This Monday’s Green Renter at Solar One:
Mind in the Gutter: How Street Trees Can Manage Stormwater From the Street and Improve Local Water Quality.
with Kate Zidar, Storm Water Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.)
On rainy days, New York City’s sewer system combines everything that is flushed from your apartment with the rainwater that drains from the street. Often the […]
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The “Other” Solar
Posted in Energy, Events, Green Building on Jan 25th, 2009
Solar thermal technology (pictured above) absorbs the sun’s energy to heat hot water and interior spaces for buildings. While this “other solar” may not be as well known as photovlatics - the fast growing technology that converts light into electricity - its ultimate potential to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels is no less promising. […]
Events: Green Renter lectures on the Kheel Plan and Environmental Education
Posted in Events on Mar 6th, 2008
From the Solar One newsletter:
The Green Renter: Inside the Kheel Plan, A Revolutionary Proposal for Reduced Congestion and Free Mass Transit in NYC
Join Gotham’s renowned green quantifier-advocate and Green Renter veteran, Charles Komanoff, on Monday March 10 at 7pm for a discussion of the vision, analysis and politics behind the revolutionary Kheel free-transit plan […]
Solar One’s new Articulate software allows us to archive past Green Renter presentations on our site! Presentations consist of the original powerpoints with presenter voice over.
Yesterday we posted two new additions:
“Oyster Restoration in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary” presented by Meredith Comi of NY/NJ Baykeeper, www.nynjbaykeeper(Jan. 15); and,
“A Critique of International Cap and Trade Systems and the Carbon Offset Trade” presented by Jutta Kill of FERN, www.fern.org (Jan 30)
Go to our Green Renter page and check beneath ‘View Recent Green Renters’ to select from our complete list. Please enjoy and learn from these excellent discussions, and stay tuned for more additions!