GrowNYC and BIG!NYC Costume Swap Plus BIG!NYC Hallowe’en Fundraiser This Friday
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Get your spooky fun on this Friday at BuildItGreen!NYC’s brand-new space in Gowanus, Brooklyn! From 3-6pm, kids can stop by the BIG!NYC/GrowNYC costume swap and trade their old finery for new, plus watch family-friendly Hallowe’en films, do some eco-crafts (Solar One will be making cardboard animal masks), play games and much more!
Then at 7pm, it’s time for more adult fun at BIG’s costume fundraiser. Tickets start at just $10 and are available HERE!
BIG!NYC Costume Swap and Fundraiser
Friday October 28, 2011
Costume Swap at 3pm, Fundraiser at 6pm
69 9th Street, Brooklyn
Get directions HERE!
Posted in Build It Green, Design, Film, Food, Green Building, Music, New York City, Recycling, Sustainability, Waste | Permalink
Solar One Family Day: Eco Art in the Park
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Join us for a day of sustainable creativity and crafts! Activities will include eco-tie-dying, mask making, wind chime creation and much more, using recycled and repurposed materials. Suitable for ages 4 and up, free and open to the public, please RSVP and we’ll see you on Saturday!
Posted in Art, Recycling, Stuyvesant Cove Park, Sustainability | Permalink
Clothing & Textiles Recycling Day
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011Our partners at GrowNYC and the Manhattan Borough President’s office are hosting a textile recycling and clothing swap this Saturday, April 30th. Check out the flyer below for more information!
Saturday, April 30, 12pm-5pm
1590 Park Ave at 115th Street
Questions? Call the Manhattan Borough President’s Office at 212.669.2094
Posted in New York City, Other Events, Recycling | Permalink
[im]pure essence: reflections on water by young artists at the 14th Street Y
Friday, March 11th, 2011| March 15, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
[im]pure essence is the result of a unique collaboration between the student artists of LaGuardia Arts High School; the community of the 14th Street Y; WATER, the secret life of objects, a multi-media climate change play focusing on water and its indispensable (and sometimes scary) role in human life; and Solar One, NYC’s green energy, arts and education center.
To create the work in the show, 14th Street Y staff collected stories, memories, myths and impressions about water from a variety of their constituents, including small children and seniors. The stories were then given to the WATER creative team, and passed on to the artists. Using mostly reclaimed and recycled materials from Materials for the Arts, the student-artists used the stories as a starting point for their work. The work is being displayed in the LABA gallery in the lobby of the Y, and has been starting many conversations among the Y community!
On Tuesday March 15, we’ll be having a reception with all the work on display, some drinks and snacks, activities like making origami creatures and collecting “water confessions” from our guests. These will be invaluable in helping us develop WATER: the secret life of objects, and increase our understanding of the essential role water plays in our human world.
The artists showing their work in the show are: Athena Beck, Rachel Berger, Cleo Bergman, Galeena, Grace Felton, Jade Johnson, Yasmin Kelly, Cindy Lee and Alyssa Rosete. Check out a preview below!
[im]pure essence Closing Reception
Tuesday March 15, 2011
7:00-9:00pm
At the 14th Street Y
344 East 14th Street between 1st and 2nd Aves
Free & Open to the Public
Posted in Art, Recycling, Solar One, Solar One Events, Water | Permalink
Missed Carbon Nation at Lincoln Center? You Still Have a Chance to See It!
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Last Thursday, Solar One partnered with Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Green Screens program to show Carbon Nation, Peter Byck’s climate change solutions documentary. The screening on Thursday was a phenomenal success, with a full house, a great discussion with director Peter Byck, Solar One Executive Director Chris Collins, Solar One Green Workforce Development Director Diallo Shabazz and “green hawk” Dan Nolan. Thanks to everyone who was able to come!
However, if you weren’t able to be there, you can still see Carbon Nation this week at the Cinema Village at 3:30pm and 7pm from now through Thursday February 17. You can get tickets HERE!
After Thursday, Carbon Nation is going on the road, and if you happen to live in one of the following cities, you’re in luck:
Los Angeles, CA- February 18
Austin, TX- February 25
Portland, OR- March 4
Seattle, WA- March 4
San Francisco, CA- March 11
Group tickets are available for the above screenings- please contact Jackie Papier, jackiepapier[at]hotmail[dot]com.
Posted in Film, Food, Global Warming, Green Building, Green Collar Jobs, Organic Farming, Photovoltaics, Pollution, Recycling, Renewables, Sustainability, Technology, Transportation | Permalink
