Events Round-Up: June 14th and on…
Jun 14th, 2008 by Jervey
[Photo: Transportation Alternatives, StreetBeat Newsletter.]
Lots happening in coming weeks. We think we’re going to try to do an events round-up on the reblog once every two weeks, and then a formal events newsletter once/month. Thoughts? Suggestions? Put ‘em below in the comments.
In addition to what’s listed below, always check out the Nature Calendar’s WildWire for current nature and outdoors-type activities. This week’s has all sorts of fun that’s a part of the Backpacker Magazine and Parks Department initiative–Adventure NYC! Check it out and get out there!
What’s happening here after the jump…
Sunday, June 15th, 7pm
Sunset Eco-Cruises to Harbor Herons Islands
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Tuesday, Jun 17, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
ITAC and NYIRN: Spec It Green: Contractors Advantage
Web site: www.specitgreen.org
Event Type: Convention/ConferenceSummary:
Spec It Green: Maintaining Green Buildings
As part of the Buildings NY show (free admission with registration for Spec It Green), this Spec It Green will address maintaining green buildings.
Located at the Javitz Center.
rsvp required at www.specitgreen.org
Tuesday June 17, 8:00am - 3:00pm
New York Solar Summit
at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green
sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Energy, Bronx Community College, The City University of New York
718-289-5332
www.bcc.cuny.edu/institutionalDevelopment/cse/NYSolarSummit .cfm
Friday, June 20, 9:30am - 2:00pm
Bronx Week Green Roof Tour
Visit six green roofs in the Bronx.
Transportation between sites will be provided on hybrid-electric vehicles.
Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp., Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment
For more information, contact Christina Ficicchia at BOEDC.
718 590-7159 or cficicchia@boedc.org
Tuesday, June 24, 7-9 pm
Book Discussion: Superbia!: 31 ways to create sustainable neighborhoods, by Dan Chiras and Dave Wann and Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, by Lester Brown
Friends School, Room 1 (next to Meeting House), 15 Rutherford Place, between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, between 15th & 16th Streets, Manhattan
RSVP: not necessary, but appreciated, loisnen@yahoo.com
Superbia! Most people currently live in the suburbs. Superbia! is a book of fun and practical ideas for transforming suburbs into vibrant, sustainable communities, using the authors? 31 steps that include creating a neighborhood newsletter to foster a sense of neighborhood identity and cooperation, regular community dinners, discussion groups, and babysitting coops, the removal of backyard fences to create park-like spaces for community play areas and gardens, retrofitting homes for energy efficiency, and installing community energy systems. A comprehensive resource listing puts all the tools needed at your fingertips.
Plan B 3.0. In this greatly revised edition, Brown outlines an ambitious plan that includes cutting carbon emissions 80 percent by 2020, achievable with existing technologies. ?We can stay with business as usual and watch our economy decline and our civilization unravel, or we can adopt Plan B and be the generation that mobilizes to save civilization. Our generation will make the decision, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come.? The book is available for free online. You may also order copies at: http://www.earth-poli…
Sponsored by:
Neighborhood Energy Network http://www.neighborho…
Oil Awareness Meetup http://www.oilawarene…
Metro NYC Environmental Meetup http://environment.me…
Friends in Unity with Nature http://www.funquakers…
Thursday, June 26, 8:30 am to 12 noon
Public Health and Climate Change: The Urban Policy Connection
Location:
Low Memorial Library, Columbia University in the City of New YorkContact:
University Programs and Events, events@columbia.edu or call 212-851-7419RSVP: Register
Event Description:
Keynote Lecture by The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York.Panel Discussion 1: Innovative Responses to Public Health Impacts of Climate Change
Panel Discussion 2: Integrated Approaches to Policymaking and Implementation
Online registration is required and will begin on Tuesday, June 17 at 9:00 a.m. Registration is open only to Columbia University students, faculty, staff and alumni.
To learn more, please email events@columbia.edu or call 212-851-7419.
Thursday, June 26th, 6-8pm
Cities Respond to Climate Change: The Challenge of Energy Efficiency
America’s cities are confronting growing populations, a changing climate and rising fuel prices. While political leaders debate the development of alternative energy sources, most experts agree energy efficiency is fundamental to the urban future. Can cities combat global warming and the high cost of power with less wasteful infrastructure and other strategies? What will it take for cities to become more efficient—and what reforms are beyond the powers of local government?
keynote address by:
John Podesta, President, Center for American Progress, and former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clintonpanel discussion with:
Susan Anderson, Director of Sustainable Development, City of Portland, Oregon
Kenny Esser, Policy Advisor, Office of New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine
James T. Gallagher, Senior Vice President for Energy Policy, NYC Economic Development Corporation
Ashok Gupta, Air and Energy Program Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Max Schulz, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute Center for Energy Policy and the Environmentmoderated by:
Andrew C. Revkin, Science Reporter, The New York TimesThe Challenge of Energy Efficiency is the inaugural program in the Cities Respond to Climate Change series. Con Edison has generously underwritten both this program and a new scholarship fund to train the next generation of leaders in sustainable urban development at Milano.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
To RSVP, click here.
Saturday, June 28, 1:00 - 3:00pm
Manhattan Compost Demo Site Grand Opening & Backyard Composting Workshop
at Rodale Community Garden, 437-39 E 114 Street between 1st Avenue and Pleasant Avenue
hosted by New York Restoration Project sponsored by the Lower East Side Ecology Center
Registration is required. 212-477-3155 or info@lesecologycenter.org
Ongoing
New York Sun Works
Free public tours at ‘The Science Barge’, New York’s only sustainable urban farm
Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 4:00 pm - Sunday, Jun 29, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
Web site: http://www.nysunworks.org
Event Type: ExhibitionSummary:
• The Science Barge is a prototype, sustainable urban farm and environmental education center. The onboard greenhouse is powered by solar, wind, and biofuels, and irrigated by rainwater and purified river water. The Science Barge grow tomatoes
The Science Barge is currently open to the public and located at Pier 84, Hudson River Park (West 44th Street & 12th Avenue). Guided tours of the Science Barge run six days a week at the following times:
Summer 2008 Tour Times: Tuesday-Friday Public tours at 4pm Saturday-Sunday Public tours at, 12, 1, 2, 3, & 4.00pm Public tours are free and operate on a first come, first serve basis. The tour duration is approximately 45 minutes. Tours start punctually at the given time, and tour guides reserve the right to refuse admittance 15 minutes after tour start time. Please note, tours do not take place in rainy weather
Summer Saturdays, June 7-August 31st, 12:30pm
Governors Island Science, Art Exhibition, and Lecture Series
The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities is proud to present the 3rd annual Governors Island Science, Art Exhibition and Lecture Series: Sustainable CUNY | Sustainable NYC. This summer’s program seeks to engage the public by approaching sustainability in the city from all lenses, drawing lectures from the public, private and research sectors.