build it green!

Learn to make tile mosaics with BIG! at Socrates Sculpture Park

Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Build It Green Staff and Jason Poster of 3rd Ward will be teaching a tile mosaic workshop at the summer solstice celebration organized by Socrates Sculpture Park and Materials for the Arts.

This fun family event will feature live music and Solstice DJ Jonny Fego, special performances by Free Style Arts Association and Recycle A Bicycle's BMX Stunt Rider Jeff McIntyre, additional eco-friendly artmaking workshops are offered by The Queens Museum, The Noguchi Museum, Materials for the Arts, Recycle A Bicycle and Socrates Sculpture Park.

Don't miss: Transformation! Facepainting by Agostino Arts, and delicious down home picnic fare from Jonathan Forgash and Film Chefs Restaurant to celebrate the beginning of summer!

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Join BIG! Staff at Saturday's FREECYCLE™ New York City Solar-Powered Freemeet

Saturday, June 24, 2006 11am - 4pm at Habana Outpost Eco-Eatery

757 Fulton Street at South Portland Ft. Greene, Brooklyn

Freecycle's "FreeMeet" is a real swap-meet! It's also a way of helping to reduce New York's waste and promote reuse with a day of giving (and getting). Bring your usable, but unwanted household goods to give and come see what's being given away.

Leftover items will be donated to local charities to the extent possible.

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Party at Solar One's Citysol Sunday!

Citysol celebrates the idea that greening New York is about unleashing, not taming, the city and its energy. The free all-day event includes: renewable energy-powered live music from Aa (Big A Little a), Japanther, (BIG!NYC's very own) the Occasion, Parts & Labor, Tomorrow's Friend and the Wowz; interactive exhibits showcasing key innovations; practices and policies for New York's sustainable future; and a green lifestyle marketplace offering apparel, electronics, household goods, media and much more.