less than 18 months – a large environmental and economic benefit. At this workshop, GreenFaith staff will review 12 priority steps for energy conservation, based on data gathered through energy audits conducted at diverse houses of worship. Many of these steps are no cost, and can be implemented immediately.
Many of the steps that houses of worship can take to reducing energy use, while improving comfort and building performance, are supported by financial incentives and technical support from the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA). Solar One’s NYSERDA Energy Smart Communities Coordinator will review these programs in detail and will also discuss opportunities to involve congregation members in the greening process by connecting them to information and resources for increasing the energy efficiency of their own homes.
Finally, Solar One’s Education Coordinator will discuss ways to engage youth of all ages in environmental education activities. Learn new and exciting ways to include the youngest members of your congreation in the greening process of your space. Not only can kids be part of a community wide energy awareness campaign, but they can participate in creative and fun hands on activites such as building solar race cars, learning about local wildlife, and making recycled art.
Stay posted at Green Congregations
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2010 Solar-Powered Film Series: Vanishing of the Bees
Friday, September 10th, 2010| September 18, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Vanishing of the Bees , 2010, 94 mins
Vanishing of the Bees is a fascinating documentary about the mysterious disappearance of bees from beehives all around the world. The film’s aim is a better understanding of ‘Colony Collapse Disorder’ (CCD), a phenomena in which honey bees abruptly abandon both their queen and brood for reasons as yet not fully known. The situation is dire and only stands to get worse and so, with that in mind, the documentary examines all scientific and environmental links to CCD. Plus a visit from some NYC beekeepers to explain the concepts of urban beekeeping!
Program will begin with a short film from Greener Media.
The 2010 Solar-Powered Film Series is sponsored by Green Mountain Energy.
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