Category: Blog
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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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Climate Activism 2021 Style: “Optivism”
By Pamela Berns “Congratulations! Your inauguration marks a turning point in history for the United States of America and for the world,” said an open letter to President Biden. “You can be remembered as the ‘climate President’ who led humanity away from the cliff’s edge.” Indeed, climate activists and advocates woke up on January…
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What to Watch: Two Shows that Inspire Climate Activism
A Streaming Video Review by Tamanna Mohapatra Paris to Pittsburgh Available on: Disney+, Run time: 1 hour 17 minutes, Release: 2018 More information at: https://www.paristopittsburgh.com/ “We need a Transnational and Transgenerational approach to solving climate change.” Carl Sagan, 1990
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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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Monthly Forum – Green Catwalk 2021: The Circular Economy in Quick Soundbites
It’s been a GreenHomeNYC tradition to kick off our year of programming with our Green Catwalk, a dynamic event in which our speakers showcase exciting developments in our sustainable world through a series of rapid-fire presentations. This year’s presenters will share programs and projects that are redefining waste as a resource, moving us towards…
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“Serengeti Rules” and “Gather”
Two Green Film Reviews by Tamanna Mohapatra With a vaccine in sight, some of us might be starting to think about traveling again. Dreams about exploring nature and immersing ourselves in other cultures may be inching closer to reality. In the meantime, as we continue to shelter in a pretty chilly place, we can…
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Job Market Outlook: Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Business, Circular Economy
By Pamela Berns In 2020, the triple bottom line—people, planet, profits—took on a whole new meaning. The number of lives lost to COVID-19 continues to grow into the new year. Environmental regulation rollbacks under the Trump administration and the US withdrawal from the Paris agreement put the planet on even greater climate risk trajectory than before.…
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Green Careers: Online Resume Workshop
The GreenHomeNYC Careers group is hosting an online resume workshop. With the new administration, economic recovery is being coupled with a renewed focus on green jobs. Now is the time to update your resume. Join the GreenHomeNYC Careers group in an online resume workshop. During timed sessions with green and career professionals, you’ll receive constructive,…
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In Memory of Robert Gardella
Robert “Bob” Gardella, who was a volunteer and board member with GreenHomeNYC, passed away on November 23 after complications from diabetes. He was a nationally known expert in the unique building science and performance of small family homes, an early advocate of health & safety protocols in the field, and a firm believer that he…
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GreenHomeNYC’s Pandemic Pivot Proves the Power of Commitment and Community
By Melanie Mason We have spent the better part of our year in throes of the COVID-19 pandemic—social distancing, Zooming, washing our hands like crazy, and carrying out GreenHomeNYC’s mission from the kitchen table. This has almost begun to feel like a normal part of our routines. But at the beginning of the lockdowns…