Hello out there! I went to a great talk on Governor's Island about all the great stuff NYU is doing to make their campus more sustainable. Here are my notes. Inspiring stuff. - Kate!
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Governor's Island "Sustainable Living for Sustainable Cities" Speaker Series
Aug 29, 09
Speaker: Jeremy Friedman, NYU Sustainability Task Force
NYU is a member of AASHE (Assoc. for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) and ACUPCC (American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment)
There are green roofs at Columbia and Pace now.
NYU's initiative is 3 years old. Accomplishments:
2006-07:
Sustainability Task Force started
Cogeneration power plant
Environmental Studies Program started
Purchase of Renewable Energy
2007-08:
Green grants begin, which is competitive funding for faculty, student or staff-led projects. NY Unplugged is one example about unplugging electronics.
Sustainability Advocates Program
2008-2009:
Climate Action Plan
Green buildings are built, at least silver and some more
NYU Welcome Week includes info on biking, vegetarian cooking, green maps. This actually begins during tours of the college and the admissions process, green info is included.
NYU stopped selling bottled water in the meal plan. Still for sale in vending machines. They offer stainless steel bottle for cheap or free to students.
NYU is the largest composting entity in the city, other than Rikers. All NYU food waste is composted at an organic farm upstate.
http://www.nyu.edu/sustainability/ for power points and other resources.
The law school's enviro group is the Enviro. Law Society and their site is:http://www.law.nyu.edu/studentorganizations/els/index.htm . Aaron Jacobs-Smith is the contact Jeremy suggested we reach out to for any collaboroation, questions etc.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Waste Audit Redux
Here are some great photos of the event, including our illustrious friends from Queen Botanical Gardens....Daniel and Julia!
Waste Audit Spring '09 Results
Hey All! Just thought I'd re-post our results from the audit all of us greens pitched in and performed last semester. We calculated the results, and boy were they startling! (100+ lbs of paper were thrown out - not recycled - in 24 hrs!) We are planning on undertaking another one at the same time this year!
CUNY Law Green Coalition Waste Audit Results: Contents of Campus-Wide Garbage, 24-hr. period, April 14-15, 2009
WASTE in WEIGHT(lbs) or NUMBER (*):
Plastics
Recyclable Plastics (bottles) 52*
Non-recyclable plastics 78.1 lbs
(plastic bags, utensils,
food containers, etc.)
Paper
Recyclable Paper 100.4 lbs.
Non-recyclable paper 102.25 lbs.
(paper towels, napkins, etc.)
Beverage Cartons (milk, orange juice) 37*
Coffee Cups 316*
Organics
Meat/dairy/oils 49*
(industrially compostable materials)
Compostables (eggshells, fruit peelings) 65 lbs.
Metal
Recyclable metals (including cans) 2.5 lbs.
Non-recyclable metals (tinfoil, etc.) 1.5 lbs.
Glass
Recyclable glass (bottles) 19*
Non-recyclable glass ---
Appliances/Electronics 3*
Misc. Inorganics (trash) 59 lbs.
Household Hazardous (chemical bottles) 7*
CUNY Law Green Coalition Waste Audit Results: Contents of Campus-Wide Garbage, 24-hr. period, April 14-15, 2009
WASTE in WEIGHT(lbs) or NUMBER (*):
Plastics
Recyclable Plastics (bottles) 52*
Non-recyclable plastics 78.1 lbs
(plastic bags, utensils,
food containers, etc.)
Paper
Recyclable Paper 100.4 lbs.
Non-recyclable paper 102.25 lbs.
(paper towels, napkins, etc.)
Beverage Cartons (milk, orange juice) 37*
Coffee Cups 316*
Organics
Meat/dairy/oils 49*
(industrially compostable materials)
Compostables (eggshells, fruit peelings) 65 lbs.
Metal
Recyclable metals (including cans) 2.5 lbs.
Non-recyclable metals (tinfoil, etc.) 1.5 lbs.
Glass
Recyclable glass (bottles) 19*
Non-recyclable glass ---
Appliances/Electronics 3*
Misc. Inorganics (trash) 59 lbs.
Household Hazardous (chemical bottles) 7*
Environmental Fellowship Alert!
The Environmental Leadership Program has a GREAT fellowship opportunity, and they're accepting applications now! It's not specifically legal but it's cool!
