Go Green East Harlem! Seminars for Supers
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Seminars for Supers is a series of free monthly workshops coordinated by a unique collaboration of organizations working under the Go Green East Harlem! umbrella to improve the quality of life in East Harlem.

Our seminars aim to provide a useful background on building maintenance techniques that help reduce a building's impact on the environment and reduce exposure to chemicals that can harm human health. By presenting our expertise to building managers and superintendents in the community we hope provide applicable information to participants and offer our ongoing support to the community to implement these initiatives to go green in East Harlem.

The topics selected provide a holistic approach to healthy living conditions and a clean environment. The seminars are designed to address the concerns of both supers and tenants, helping to create a bridge that can lead to a nicer living environment for tenants and a better workplace for building staff.

SEMINAR CALENDAR:

• February - Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
  Tuesday, February 26 2008, 10am - 11:30am
  New York Academy of Medicine
  1216 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street), Room 21
  

  This seminar will review the health benefits of using Integrated Pest Management for tenants, maintenance workers and pest control professionals. Participants will learn the basic techniques for reducing/eliminating cockroaches, bed bugs and rodents while minimizing the use of harmful poisons. The presentation will also include a review of pest control products and tools that can be used to make IPM easier and more effective and a case study where IPM was successfully implemented in a residential building.
  

• March - Energy and Water Conservation Programs
  Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10am - 11:30am
  New York Academy of Medicine
  1216 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street) in the Presidents Gallery
  

  This seminar will identify ways that buildings waste water and energy and highlight some practical conservation measures. Attendees will hear about services available to assess and improve buildings’ performances, a case study on fluorescent lamp recycling programs and expert tenant relations advice on how to build support and participation for thier own building conservation programs.

• April - Green Cleaning
  [Click to View Photos by East Harlem Preservation]
  Thursday, April 24, 2008, 10am - 11:30am
  Harlem State Office Building
  163 West 125th Street (between Lenox and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd) Room 805
  

  This seminar will identify effective methods to clean buildings with comparable 'green' cleaning products that will improve the health of cleaning staff and building occupants without raising costs. Attendees will learn to look out for harmful ingredients in everyday household cleaners and where to find alternative products. This session will also include feedback from local supers who have tested green cleaning products during the past two weeks.

• May - Recycling Programs and Street Tree Care (click for flyer)
  Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 10am - 11:30am
  Julia De Burgos Cultural Center
  1680 Lexington Avenue (between 105^th and 106^th Streets)
  Please RSVP
  
  This seminar will show you ways to green your building inside and out. Find out what you don't know about recycling in New York City and learn about services that can help you improve your building's recycling program, get your residents to recycle more and avoid fines. Hear how a few dedicated residents transformed Grant Houses into a community that recycles. Learn about efforts to plant thousands of street trees in Northern Manhattan, how this will benefit the community and what you can do to maintain your beautiful new greenery.
  
  
• June - TBD

For questions, to RSVP or to be added to the notification list, please contact Christina Salvi, Manhattan Recycling Outreach Coordinator, at 212-788-7989 or by using our contact form.

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