Samantha Margulies Music Under New York performer (Opera, Broadway + Pop singer).
I chatted with Samantha during the 2011 Divas Underground (annual full day lineup of women performers from the MUNY program) at Union Square station.
What Inspires Samantha? "Freedom that the subway allows."
check out the New York Magazine article with Samantha featured
I met Roberto Sanchez and his wife Mary Jo who were traveling through LIRR station while I was singing. Inspired to listen to my song Jungle, they stopped and we had a chance to chat. A LEED certified Architect, he gave me a passionate and spontaneous conversation about the environment and his definition of Sustainability.
"Sustainability is the art and science of giving information to matter." Using rain water more efficiently, storing it in cisterns, using it to flush toilets, for golf courses and irrigation. Solar using sun rays to produce electricity and to heat water.
"A way to be kind to Mother Nature."
and here's Part 2:
LEED certified Architect Roberto Sanchez gave me a passionate and spontaneous conversation about the environment. The Fukushima Nuclear plants 2 months later are still burning since the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011
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His wife Mary Jo listened intently to her husband rattle off the top of his head the things he is helping to work on to make our world a more sustainable planet:
Waste to energy, garbage to electricity, something he is doing in Costa Rica. Many Florida plants produce 600 kwh's per ton of garbage conversion.
"Land fills are a crime... an ecological crime, flushing toilets with potable water is a crime." "There are so many alternatives that are incredible."
Thank you Roberto.
check out Roberto's What's Your Inspiration clip on this site
Update
on 2011-06-27 19:19 by NYC Subway Girl
from Robert Sanchez:
HELLO CATHY !
I got it, it is great! I love it. You capture the moment.
Have sent it to a few good friends that understand and are aware of "respect and love to Mother Earth" Yes.
I am now working on a project in Chile: A Secondary Road that collects torrential rain water from the shoulder:
I explain: The shoulder is made from shredded rubber made from discarded auto tires (pollutants) . The water filters through into a perforate pipe below and collected at the valleys of the terrain.
Tanks below grade make it available for irrigation of large vegetable fields, also it is filtered and purified for potable water of 3 small villages the road passes by.
Cost of the water: 0
Fiber optic cable under the rubber ( actually a soup of shredder rubber+ glue = paving surface) is energized buy small solar panels during the day, at night a sensor discharges the electricity an illuminates the edge of the road for SAFETY.
Cost of electricity : 0
I met Francois Gaglione while performing in front of the beautiful mosaics wall in Times Square. He shared with me his passion for photography, art and social justice. His blog Pensees En Image.