The Epoch Times published this piece about last weekend’s The NEW New York GreenHomeNYC’s DIY Green Block Party.
NEW YORK— New Yorkers built miniature models of green roofs, donated bikes, swapped clothes, and picked up ways to reduce their carbon footprint at GreenHomeNYC’s second annual The New New York Block Party on North 11th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday. - Read on at the Epoch Times…
A warm thank you from GreenHomeNYC to everyone who joined us in planning and celebrating this year’s The NEW New York Green Block Party! We had so many great vendors, sponsors, volunteers, and other supporters that we can scarcely begin to thank everyone individually.
We would like to send a special thank you to the staff and occupants of 34 Berry who were amazingly generous with their time and space. Thanks also to all of our neighbors on the block who not only put up with their street being blocked off for the day but also came out and participated!
A special thank you also to our sponsors, jury, students, and auction winners for our re-think Green Design Competition! Check out Inhabitat.com’s coverage of the Green Design Competition here and check back with us for more recaps of the second annual The NEW New York Green Block Party!
This Saturday, The NEW New York Green Block Party, we have packed schedule of green living and learning. From yoga to solar car crafts to green building tours, we have fun activities all day! Details below, and more about the day’s events on our schedule page.
YOGA on the Roof
Join Hosh Yoga and Go Yoga for two incredible rooftop yoga experiences Saturday, Oct 1st. at 9am (with Hosh Yoga) and again at 1pm (with Go Yoga). Enjoy the view from 34 Berry’s roof terrace while you challenge your body and mind to relax with some of Brooklyn’s finest yoga instructors.
Meet at the corner of Berry and N.11th 15 minutes before class. Please bring a mat if you can!
Solar Car Crafts
Last year we had a lot of fun at the block party, and we think the 1,500 people who came also had fun… but no one had more fun than the kids at the solar car crafts table. This project is great for kids because it is easy to do and has big reward – a car that moves when it’s in the sun and stops immediately in the shadows. What better way to demonstrate to them that the sun can give us power?
We will be building solar cars with kids at noon and at 4pm. The cost of the craft is $5/kid – each kid makes one car.
NYC Green Buildings Open House
Since 2003, GreenHomeNYC has been organizing tours of NYC’s green buildings. This Saturday we have a guided tour of three buildings in Williamsburg plus coordinated open houses with buildings across the city. For more information, see the NYC Green Buildings Open House tour schedule.
You know that Apple IIc sitting in your closet? Or that second bike taking up most of your storage space? Stop wasting space and the objects by dropping them off at the block party! Lower East Side Ecology Center will be collecting old electronics from 10am to 4pm. Show up with your old tv, vcr, Atari, just about anything. Recycle-A-Bicycle will be collecting old bikes from 11am to 5pm. In both cases, it’s okay to bring something that doesn’t work.
Need more reason to donate? Read on after the jump!
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Discover how Brooklyn is going green on the Makin’ It Green in WILLIAMSBURG Tour brought to you by GreenHomeNYC and Made in Brooklyn Tours. See the creative entrepreneurs and artisans in Williamsburg who are literally re-making Brooklyn with a social and ecological conscience.
The tour begins at Mast Brothers Chocolate on North 3 St. and ends at The NEW New York Green Block Party on North 11 St. between Berry and Wythe. We’ll also visit Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn Oenology, Metal Dimensions and VOOS Furniture on our way to the party!
Enjoy food, music and a host workshops on a wide range of sustainable actions like green roofing and composting. “See who’s makin’ it green in Brooklyn!”
Buy tickets now at:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/addtocart.html
GreenHomeNYC will be featuring the work of six environmentally conscious design students who have created sustainable furniture especially for the garden lounge space at this fall’s The NEW New York Green Block Party.
Using reclaimed materials donated by Film Biz Recycling and Build It Green, and the help of a jury of recognized architects / designers who offered creative support, the designers have revamped materials that would otherwise be waste.
