What: Community Solar Workshop Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012 Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm Where: First Unitarian Church’s Common Room (3114 Harney Street) Community Solar is a relatively new concept that allows community members to reap the benefits of solar energy, even if it is not installed on their own property! Joy Hughes, Founder and [...]
You are cordially invited to tour the Fort Omaha Campus solar greenhouse, followed by a discussion of solar greenhouse designs & kits. Both will be led by MCC Solar Instructor, Michael Shonka. When: Saturday, April 28th at 1 p.m. Where: Metropolitan Community College Fort Omaha Campus, 32nd & Sorensen Parkway (second right north of Sorensen) [...]
When: Thursday, May 10th from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Where: Neighborhood Center, 115 S 49th Avenue All GNC workshops are free and open to the public. As everyone involved in the local urban farming movement knows, the number of backyard and community gardens in the Omaha area continues to increase each year. People of all [...]
Green Neighborhood Council’s Roundtable Discussion Facilitator: Glenn Pollock When: April 12th – 6:30 to 8 p.m. Where: Neighborhood Center, 115 South 49th Avenue Glenn Pollock is a longtime ecologist whose hobby is conserving and restoring natural landscapes, including urban prairies like the Vincent Bluff, Audubon, Allwine, and T.J. Davis Prairie Preserves, among others. He will [...]
When: Saturday, March 10th from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Where: First Unitarian Church, 3114 Harney Street This will be the second in a series of workshops co-sponsored by the Green Neighborhood Council (GNC) and the Nebraska Solar Energy Society (NSES) to provide information about solar energy and, for those who are interested, to work with [...]
Green Neighborhood Council’s March Community Roundtable Facilitator: Kristi Wamstad-Evans, Omaha’s Sustainability Coordinator When: Thursday, March 8th – 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Where: Neighborhood Center, 115 S. 49th Avenue All GNC community events are free and open to the public. Ms. Wamstad-Evans was hired as the City’s first Sustainability Coordinator in September, 2009. Over the past [...]
A Green Neighborhood Council Roundtable Discussion When: February 9, 2012 – 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Where: The Neighborhood Center, 115 S 49th Avenue All GNC workshops are free & open to the public. The Green Neighborhood Council and the Nebraska Solar Energy Society are co-sponsoring a roundtable discussion on the steps involved in forming a [...]
The GNC plans to start up its community-service program again in March, and Cindy Smilley, Executive Director of Keep Omaha Beautiful, will be at our January 12th, 2012 forum to describe our first project, weather-permitting. Please bring your ideas for future green projects. (See the next post, reEnergize Omaha, for information about the forum).
The Green Neighborhood Council (GNC) is moving to a new time starting in 2012 – the 2nd Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Our first speaker for the New Year will be Jason Kubicek, reEnergize Program Coordinator – Marketing and Engagement: www.reenergizeprogram.org When: January 12, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Same Place – [...]
Facilitator: Kathe Lyons, PhD, Director of UNO Days of Service/Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Where: Neighborhood Center, 115 S. 49th Avenue When: 12 to 1 p.m. Free and open to the public Everyone who attended Green Neighborhood Council’s October 19th workshop, “Community Service Partnerships,” enjoyed the opportunity to meet Kathe Lyons and to learn about UNO’s alliance [...]
