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NYC Sustainable Lighting Tour
Cost: Free
Pack a picnic, download a special tour map and visit the NYC DOT's LED pilot project that is soon to be scaled up in Central Park. Visitors may also view the LED installation on FDR drive. The LED installations are part of The Climate Group’s global LightSavers program, an initiative designed to test and measure LED-technology in real-world, urban settings. There are two measurements of the Central Park LEDS proved that the new white light LEDs generated energy savings of 80% as compared to the current metal halide lighting.
This partnership helped meet the goals outlined in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s PlaNYC sustainability agenda, which calls for a 30% reduction in Citywide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and a 30% reduction in municipal government’s emissions by 2017, and the energy-reducing initiatives called for in DOT’s strategic plan. It also aligns with DOT’s goal to create and maintain world-class streets by exploring enhanced lighting to improve street safety and mobility for pedestrians and motorists while increase evening economic and community activity.“Energy-efficient lighting is a common-sense approach to tackling global climate change, and New York continues to lead the way as an internationally recognized leader in sustainability,” said Commissioner Sadik-Khan. “With some 300,000 streetlights across the five boroughs, lighting is a vital piece of our City’s infrastructure, and by pioneering energy-saving technology we can enhance our world-class streetscapes at the same time that we engineer a greener, greater New York.”The City was the first to launch a pilot project under the global LightSavers program, which was established by the City of Toronto in 2008 and is now led by The Climate Group. Subsequent LED projects have been installed across other major cities in the U.S., China, Europe, Canada and Australia. The program also builds on DOT’s drive to explore and apply technology that produces greater energy-efficiency savings. A new report, Green Light: Sustainable Street Lighting for NYC, summarizes the agency’s past, current and future efforts to create a greener, greater New York City.For the self-guide guided tour, download the Central Park LED map and the FDR Drive LED mapFor more information, visit http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot
MCC Quarterly Green Business Networking Event
Open to the Public8:30am - 10:00am | American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge -|132 West 32nd Street Between 6th and 7th AvenuesNew York, NY, 10001Cost: Free for MCC Members, $15 for Non-Members
Join us at the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge, for the MCC Quarterly Green Business Networking Event.
Speakers include:James Bedell, JPB LightingDr. Gregory L. Cotton, COTTON7 Global EnterprisesDeirdre Lord, The Megawatt Hour, Inc.Ronald Slember, Energy and Climate Change Advisors, LLCPlus an update on the MCC Transportation Transformation series from Tom Glendening of E3NYC!For further information about MCC’s Green Business Committee see www.manhattanccgreen.org or contact Laura Bucko, Director of Communications, at info@manhattancc.org (attn: Laura Bucko).For more information, visit http://www.manhattancc.org/common/events/Eventdetail.cfm?QID=22697&ClientID=11001&subnav=
Social Good Summit
Open to the Public1:00pm - 5:00pm | 92nd Street Y -|1395 Lexington AvenueNew York, NY, 10128Cost: $30
Mashable, 92Y and the UN Foundation present the second annual Social Good Summit. Held during Climate Week NYC, the summit is where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions.
The Summit unites a dynamic community of global leaders to discuss a big idea: the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges like climate change and environmental protection. It ignites conversations between a live audience in New York City and thousands around the world participating via Livestream.The most innovative technologists, influential minds and passionate activists will come together this September with one shared goal: to unlock the potential of new media and technology to make the world a better place.Confirmed Speakers:- Ronit Avni, Founder and Executive Director, Just Vision
- Matthew Bishop, American Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief, The Economist
- Pete Cashmore, CEO and Founder, Mashable
- Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer and SVP, GE
- Ami Dar, Founder and Executive, Idealist.org
- David Jones, Global CEO, Havas and Global CEO, Euro RSCG Worldwide and Co-founder, One Young World
- Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something
- Simon Mainwaring, Founder/Author, WE FIRST
- Alec Ross, Senior Adviser for Innovation, in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- Raj Shah, USAID Administrator, United States Agency for International Development
- Peter Sims, Author, speaker, entrepreneur
- Ted Turner, Chairman, Turner Enterprises, Inc. and the United Nations Foundation
- Elie Wiesel, President, Elie Weisel Foundation for Humanity
- Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank
For speaker updates, visit http://mashable.com/sgs/speakers/.Join us in person. Join us online. September 19 – 22, 2011.
