Events Round-Up: Summer Streets to Reclaim Manhattan
Aug 4th, 2008 by Jervey
All sorts of summer excitement ahead. Here goes…
Thursday, August 7th, 6:30pm
Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War
Summer Documentary Series on War and the Environment: Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War Thurs. Aug. 7 (USA, 2008, 60 min.)
In all its stages - from the production of weapons through combat to clean up - war pollutes land, air and water, destroys biodiversity and drains natural resources. Yet the environmental damage caused by war is underreported, even ignored. The environment is war’s silent casualty. With specialist and eyewitness accounts from Vietnam and Afghanistan to Australia and the Pacific Islands and supported by on-site and archival footage545 9th Ave
New York, NY 10018
(212)268-9975
Saturdays, August 9, 16, 23, 7am-1pm
Summer Streets
Summer Streets will take place for three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 9, 16, & 23) from 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. The route will connect the Brooklyn Bridge with Central Park and there will be recommended connections to the Hudson River Greenway, allowing participants to plan a route as long or short as they wish.
This event takes a valuable public space - our City’s streets - and opens them up to people to play, walk, bike, and breathe. Summer Streets provides more space for healthy recreation and is a part of NYC’s greening initiative by encouraging New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation.
Learn more here.
Whole many more events after the hop…..
Saturday, August 9th, 10am-3pm
Harlem Community Garden Tour
Begins at Wilson Memorial Garden
219 West 122nd Street (Adam Clayton Powell Blvd) at 10am
Join the Harlem United Gardeners, NYC Community Garden Coalition, Project Harmony, GreenThumb, and the NYC Parks Dept. on this guided tour of Harlem’s historic, vibrant community gardens. Free and open to everyone.
The tour begins with breakfast snacks and ends with a BBQ at the Wm. A Harris Community Garden.
Sunday, August 10th, 11:45am-?
Park Slope Socially Responsible Entrepre-Tour
Time and Location: Starting Point: 11:45am @ Ozzie’s Coffee & Tea. 249 5th Avenue (between Carroll & Garfield)
Post Tour Organic Beer Social: 3:00pm at Union Hall - 702 Union St (@ 5th Avenue)Small and locally owned businesses are integral to the sustainable business movement. Net Impact has teamed up with Green Spaces to organize a very special walking tour of Brooklyn-based businesses that are making a positive social and responsible impact in their communities and around the world. On this tour, we are excited to feature 3R living, Earthly Additions, Oko Yogurt, and Asha Veza. You’ll have the opportunity to meet the owners and hear the stories behind their businesses. Following the tour, please join us for networking and an organic beer tasting with Mike Cadoux of Peak Organic at the Union Hall.
Agenda (Tour times are Approximate)
11:45am – Meet at Ozzie’s Coffee & Tea
12:00pm – 3R Living
1:00pm – Earthly Additions
1:45pm – Short Break @ Oko Yogurt
2:15pm – Asha Veza
3:00pm – Beer Tasting & Networking @ Union Hall (Light appetizers will be provided)
To RSVP for the tour, visit: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/40186. Space is limited. $15 per person. To RSVP for the Beer Tasting & Networking only, visit: https://www.brownpapertickets.
com/event/40224 $10 per person Questions?: calgary.brown@gmail.com
Tuesday, August 12, 6-10pm
Green Drinks NYC-Cruise
When: Tuesday, August 12th from 6-10pm: Boarding from 6-7pm; Cruise from 7-9:15pm.Where: Queen of Hearts cruise boat at Pier 40 (W. Houston St. & West St.). Take the 1 train to W. Houston St. and walk west to Pier 40. See map.
Cost: $15 in advance; $20 at the door - cash bar with drink specials.
Mingle, network, and dance with other environmental enthusiasts as you cruise around Manhattan on the beautiful “Queen of Hearts” charter. Enjoy complimentary organic cuisine from Candle Cafe and Candle 79, hand massages and samples from Pangea Organics, and Organic Nectars’ delicious dessert bar!! Music provided by DJ Scribe (Raw Fusion)
Thursday, August 14th
Green Renting in NYC
- Everything you need to know to rent green in NYC from brokers and moving companies, to buildings and decorating.http://www.bcue.org/?…
Friday, August 15, 2-8pm
Community Garden Cook-off
Broadway & Linden Street, in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Join the amazing Green Guerillas summer AmeriCorps team as they cap off a bountiful summer of helping central Brooklyn community gardeners recruit new members, increase their harvest, and strengthen food-growing community gardens through our Harvest for Neighborhoods Campaign. They have organized a cook-off with teams of community gardeners vying for prizes (and worldwide acclaim) using a secret ingredient. And check out this unique, vibrant community garden located at Broadway and Linden Street. To RSVP or to get more info, please email cookoff@nycgreen.org
Our summer AmeriCorps team is through a vital partnership with the NYC Coalition Against Hunger. (Thanks NYCCAH!)
