Upcoming Green NYC Events...

Wednesday, February 18, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Brooklyn GreenDrinks @ Loki Lounge
304 5th Ave. @2nd Street
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY718-965-9600
www.lokilounge.com
Closest trains:F to 7th Av. Walk to 5th Av, then down towards Flatbush to 2nd Street.N/R to Union Street, walk to 5th Av, then away from Flatbush to 2nd Street.
This month, we're in Park Slope at the luxurious pub space--Loki Lounge. Named after the Norse god of mischief, this venue features an oak bar, jukebox, assorted couches, a pool table and darts.
Come before 7pm to catch the happy hour specials: $2 for domestic bottles, $3 for imported bottles and pints, and $1 off everything else.Every month, people who work in the environmental field, or simply have an interest in it, meet up for a beer at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. It's your chance to mix with other like-minded folks, network, share info and make friends. Attendees have found employment, developed new ideas and even done deals! So join us-many report making great contacts every time!

Wednesday February 18th, 6:00PM
Sustainable Peace: Exploring The Interplay Between Peaceful Cooperation And Environmental Sustainability In The Middle East
NYU Bronfman Center, 7 East 10th Street
Please join us as we welcome Noam Dolgin, one of Judaism's most ardent and successful environmentalists to NYU and the Bronfman Center. We've all heard the speculation that the next war in the Middle East will be fought over water. This precious natural resource is one of many shared by Israel's citizens and neighbors. In this workshop we will explore the shared environmental concerns around land, water and air, and discuss how collaboration is vital in addressing social and environmental sustainability and creating lasting Peace. Noam Dolgin is a leader in Jewish environmental and Israel environmental programming. He serves as Executive Director of the Green Zionist Alliance, working from North America to promote environmental sustainability in Israel. His recent work includes developing the Elijah's Covenant climate change curriculum for the Shalom Center, which has been met rave reviews by a wide variety of Jewish leaders. From 2000 - 2007 Noam worked as the Associate Director of the Teva Learning Center, North America's foremost Jewish environmental education organization. More information on Noam's work is available at www.noamdolgin.comFor more information please contact sam.krenztman@nyu.edu

Wednesday, February 18 from 6:30-8PM
Monthly Green Building Forum: Green Building 101
Häfele Showroom (25 East 26th Street @ Madison Ave)
Three 15-min presentations followed by moderated discussion and questions from the audience.
2009 will be GreenHomeNYC's seventh year of organizing the Monthly Green Building Forum. The Green Building Forum is held on the third Wednesday of each month (except December) at 6:30 PM and features presentations by green building practitioners followed by discussion. The events are always free and open to the general public.
This month's topic: "Green Building 101". Rather than do a high fly-over of intro of green building, we've picked the three key topics relevant for NYC (energy, water, and IEQ) and asked three professionals who have engaged the issue at length and intimately to give us their version of the "Green Building 101" in no more than 15 minutes -- essentially a short primer of things that he/she would like everyone to know about the topic -- including: importance, common misconceptions, best practices, and reflection on what it would take to move toward fast and ubiquitous adoption of best practices.

Thursday Feb 19, 2009, 6 pm - 8pm
"Fuel" documentary screening and discussion
Center for the Urban Environment, 168 7 Street, Brooklyn$10 suggested for members and friends. Free popcorn!
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION with Brent Baker, CEO of Tri State Biodiesel.
ABOUT THE FILM: FUEL is an insightful portrait of America's addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry—from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Vice President Cheney's petrochemical company sponsored energy legislation — and reveals a gamut of available solutions to "repower America" —from vertical farms that occupy skyscrapers to algae facilities that turn wastewater into fuel. Tickell and a surprising array of environmentalists, policy makers, and entertainment notables take us through America's complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminate a hopeful, achievable future, where decentralized, sustainable living is not only possible, it's imperative. http://thefuelfilm.com/

Thursday, February 19th 4-6pm
Seminar on Sustainable Development: global food production and hunger
Low Memorial Library, Faculty Room
This Earth Institute Seminar will be led by Dr. Pedro Sanchez and Dr. Cheryl Palm, world-leading experts in the cross-cutting field of Food, Ecology & Nutrition from the Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program at the Earth Institute.
This event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.PLEASE RSVP TO SLA53@COLUMBIA.EDU

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 7PM Screening, 8PM Panelists
The Water Front film screening and discussion
FREE event!!CHEAP drinks
Where? Brecht Forum; http://brechtforum.org/aboutushttp://www.waterfrontmovie.com/about
Join Food and Water Watch, YouthNoise, The Water Front and Media that Matters for a screening of the Water Front Film, and panel discussing environmental justice, new media and organizing, and water privatization.
The award winning documentary, "The Water Front" is the story of one community fighting against the seemingly inevitable path to water privatization. THE WATER FRONT is not just about water, but touches on the very essence of our democratic system. The film presents a community in crisis but it also presents the powerful enactment of local participation in finding solutions to the problems of our times. In coordination with Food and Water Watch, the film is on tour around the Great Lakes through March 2009.

