• Green Drinks
Green Drinks Ithaca is an open social for the sustainability-minded to gather without a particular agenda - to enjoy a fun and refreshing mix of people, stories and ideas. Anyone is welcome - entrepreneurs, activists, business owners, educators, citizens, students, retirees, government officials, kith and kin. Whether you're a sustainability leader or completely new to the movement, we're excited to get together. Any Ideas? Share them!Cocktails are Good
Sustainability + Cocktails = Better
We can save the world one sip at a time :)
We will be hosting these events every 4th Week of the Month, 7-10pm. Please join the Ithaca Green Drinks community and enjoy the company of colleagues, friends, and new friends!
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Green Drinks at Culture Shock!
TUESDAY, August 23rd 2011, 7 - 10PM
109 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca
Please join us on Tuesday August 23rd for Green Drinks Ithaca - a fun and refreshing mix of locals gathering for sustainability!
Green Drinks Ithaca is pleased to be hosting again at a great local green establishment - Culture Shock - a green drinks match made in heaven! You will find everything is fresh and fun -- live cultured foods and creative combinations for all to enjoy, from lively local artist adorned seating areas to a ball pit! The menu has satisfying salads and refreshing frozen yogurt, Kombucha in kegs, Local wine -- local, organic, vegan friendly, and gluten free! Enjoy these great features, especially the food, kombucha brew and fantastic green drinks specials!
The SEEN enjoyed an amazing turnout of over 150 guests at the Ithaca Mayoral Candidate Forum on Monday, August 8th! From the time and care the candidates put into their participation, the excellent questions, to the fully engaged audience, the sustainability movement for the City of Ithaca has taken a leap forward. A huge THANK YOU to the incredible volunteer work and support that made this event possible! We welcome YOU to continue raising the awareness of our emerging green economy, with the invited mayoral candidates, at green drinks.
- Click here for more info and feedback about this event on TheSEEN.org
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As with all Green Drinks events, this event is free and open to the public. Stop by anytime between 7 and 10pm. Please bring a friend or colleague!
Green Drinks at Culture Shock!
TUESDAY, July 26th 2011, 7 - 10PM
109 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca
Please join us on Tuesday July 26th for Green Drinks Ithaca - a fun and refreshing mix of locals gathering for sustainability!
Green Drinks Ithaca is thrilled to be hosting at another great local green establishment - Culture Shock! You will find everything is fresh and fun -- live cultured foods and creative combinations for all to enjoy, from lively local artist adorned seating areas to a ball pit! The refreshing menu has many food and drink options, like satisfying salads and refreshing frozen yogurt, Kombucha in kegs, Local wine -- vegan friendly, gluten free, local and organic! The restaurant was renovated re-claiming, re-using, and re-purposing many local materials, and uses energy efficient equipment and lighting. Enjoy these great sustainability features, especially the food and kombucha brew, Tuesdays through Sundays.
Help us raise community spirit and new connections for sustainability by participating in Green Drinks. Each participant makes the networking experience that much greater!
As with all Green Drinks events, this event is free and open to the public. Stop by anytime between 7 and 10pm. Please bring a friend or colleague!
Green Drinks at Bandwagon Brew Pub!
MONDAY, June 27th 2011, 7 - 10PM
114 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca
(and down the stairs into the Grotto)
Please join us on Monday June 27th for Green Drinks Ithaca - a fun and refreshing mix of locals gathering for sustainability!
Green Drinks Ithaca is thrilled to be hosting again at a great local establishment - Bandwagon Brewpub! You will find 15 craft + 5 house made taps, a full restaurant with a menu prepared with many local ingredients including all land dwelling animal dishes. Find us in their overwhelmingly comfortable lounge, the Bandwagon Grotto! As part of an addition to the brewpub, the Grotto and expanded micro brewery were built with salvage materials from the "demolition" (or deconstruction) phase and from both Finger Lakes ReUse & Significant Elements, and brewing equipment from Cornell Labs. Bandwagon is a member of the ReBusiness Partners Program, taking part in eliminating waste through compost, recycling, and green purchasing. Enjoy these great sustainability features, especially the food and brew, 7 days a week until 1am.
Help us raise community spirit and new connections for sustainability by participating in Green Drinks. Each participant makes the networking experience that much greater!
