The Environmental Symposium Series: Highlighting U.S.-Israel Research & Development Cooperation in Green Technology

The Environmental Symposium Series: Highlighting U.S.-Israel Research & Development Cooperation in Green Technology

December 15, 2010 (4:00 pm)
Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Israel, the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Foundation, and ZAG/S&W, an Israeli-U.S. law firm, have organized this third Environmental Symposium on the theme of U.S.-Israel cooperation in the development of clean energy technology and renewable energy sources. The program panelists will offer a variety of perspectives, including an executive of a GreenTech Incubator that is cultivating the development of Israeli technologies in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a State of Israel Economic Affairs Minister promoting trade and R&D cooperation, and a U.S. Department of Energy representative who oversees bi-national programs to facilitate the teaming of Israeli and U.S. companies on clean energy technology R&D projects.

Panel speakers include:

• Assaf Vitman, Minister for Economic Affairs, Israel Ministry of Finance
• David Lohr, Executive Director, Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator
• U.S. Department of Energy Representative, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division

Moderator:

• Jeffrey M. Karp, Partner and Co-Leader of Climate-Related Business and Technology Practice, ZAG/S&W

This seminar is complimentary. Registration with full name and date of birth is required. To RSVP, please email the U.S.-Israel Science & Technology Foundation at eve@usistf.org. A photo ID is required to enter the Embassy. To speed the security process, bags and laptops are discouraged.

Next Week's Breakfast Forum - Building for New York's Future with Joseph B. Rose‏

Professors Andrew R. Berman and Ross Sandler cordially invite you to a Breakfast Forum on

Building for New York's Future

Co-sponsored by the Center for Real Estate Studies and the Center for New York City Law

Keynote Speaker: Joseph B. Rose, Partner, The Georgetown Company and Former Chairman, NYC Planning Commission

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 from 8:15-9:30 a.m.
Location: New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, between Leonard and Worth Streets

Registration: Online by clicking the invitation image below OR calling 212-431-2135

The Vacuum from the Sea

Remember that huge Island of garbage in the Pacific Ocean? Well one company is actually doing something about it by taking the adrift plastic and turning it into something usable by consumers.

Enter: the Electrolux Vac from the Sea

To read more about this product click on this link: http://links.everyguyed.com/87aa77433c933d56/?web=35eb38&dst=http%3A//leberpr.com/blog/%3Fp%3D931%23

Research and Environmental Policy Opportunity!

There are 3 things you should know about New York City over the next 25 years: (1) We will be getting BIGGER; (2) our infrastructure will be getting OLDER; and (3) our environment will be AT RISK. PlaNYC 2030 is a comprehensive sustainability plan for New York that addresses each of these challenges.

The Mayor's Long Term Planning and Sustainability Office wants to update PlaNYC 2030 and has reached out to us, the ELS of NYLS, for help.

We are looking for INTERESTED STUDENTS to work with us on this project.

We are still in the planning stage, but anticipate beginning on this project in early January 2011 (with a chance of starting even earlier). Before proceeding we need to gauge student interest, so...

If you ARE INTERESTED in tackling this research project with us and want more information, please contact Dorian Iafeliece (dorian.iafeliece@law.nyls.edu) by Monday, Nov. 8th, 2010. Students interested in sustainable development, green infrastructure and environmental law are encouraged to join us.

You will get an opportunity to work with top New York City Officials on how to make NYC are greener and better city to live in!

NYS Neighborhood Preservation Coalition’s Annual Conference

NPCNYS’s Statewide Housing Conference
Revitalization: Building New York’s Future

Thursday & Friday October 28-29, 2010 New York Law School

On October 28 & 29, 2010 the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal and The Center for Real Estate Studies and Justice Action Centers of The New York Law School will be hosting the 2010 NPCNYS’s Conference on Affordable Housing and Community Development.

We will: 

• Discuss ways we are building New York’s future by revitalizing communities throughout the State. 
• Explore green building strategies, community revitalization efforts and more. 
• Discover innovations in planning, development and preservation in today’s housing industry. 
• Share ideas, tips, and approaches with fellow industry professionals and experts during our networking lunches and workshops. 
• Tackle solutions for all areas of sustainable communities, including environmental, transportation, and health.

A great chance to network with: 

• Affordable housing advocates 
• Architects and planners 
• Community development advocates 
• Lawyers 
• Legislators 
• Lending industry 
• Neighborhood groups 
• Nonprofit housing organizations 
• Public agencies 
• Researchers 
• Residential builders and developers 
• Sustainable development experts 
• Tenants/housing consumers 

A full schedule of events can be found http://www.npcnys.org/conference2010.html.

Alternative Food Channels for NYC Neighborhoods

The evolution and outlook for food cooperatives as a strategy to bring healthy, affordable food to under resourced neighborhoods. What are the challenges and needs of these efforts? What are the potential resources? Is there a role for policy?

Food Systems Network NYC is hosting an open networking meeting to discuss alternative food channels for NYC neighborhoods this Wednesday. Panelists include: Joe Holtz, General Manager and founding member of the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn, Natalie Soleil from the Fourth St. Food Co-op in Manhattan, and Shira Shaham from the Bushwick Food Co-op.

Date: October 19, 2010

Time: 12:30 PM

Location: Fund for the City of New York, Main Conference Room

121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10013-1590

Breakfast AND Sustainable Real Estate Development?! Sign me up!

Attention Environnmental  Real Estate Aficionados: October 6th @ 8:15am, the New York Law School Center for Real Estate Studies is hosting its 4th Annual Breakfast Forum on Sustainable Real Estate Development.

Panelists include David Bragdon (Director, NYC Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability), Fred Harris (Senior VP, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.), and Gail Suchman (Special Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavman LLP)

CLICK HERE to RSVP for this FREE event!
Seating is limited, so don't wait for too long.