SOLAR One “REVELRY BY THE RIVER” is held June 7, 2011 at SOTHEBY’S. This years honorees are Gina Argento and Broadway Stages with the Environmental Stewardship Award and Elettra Wiedemann with the Young Environmentalist Award. This evening is going to be a fantastic celebration of Solar One’s pioneering concept in New York City, providing visitors and residents with public programs about energy efficiency, renewable energy, green building and urban ecology. For what to wear to this electric event we took our inspiration from the vivid black, white and yellow of the invitation and went to SAK.com to shop this color scheme – very cool in the heat of the summer.
Left to Right: Moschino Ruffle Shoulder Dress ($695), Tod’s Lucy Pochette Python Clutch ($1291), Stuart Weitzman Bow Sandals ($398), Michael kors Palamino Printed Sheath Dress ($1795), Anya Hindmarch Double-Frame Patent Clutch ($445), Jimmy Choo Patent Leather Sandals ($750), Badgley Mischka Sculptural Cocktail Dress ($320), DVF Alexa Patent Leather Sandals ($335)
Chairs: H. Hartley du Pont & Margo M Langenberg
Junior Chairs: Katie Corrigan, August Irenee du Pont, Louise McCready, Nicole Rhodes
Solar One Green Energy, Arts and Education Center, represents a pioneering concept in It is located on the East River between 23rd and 18th Streets in Stuyvesant Cove Park. Funds raised will support Solar One’s award winning environmental programs about public awareness, energy efficiency and conservation as well as educational study in the Park. NYC Department of Education and Solar One recently launched the Green Design Lab, a sustainability and environmental K-12 educational program in 10 New York City public schools during the 2010-2011 academic year. The students focus on greening their school building with hands on projects such as rooftop gardens, building performance and energy efficiency, air quality, waste conservation, schoolyard habitats and non-toxic cleaners. On average the benefits of greening schools is about $70 per square foot.
HONOREES: Gina Argento and Broadway Stages, New York City’s premier film and television production facility will accept the Environmental Stewardship Award. A dedicated and committed environmentalist and President of Broadway Stages, Gina has made Broadway Stages home to New York’s largest suite of solar arrays covering almost 50,000 square feet of Brooklyn’s rooftops. Broadway Stages is also home to a 6,000 square foot green roof organic farm that is part of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, with an onsite farm market which distributes fresh produce to local restaurants. Farm-based educational and volunteer programs for school children operate from spring to fall.
Elettra Wiedemann, a model and spokesperson for Lancôme, will accept the Young Environmentalist Award. In 2008, Elettra co-founded One Frickin Day, a non-profit organization that asks people to donate one day of their salary towards very specific causes around the world. Since it’s inception, One Frickin Day has worked in partnership with Partners In Health and Solar Electirc Light Fund to bring solar power to clinics in Burundi, Haiti and Rwanda.
CHAIRS: H. Hartley du Pont & Margo M Langenberg
JUNIOR CHAIRS: Katie Corrigan, August Irenee du Pont, Louise McCready, Nicole Rhodes
TICKETS: $350 – $2,500
CONTACT: Biddle & Bellidora Communications
Carole Bellidora-Westfall (973) 507-9303 – [email protected]