As with all Green Drinks events, this event is free and open to the public. Stop by anytime between 7 and 10pm. Please bring a friend or colleague!
Green Drinks at Bandwagon Brew Pub!
MONDAY, May 23rd 2011
114 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca
(and down the stairs into the Grotto)
Please join us on Monday May 23rd for Green Drinks Ithaca - a fun and refreshing mix of locals gathering for sustainability!
Green Drinks Ithaca is thrilled to be hosting at another great local establishment - Bandwagon Brewpub! You will find 15 craft + 5 house made taps, a full restaurant with a menu prepared with many local ingredients including all land dwelling animal dishes. Find us in their overwhelmingly comfortable lounge, the Bandwagon Grotto! As part of an addition to the brewpub, the Grotto and expanded micro brewery were built with salvage materials from the "demolition" (or deconstruction) phase and from both Finger Lakes ReUse & Significant Elements, and brewing equipment from Cornell Labs. Bandwagon is a member of the ReBusiness Partners Program, taking part in eliminating waste through compost, recycling, and green purchasing. Enjoy these great sustainability features, especially the food and brew, 7 days a week until 1am.
On this topic, we are fascinated by the many different ways local business becomes more sustainable. Often through sharing passions and supporting others to achieve theirs, people find ways to make their own business and lives greener. In this spirit, experience how we help create community resiliency, and fun, at Green Drinks.
As with all Green Drinks events, this event is free and open to the public. Stop by anytime between 7 and 10pm. Please bring a friend or colleague!
Green Drinks for The Economics of Happiness!
MONDAY, April 25th 2011, 7 - 10PM
at Northstar (public) House
Please join us for Green Drinks this Monday! Our topic of interest is The Economics of Happiness -- As we close out another Earth Week, ramp up for an abundant spring and summer, and continue work towards balancing our daily lives, let's make some time to think about and share how our choices nourish our long-term well being. We often make our choices thinking about some type of convenience or satisfaction, while meeting our financial constraints; however, during these "here & now" actions of our personal business we can easily forget how our choices have a local impact, which can make the biggest difference in our well-being.
The Economics of Happiness is a film with a particular focus: "'Going local' is a powerful strategy to help repair our fractured world - our ecosystems, our societies and our selves. Far from the old institutions of power, people are starting to forge a very different future... " See the trailer below:
Sustainable Tompkins is hosting a community conversation about local efforts to build a more resilient and fair economy on Wednesday, April 27, 7:00-9:30 pm at Cinemapolis. The evening will feature a panel discussion and the Ithaca premiere of The Economics of Happiness - a film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick and John Page, and a project of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC).
Green Drinks is a simple and fun example of The Economics of Happiness, so we think it's the perfect time to talk about our happiness, local marketplace, and to gear up for the premier and panel discussion on Wednesday! We look forward to seeing YOU there!
Northstar (public) House
202 East Falls Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
*As with all Green Drinks events, this event is free and open to the public. At Northstar (public) House, you will find local beers and wines, as well as standard pub fare (some local!) with vegetarian and vegan selections on the menu. Stop by anytime between 7 and 10pm. Please bring a friend or colleague!
March 28th, 2011, 7-10PM
Green Drinks Features Planners for a Resilient Tompkins County!
at Northstar (public) House
Please join us for a special Green Drinks Ithaca - a refreshing mix of locals gathering for sustainability, with a twist of programming!
The SEEN gathering, "Building a Resilient Tompkins County" was intended to be a start of collaborative action towards achieving the community vision for the County. Many in attendance experienced openness for new ideas and refining strategies presented, and noticed sitting next to them was someone else who is most likely a key stakeholder in making that happen. As the evening closed we shared our support for the next steps, and this Green Drinks is an opportunity to do just that! 
While we are all thinking about what strategies we specifically can focus on to prioritize our needs, let's continue the conversation and learn more about how the Comprehensive Plan can help. Scott Doyle, a Senior Planner, and possibly a few other members of the Tompkins County Planning team will be present to answer any questions and further the discussion for our resiliency. For example, did you know there is a program to help plant indigenous trees and other great shrubs and flora that helps beautify our natural space and clean the water going into our streams for hundreds of years?!? It is called the Stream Buffer Planting Guide.
