Manhattan

We made the decision to  depart from the bar scene for our first Carrotmob event–and are we glad we did! We’ve teamed up with Carrotmob Hoboken’s Andrew Lascar, and he’s convinced The Peoples Improv Theater (PIT) to donate 100% of the revenue from a comedy show to environmental improvements on the theater.

Yes–One Hundred Percent! You could say we’re stoked.

Owner and founder Ali Farahnakian and his staff are eager to work with us on this. The event will likely take place in December 2009 or January 2010.

So, we have a venue and excited people. The next step to plan a Carrotmob is measuring the baseline of the PIT’s current environmental status. Later, it will be easier to determine the best ways to make environmental improvements and track future impacts.

Professional environmental audits measure a company’s green-ness. The PIT has agreed to two, and at least one of them is coming with an affordable price tag: $0.00! Allow me to introduce a friendly Carrotmob supporter, Michael Zawacki, who founded the environmental consulting company Sage Environments. The Co-Chairman of the Emerging Green Builders of New York and a member of the Urban Green Council, Michael is just the kind of person we want on Carrotmob’s side. His most exciting current venture–and the one that takes most of his time–is the environmentally-friendly Brooklyn coffee shop he’s working to open! (Stay tuned for many more details on that.) He’s generously donating an environmental audit on waste management, air quality, etc. After that, a separate energy audit will be administered.

As always, get in touch with us if you’d like to help out, and check back for progress and details!