"The Fellowship Program targets emerging environmental and social change practitioners eager to connect their specialized work to larger environmental and social concerns. ELP is committed to selecting a class of Fellows that represents diversity of race and ethnicity, gender, sector, sexual orientation, education levels, professional background, values and traditions, and environmental issue expertise."
There are a lot of cool-looking retreats involved :)
http://www.elpnet.org/2010_applications.php
"The Fellowship Program targets emerging environmental and social change practitioners eager to connect their specialized work to larger environmental and social concerns. ELP is committed to selecting a class of Fellows that represents diversity of race and ethnicity, gender, sector, sexual orientation, education levels, professional background, values and traditions, and environmental issue expertise."
There are a lot of cool-looking retreats involved :)
http://www.elpnet.org/2010_applications.php
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
CUNY GC Alumni Mixer
CUNY Green Coalition is going to be having an alumni/student meet-n-greet this month. If you are an alumni or interested student, please contact greencoalition@mail.law.cuny.edu.
We're looking forward to meeting with alumni who have an interest in environmental issues and/or work in the environmental law field. We'll speak about what Green Coalition has accomplished over the past year and what we're planning for this coming year.
We're so excited to speak with our amazing alumni who represent CUNY so well in the legal professional. You have attained what we are working so hard now to achieve and we can't wait to reach your ranks. Students at CUNY are always eager to hear the ways in which the unique public interest lawyering education we are receiving has been utilized by alumni to craft their own individual careers. It will be extra inspirational for Green Coalition members to hear about how professionals working with environmental law and policy have kept the CUNY spirit alive post-graduation and integrated it into your practice.
We'll be meeting at a great bar in Manhattan in the next few weeks.
We're looking forward to seeing you there!
- CUNY School of Law Green Coalition
We're looking forward to meeting with alumni who have an interest in environmental issues and/or work in the environmental law field. We'll speak about what Green Coalition has accomplished over the past year and what we're planning for this coming year.
We're so excited to speak with our amazing alumni who represent CUNY so well in the legal professional. You have attained what we are working so hard now to achieve and we can't wait to reach your ranks. Students at CUNY are always eager to hear the ways in which the unique public interest lawyering education we are receiving has been utilized by alumni to craft their own individual careers. It will be extra inspirational for Green Coalition members to hear about how professionals working with environmental law and policy have kept the CUNY spirit alive post-graduation and integrated it into your practice.
We'll be meeting at a great bar in Manhattan in the next few weeks.
We're looking forward to seeing you there!
- CUNY School of Law Green Coalition
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sustainable City!
This Saturday, August 29, 2009, the CUNY Law Green Coalition will be taking a field trip to an island. Join us. We are going to Governor's Island in the middle of New York Harbor to have a picnic, get inspired about green possibilities, and plan green initiatives for CUNY Law in the coming year.
We will meet at the ferry terminal in lower Manhattan at 11:20am and take the 11:30am ferry to the isle of possibilities and eat a picnic lunch on the grass. Directions to the ferry terminal are pasted at the bottom of this message and can be found here: http://www.govisland.com/Visit_the_Island/directions.asp . Note that it is NOT the Staten Island ferry terminal but just east of it.
At 12:30pm, Jeremy Friedman from the NYU Sustainability Task Force will be giving a talk entitled "Green NYU, Green City, Green World" at 12:30pm. Learn how NYU is greening their campus and office space and how the exciting changes made there can be made everywhere. http://www.cunysustainablecities.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=10&Itemid=25
After the talk, we will have a planning meeting for Green initiatives at CUNY Law for the coming year. This is a great opportunity for us to brainstorm about how to make CUNY Law greener.
Join us, even if you've never met us. If you care about our impact on our planet, our city, and our neighborhood, we want to know you. For more about the CUNY Law Green Coalition, check out our blog at http://cunyappleseed.blogspot.com/ or email us at greencoalition@mail.law.cuny.edu . Feel free to email us for a cell phone number on the day of the event in case you can't find us on Saturday.
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The CUNY Law Green Coalition was born last year. In ta year, we have initiated a composting program, done a 24-hour waste audit, raised awareness of recycling, taken a tour of the farm at the high school next door, participated in the CUNY Law Sustainability Council with faculty and administrators, started forming an alumi network of those working in "green" legal jobs, initiated an online rideshare in partnership with Queens College, learned about worms and the waste stream from Master Composters at the Queens Botanical Garden, and really made CUNY Law a little bit greener.