As with all Green Drinks events, this event is free and open to the public. At Northstar (public) House, you will find local beers and wines, as well as standard pub fare (some local!) with vegetarian and vegan selections on the menu. Stop by anytime between 7 and 10pm. Please bring a friend or colleague!
Northstar (public) House
202 East Falls Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
GREEN DRINKS
February 28th, 2011, 7-10pm
Green Drinks Features Community Ownership!
at Northstar House
Please join us for a special Green Drinks Ithaca this Monday at the Northstar House. You will find local beers and wines, as well as standard pub fare (some local!) with vegetarian and vegan selections on the menu.
Recently, the Ithaca community received news that our only local, independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books, would be closing. The immediate response was that we share a passion for our independent bookstore and what it represents... Something must be done. An independent store thrives from involvement in the community and by the community, from how it programs, stocks its shelves and works with customers, which uniquely positions it to be highly receptive to feedback and highly accountable to invested resources. This is the kind of business that may never see huge monetary gains, nor constant growth, but can create enrichment, equity and social capital beyond measure. Such benefits are essential to sustaining our local economy. Consider it the slow food of the literary world.
Bob Proehl and supporters have committed to a Community Buy Out Initiative, to save the bookstore and convert ownership from a sole proprietorship to a cooperative. A cooperative ownership model is recognized to best match the needs of such community enterprises. Bob will be at Northstar to make a 5-minute presentation about the initiative, and to talk to anyone interested in learning more.
We at the Hub encourage discussion and engagement in place-based investment, which is represented by Buffalo Street Books, our Sustainable Enterprise & Entrepreneur Network, and many other community initiatives. Join the conversation, and the movement!
Northstar House
202 East Falls Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
SEEN + Green Drinks January Event!
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
We are excited to start the new year with our first ever combined SEEN and Green Drinks event at the Carriage House Cafe in Ithaca, NY. We will be gathering in the beautifully restored second floor known affectionately as The Hayloft. This warm rustic space now has a fireplace with comfortable seating. You will find local beers and wines at the newly restored bar.
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December 13th, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca Cheer!
at The Carriage House Hayloft
Join us this Monday for some Green Drinks Cheer!
We are pleased to be hosting again at the Carriage House Hayloft!
For those of you who did not make it to Green Drinks last month, the Carriage House Cafe and Hayloft is a beautiful building, designed and adorned with incredible refurbished and re-purposed features, many of which were salvaged locally. Join us for a relaxed evening with a great selection of wines and craft beers, and raise some holiday cheer for a great year and new year in sustainability!
At Green Drinks we welcome all, whatever your interest in sustainability may be there is sure to be someone new to meet, something new to share, and connections to be made.
*There will be a CASH BAR, music, and a lovely fire.
Please mark your calendars for this Monday, 7-10PM and share this with anyone who may be interested!
Thanks again!
*Hungry? Feel free to grab some pizza or other snacks across the street at The Connection (formerly ABC Cafe / Giving Tree Cafe) & bring it in.
**Parking is available in the Cornell Lot nearby (open to the public at night)**
GREEN DRINKS
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca is Thankful!
at The Carriage House Hayloft
What a great year it has been for networking and enjoying the rise of sustainability!
Green Drinks has had an awesome run for its first year in Ithaca, and we are thrilled to be hosting at the beautiful Carriage House Hayloft. We are so thankful for your participation, and all the new faces we've met.
The Carriage House Cafe and Hayloft is a beautiful building, designed and adorned with incredible refurbished and re-purposed features, many of which were salvaged locally. Join us for a relaxed evening with a great selection of wines and craft beers, and stimulate your gratitude for the many new possibilities arising from such an active sustainability community.
Thanks again!
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca - Bioneering Times!
We are so inspired by this past weekend of Great events at Finger Lakes Bioneers! Green Drinks is at The Westy again like last month, and we would love to share our experiences from Bioneers AND hear yours. Finger Lakes Bioneers http://wemakeourfuture.org/ is dedicated to supporting and furthering our ability to make our future as we intend it to be. So whether you heard some inspiring Keynote speakers, attended The Seer Meets the SEEN event, participated in the Climate Change or City Games, Awakening the Dreamer, etc., or if you missed it... there is much to share and build upon!
Please mark your calendars for this coming hump day - Wednesday at The Westy from 7-10pm, and share this with anyone who may be interested!
Thanks for your support!
