Announcing Sustainable Summer Sponsorship 2011

Sustainable Summer is a sponsorship award of up to $4000 given out by Green Builders @ Columbia for students who wish to pursue summer activities related to sustainable design. All Columbia undergraduate and graduate students (including graduates of the 2011 academic year) are eligible.  Proposals are due Monday, April 25, 6pm.

 

For more information, please download and review the following document: SustainableSummerSponsorship_2011Guidelines-correction.docx

For additional questions, please contact: ams2298@columbia.edu

Email your proposal submission to: sustainablesummer2011@gmail.com

 

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GreenHaus Ball!! Coming up on Feb 25, 10:30 PM til ~  @ Campo's on Broadway!

 

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GB@C presents:

Lecture by James Garrison
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
6:30 pm, Buell East Gallery
refreshments will be served

CNN Money video featuring James Garrison:
http://www.youtube.com

James Garrison Architects:
http://www.garrisonarchitects.com

 

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October 22, 11am-7pm (on campus, Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium)
Sustainability in Buildings & LEED Workshop (MSRED Sustainability Forum)

There are a few sustainability events happening this week, but we particularly want to point out this workshop on campus. Join Jessica Strauss, AIA, LEED AP for a comprehensive workshop on sustainability in the building industry, carbon emissions benchmarking, and LEED core concepts. This course is the mandatory first step in obtaining LEED accreditation. Please pre-register by Wednesday, October 20 with Julian Pancoast, jpp2117@columbia.edu. For other events this week, visit this blog post.

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GROWING CITIES
sponsored by GB@C and the Sustainable Summer Award

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 6:30pm
Avery Hall, Rm 114 (basement)

Saranga Nakhooda and Devin Lafo, recent GSAPP graduates, will discuss their summer research project that was made possible by the Green Builders 2010 Sustainable Summer Award. They will speak about their experiences from their trip to Milwaukee to research large-scale urban farming projects, and in particular the work of the organizations Growing Power (http://www.growingpower.org/) and Sweetwater Organics (http://sweetwater-organic.com/blog/). You can also view Saranga and Devin's initial proposal here.

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ECOGRAM IS HERE!
For those of you who remember Ecogram from last year, I'm sure you're excited to go back for some more this year. For those of you who don't know, Ecogram is a series of lectures done in the fall at GSAPP around a central ecological theme. This year's theme is Africa. The series is put together by two really awesome people: Ioanna Theocharopoulou and Mitchel Joachim.

Last year we participated by attending each lecture, and having a different person blog each time. It would be great if we could do it again this year too. I'll be going on Thursday and blogging that night, but if you are interested in covering one of these events and having your review / comments / summary, etc. posted on the Green Builder's website, shoot me an email! Here is the schedule of Ecogram events:
http://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/ecogram

-Peter Adams
pma2119@columbia.edu

Here are the bloggers we have so far:
Thursday 9/23: Peter Adams
Monday 9/37: Andrea Sreshtra
Wednesday 9/29: _________
Friday 10/1: _____________

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Hi everyone!  Welcome to Columbia, or welcome back.  Last year was a great year for the Green Builders at Columbia club.  We accomplished way more than we thought we would and our group is starting to have a positive effect on the university.  Last year we made the local news with our awesome Parking Day installation, we ran the first ever student/faculty roundtable at Ecogram II, we had a fashion show, a massive fundraising ball, some great lectures, AND we had fun!  I expect that this year will be even better.  We'll learn from the past and do it classier than ever.  We have lost a few outstanding members to graduation, but I'm already very excited about the new flood of talented people that will get involved this year. But it doesn't matter if you're new or old to the club, don't forget that GB@C is meant to be a flexible network.  That means that we can take on new or different projects this year.  All it takes is your initiative!  If you have an idea, don't sit on it - share it with the club and together we may be able to make it happen.  Also, no one here is obligated to do dirty work.  Get involved in the projects you like and don't worry about the rest.  Our mission is to keep up an engaging conversation about issues relating to sustainability and the built environment and to keep it fun in the process. To start this year off right, join us this week as we prepare for Park(ing) Day and kick off our year:
- Peter Adams, Co-President

October 22, 11am-7pm (on campus, Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium)
Sustainability in Buildings & LEED Workshop (MSRED Sustainability Forum)

There are a few sustainability events happening this week, but we particularly want to point out this workshop on campus. Join Jessica Strauss, AIA, LEED AP for a comprehensive workshop on sustainability in the building industry, carbon emissions benchmarking, and LEED core concepts. This course is the mandatory first step in obtaining LEED accreditation. Please pre-register by Wednesday, October 20 with Julian Pancoast, jpp2117@columbia.edu. For other events this week, visit this blog post.


Growing Cities
sponsored by GB@C and the Sustainable Summer Award

Saranga Nakhooda and Devin Lafo, recent GSAPP graduates, will discuss their summer research project that was made possible by the Green Builders 2010 Sustainable Summer Award. They will speak about their experiences from their trip to Milwaukee to research large-scale urban farming projects, and in particular the work of the organizations Growing Power (http://www.growingpower.org/) and Sweetwater Organics (http://sweetwater-organic.com/blog/).

Event Details:
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Avery Hall, Rm 114 (basement)
6:30pm

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Park(ing) Day 2009 was a huge success!
Check out this video on the NY Times Blog.
New York 1 has some video of us too!