Friday, February 20th, 3-5PM
The Future of Agriculture in India
Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 924
The Earth Institute's Columbia Water Center
Lecture: The Future of Agriculture in India, presented by Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs. This lecture is part of the Columbia Water Center Seminar Series.

February 24, 2009, 7-8PM
SECS General Meeting -- the first general meeting!!!
Location TBD
Come and participate, lend ideas and help get SIPA's new environmental group off the ground!!!Free Food!!!

Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 12pm-2pm
AIA Opportunities Fair
536 LaGuardia Place
The Center for Architecture will be hosting an Opportunities Fair. Representatives from community organizations, non-profits, schools, and training programs have been invited to the Center to share information about volunteer possibilities, continuing education, and other opportunities related to the design and architectural fields. The event is part of the Not Business as Usual initiative, a series of bimonthly Wednesday lunch workshops organized and presented by AIA New York and the Center for Architecture Foundation.
Among the organizations contributing to the fair are: Open House New York, Center for Architecture Foundation, Archiculture Film, Engineers without Borders, Institute for Design and Construction, Society of Design Administration, Canstruction, and Design Trust for Public Space.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP here: http://aiany.org/calendar/rsvp.php?id=1012727

Wednesday, February 25th 6-8PM
"Greening Manhattan's Waterfront, A New Perimeter Park for the 21st Century."
An evening with Phillip Lopate, Ann Buttenwieser, Rutherford Platt and John Waldman
Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street
For more information, visit our website http://tinyurl.com/b5vkv2RSVP to cmolnar@hunter.cuny.edu

Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Women's Foreign Policy Mentoring Fair
NYU Silver Center, Hemmerdinger Hall, 100 Washington Square East (University Place)
This is an exciting opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to network informally in roundtable discussions with experts in the fields of International Affairs, International Law, International Health, International Business, Foreign Service, and International Development. Listen to valuable career planning advice and guidance and learn about the skills required in the global job market. Offered in conjunction with the Women's Foreign Policy Group and Wagner School of Public Policy.

Wednesday, February 25, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) NYC Chapter happy hour
Vig Bar, at 12 Spring Street at Elizabeth Street.
RSVP - info@greenhomenyc.org http://www.greenhomenyc.org
Thursday, February 26, 6:00 – 8:00 pmHudson River Valley Greenway Link Public WorkshopLehman College, Music Building, East Dining Room, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx A forum for potential users, residents and other stakeholders to learn about the project and discuss their ideas and concerns. The workshop will incorporate interactive exercises, including drawing of potential route alignments, and a presentation by the project team. RSVP: Ryan Walsh, rwalsh@hshassoc.com, 917.339.0488, www.hshassoc.com

Thursday, February 26, 2009, 5:30-7:45
Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-Term Performance
NYSSA, 1177 Avenue of the Americas (between 45th and 46th Streets), 2nd Floor
Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-Term Performance is a new book written by international leaders in the field that thoroughly explains sustainable investment (history, evolution and mainstreaming); how to select sustainable companies and investments (screening criteria, indices, and indicators); the changing corporate landscape towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental sustainability; investment analysis and performance, and changes in capital markets.
Join Sustainable Investing co-editor/author Cary Krosinsky and chapter contributor Stephen Viederman as they discuss their conclusion that the best way to generate risk-adjusted returns in the 21st century is to fully incorporate long-term environmental, social, and economic trends into investment and ownership decision-making. Whether motivated by personal values or by the quest for superior returns, investors can explore risk mitigation and upside opportunities by leading the front-end of the sustainability curve.
Online pre-registration and photo ID required for access to the building.NYSSA Members Free Nonmembers $20REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, February 23, 2009
http://www.nyssa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=calendar&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=12158