The Westy
516 West State Street (MLK)
Ithaca, NY 14850
*Some snacks will be available.
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca - Fall Changes!
We are thrilled to announce another great location for Green Drinks Ithaca! The Westy is on board for the first event of the Fall, and we are going one step further - Our New Day of the Week for September is Wednesday the 29th. It will still go from 7-10pm.
For those who filled out our surveys, we thank you for your feedback. This is one reason we are hosting on a new day. We've been seeking for a set of great Ithaca locations to host Green Drinks, so we can have a circuit to enjoy. This has helped us learn about times and places that are suitable for Green Drinks, and Green Drinks events that are suitable for you!
Please mark your calendars for this coming hump day - Wednesday at The Westy from 7-10pm.
The Westy
516 West State Street (MLK)
Ithaca, NY 14850
*Hungry? Some snacks will be available.
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca - August Engagement!
As this warm and active summer winds down to ramp up for a lively fall, we hope this invite finds you well. We've had a lot of announcements to make about the Hub and our official launch of The SEEN on September 1st, and we'd like to hear from you. We would love your feedback and questions about The SEEN and becoming a member, as well as the larger shifts towards participation in the sustainability movement.
We will be holding this month's event at Northstar House from 7-10pm. And, we will be announcing a new venue for September and beyond.
At this gathering, we'll be distributing a short survey to get your feedback and ideas to help drive future programming for Green Drinks. We can't do it without YOU! Please mark August 23rd on your calendars, for a Green Drinks Ithaca at Northstar House.
Northstar House
202 East Falls Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
*Hungry? A menu selection of dishes will be available for purchase
Please pass this along to anyone who may be interested. Thank you for your support!
Report on Monday, June 28th, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca
Now at Giving Tree Cafe!
We kicked off a summer of Green Drinks in Ithaca with a new venue and some fresh faces. The Giving Tree (formerly ABC Café) graciously opened their doors to the Green Drinks crowd, preparing a delicious spread of summer soups and salads, fresh bread, salsa, and hummus – a menu comprised of farm fresh, local foods that was enjoyed by all. In addition, local beer wine and hard cider was served, with a special on Ithaca draft beers, a Fingerlakes white and Eve's Hard Cider. Despite the torrential downpours throughout the evening, Green Drinkers didn’t miss the opportunity to meet up with friends, make fortuitous connections, and enjoy this summer kick-off event. With about 40+ people in attendance and lots of first-timers, June Green Drinks was a good time for all.
As we look toward July, we can hardly believe it’s been six months since Green Drinks Ithaca began! We want to mark the occasion by taking some time to hear from you.
We hate to be the bearers of sad news, but unfortunately, The Giving Tree Cafe, our summer host, is closed. We are so grateful to The Giving Tree Cafe for opening their doors to us in June, and for helping us to create such a fun and delicious evening. Even though the owners - Rob, Ananda, and Sean - had to make a most difficult choice, the commitment they made to be a sustainable community venue and the initiative they created will prevail.
We've be seeking out new venues, and we'll be in touch soon to share plans beyond August. Please mark August 23rd on your calendars, for a Green Drinks Ithaca at Northstar House. At this gathering, we'll be distributing a short survey to get your feedback and ideas to help drive future programming for Green Drinks. We can't do it without YOU!
Contact: scott@greenresourcehub.org, katherinestoner@gmail.com
Our Co-Hosts
Katherine Stoner & Scott Hamilton
"We will be there to make sure your experience is as enjoyable, relevant and fulfilling as possible."
Our Locations
Northstar House & The Westy
It is our goal to host these events at local establishments that share a purpose of strengthening the community and environment in which we live.
The Hub is delighted to announce the second venue for our Green Drinks Ithaca events - Giving Tree Cafe! Our first five events were at Northstar House, and now we are at Giving Tree Cafe for the months of June, July, and August. Like Northstar House, Giving Tree Cafe has pursued the challenge of looking deeper into their business and committing to principles of sustainability. And, in pursuit of more successes both businesses have invested in their triple bottom line by becoming Charter Members of the Sustainable Enterprise & Entrepreneur Network (SEEN).
Our Ambassadors
Lee Hamilton & Jed Ashton
"We will be there to welcome you and show you how it's done! Find us, and we'll find someone for you to meet."