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The Governors Island Ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. The ferry terminal is accessible as follows:
By Subway
1 – South Ferry Station
4, 5 (weekdays) to Bowling Green
W (weekdays only), R (weekdays and weekends) – Whitehall St. Station
Know before you go. Rebuilding efforts are ongoing and may affect subway service. Visit www.mta.info for service advisories, updated every Friday, or call 718-330-1234.
By Bus
M1 (weekdays only), M6, M9 and M15
Know before you go. Rebuilding efforts are ongoing and may affect subway service. Visit www.mta.info for service advisories, updated every Friday, or call 718-330-1234.
By Car
There is no public parking at the Governors Island ferry building.
Driving from the East Side:
Take the FDR Drive to Exit 1, South Ferry. As you exit, stay in the left lane and turn left around the (left) u-turn at the end of the street in front of the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The Battery Maritime Building is the historic ferry terminal just to the northeast of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The Governors Island ferry departs from the northernmost slip of the Battery Maritime Building.
Driving from the West Side:
Take the West Highway around the tip of Lower Manhattan and go through the Battery Underpass. When you emerge from the Underpass, take the first exit, Exit 1, Staten Island Ferry. Stay left, and make a left-hand u-turn onto South Street going south. Stay to your turn left and make the (left) u-turn at the end of the street in front of the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The Battery Maritime Building is the historic ferry terminal just to the northeast of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The Governors Island ferry departs from the northernmost slip of the Battery Maritime Building.
Driving: Local Streets:
Take Broadway south onto Whitehall Street. Turn left onto Water Street. Go one block and turn right onto Broad Street. Go one block and turn right onto South Street. Go to the left land, and make the (left) u-turn at the end of the street in front of the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The Battery Maritime Building is the historic ferry terminal just to the northeast of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The Governors Island ferry departs from the northernmost slip of the Battery Maritime Building.
We will meet at the ferry terminal in lower Manhattan at 11:20am and take the 11:30am ferry to the isle of possibilities and eat a picnic lunch on the grass. Directions to the ferry terminal are pasted at the bottom of this message and can be found here: http://www.govisland.com/
At 12:30pm, Jeremy Friedman from the NYU Sustainability Task Force will be giving a talk entitled "Green NYU, Green City, Green World" at 12:30pm. Learn how NYU is greening their campus and office space and how the exciting changes made there can be made everywhere. http://www.
After the talk, we will have a planning meeting for Green initiatives at CUNY Law for the coming year. This is a great opportunity for us to brainstorm about how to make CUNY Law greener.
Join us, even if you've never met us. If you care about our impact on our planet, our city, and our neighborhood, we want to know you. For more about the CUNY Law Green Coalition, check out our blog at http://cunyappleseed.blogspot.
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The CUNY Law Green Coalition was born last year. In ta year, we have initiated a composting program, done a 24-hour waste audit, raised awareness of recycling, taken a tour of the farm at the high school next door, participated in the CUNY Law Sustainability Council with faculty and administrators, started forming an alumi network of those working in "green" legal jobs, initiated an online rideshare in partnership with Queens College, learned about worms and the waste stream from Master Composters at the Queens Botanical Garden, and really made CUNY Law a little bit greener.
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The Governors Island Ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. The ferry terminal is accessible as follows:
By Subway
1 – South Ferry Station
4, 5 (weekdays) to Bowling Green
W (weekdays only), R (weekdays and weekends) – Whitehall St. Station
Know before you go. Rebuilding efforts are ongoing and may affect subway service. Visit www.mta.info for service advisories, updated every Friday, or call 718-330-1234.
By Bus
M1 (weekdays only), M6, M9 and M15
Know before you go. Rebuilding efforts are ongoing and may affect subway service. Visit www.mta.info for service advisories, updated every Friday, or call 718-330-1234.
By Car
There is no public parking at the Governors Island ferry building.
Driving from the East Side:
Take the FDR Drive to Exit 1, South Ferry. As you exit, stay in the left lane and turn left around the (left) u-turn at the end of the street in front of the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The Battery Maritime Building is the historic ferry terminal just to the northeast of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The Governors Island ferry departs from the northernmost slip of the Battery Maritime Building.