Tuesday, March 3, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Glass Buildings: The Energy Challenge
New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center
Introduction: Nancy Anderson, Executive Director, Sallan Foundation; Moderator: Michael Bobker, Director, CUNY Building Performance Lab Panelists: Chris Benedict, RA, an architect experienced in designing energy-efficient building envelops, will discuss the potential of high-performance enclosure design. Scott Frank, PE, Principal Mechanical Engineer at Jaros, Baum and Boll, will address how glass buildings have met energy codes to date. Adrian Tuluca, PE, Energy Performance Analyst at Viridian Energy & Environmental, will present what we learn from energy modeling and how well modeling reflects reality. Register: www.nyas.org

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 1:15-2:45 PM (get there by 12:30!)
Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-Term Performance
International Solar Energy Society (ISES) New York
U.N. Conference Room
For further information contact Roma Stibravy - Chairperson, UN NGO Sustainability, at isesny@gmail.com. To obtain a UN day pass, please request by March 3rd noon. Speaker: Cary Krosinsky Globalization and climate change have forever altered the evolution of the world financial system. Now, with climate change clearly on the horizon, sustainable investment is fast becoming the smart way of generating long- term returns. But how has the sustainability agenda evolved, what impact does it have today, and what prospects are emerging for the years ahead?

Friday, March 27th (but RSVP NOW), 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Columbia Energy Symposium 2009
Alfred J Lerner Hall, Columbia University
RSVP Required (limited to 150): http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/ert/Symposium/index.htmlContact: Christopher Kaminker crk2114@columbia.edu The Energy Club of Columbia's Graduate School of Business and The Energy Association of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs will host Imagining Tomorrow: Meeting Energy Demands in a Carbon Constrained World on Friday, 27 March 2009. The day-long event will be in Lerner Hall, on Columbia's Morningside campus.Imagining Tomorrow will focus on the influence that carbon constraints have on the use of coal, renewable energy, and unconventional oil as well as the role that carbon markets can play in this dynamic sector - creating an exchange of ideas on balancing portfolios between traditional and emerging energy companies, and connect students with business leaders, academics and regulatory experts.Keynote speakers will be Ivan Marten, Senior Partner and Managing Director - Global Leader Energy Practice, Boston Consulting Group and Brian Ward, Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer - GE Energy Financial ServicesFour panels that will focus on sharply-defined themes critical to driving energy solutions, featuring panelists who have experiences and successes across the featured topics of: * Renewable Energy * Coal "Then and Now" * Unconventional Oil * Carbon Markets

This Week in ESP...

Monday, Feb 16
President's Day!

Tuesday, Feb 17
Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet: Inaugurating GlobalSoilMap.net
10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Casa Italiana, the Teatro
Speakers: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisory to the UN Secretary-General; Pedro Sanchez, Director, Africa Soil Information System; Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu

MPA-ESP Dodge Ball
9 p.m. Dodge Physical Fitness Center


Wednesday, Feb 18
Environmental Careers Speaker Series: Living the Green Life
1:00-2:00PM IAB room 413
Contact: Jonna Robins, jcr2144@columbia.edu
The mission of the Green Living Project is to educate and inspire individuals and communities to live a more sustainable lifestyle through stories focused on unique and diverse examples of sustainability from around the world. In 2008, Green Living Project highlights Africa, documenting projects administered by leading non-profits, eco-lodges, conservation organizations, travel companies and local tourism boards. Learn more: www.greenlivingproject.com

Founder Rob Holmes has been a well-known photojournalist and responsible traveler for over 18 years. He has worked with over 20 leading international wildlife conservation organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, International Snow Leopard Trust, and Appalachian Mountain Club. Rob's area of business expertise is strategic planning, marketing, business development, and sales and he has worked with companies such as Recreational Equipment Incorporated (R.E.I.), Eastern Mountain Sports (E.M.S.), and Trails.com. Rob received a BA in Environmental Biology & Wildlife Management and an MBA in International Business, Environmental Management, & Marketing.
Moderator: Jonna Robins MPA-ESP 09
Refreshments will be served.

Millennium Villages Student Research Showcase
1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Lerner Rm 555
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298


Thursday, Feb 19
Columbia Water Center Seminar: Will China Run Out Of Water?
1:00-2:00 p.m. 924 Mudd
Speaker: Chunmiao Zheng, Professor of Hydrogeology; SSPA Faculty Fellow; 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, University of Alabama
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Food Production and Hunger
4:00-6:00 p.m. Low Memorial Library, The Faculty Room
Speaker: Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Associate Director, Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development , The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298


Friday, Feb 20
Columbia Water Center Seminar: The Future of Agriculture in India: Ample Reason for Concern, Ample Reason for Hope
3:00-5:00 p.m. 833 Mudd
Speaker: Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695