* Each month there can be two new Ambassadors. While all who take on this honoroble role will be welcome to continue their efforts every month, and serve multiple times, we all recognize that sustainability is a subject that is constantly evolving with new elements emerging every day. With a fresh take on reaching out to the community, all of our Green Drinks events will be rewarded by social contributions that did not exist before.
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca - A Hub Happy Day!
This fifth Green Drinks Ithaca marked the perfect time for the Green Resource Hub to celebrate its fourth birthday. It has been a time of innumerable volunteer hours and invaluable generocity and activity that has garnered a wealth of program development for the Hub and movement towards a sustainable marketplace for the community. This Event brought in more new and familiar faces than any previous, and shared in the spirit that makes our organization what it is today.
It has been a wonderful year for Green Drinks Ithaca in the positive attention and interactivity we have experienced, and in connections that started with simple conversation and have already grown into new relationships, ideas and possibilities for our community. Thanks to YOU this is possible. Keep up the good work!
Northstar House location:
202 E. Falls Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Monday, April 26th, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca - Spring is Bright Green!
Have you noticed how the beautiful trees in the Ithaca Community (and many others) have yellow buds along with their new green leaves? Walking around town lately... all of the sudden color has an awesome brightness to it. Bright Green is also a mindset based on the belief that the convergence of technological change and social innovation provides the most successful path to sustainable development.
Bright Green is enthusiastic about green energy, efficient manufacturing systems, bio technologies, ubiquitous computing, dense urban settlements, closed loop materials cycles and sustainable product designs. They tend to focus extensively on the idea that through a combination of well-built communities, new technologies and sustainable living practices, quality of life can actually be improved even while ecological footprints shrink.
"Bright greens" emerged as a group of environmentalists who believe that radical changes are needed in the economic and political operation of society in order to make it sustainable, but that better designs, new technologies and more widely distributed social innovations are the means to make those changes - and that society can neither shop nor protest its way to sustainability. As Ross Robertson writes, "[B]right green environmentalism is less about the problems and limitations we need to overcome than the “tools, models, and ideas” that already exist for overcoming them. It forgoes the bleakness of protest and dissent for the energizing confidence of constructive solutions."
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca - Onwards!
at Northstar House
Hosts: Katie Stoner & Scott K. Hamilton
Ambassadors: Lee Hamilton & Mark Darling
Thank you for joining the Ithaca Green Drinks community for our third event and enjoy the company of colleagues, friends, and new friends!
Our Ambassadors have changed! They are still here to welcome you to Green Drinks Ithaca; find them, and they will find someone for you to meet. Everyone in the sustainability movement knows a unique group of people in our community. Having new and fresh Green Drinks guests will support diverse and relevant monthly events; so, our ambassadors are such connectors. Each month our ambassadors will change. These folks seek the possibility of meeting someone who can make a green difference in your life.
We had a lot of fun at our third event! It was especially great to see many new faces to the event, to enjoy our first event with new ambassadors and a way to keep the crowd fresh. It was no coincidence that conversations were strong on diversity and sharing ideas on the power of community.
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Green Drinks Ithaca - Take Two!
at Northstar House
Host: Scott K. Hamilton
Ambassadors: Kat McCarthy & Mark Darling
We've created a short documentary film! Videographer, Luke Gustafson recorded at this event and took some interviews with the Hub. The video presents Green Drinks in Ithaca to help communicate its purpose. Enjoy!
The Hub and esteemed guests enjoyed another great Green Drinks! We experienced new connections, ideas and ways in which we are all connected in the movement towards sustainable living. The terms 'sustainable' and even 'green' are often too clinical or over-used for the attention without the merit of results. At these events, it seems clear that the whole community wants to live now into a future that supports a passion for ideas, harmony with the environment and the natural abundance it has to offer. Green Drinks events appear to have an ease, as the place for direction of the movement is in people meeting in the here and now, not in any rank, organization, or industry.
Monday, January 25th
The Kick-Off at Northstar House
Hosts: Katherine Stoner & Scott K. Hamilton
Ambassadors: Kat McCarthy & Mark Darling
The Hub is very grateful for such an incredible turnout to our First Green Drinks Ithaca! 50+ people attended. Many connections were made and ideas shared. There is much new possibility to see through now. Thanks to everyone for such a warm and supportive welcome for this new event.