August 21-23, September 4-6, 7:30pm
Solar-Powered Film Series @ Solar One
$Free! All activities begin at 7:30pm and films begin at sundown - details and film descriptions here
August 21 - Art and the Environment - Running Fence, followed by Q&A with director Albert Maysles
August 22 Water - Gimme Green, City of Water and Invisible Creek, Q&A with Cortney Worrall of the Coastal Marine Resource CouncilAugust 23 Green Building - The Greening of Southie
September 4 “Clean” Coal? - Burning the Future, Q&A with director/producer David Novack
September 5 Green Design - Garbage Warrior, Q&A with Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land and Bottlemania
September 6 Food - The Future of Food, preceded by the Green Edge NYC Eco-Tour Scavenger Hunt!
Thursday, September 4, 5:30-7:30
Combating Climate Change: A Leadership Initiative
Rocky Anderson, founder of High Road for Human Rights and former Mayor of Salt Lake City, will give the keynote address at Regional Plan Association’s 2008 Mayors’ Institute on Climate Change
India House, One Hanover Square, Manhattan
Free but reservations are required
For more information and to make a reservation: Call RPA at (212) 253-2727, ext. 310, or email katie@rpa.org.
OngoingSummer 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.
Tuesdays through Sundays until August 31st
Free Public Tours at The Science Barge
Enjoy a tour of The Science Barge, New York’s only sustainable urban farm. The onboard greenhouse is powered by solar, wind, and biofuels and is irrigated by rainwater and purified river water. Tour times: Tues. - Fri. at 4pm; Sat. & Sun. at 12, 1, 3 & 4pm.
Wednesdays through Sundays until September 21st
“After Nature” exhibit at the New Museum
Unfolding as a visual novel, the show depicts a future landscape of wilderness and ruins. It is a story of abandonment, regression, and rapture - an epic of humanity coming apart under the pressure of obscure forces and not-so-distant environmental disasters.
Sundays through August 17th, 7-8:30pm
Sunset Eco-Cruises
SUNSET ECO-CRUISES TO HARBOR HERON ISLANDS
Sundays - June 8 through August 17, 7 - 8:30pm South Street Sea Port,
Pier 17
Guide: Various: Paul Keim, Don Riepe +
Transport: boat, meet at South Street Seaport’s pier 17.
Experience the wonders of New York’s famous harbor at sunset, its most magical time. Get up close-and-personal with some of the three thousand herons nesting on islands around the harbor. Your expert NYC Audubon guide can help you spot exquisitely plumed Egrets and charming Night Herons. With luck, you may even glimpse a majestic falcon soaring overhead! Aboard your comfortable, eco-friendly New York Water Taxi vessel, you’ll pass under soaring bridges, and by world famous landmarks, enjoying spectacular views of the City’s breath-taking skyline from vantage points seldom seen by the general public.To register, contact New York Water Taxi - 212-742-1969 or www.nywatertaxi.com
$25 ($10 children under 12). No discount for DIRECT Members
Saturdays through August 30th, 12:30-1:30pm
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.
As CUNY progresses with its Sustainability Project, it does so in the spirit of adding to the mission of PlaNYC 2030: Building a greener, greater New York. The web of sustainability advocates, educators, and practitioners is as diverse as the city itself and our program reflects this. It is with the understanding that each of these entities plays a pivotal role in finding the solutions that will lead us to a more sustainable city and urbanized world.
The CISC events at Governors Island focus on the importance of sustainability in the city and a trip to Governors Island, an urban oasis marked for open space development is certainly in line with this mission. So pack your picnic basket, hop on the ferry, and support the good work of your fellow New Yorkers!
Governors Island Science, Poster and Art Submissions
Visitors to the exhibition will have an opportunity to vote in the Green Peoples Choice Awards after reviewing submitted posters and art pieces. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be awarded in both competitions. Click here to see the submissions.
Governors Island Lecture Series, 2008 (remaining)
- August 9th: PlaNYC: Toward a Greener, Greater New YorkAriella Rosenberg-Maron, Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
- August 16th: Water Efficiency in New York: Why It’s Important and How to Achieve It Warren Liebold, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- August 23rd: The Queensbridge Wind Power projectAndrea Polli, Hunter College
- August 30th: Sustainable Cities Town Hall: An open forum for New YorkersModerated by Bill Solecki, Director CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
For the Governors Island ferry schedule go to: http://www.govisland.com/Visit_the_Island/directions.asp.
Save the Date
Saturday, September 6th, 5-7pm
Green Edge Collaborative’s Eco-Tour Scavenger Hunt
Sunday, September 7th
Transportation Alternative’s NYC Century Ride
Tuesday, September 9th, 6:30pm
Let Us Eat Local: A Just Food Benefit
Thursday, September 18th, 12-5pm
Green Brooklyn: 4th Annual Fair and Symposium, hosted by BCUE
Sunday, September 21, 1-3pm
Green Edge Collaborative’s Green Borough’s Walking Tour: Lower East Side Monday, September 22, 7-9pm
Green Edge Collaborative’s Eco-Eatery Tour at the Green Table
Monday, September 22, 6-8pm
An Upstream Soiree: Benefit for the Bronx River Alliance
Thursday, September 25, 6:30pm
Sierra Club NYC Organic Wine Tasting
Sunday, October 5th, 6-9pm
Green Edge Collaborative’s Citywide Supper Club