We are launching a Compost Mapping Project over the Spring and Summer of this year to launch in the fall. We are continuing the good work of Green Map to mark all current and planned compost sites, their rules for engaging with composters, and any future potential sites for development as compost centers.

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

Interviewers
Surveyors
Planners
Community Outreach Organizers

If you are interested in learning more about the o2NYC - GreenMap compost project, please email j@o2nyc.org.

O2 NYC Event

What: Launch of a volunteer-led design + research mapping initiative
When: Monday March 29 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Greenmap HQ 220A East 4th NY NY
Who: o2 Members, Citizens

Where can I compost? If you’re like many of us and live in an apartment without adequate outdoor space, you may have wondered yourself. O2NYC and Greenmap would like to answer this question for the whole city, by contributing to the further development of the amazing Greenmap composting map, which exists in PDF form, as on online interactive tool, and now an iPhone app. Yet since the map was published, there has been a rise in local community garden projects, and grassroots-developed composting systems launched. Help us uncover all of the known existing composting efforts throughout the five boros, and potential locations for new composting projects.

How this will work: Meet at Greenmap on March 29th and sign up for a specific volunteer effort. The actual work will be more like design research, discovery unmapped information for the city that you love. We’ll create volunteer opportunities that are low commitment, or more involved based on your availability and interest. This is an ideal opportunity for o2members and others who want to “do something” but want to also learn something new along the way.

How to participate: RSVP here. Or alternatively – email j@o2nyc.org.

Cost to participate: $5 suggested donation to cover the cost of refreshments.

We’re looking forward to having you join us.

March 18-20

ElectroSmog is a new festival that revolves around the concept Sustainable Immobility. The festival will introduce and explore this concept in theory and practice. With Sustainable Immobility we refer to a critique of current systems of hyper mobility of people and products in travel and transport, and their ecological unsustainability.

The exploration of Sustainable Immobility is a quest for a more sustainable life style, which is less determined by speed and constant mobility. A lifestyle that celebrates stronger links to local cultures, while at the same time deepening our connections to others across any geographical divide, using new communication technologies instead of physical travel. Nothing is self-evident for us. We will also critically question the underlying premise that reliance on electronic connections and local roots is self-evidently more energy efficient and more ecologically sustainable than current systems of globalised mobility of people and goods.

Electrosmog Blog

-DEADLINE EXTENDED-

Wanted: A More Intelligent Design

Calling all emerging designers! We at the Greener Gadgets Conference are looking for an intelligent design that helps solve issues of energy efficiency, carbon footprint, sustainable lifestyles or development in nations off the grid.
This year’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition will highlight a new class of standout sustainable products, from those that create their own energy to those that minimize the need for any electricity at all.

Our most verdant finalists will be judged in front of a live audience at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City on February 25, 2010. The entry deadline has been extended to January 7, 2010, for a chance at $5,000 in prizes.

Sustainability Practice Network
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
6.30pm-8.30pm
RiskMetrics Group, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 44th Fl., New York, NY

The sustainability of large-scale agriculture is increasingly being called into question. Food manufacturers and agribusinesses catering to global food markets are being challenged by the rising demand for sustainably grown food. What material impact will this have for the food sector?

The discussion will explore what companies are doing to drive both profitability and agricultural sustainability.

Panelists:

Michael Doane, Agricultural Economics and Sustainability, Monsanto
Ani Gulati, Assistant General Counsel and Sustainability, General Mills
Chip Jones, SVP Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Dean Foods
Jake Baker, Climate Change Investment Research, Deutsche Bank
Tensie Whelan, President, Rainforest Alliance
Josh Viertel, President, Slow Food USA

Moderator:

Linda-Eling Lee, Sustainability Research, RiskMetrics Group

RSVP Required: lindaeling.lee@riskmetrics.com