Upcoming Green Events in NYC
Urban Resources: Implementing Renewable and Efficient Energy in New York City
May 16, 2006
Free (Registration required)
You are invited to attend a forum on energy efficiency and renewable energy with an eye to the unique environment of New York City. Hear about selected initiatives in New York City and join in a dialogue on how we can make them succeed. Introductory remarks framing the challenges and opportunities for advancing efforts in energy conservation and renewable energy development will be made by Ariella Rosenberg, Senior Project Manager, NYC Economic Development Corporation.
Bronx Community College, CUNY
Meister Hall, Schwindler Auditorium
University Avenue at West 181st St.
Bronx, NY 10453
www.bcc.cuny.edu
8:30am-12:30pm
Terra Matter: Inspire, Innovate, Sustain
May 19, 2006
Tickets are $225
Where do we find our inspiration?
What are our options and our limitations?
How can we overcome obstacles in order to preserve our future?To explore these questions and others, Material ConneXion presents TERRA MATTER, a different kind of design symposium.
Throughout the program, cultural visionaries—designers, architects, scientists and the odd philosopher—will share their inspiration drawn from the world around us and provide ideas about the role of design and materials in the global effort to preserve our natural resources and the environment.
Speakers include Yves Behar, Michael Braumgart, PhD, Natalie Chanin, Jill Dumain, Leslie Hoffman, Sergio Palleroni, and others.
The Equitable Center
787 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10019
9am-6pm
HauteGREEN 2006
May 20-22, 2006
(Reception: Monday, May 22, 7-10pm)
Free
HauteGREEN is an exhibition of the best in sustainable design for the contemporary home, showcasing furniture, lighting, and accessories that are both aesthetically pleasing and eco-friendly.
HauteGREEN 2006 features a curated collection of over forty pieces, from designers working in Brooklyn and around the world. Spotlighting design that is beautiful, functional, and sustainable, HauteGREEN promises to be one of the highlights of New York Design Week 2006.
Galapagos Art Space
70 N. 6th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-782-5188/ 718-384-4586
www.galapagosartspace.com
12-7pm
Green Apple Downtown Cycling Tour
May 20, 2006
Free
Explore the Garden District, greenways and riversides, composting, solar power and green buildings with special guest speakers. Easy, free ride but cancelled if pouring. Co-sponsored by TIME’S UP! and Neighborhood Energy Network.
Starts at 6BC Botanical Garden (East 6th St., mid-block between Avenues B & C), ends in Battery Park.
12-2:30pm
Farm Sanctuary’s 20th Anniversary Gala
May 20, 2006
Tickets are $300
This year, we are celebrating Farm Sanctuary’s 20th anniversary! As we reflect on this momentous occasion, we are encouraged and inspired by the progress we have achieved, and we are optimistic about the future. Over the past two decades, we have seen the first laws passed in the U.S. to ban cruel factory farming practices, established the country’s first shelter for farm animals, and opened the hearts and minds of Americans to their plight.
We hope you will join us in celebrating our first twenty years and in building support for the future at our 20th Anniversary Gala. This important event will bring together celebrity supporters, key legislators and animal advocates to honor farm animals and those who have fought so tirelessly in their defense.
Cipriani Wall Street
55 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
212-699-4099
www.cipriani.com
Pömed NYC
June 20, 2006
Tickets are $100-$500
Pömed (Protect Our Mother Earth’s Daughters) is an unique eco-friendly and sustainable special event which merges the World of Interior, Production, Display, Product, and Fashion Design with the World of Activism and Performance Arts.
Pömed’s sole purpose is to raise monies, supplies, and awareness for the epidemic of violence against our earth and her daughters.
Element
225 E. Houston St. (between Essex Ave. & Ave. A)
New York, NY 10002
212-254-2200
www.elementny.com
7-11pm
jill danyelle said,
May 12, 2006 at 5:12 pm
hmmm, can be expensive to be an environmentalist no? I’ll be at Haute Green, maybe we’ll see each other there!
Also, tomorrow is a green lecture at the bklyn designs exhibit in DUMBO.