Green Apple

The Green Apple Meetup is for New York City

residents,
businesses,
organizations,
building managers,
and others concerned with making sustainability sustainable.

The Discussion Board is currently active. Please contribute to the discussion online (even if you can't attend an event in person).

We do not advocate meetings, or meetups, for the sake of talking green. There is already too much talk and too little action. We are interested in ways of making green happen. In practice there is a certain element of lifestyle choice in the green culture, but eventually, green will only work if it also generates the other kind of green - dollars.

So we are particularly interested in initiatives that combine green with green, truly a natural combination! And it turns out there are plenty of opportunities, while a lot of other things are over-hyped.

Being in the city means many people rent or lease space, so there is a conflict of interest between tenants and owners which tends to hold up the show, yet here and there people are finding innovative solutions. Yet there are some amazing things tenants can do, which benefit them directly, and yet they are not being done (enough).

What matters is creating a collaborative environment where the discussions focus on practical solutions and how to do them, while keeping an eye on avoiding merely painting everything that's more resource efficient than last year's version as 'green.'

So when is green green? In our view it happens once you're on a trajectory that leads to total sustainability over time. Some solutions lend themselves to achieving a sustainable business proposition right now, others are steps in a process. The dead ends are when you merely become more resource efficient, but are not progressing towards a structural solution, although efficiency may also bring structural solutions closer to reality, because they make the problem smaller, but efficiency should not be given priority over structural solutions lest we major in a minor.

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Recent Meetups

August 18, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 3 Sustainability Fans attended
TOMORROW: Thurs, 8/18: Animals, Environment, and Free Trade
Hackensack / Teaneck Veggie Vegan Meetup Group Presents: Free Trade, Animals, and the Environment WHEN: Tomorrow, Thursday, August 18, 2011, 7:00 PM WHERE: Veggie Heaven... Learn more
August 14, 2009 at 7:00 PM, 4 Sustainability Fans attended
EARTH DAYS Documentary - Opening August 14th
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EARTH DAYS A documentary by Robert Stone ***Opening at The Quad Cinema in NYC Friday, August 14th *** "A rapturous and enlightening testament to what... Learn more
August 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM, 80 Sustainability Fans attended
Earth Days FREE SCREENING 9:00 pm Thursday, August 13th
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EARTH DAYS A Robert Stone Film Thursday, August 13th Screening 9:00PM Post Q&A with Director Robert Stone Location: Stuyvesant Cove Park, overlooking the East... Learn more
June 28, 2009 at 3:00 PM, 2 Sustainability Fans attended
Free Urban Gardening Class
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Description: In this class we will go over the step-by-step construction details of Permacultural elements such as Herb Spirals, Swales, and Worm Towers. Additionally,... Learn more
June 14, 2009 at 3:00 PM, 2 Sustainability Fans attended
Free Urban Gardening Class
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In this class we will be going over common biological methods of controlling garden pests. We will also be covering details on preventing the spread of fungus and... Learn more

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New Poll

Rogier van Vlissingen created Topics for 2012 in Green Apple Meetup
Monday at 6:56 AM

"This year we'd like to become more active in organizing events, Our focus will be on Green choices that also make economic sense. We would like to work actively towards hosting some events this year.…"
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Rogier van Vlissingen started Green Power and Admin Costs
Monday at 6:43 AM

"This is just a reminder, if you are on this list, and you are not an NA Power customer already, you have the option to support us by switching your household to Green Energy with North American Power. http://www.napower.co......"

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Rogier van Vlissingen started Fundraising Drive
February 2 at 4:03 PM

"This group is hosted under the auspices of NYCW/TheCourseinTongues -- www.thecourseintongues.org -- a chapter of New York Citi Works -- www.nycitiworks.org This arrangement was chosen in order to keep this group independent from direct commerci..."

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William Storms joined
January 7 at 4:21 PM

"Hi, I am Mickey Storms a 54 year young man who has worked on Wall St for 25 yrs. The last 3 years I have been involved in renewable energy finance, and cost recovery services for commercial real estate owners that optimizes financial performance"
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Darrius joined
December 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM

"Hello, i want to join your group"
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Rogier van Vlissingen started update on the green power revolution
December 6, 2011 at 6:18 AM

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Rogier van Vlissingen started A fresh wind is blowing in the Green Economy
November 19, 2011 at 10:11 AM

"During the year I've had several pitches here from various people wanting to promote energy companies, usually arguing the idea that they're promoting GREEN energy...."

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Rogier van Vlissingen started The Green Energy Option - the North American Power Story.
November 9, 2011 at 5:45 PM

"Years ago I developed some Green Energy marketing programs for an ESCO, in spite of the fact that the company could not see why anyone would buy green energy...."

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Alison joined
October 30, 2011 at 3:47 PM
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Victor Barton joined
October 24, 2011 at 5:41 PM

"Hi everyone. I am in business development focused on energy efficiency. My primary emphasis is in power factor correction - a now important subject in New York for commercial/industrial clients. Check out www.coned.com/reactivepower/ to learn more."