[FLPERMACULTURE] NYC EVENTS: June 7, 9, 11, 14, 24, July 5

Michael Burns michael at fingerlakespermaculture.org
Wed Jun 4 12:11:26 PDT 2008 

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Subject: EVENTS:  June 7, 9, 11, 14, 24, July 5
From:    "Claudia Joseph" <permie at earthlink.net>
Date:    Wed, June 4, 2008 1:42 pm
To:      permaculture-exchange at topica.com
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PLEASE NOTE:   changed time for gardening talks at Open Road on
Saturday mornings - 10:45 am start

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Sat. June 7, 10:45 am to 1 pm (no RSVP)
Open Road, a community open space in Manhattan, 11th Street between
1st Avenue and Avenue A, behind the mosque
Composting.  Hot Composting, Cold Composting, and Vermiculture, with
demonstrations on composting material combinations, containers,
equipment, and techniques.  Hands-on workshop where everyone will be
able to participate in building large hot composting piles. Nando
Rodriguez, Ke Xu and Adam Horwitch.
            Adam Horwitch is an Urban Rooftop Gardener.  Ke Xu is a
Suburban Backyard Gardener.  Nando Rodriguez is Executive Director of
Open Road and works as a youth educator and community organizer.
            sponsored by:  Tristate Food Not Lawns  -  Open Road  -
Sierra Club NYC Group  -  Green Sacs
www.tristatefoodnotlawns.org  -  www.openroadny.org  - 
http://www.nyc.sierraclub.org


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Mon. June 9, 7 pm (RSVP)
Green Politics and Policy making in the Big Apple:
A Conversation with Council Member David Yassky.
Solar One, East 23rd Street and the East River, just south of the Gulf
gas station
RSVP:   neidl at solar1.org, 212 505 6050
FREE
            Brooklyn City Council Member David Yassky (33rd District)
is widely regarded as one of the most thoughtful and innovative
members of our city’s legislative body. During the course of his two-
term tenure, Yassky has distinguished himself as a productive advocate
for a host of environmental and quality of life issues, and has
advanced innovative policy approaches spanning an impressive range of
‘green’ fronts - from the hybridization of the city’s taxi fleet to
the expansion of waterfront open space.
            On Monday June 9th, Council Member Yassky will offer an
insider’s account into green policy making and politics in the Big
Apple, and articulate his ‘activist’ re-definition of the office of
City Comptroller.  The conversation will be moderated by Solar One’s
own Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator, Chris Neidl. Guests are
encouraged to come with questions and comments.

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Wed. June 11, 7-9 pm
Peak Oil NYC Monthly Meetup
LeAn Café, 583 Sixth Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, Manhattan
            Assistant Organizer Bill Burke will present a geological
and economic update. With gasoline at $4/gallon, awareness of fuel
depletion is gradually moving into the mainstream.  The more we can
expedite the process of learning and get the mainstream to acknowledge
the elephant in the room, the faster the massive shift to sustainable
ways of life can be put on track.  In May, we co-sponsored screenings
of sustainability documentaries and a number of presentations on
permaculture and urban gardening.  Let us know if you want to help
with finding venues for screenings or promoting events. 
http://oilawareness.meetup.com/36/


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Sat. June 14, 2-5 pm (RSVP)
Solar Tours:      Greenwich Village tour of 2 solar sites (45 minutes
each)
                                  solar thermal (hot water) on West
4th Street
                                  photovoltaic (electricity) on
Bedford Street
                                 Q&A in Richard Klein’s office afterward
MEET:          2 pm sharp, 142 West 4th Street, Manhattan (between
MacDougal and 6th Avenue)
COST:            $10 suggested donation
SPONSORS:   Neighborhood Energy Network  -  Quixotic Systems
RSVP:            required, limit 35 people, loisnen at yahoo.com  (On the
day of the tour, you can show up and see if there is room because of
no-shows, but participation in the tour will not be guaranteed.)

Please be prepared to climb several flights of stairs and to be
outside exposed to the weather.  You will be spending quite some time
on the roofs.

            Richard Klein is the CEO and founder of Quixotic Systems
Inc., which has built and designed some of the City’s largest and most
innovative renewable energy systems.  He holds several U.S. Patents in
the domain of solar energy, and was an early stage investor in several
of the world’s leading solar companies:  Q-Cells (successful
IPO-2005), Solaria Corp, and Prism Solar.
            Mr. Klein is a New York native and former instructor of
mathematics.  He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Colgate University
and did postgraduate studies in mathematics and physics at Columbia
University.  He speaks four languages and travels extensively
internationally to meet with entrepreneurs and scientists who are
developing new clean technologies.


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Tuesday, June 24, 7-9 pm
Book Discussion – read one or both books
        Superbia!:  31 ways to create sustainable neighborhoods, by
Dan Chiras and Dave Wann
        Plan B 3.0:  Mobilizing to Save Civilization, by Lester R. 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 at 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-policy.org/Books/PB3/index.htm
            sponsored by:  Neighborhood Energy Network  -  Oil
Awareness Meetup  -  Metro NYC Environmental Meetup  -   Friends in
Unity with Nature
http://www.neighborhoodenergynetwork.org/  - 
http://www.oilawareness.meetup.com/36/
   -  http://environment.meetup.com/289/calendar/  - http://www.funquakers.org/

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Sat. July 5 (no RSVP)
10:45 am to 1 pm
Open Road, a community open space in Manhattan, 11th Street between
1st Avenue and Avenue A, behind the mosque
Bio-intensive, organic vegetable growing - building deep rich soil in
inner-city garden plots with hand tools and people power, without
fossil fuels or animals.  We will discuss composting and soil-building
techniques, compost teas, materials for raised beds, and green manure
crops and cover cropping.  Andrew Faust
            Andrew Faust (andrew at homebiome.com, www.homebiome.com) has
studied and gardened extensively with some of the most productive
biodynamic and organic farms and communities in the Northeast.  He
brings a wealth of experience to these workshops on how to grow a
range of food, native and perennial plants in a cold climate.
             sponsored by:  Tristate Food Not Lawns  -  Open Road  -
Sierra Club NYC Group
www.tristatefoodnotlawns.org  -  www.openroadny.org  - 
http://www.nyc.sierraclub.org



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