Author: Jim Henderson
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Volunteer with GreenHomeNYC
Build your skills, enhance your credibility, and grow your network by becoming a GreenHomeNYC volunteer Our volunteers develop, organize and manage all our programs. If you are looking for an interesting and challenging experience to help the environment, connect with like-minded professionals and meet new people, join us at our next information session to…
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Volunteer with GreenHomeNYC
Build your skills, enhance your credibility, and grow your network by becoming a GreenHomeNYC volunteer GreenHomeNYC has been promoting an energy-efficient and sustainable built environment and supporting green professional development in NYC since 2003. Our volunteers develop, organize and manage all our programs. If you are looking for an interesting and challenging experience…
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Green Building Tour: SIMS Municipal Recycling Plant
Join GreenHomeNYC for a tour of the SIMS municipal recycling plant in Sunset Park. The 11-acre Brooklyn sorting facility features a Recycling Education Center that includes a theater, interactive exhibits, lunch space, and an outdoor patio. Experience the state-of-the-art sorting process from an elevated observation deck above hundreds of tons of recyclables that came…
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Special Tour: Lower East Side Ecology Center Compost Yard
Join GreenHomeNYC as we tour one of New York City’s oldest community composting sites. The Lower East Side Ecology Center, in partnership with the NYC Compost Project, diverts over 450 tons of food scraps from landfills annually. Get a first hand look at how your banana peels and other food scraps are turned into nutrient-rich…
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Green Building Tour: Pvilion – A Sustainable Workshop all About Solar Products
Join us on Thursday, April 25th for special tour of Pvilion – A solar products manufacturing company. Continue to celebrate Earth Day activities with GreenHomeNYC by learning how Pvilion’s innovative designs are transforming the solar industry via the intersection of fabric and renewable energy. Be part of a unique opportunity to visit Pvilion’s offices and manufacturing facilities…
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Can NYC’s Energy Use Data Save The Earth?
By Warren Berger On Earth Day 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced One New York City: The Plan for a Strong and Just City (OneNYC). As part of the plan, Mayor de Blasio committed New York City to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels (80 x…
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High Noon on Wall Street – Rally for Our Climate
Join the Bard MBA Community, Be Social Change, NYC Climate Action Alliance and GreenHomeNYC for a Climate Week lunchtime rally in Battery Park–Castle Clinton on Monday, September 24th. Together, we will make it loud and clear that the time for climate action is NOW! Featured Speakers will be: Hunter Lovins — Author, Natural…
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Your Support Makes Our Work Possible
It’s been a challenging year marked by extreme weather events, with hurricanes, fires, droughts, and floods all across the globe. In the United States we saw Houston drown and California burn just a few months after Trump’s pullout from the Paris agreement. We are grateful to our many hard-working volunteers, knowledgeable pro bono…
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NYC’s 80 x 50 Goal: Is it Realistic? How Do We Get There?
By: Tom Sahagian As you probably know, “80×50” means reducing greenhouse gases produced in New York City 80 percent by the year 2050. As a practical matter this almost certainly means we must reduce the combustion of fossil fuels by 80 percent — either by increasing energy efficiency or by increasing the amount of…
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{Green Careers} Webinar: Sustainability Careers & Job Search Strategies in a Changing World
GreenHomeNYC is pleased to present a new webinar by Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director, Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College. Dr. Goodstein will provide participants with a tailored, concrete job search strategy; outline different mission-driven career directions in sustainable business, non-profits and government; evaluate the impact of President Trump on sustainability jobs; discuss grad…