energy conservation

Anna Lappé at Eagle St. Rooftop Farm

Posted Sat, 08/21/2010 - 8:31pm by todd
Date: 
Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, Eagle St.btw Franklin St. & West St., Brooklyn (Greenpoint); G to Greenpoint Av.: see map below.
Contact: 

http://www.takeabite.cc/events/ ; http://www.smallplanet.org/events/ rooftopfarms.org events: http://bit.ly/9jjEJG ; MAP http://bit.ly/bw4Crl

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm

Anna will join the amazing team at Eagle Street Rooftop Farm for their Sunday afternoon lecture series, whipping up healthy, fresh baby food and reading from Diet for a Hot Planet.

Sunday, September 19, 2010
2 pm to 3 pm
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm
Eagle Street between Franklin and West
Greenpoint, North Brooklyn, NY

Anna Lappe: Read & Eat Series

Anna Lappé at Bklyn Book Fest

Posted Sat, 08/21/2010 - 8:25pm by todd
Date: 
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 (All day)
Location: 
Date confirmed, but check sites or ask BP's office for time and location.
Contact: 

Details soon http://www.takeabite.cc/events/ ; http://www.smallplanet.org/events/ ; http://bit.ly/9AN1Mj ; brooklynbookfestival.org or ask ekoch@brooklynbp.nyc.gov

It Ain’t Easy Being Green. Sustainable environmental practices may be better for us, but are they really helping save the planet? With Colin Beavan (No Impact Man), Heather Rogers (Green Gone Wrong), Anna Lappé (Diet for a Hot Planet) and Miyun Park (Gristle).

Protest ongoing oil spill disaster

Posted Wed, 07/28/2010 - 10:10am by todd
Date: 
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:30pm
Location: 
Union Square nr. 14 St.; L, N, Q, R, 4, 5, 6 train to 14 St.-Union Sq.; PATH, F, M to 14 St. (at 6th Av.);
Contact: 

nyc@worldcantwait.org rjm@si.rr.com 866-973-4463

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:34:21 -0400
From: WCW Press < wcwpressteam@gmail.com>
Subject: Protest Friday July 30th - 100 Days of Gulf Oil Disaster

July 28, 2010
For immediate release

Contact: nyc@worldcantwait.org
866-973-4463

100 Days 100 Portraits
Oil on our hands, Oil on our minds, Oil everywhere

What: PHOTO OP – Protest 100th day of BP oil spill
When: Friday, July 30th, 2010, 5:30-7:00
Where: Union Square, 14th Street

The World Can’t Wait issued a call to the public to:

Bust stores wasting cold air

Posted Thu, 07/22/2010 - 9:06pm by todd
Date: 
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 12:00pm
Location: 
NYPL steps, 5th Ave. & East 41st
Contact: 

codepinknyc@gmail.com www.codepinknyc.org

July 23
Action Against Illegal Energy Waste
NYC Public Library
Friday 12pm

"SHUT THE DOOR"

Take Action Against Illegal Energy Waste on Fifth Avenue!
Meet up location: NYC Public library at 5th avenue and east 41st street. (At the bottom of the stairs) We will proceed north on 5th Avenue, stopping at several stores along the way.
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Nancy & Dana < codepink@mail.democracyinaction.org>
Subject: Take Action Against Illegal Energy Waste! And Next NYC Meeting

July 21, 2010

NYC Cool Roof Program

Posted Wed, 07/21/2010 - 6:50pm by todd
Date: 
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 6:30pm
Location: 
Sierra Club Office, 1350 Broadway, Suite 201 btw. 35th & 36th Streets; N, Q, R, B, D, F, M to 34 St.-Herald Sq.; PATH to 33rd St.; #1, 2, 3 to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (at 7th); A, C, E to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (at 8th); #6 to 33 St.; MAP: http://bit.ly/cEmiAM
Contact: 

jlkolp@yahoo.com

Sierra Club Community Event: Making Your Roof Cool
NYC's White Roof Painting Program
Tues., August 3, 6:30 - 8 PM

Sierra Club Office, 1350 Broadway, Suite 201, New York, NY 10018 (Herald Square).
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* rom: Stephanie Corrado < stephanie.corrado @gmail.com>

{snip} Sierra Club's monthly community event that will take place tomorrow evening (Tuesday, August 3rd) from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. We had a great turn out for last months meeting, so I hope you will be able to attend tomorrow and join the community to learn more about NYC's White Roof Painting program.

