Category: Blog
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GreenHomeNYC’s May Tour: Affordable and Sustainable
GreenHomeNYC INVITES YOU TO DISCOVER GREEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE BRONX. Our May Tour is almost here, but we’ve had a change of venue! The tour will now be held at the newly renovated West Farms Square, a 526-unit affordable housing development located near the intersection of East Tremont and Bryan Avenues in the…
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May Forum: Backyard Potential
New York City has it’s fair share of green spaces, in fact, it’s ranked second among US cities. However, as noted in a paper co-authored by one of our speakers, “At least 9000 acres of New York City’s land were converted from vacant land to impermeable buildings, roads, and parking lots” over the last 25…
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{Green Careers} April 2015 Recap: The Perfect Elevator Pitch
By Pamela Berns and Tamanna Virmani For most of us finding a job can be tougher than doing the actual job. We can find it hard just talking about ourselves, no less selling ourselves to others. And first impressions are lasting impressions that can end up having a greater impact on your prospects than…
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“The Urban Food Planning (R)evolution” at the New School on Earth Day 2015
By Pamela Berns The New School celebrated Earth Day with a day-long event entitled “Earth Matters: Designing Our Future.” The program consisted of panel discussions ranging from sustainable fashion to climate change, with speakers from organizations as varied as NRDC, the Municipal Art Society, and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency. In…
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{Green Careers} May 2015 – Resume Tips and Review Workshop
Get ready for some resume tips and feedback at the upcoming GHNYC Green Careers Resume Workshop! For May, we’re having a two part event: — First, we’ll be having a discussion with members of National Grid’s HR department regarding what they look for in resumes. — Second, we’ll break into our traditional “Speed…
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The Big Tent: Sustainability and Resiliency at WISE
At the final event of the Women in Sustainability and Energy (WISE) breakfast symposia series on March 27, 2015, the Building Energy Exchange brought together some of the industry’s leading women to discuss bringing sustainability and resiliency to the broadest set of communities in “The Big Tent” session. The Building Energy Exchange launched the WISE…
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Green Building Tours: Oko Farms Aquaponics Tour
There’s something fishy going on in Brooklyn, but in the best way possible! Despite predictions of snow, several intrepid GreenHomeNYC members made their way to Bushwick last month for a very informative tour of a local aquaponics farm. Oko Farms was founded by budding entrepreneurs Yemi Amu and Jonathan Boe, in collaboration with the…
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Patty Noonan Memorial Forum on Policy: Leap-frogging toward the low carbon city of 2050
April’s Forum will be the annual Patty Noonan Memorial Forum on Policy. Click Here to Register! In September of 2014, Mayor DiBlasio released the “One City, Built to Last” Plan, which unveiled a historic goal for NYC- to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, and to chart a long-term…
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Billion Oyster Pavilion Coming to Governor’s Island
FIGMENT, a non-for-profit organization dedicated to interactive art experiences, in partnership with the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee and the Structural Engineering Association of New York have selected BanG studio’s Billion Oyster Pavilion as the winner of this year’s “City of Dreams” Pavilion international design competition. What makes this pavilion exceptional is its forward…
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Monthly Forums March Recap: Sustainable Apparel 101
by Lisa Bonanate Few people think about how green their wardrobe is, unless they’re pondering what color to wear. But the apparel industry has an environmental impact that warrants deeper consumer attention. In the U.S. alone, the industry generates an estimated 14.3 million tons of textile waste every year. Toxic chemicals used in manufacturing impact the…