About Citysol

Solar One presents Citysol 2007, a clean-energy-powered festival that aims to inspire interest and support for local sustainability intiatives through, music, interactive art installations, games and workshops, and numerous other elements meant to both entertain and educate.

Sustainability is at bottom a cultural project before it is a technical or political one, and cities -- particularly New York City -- are centers of constant transformation that reflect, invent and export civilization's most progressive dreams. We're beginning to learn that if the American way of life is to ultimately reconcile with Mother Earth, the journey is more likely to begin on a city street.

Citysol is at once a celebration of our potential as New Yorkers to redefine our expectations of quality of life, and a tribute to the creative community's central role in revealing that potential. It is also, of course, an opportunity to have an enormous amount of fun.

Bring your electric bill and switch to a green energy package with ConEdison Solutions and receive free Brooklyn Brewery beer! ++ Bring your own reusable mug/glass and receive $1 off Brooklyn Brewery beer!

The music you hear at Citysol is 100% powered by Solar One's 3.5 kW rooftop photovoltaic array and a 13 kW generator fueled with biodiesel provided by NYC's own Tristate Biodiesel. Artists were also encouraged to pursue independent power methods for their installations and projects. Native Energy Carbon offsets are being purchased to account for extra energy expenditures.

Installations and Projects on view each day of the festival

Check out the full schedule of events!

News

CITYSOL 2007 A SUCCESS -- THANK YOU!
by Jenn Su on 7/18/07
Citysol 2007 happened! It was amazing! We want to thank all of our volunteers, artists, bands and performers, sponsors and partner organizations for making our festival a possibility and a success.

Special thanks also to Situ Studio, Bettencourt Green Building Supplies, Cereplast, TriState Biodiesel, Habana Labs, Earth Day New York, FEED Granola, Lucid Food, Tom Cat Bakery, Janet Schroeder, Claire Lin, Angela Pablo, Stephen Lichty, Pam Garber, Jon Hiltz, Anne Le, Cathy Mooses, Eve Mosher, Reena Shah, Delicious Beverages, Gerry Adasavage, Matt Penrose, Pepe Holmsten, Christina Salvi, CENYC, Bob Muldoon, Cynthia Su, Stephen Dima, River To River Festival, and Samantha MacBride.

Please check back soon at citysol.org for documentation of the festival we're currently working on to get up. And of course, please stay tuned for Citysol 2008 and visit Solar One's website at www.solar1.org.