Rev. Billy: Send-Off To Appalachia!

Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 8:01pm by wnu
Date: 
Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 8:00pm
Location: 
92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson between Desbrosses & Vestry Streets nr. Canal: #1 train to Canal (at Varick); A, C, E to Canal (at Church St./6th Av.); N, Q, R to Canal (at Broadway); MAP: http://bit.ly/cSiCqH
Contact: 

Revbilly.com, Tix: http://www.92y.org/shop/92Tri_event_detail.asp?productid=T-MM5PJ44 http://www.revbilly.com/contact , press@revbilly.com, bulletin@revbilly.com

Info:
http://revbilly.com/events/send-off-92y-tribeca

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127414023961579

Send-Off To Appalachia!

We have tried to bring down Holy Fire upon those logos in the malls. We always do this with an unseen partner working with us – somewhere out in the world. We don’t usually get to meet those partner-activists in person. There was the one time: Nairobi, Kenya in 2007. We met with the Ethiopian coffee farmers about Starbucks’ monopoly. But it’s been phones or computers with Guatemala, and China, and up in the Canadian arctic…

Eating Local on a Budget

Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 12:50pm by todd
Date: 
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Bluestockings Books 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington: F train to 2nd Av. (east exit to 1st Ave./Allen St.); J, M, Z to Essex (at Delancey); B, D to Grand St. (at Chrystie & Forsyth); R, N to Prince (at Broadway); #6 to Bleecker (south exit to Houston & Lafayette); MAP: http://bit.ly/bc1PUN http://bluestockings.com/directions
Contact: 

212.777.6028 http://bluestockings.com/events

Wednesday, July 14th @ 7PM - Free
Reading: Leda Meredith “The Locavore’s Handbook”
We, the living, eat. Many of us would prefer locally-grown, fresh vegetables on our plates. Join New York’s Leda Meredith for a reading and discussion of “The Locavore’s Handbook: The Busy Person’s Guide to Eating Local on a Budget,” and gain practical advice on getting good food into your belly - even as a time-pressed, cash-strapped New Yorker. Nom Nom Nom!
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Thursday, July 15th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Performance: Leah B. “— And Her Brain”

CRITICAL MASS RIDE

Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 10:42am by todd
Date: 
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Union Square, north side nr. 17th St. btw. Broadway & Park Av. So.
Contact: 

www.critical-mass.org

CRITICAL MASS: MANHATTAN
Friday, July 30th, 7 p.m.
Union Square, North Side

Critical Mass is a spontaneous celebration of what our streets could look like. this fun group ride encourages new cyclists and creates safer streets and new green infrastructure. Strap some music to your bike and make sure to bring appropriate lights and bells.

For more information see www.critical-mass.org
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From: Time's Up! < timesup@panix.com>
Subject: ::UPCOMING TIME'S UP! EVENTS::

Coney Island Cyclone Ride is Back!!
Friday, July 16th- See events listing for details.

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Stop Hydro-frack Drilling! rally, hearing

Posted Mon, 07/12/2010 - 4:03am by todd
Date: 
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 1:00pm
Location: 
LOCATION & TRANSIT INFO AT BOTTOM
Contact: 

nyh2oinc@gmail.com http://nyh2o.org/#main/home

It's time to rally for a moratorium in the Delaware River Basin. Please come to West Trenton, NJ on July 14 prior to the DRBC meeting. A big crowd will send a big message. The world is watching. If we are successful, this would be the first multi-state, regional moratorium on gas drilling anywhere!

Protest Canada tar sands oil pipeline

Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 12:20am by todd
Date: 
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 11:00am
Location: 
Canadian Consulate, 1251 Sixth Ave. between 49th & 50th Streets ; B, D, F, M to 47-50 St./Rockefeller Ctr.; N, R to 49 St. (at 7th Av.); #1 to 50 St. (at Broadway); E to 7th Av. (at 53rd) or 5th Av. (at 53rd); C to 50 St. (at 8th Av.); MAP http://bit.ly/coVaNT
Contact: 

LSchuster@nypirg.org 212.349.6460; NWF 1-800-822-9919

From: lauren schuster lschuster@nypirg.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:16 AM
Subject: NYPIRG/NWF: Tar Sands Rally Tomorrow!

In the midst of one of the most catastrophic environmental crises of this or any generation, both the U.S. and Canadian governments are working out a deal that would dramatically increase our reliance on dirty fossil fuels. Environmental groups are already calling the mining of tar sands in Canada “the most destructive project on Earth.”

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