[Fredslist] The Gotham Green Awards Presentation lunch is April 21

[Sherry Rivera]

*This will be an EXCEPTIONAL experience.  Our winners are very accomplished
businesses.  At this meeting they will each share just how they implement
the notable programs they are recognized for.*

*To remind you the winners are:*

*EDF <https://www.edf.org/>'s Clean Energy program
<https://www.edf.org/climate/cleanenergy>* in New York State promotes
energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions for all New Yorkers. The
EDF program created  partnerships and supported operations of local groups,
including NYC Architecture 2030 district, NYC-EJA and WeACT, with the aim
of engaging communities to identify and develop opportunities for to
integrate clean energy and renewable solutions throughout NY.  Rory
Christian <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rorychristian>, EDF's New York
Director, Clean Energy, and Project Manager Abbey Brown
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbey-c-brown-b10a6a29>, and Program
Coordinator Audrey Hornick-Becker
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-hornick-becker-83676b11>, attended the
announcement for EDF in Dec.   Gotham Green® thanks Dr. Nancy Anderson
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-e-anderson-a90b554>, Director of The
Sallan <http://sallan.org/> Foundation, for bringing this EDF program and
Rory's work to our attention.

*Jet Blue* <http://www.jetblue.com/green>*'s* *Rooftop farm* positioned on
JFK airport grounds, just outsideTerminal 5
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/business/jetblues-airport-farm-adds-a-touch-of-green-to-kennedy.html?_r=0>,
where half a football field of space once sat as an empty eyesore to
travelers zipping by on moving walkways, brought the airline to the
attention of Gotham Green.  Head of Sustainability Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-leonora-mendelsohn-83b6613> represented
JetBlue at the announcement.  In 2008, JetBlue began its first greenhouse
gas offsetting work, directly addressing its biggest environmental and
social impact – CO2 emissions, a greenhouse gas that warms the planet and
adds risk to how our societies and economies function.  By 2015,
JetBlue offset 1.5 billion pounds of CO2e by partnering with a nonprofit to
ensure offsets were real and permanent, ensuring a verifiable reduction in
how much greenhouse gas our atmosphere had to absorb.  Thank you to two key
members of the Port Authority of New York and Jersey Team, JFK General
Manager Michael Moran <https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-moran-42a8205a> and
Assistant General Manager John Selden
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-selden-60913316> who helped connect
Gotham Green® to JetBlue and Sophia.

*Vision Long Island <http://www.visionlongisland.org/>* advances more
livable, economically sustainable, and environmentally responsible growth
on Long Island through Smart Growth. Smart Growth focuses on infill,
re-development, and open space preservation.  It supports mixed-use,
mixed-income communities that are convenient, attractive,
pedestrian-friendly, and that make affordable housing and public
transportation desirable and realistic.  Eric Alexander
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-alexander-7a89671> is Vision Long Island
Executive Director. It also staffs the Long Island Business Council whose
Nassau Chair, Richard Bivone
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-m-bivone-a763475>nominated this worthy
non-profit.

Founded in 2001, *Sustainable South Bronx* <http://www.ssbx.org/> (SSBx)
addresses economic and environmental issues in the South Bronx – and
throughout New York City – through green job training, community greening
programs, and social enterprise.  BEST Academy, a green collar workforce
training program, offers hands-on training in rebuilding communities still
impacted by Hurricane Sandy, planting trees, coating rooftops and others.
NYC CoolRoofs (NYC SBS) provides unemployed New Yorkers with transitional
employment to coat one million square feet of rooftop with reflective
coating that improves energy-efficiency and contributes to the City’s
sustainability goals.  SmartRoofs, a social enterprise that employs
graduates of the BEST Academy in green construction and maintenance jobs,
leads to long-term careers in the green sector.  It operates in partnership
since October 2015 with The Hope Program <https://www.thehopeprogram.org/>,
based in Brooklyn.  Irene Branche
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/irene-branche-7b056918>, Chief Development
Officer at The Hope Program and SSBx, and Rhonda James
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhonda-james-3a617aa>, SSBx Director, Finance
& Operations, Smart Roofs, LLC / NYC °CoolRoofs, represented Sustainable
South Bronx at the Dec announcement.  Thank you to my colleague in
governmental relations, Gotham member Arthur Goldstein
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthurgoldstein>, for nominating SSBx.

For over five years New Jersey-based *HR Computes*
<http://www.hrcomputes.com/> focused its services on creating and aligning
sustainable strategy with core business mission in order to create
organizations that adopt a long-term sustainable approach to business.
Principal Kristina Kohl <https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinakohl> attended
the announcement.  Thank you to my Gotham Green® co-chair and friend Joshua
Zinder <http://www.gothamnetworking.com/jzinder> for helping Gotham find
this worthy honoree.

Since 1968, *Bernie Krause*
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiqwqfbr8HJAhWBFj4KHU1cAZoQtwIIQzAG&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuTbA-mxo858&usg=AFQjCNFv9JBnbHVQuTZOIlP_T8DEz_5J3w&sig2=soielR45ZUDEWtg4WdXPGQ>,
a seventy-six-year-old musician, writer, and self-described “soundscape
ecologist,” has visited every continent, often carrying cumbersome and
heavy equipment to record Earth’s remaining tracts of wilderness and their
inhabitants.  Gotham Green member Joel Chadabe
<http://www.gothamnetworking.com/Joel_Chadabe>, President of the Ear to the
Earth Foundation <http://eartotheearth.org/>, nominated Mr. Krause and
attended the announcement.

*THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE FRIARS CLUB ON THURSDAY APRIL 21 AT 12;30.
PLEASE RSVP ASAP.  YOU CAN USE THE LINK BELOW TO DO SO:*
*  https://gothamnetworking.isecuresites.com/group/GOtham-GREEN/1839
<https://gothamnetworking.isecuresites.com/group/GOtham-GREEN/1839>*


*Regards,*

*Sherry Rivera*
LEED Green Associate
*ENVIRRON*
NYC and NY State WBE Certified
*UVC Technology*
*Supplier of Commercial & Industrial Building & Maintenance Materials*

*Indoor Air Quality, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability*

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