Film Biz Recycling generously hosted the jury’s selection day. Located in Gowanus, Film Biz Recycling collects film props for re-rental or re-sale. Prop masters shop there and you can too!
Film Biz Recycling’s “____ in box” inventory! These new leather chairs could be yours!
For more info: greendesignchallenge.tumblr.com
Last night we had a blast at Brooklyn Bowl — already looking forward to our next party fundraiser, happening the night of the green block party (Oct 1)!
Just because the sun has gone down doesn’t mean the fun is over! Join us at The NEW New York AFTER Party for beer, food trucks Coolhaus and Eddie’s Pizza, plus outdoor movies. We will be screening the documentary Truck Farm about a Dodge truck used to raise vegetables and food awareness (running time 48 minutes), followed by a Hollywood blockbuster sure to stimulate nostalgia for your younger days! Admission to the party will be $20 at the door, $15 for pre-registration, and comes with one drink ticket. Additional drink tickets may be purchased for $5. This party is a fundraiser for GreenHomeNYC and its the NEW New York program. Buy tickets now! http://tnny2011after.eventbrite.com
OCTOBER 1, 6pm to 11pm
34 Berry parking lot (at N 11th St) , Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Join us on September 19th for The NEW New York Music Blow-out Fundraiser at Brooklyn Bowl!
61 Wythe Ave (11th/12th Streets), Williamsburg
We will rock out the night at this LEED-certified music/bowling venue with three most excellent local bands and DJ Michael Pope. Come early to snag your favorite bowling lane!
THE LINE-UP
And, between sets, DJ Michael Pope
More about the bands after the jump!
This October 1, GreenHomeNYC is bringing The NEW New York Green Block Party to Williamsburg. Last year in Gowanus we had many great local community groups join us. This year we hope to bring even more but we need some help to do so. Some of the organizations we are excited about bringing can’t afford our $175 vendor fee. This is where you come in: donate on our project page on ioby.org!
We have selected 6 totally rad groups and need to raise just over $1,000 so they can all participate. The orgs are:
- Borough Bees (beekeeping! honey!)
- Adopt-a-Farmbox (builds farmbeds for local schools and communities to grow fruit in the city)
- Sustainable Flatbush (promotes innovative energy practices and streets that prioritize people over cars)
- The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (mentors for environmental justice school by school, neighborhood by neighborhood)
- Bio Bus (an old schoolbus retrofit with cutting edge green technologies to educate kids)
- And last but not least: The Poop Project (advocates against dumping sewage into rivers, lakes and streams, and to talking about poop)
If you don’t know ioby, which stands for “in our back yard”, they are a microfinance website for community environmental action in NYC. They help groups and individuals raise donations for discrete projects. Any amount from a couple of bucks to thousands of dollars can be donated. Helen Ho and Erin Barnes from ioby have been participating on the steering committee for The NEW New York — we are really excited about working with them! Thanks ioby!
GreenHomeNYC is searching for environmentally conscious design students to create sustainable furniture for the garden lounge space at this fall’s The NEW New York Green Block Party.
Ten selected finalists will have access to free, reclaimed materials donated by Film Biz Recycling and Build It Green, a jury of recognized architects and designers to offer creative support, and press coverage through our blog which will follow the work of the finalists.
To submit, send an 11×17 pdf with concept sketches of a design that you believe expresses yoru aesthetic and construction abilities to ejaeger@greenhomenyc.org with “Lounge Design Challenge” as the subject. The design can be of a wide range of furniture/environmental objects such as benches, tables, textiles, planters, screens, shade coverings and more. Indicate the materials that you envision using. Selected winners will have the opportunity to revise the design and materials after selection, workign with GreenHomeNYC’s team and the panel of judges to realize variations of the original idea.
Submissions due: 8/22/11
Winners announced: 8/29/11
Exhibition: 10/01/11
For more info: greendesignchallenge.tumblr.com
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