Join us in person. Join us online. September 19 – 22, 2011.Mashable, 92Y and the UN Foundation present the second annual Social Good Summit. Held during Climate Week NYC, the summit is where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions.The Summit unites a dynamic community of global leaders to discuss a big idea: the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges like climate change and environmental protection. It ignites conversations between a live audience in New York City and thousands around the world participating via Livestream.The most innovative technologists, influential minds and passionate activists will come together this September with one shared goal: to unlock the potential of new media and technology to make the world a better place.Confirmed Speakers:Ronit Avni, Founder and Executive Director, Just VisionMatthew Bishop, American Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief, The EconomistPete Cashmore, CEO and Founder, MashableBeth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer and SVP, GEAmi Dar, Founder and Executive, Idealist.orgDavid Jones, Global CEO, Havas and Global CEO, Euro RSCG Worldwide and Co-founder, One Young WorldNancy Lublin, CEO, Do SomethingSimon Mainwaring, Founder/Author, WE FIRSTAlec Ross, Senior Adviser for Innovation, in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary ClintonRaj Shah, USAID Administrator, United States Agency for International DevelopmentPeter Sims, Author, speaker, entrepreneurTed Turner, Chairman, Turner Enterprises, Inc. and the United Nations FoundationElie Wiesel, President, Elie Weisel Foundation for HumanityMuhammad Yunus, Grameen BankFor speaker updates, visit http://mashable.com/sgs/speakers/.Join us in person. Join us online. September 19 – 22, 2011.For more information, visit http://mashable.com/sgs/
Economics, Environment and Security: It's All About Positive Energy
Open to the Public3:00pm - 5:00pm | Scandinavia House -|58 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)New York, NY, 10016Cost: Free
Much of the public attention focused on clean development and climate change is on what governments are not doing. This event will explore what positive steps, and the varying rationales for them, in the area of clean, sustainable development some governments are making, and the lessons learned in that process.
Keynote Address:Vice President Dr. Mohamed Waheed, Republic of MaldivesBrice Lalonde, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable DevelopmentPeter Boyd, Chief Operating Officer, Carbon War RoomKumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace InternationalModerator: Kelly Rigg, Executive Director, TckTckTck Campaign.Co-Hosts: Republic of Maldives and TckTckTck CampaignRSVP to maldivesny.events@gmail.comFor more information please contact Jonathan Rich at jonathan.rich@tcktcktck.org or +1-347-262-9115Climate and Vulnerability: By artist Josephine Decker
Cost: Free
10 Days of Climate Action is an initiative of the Human Impacts Institute (www.HumanImpactsInstitute.org) to bring together artists, musicians and performers to install climate-inspired public works throughout New York City. In an effort to inspire New Yorkers to think more critically about our actions and their impacts, each day of 10 Days of Climate Action will present a climate theme and a creatively engage the public in positive action around issues of climate change.
Representatives from the Human Impacts Institute will be at hand to discuss each piece and to provide passers-by with tools for taking local action on curbing climate change.Three families flee in slow-motion from an impending storm. Faces locked in expressions of fear, limbs twisting as they struggle away from what's coming, the families move horribly slowly, as if through mud. But despite their red wagon and carefully packed suitcases, these are not human families: they are families of fish. Dressed as dapper 40's families but with fish heads, the performers in "Evacuation" call to mind the horrible mass movements caused by World War II but pertain directly to the types of evacuations we are forcing upon our marine life today. The reminder: Evacuating isn't something only humans do.For more information, visit http://www.humanimpactsinstitute.org, http://twitter.com/HumanImpacts
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig Lecture at Architecture Firm KPF
Invite Only5:30pm - 6:30pm | KPF -|11 West 42nd Street 6th floorNew York, NY, 10036Cost: not applicableKPF Lecture Series “Practice in Context: Discussions on Urban Sustainability” engages critical issues facing the contemporary city, including climate change, transportation, energy, and performance. Prominent invited speakers share their ideas with KPF designers and managers allowing a mutually beneficial dialogue to evolve around sustainable cities and master plans. By situating our work in the wider global context, we hope to integrate research into practice and address climate change through design.
