From Pamela Peeters:
FILM FESTIVAL
“Sustainable Planet”TMis a film festival that promotes sustainable development. It is the first platform where moviemakers can meet with for-profit and non-profit organizations in order to watch movies and discuss sustainable solutions in an entertaining way. Films to screen come from India, Belgium, the USA, France, Haiti, Lebanon, Germany, Australia, and Brazil […]
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Events Roundup: July Edition
Posted in Events on Jul 2nd, 2008
Plenty to keep you occupied through the dog days. As always, if you have any events you’d like listed, please send them along to ben (at) sustaiNYC.com.
Wednesday, July 2, 6-9pm
Everybody’s Talkin’ Bout Building Green
Doug Farr, chair of the US Green Building Council’s LEED Neighborhood Development task force and board member of the Congress for the […]
Event: Green Edge Collaborative Supper Club
Posted in Events on Jun 29th, 2008
Tonight!
Sunday, June 29th - Supper Club: Urban Forager and Committed Locavore, Leda Meredith
5pm potluck dinner, 6:30pm speaker. @ reBar: 147 Front Street, first A/C and F train stop in Brooklyn.
$5 early RSVP or pay via our website, or $8 at the door
Leda Meredith, educator, activist and savvy local food expert, will be inspiring us with […]
From CENYC:
Did you know that 5.7% of NYC’s residential waste is textiles yet they are 100% Recyclable! Recycle your unwanted textile materials at the Union Square Greenmarket every Monday 8AM - 6PM through December 2008!
Textiles are collected EVERY Monday from 8 A.M to 6 P.M. on Union Square West near 15th Street. Acceptable donations […]
Citysol Starts Tomorrow!
Posted in Events on Jun 25th, 2008
Can’t believe we havn’t mentioned this yet–truly unforgivable on our part, particularly as we’ve helped organize this event for the past three years. From Solar One:
Our annual Citysol festival returns for its 4th year, starting this Thursday, June 26th. We’ve got a great lineup of music, comedy, workshops and much more than we could possibly […]
Events: Making Your Indoor Environment Healthier
Posted in Events on Jun 22nd, 2008
From the Upper Green Side meetup list:
The City of New York Manhattan Community Board 8 Housing Committee,Environment & Sanitation Committee & Health, Seniors, Social Services Committee
presents:
Your Home: Making Your Indoor Environment Healthier
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:30PM
Hunter School of Social Work
129 E. 79th Street, Room 1010,
KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION
HON. MICAH Z. KELLNER
NY STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, […]
[Photo from the Nature Calendar]
Nice things to do in the out of doors from the new WildWire:
Happy Solstice! Summer is here, and life is booming. Make sure you head down to Jamaica Bay to see cacti, horseshoe crabs, and diamondback terrapin turtles! Or get lost in a world of wildflowers and butterflies in Pelham Bay Park. […]
Responses to Albany’s Solar Turnaround
Posted in Events on Jun 22nd, 2008
There’s been much deserved applause directed at Albany (or maybe long delayed gratification) for the two important solar bills that have just been passed. Some of the hands clapping:
Shaun Chapman of VoteSolar.org in Grist:
Though it is the 5th largest solar state (PDF) (as measured by cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity), there have been strong feelings among […]
Clearwater Festival on Randalls Island?
Posted in Events on Jun 22nd, 2008
[Photo from Erik Baard at Nature Calendar]
As thousands gather up north of the city for the annual Great Hudson River Revival that is the Clearwater Festival, Erik Baard at Nature Calendar floats the idea of hosting a sister happening on Randalls Island.
Thousands of people gather on the Croton Point Park grounds each June for a […]
Event: Blogging Sustainability
Posted in Events on Jun 21st, 2008
So here’s an event that couldn’t be better aligned with what we’re trying to do here. Alas, we won’t be able to make it there in person, as we’ll be (again) creeping along America’s busted rail system. Still, we might send in a message from the tracks. In any case, it […]