Expert Q&As

The Brooklyn Navy Yard (www.brooklynnavyyard.org) is a modern industrial park in a historical setting, dating back to 1802. With tenants representing a variety of industries like construction, theatrical set design, computer and office supplies, contracting, refrigerated distribution facilities, media communications and promotions, motor overhauling, and metal fabrication, the Navy Yard "is capable of handling any type of business." They're building steadily, and their occupancy rates- and the number of jobs being generated- are encouraging indeed.

MGB spoke with CEO Andrew Kimball about the Navy Yard's recipe for success.

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President and owner of Manhattan-based Plant Fantasies, Teresa Carleo has built her full-service landscaping, maintenance, and floral decor business on 22 years of hard work and dedication. With an impressive clientele of New York City developers and companies, Carleo’s green thumb has been sought after by real estate heavyweights like Macklowe Properties, The Trump Organization, World-Wide Holdings Corporation, and Jack Resnick & Sons, just to name a few. In recent years, Carleo has seen an increasing demand for green roofs, which have become one of Plant Fantasies’ specialties. These environmentally-friendly solutions provide building tenants with a beautiful outdoor space and help create new ecosystems in an urban environment. Carleo shared insight on green roofs with MGB, and discussed how she found her calling as a successful entrepreneur.

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EarthKind Energy is a young company, founded in January 2007. The founders spent that year getting all their ducks in a row- and by 2008 , EarthKind (www.earthkindenergy.com) had become the state’s leading authority on Solar Thermal technologies. They’ve conducted more public education and trainings on the subject than any other public or private entity in New York, and developed the most extensive statewide network of installers. EarthKind trained dealers currently sell and install 20% of the solar thermal installations in the state of New York.

MGB spoke with founder Ron Kamen, currently the President of the New York Solar Energy Industry Association (NYSEIA), about the state of solar tech in the Great Northeast.

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Dr. Sylvia Earle has been exploring the oceans since 1953. She has been called "Her Deepness" by both The New Yorker and the New York Times, has been named a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and was Time magazine's first "Hero for the Planet." Earle has participated in over 75 National Geographic expeditions, logging more than 6,500 hours underwater, as well as lectured in 70 countries and authored more than 170 publications. Her new book, The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One, with a forward by Bill McKibben, is being called the Silent Spring of our era. She is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and 2009 TED prize recipient as well as the founder of Deep Search Foundation.

On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, Earle will be the honored guest at Green Drinks New York City's annual holiday party, themed "Our Oceans" (to be held at 15 East 27th Street; greendrinksnyc.com). She will also speak on Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Explorers Club Public Lecture Series' Second State of the Oceans Forum: "Facing the Crisis, Reasons for Hope," at The Explorers Club, (46 East 70th Street; www.1planet1ocean.org; 212.628.8383). MetroGreenBusiness.com caught up with Earle prior to her New York appearances.

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