Driving from the West Side:
Take the West Highway around the tip of Lower Manhattan and go through the Battery Underpass. When you emerge from the Underpass, take the first exit, Exit 1, Staten Island Ferry. Stay left, and make a left-hand u-turn onto South Street going south. Stay to your turn left and make the (left) u-turn at the end of the street in front of the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The Battery Maritime Building is the historic ferry terminal just to the northeast of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The Governors Island ferry departs from the northernmost slip of the Battery Maritime Building.
Driving: Local Streets:
Take Broadway south onto Whitehall Street. Turn left onto Water Street. Go one block and turn right onto Broad Street. Go one block and turn right onto South Street. Go to the left land, and make the (left) u-turn at the end of the street in front of the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The Battery Maritime Building is the historic ferry terminal just to the northeast of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The Governors Island ferry departs from the northernmost slip of the Battery Maritime Building.
Share Your Ride/Get A Ride
The CUNY Law Green Coalition, Queens College, and the CUNY Law Sustainability Council invite you to join CommuterLink - a New York based rideshare service. It's free. And it will help us reduce our impact on the earth by minimizing the number of cars we bring to campus every day. Students at Queens College and CUNY Law who drive to school or need a ride - this webpage will help you find others to share with.
The registration page for CUNY Law students is here: https://www.rideproweb.com/nylink/service.asp?rp3Action=Register&FormName=NewRegisterAgreed&Short=True&CompanyCode=LAW113
Direct from CommuterLink:
The registration page for CUNY Law students is here: https://www.rideproweb.com/nylink/service.asp?rp3Action=Register&FormName=NewRegisterAgreed&Short=True&CompanyCode=LAW113
Direct from CommuterLink:
CommuterLink is now offering students, faculty, and staff of the CUNY School of Law a new way to travel. Through CommuterLink's carpooling match program, commuters can now easily find someone to travel with to and from work.
CommuterLink's FREE Ride Matching service, which will match you with carpool or vanpool partners who live or work near you, and work or study similar hours.
Guaranteed Ride Home ( GRH ): If you carpool and have to stay late unexpectedly or leave early in the event of an emergency, CommuterLink will reimburse you for a taxi or transit up to$40.00 per ride $200.00 per year .
Save Money: Save Money by splitting the cost of driving, from gas to parking to maintenence.
Reduce Stress: Having someone else drive means some days you can relax, read, or take a nap. (Check out our useful tips on car pooling etiquette!)
Enjoy the Ride: Working students of a commuter college don't have much time to spend with fellow students. Share the ride and blow off steam after class.
Earn money and form a Vanpool: CommuterLink makes it easy to start a vanpool. In fact, we do more of the work for you, from contacting prospects to making lease arrangments. While some vanpools use a vehicle owned by a member of the groups, most lease their van from a third-party provider with CommuterLink's assistance. The lease includes all maintenance costs and insurance, and requires no long-term financial obligation.
Save the Environment: Taking transit, carpooling or being part of a vanpool instead of driving alone can cut harmful auto emissions up to 85%. That means the air we breathe will be cleaner and there will be less health risks to ourselves and our families.
Mass Transit Route: Our expert staff will plot out a door to door itinerary for you complete with transfers and times, showing you the most convenient way to work. Give it a try!
For more about the CUNY Law Green Coalition, check out our blog: http://cunyappleseed.blogspot.com/Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Story of Stuff
Spare 20 minutes for this awesome animated film about all the stuff we use. It's making the rounds of the classrooms - hurrah!
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Friday, May 8, 2009
Food Conference Report Back
It was really really really great (and I was really really really tired). The text of Raj Patel's planery speech is here: http://brooklynfoodconference.org/2009/05/morning-forum-raj-patels-speech/ Totally worth taking a minute away from the books.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
BIke Maps!
The Department of Transportation has made the 2009 Bike map available. You can download it here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikemaps.shtml or pick it up at any bike shop. Remember your helmet and enjoy the breeze!
If you are a driver or need a ride, remember to use http://cunylaw.erideshare.com/ to offer or request rides. The group password is 'whereareyou' .
If you are a driver or need a ride, remember to use http://cunylaw.erideshare.com/ to offer or request rides. The group password is 'whereareyou' .
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