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig’s lecture will cover climate change affecting cities and how cities can plan to mitigate future effects of climate change. Cynthia Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies where she heads the Climate Impacts Group. She recently co-chaired the New York City Panel on Climate Change, a body of experts convened by the Mayor to advise the city on adaptation for its critical infrastructure.For more information, visit http://www.kpf.com
The Energy-Water Nexus
Open to the Public7:00pm - 9:00pm | The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC -|44 Charlton StreetNew York, NY, 10014Cost: $25 general admission, $10 students
Since the first steam engines of the Industrial Revolution, water has been intricately linked with how we generate and consume energy. Today, that relationship is more important than ever. Hydrofracking, concentrated solar power, and nuclear energy are each increasing pressure and demand on our finite water resources. The fourth event of Solar One's and NYC ACRE's discussion series and online forum Clean Energy Connections, The Energy-Water Nexus, will bring together policy thinkers, industry leaders, and innovators to engage on how to responsibly maintain the relationship of energy and water for generations to come.
Panelists:- Jeffrey Fulgham, Sustainability and ecomagination Leader, GE Power and Water- Sheeraz Haji, CEO, Cleantech Group- Diana Glassman, Board Member, The World Policy Institute- Frank Zammataro, President and Founder, RentricityModerator- Adam Aston, Senior Writer, GreenBiz.comAdvanced register is required at www.cleanecnyc.org. $25 general admission, $10 students (must show ID at the door). Doors open at 6:30pm; panel discussion begins promptly at 7pm. A networking reception will follow the panel discussion and audience Q&A.Won't be in New York? Greentech Media is the media sponsor for this series and will host a free live web stream of this event at www.greentechmedia.com. Questions for the panelists and comments can be submitted via Twitter @CleanECNYC, #CleanNRGx, #ClimateWeekNYC.Clean Energy Connections is a program of Solar One and NYC ACRE at NYU-Poly that brings together professionals, policymakers, investors and academia to explore major topics shaping NYC's blossoming cleantech industry, and provides an expert forum to share best practices and new inspirations. Please visit www.cleanecnyc.org to learn more or view video clips from our previous events.For more information, visit http://www.cleanecnyc.org, http://www.solar1.org
Feeding Hope: Living Democracy with Vandana Shiva & Frances Moore Lappé
Open to the Public7:00pm - 9:00pm | Cooper Union, The Great Hall -|7 East 7th Street (at 3rd Avenue)New York, NY, 10003Cost: Free and open to the public but space is limited
To celebrate forty years of a global food movement, please join us for an extraordinary evening. Two of the planet’s most fearless and tireless advocates for food as a human right, restoring the earth and creating solutions to climate change through our food choices, and peace through real democracy come together on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Small Planet Fund and 40th anniversary of Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé.
Co-Sponsors: Cooper Union, Nation Books and Nation Magazine, Small Planet Institute/Small Planet Fund (more co-sponsors forthcoming)
For more information, visit http://www.smallplanetfund.org/events/
Dr. James Hansen: Climate Change or Just Mother Nature Acting Out
Open to the Public7:30pm - 9:30pm | Bergen Community College, TECH Center 128 -|400 Paramus Road Parking Lot B, ParamusNew Jersey, NYCost: Free, pre-registration highly recommended
Partisan politics and big business are upping the attacks and questioning the credibility of climate science, despite decades of data that show us humans are changing our climate. Join NJPPN and Dr. James Hansen on September 22, 2011 at 7:30pm at Bergen Community College. Hear directly from Dr. Hansen, one of the world experts on the reality, the science and the facts of climate change. This is a rare opportunity to hear facts from a scientist that Time Magazine named “one of the 100 most influential people in the world.”
RSVP info@northjerseypublicpolicy.org
For more information, visit http://www.northjerseypublicpolicy.org/
