Our good friends at Solar One are as busy as ever… Spring = Sun = Solar… Makes sense! Check out these upcoming events and learn more at Solar1.org and on their I Heart PV initiative page.

I Heart PV: For A Solar-Powered New York at Park Slope Food Coop

Photovoltaic technology (”PV”) converts sunlight into electricity. Believe it or not, the Big Apple is one of the most viable and promising locations for solar power in the entire country.

Join I Heart PV campaign advocate and coop member Margo Bettencourt, and campaign coordinator Chris Neidl to hear the arguments in support of this claim and discuss current attempts to establish New York as a leader in solar adoption.

Tuesday, March 31st
7pm - 8:30pm
Park Slope Food Coop
782 Union Street between 6th and 7th Ave

FREE and open to non-members!

Party for a Solar Powered New York — Ditmas Park

Tuesday, April 14th
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Sycamore Flower Shop & Bar
1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn

CLICK HERE to see more details and RSVP.
(While you’re there share it with your facebook friends!)

Launched by Solar One in 2008, I Heart PV is a people-powered campaign that mobilizes citizen support for pro-solar policies and educates New Yorkers about the potential and benefits of solar power here in the Five Boroughs.

More info at Solar1.org.

Our good friends at Solar One are out to change the way we use solar energy in NYC. They held their second Party for a Solar New York last month at Southpaw in Brooklyn, where they churned out some serious solar activism, a racing contest between funky homemade solar powered toy race cars, a Q&A with a solar installer, and some good times.

Drawing close to 150 guests, the party was a huge success. Nearly half of those attending sat down and wrote letters to their state legislators in support of I Heart PV’s current legislative goal: the creation of an Empire State Solar Initiative to dramatically boost solar adoption in New York over the next ten years.

Check out more photos and the full post over at solar1.org.

PopSci.com covered the event as well, reporting:

Organizer Chris Neidl said that Solar One’s broader goal is to make solar energy provide for a significant portion of New York’s energy use. He would like to see 2,000 megawatts produced by solar by 2020, making New York the east coast capital of solar energy.

Check out their full article and photo gallery.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
7:30pm - 11:00pm
Southpaw Music and Entertainment
125 Fifth Avenue (@ Sterling place)
Park Slope, NY

A new monthly meetup where New Yorkers come to have all their solar power questions answered, get plugged in to local solar activism, enjoy great music, dance, drink beer and make new friends.

What’s happening?

ASK A SOLAR INSTALLER:
Thinking about buying a solar system but don’t know if you can or what to do? Our local solar installers can answer any question you have, on-on-one, about purchasing, installing and owning a solar system in New York.

The I HEART PV LETTER WRITING LOUNGE:
Take your first refreshing step into local solar advocacy by writing a letter to your legislator in support of pro-solar legislation, be lavished with great drink specials for your heroic efforts!

SOLAR POWERED TOY CAR BUILDING CONTEST:
Design, build and take home your own little bundle of solar powered fun. A blue ribbon and bragging rights goes to the most original design.

MUSIC:
‘Energetic freeform’ by DJ Trent Wolbe, host of WFMU 91.1’s ‘Sound and Safe’.

FREE. Must be 21 to drink.

I Heart PV is a project of Solar One. www.solar1.org

Click here for a full-sized flyer.

Also, a hearty congrats to GBK’s friend Chris Neidl, advocacy coordinator at Solar1 and founder of I Heart PV, for being selected as one of the GOOD 100 — GOOD Magazine’s annual list of people, businesses, and institutions driving change in the world.

Check out a short video of Chris being interviewed by Roger Numbers, Good’s cartoon newsguy. Great stuff. Congrats Chris!

Solar One is kicking off a new, monthly hang for solar advocates in NYC, the Solar Soiree! Help kick it off Sunday 12/7 at Park Slope’s Southpaw.

Sunday, December 7, 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Southpaw
125 Fifth Avenue
Park Slope, NY
Go here for more info
Download and share the invite! (pdf)

I Heart PV is a grassroots campaign to make New York a leading solar power adopter through legislative action.

The Solar Soiree is a new monthly event where New Yorkers can come and have fun with friends and strangers, find out about the state of solar power in New York, and get involved in the I Heart PV campaign. Activities include:

• I Heart PV info booths, and general solar-related chattiness. Find out why solar photovoltaics (PV) is so well suited for New York, and what the campaign is doing right now to put our city and state at the center of solar implementation and industry.
• The I Heart PV letter writing bar. Take your first refreshing step into local solar advocacy by writing a letter to your state senator and/or assembly member in support of pro-solar legislation on the spot with the help of our members. It’s super easy and letter writers will be lavished with great drink specials for their heroic efforts!
• Solar-Powered Toy Car Building. Fun for the inner child (involves hot glue guns and knives!!). Design, build and take home your own tiny little bundle of PV fun. Great gift idea for broke gift-givers who have loved ones and friends with relatively low expectations.
• Enjoy hours and hours of ’sun’-titled tracks spun by Southpaw’s own DJ Mikey Palms.

. . . and MUCH MORE!

FREE ENTRANCE, must be 21 to drink!

I Heart PV is a project of Solar One, New York’s Green Energy, Arts and Education Center.

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