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- 03/11/2010 - The WGirls NYC 2010 Ties and Tiaras NEW
- 03/10/2010 - Oscar Night America FundraiserNEW
- 03/09/2010 - JDRF Benefit: Walk to Cure Diabetes
- 03/09/2010 - The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's 19th Annual Bunny HopNEW
- 03/05/2010 - Starlight Children's Foundation 25th Annual Gala
- 03/05/2010 - Saks Fifth Avenue Toasts FoundCareNEW
- 03/04/2010 - 2nd Annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Dinner NEW
- 03/02/2010 - American Ballet Theatre’s Junior Council and Quest Magazine
- 03/02/2010 - Hanley Center Foundation's 15th Annual Luncheon
- 03/02/2010 - ADAA 22nd Annual Art Show Gala
- 03/01/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball
- 03/01/2010 - Literacy Partners 26th Annual Evening of Readings Gala Kick-off
- 02/27/2010 - New York Junior League 58th Annual Winter Ball
- 02/27/2010 - 2010 GOTOs Annual Black-tie Gala
- 02/27/2010 - Society Ties' Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night
- 02/26/2010 - Caron Renaissance Gala
- 02/25/2010 - Bailey House 22nd Annual Auction and Party
- 02/25/2010 - Hedge Funds Care 12th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit
- 02/25/2010 - Toast to "Justice is Served" Dinner Benefit
- 02/25/2010 - 2010 Frick Museum Young Fellows Ball
- 02/25/2010 - Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl's Third Annual Purim Ball
- 02/24/2010 - Kick Off Party to Benefit The East Side House Settlement Gala Preview of the 2010 Auto Show
- 02/24/2010 - C-CAP 20th Anniversary Celebration
- 02/24/2010 - POSH Palm Beach 2010 Gala Dinner
- 02/23/2010 - ForEverglades Benefit
- 02/20/2010 - 5th Annual Childhelp Fashion Show and Luncheon
- 02/19/2010 - MacDella Cooper Foundation Fashion Week Finale Party
- 02/17/2010 - Friends of the South Florida Science Museum Toast
- 02/14/2010 - Action Against Hunger Help Heart Haiti Valentine's Day Benefit
- 02/13/2010 - 55th Annual Palm Beach Heart Ball
- 02/09/2010 - Museum of Design Patron Preview event
- 02/09/2010 - Animal Fair and Wendy Diamond’s Yappy Hour
- 02/06/2010 - Lighthouse Center for the Arts’ 46th Annual Beaux Arts Ball
- 02/06/2010 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Gem of an Evening Gala
- 02/06/2010 - Norton Museum of Art Bal des Arts 2010
- 02/05/2010 - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual Light The Night Awards Party
- 02/05/2010 - The Princes Ball Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala
- 02/04/2010 - City Chicks 4 Charity & Young Wall Street benefit Chess in Schools
- 02/03/2010 - International Women's Health Coalition 2010 Gala
- 02/02/2010 - The Associates Council Lunch at The Oak Room
- 02/02/2010 - Parsons Dance Opening Night Gala
- 01/31/2010 - KIDs Strikes Back Bowling Party at Chelsea Piers
- 01/30/2010 - 53rd Annual International Red Cross Ball
- 01/30/2010 - Epilepsy Foundation’s Taste of Love Gala 2010
- 01/29/2010 - Partnership for the Homeless’ Auction at the Gagosian Gallery
- 01/28/2010 - Hearts 4 Haiti
- 01/26/2010 - Peggy Adams Unveils Much-anticipated Grace Pavilion
- 01/26/2010 - Art Battles
- 01/25/2010 - Fashionable opening night for Red Cross Show House
- 01/25/2010 - MICHAEL KORS and GRAFF Fashion Show Honors Heart Ball
- 01/24/2010 - National Dance Institute's Benefit Performance of Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon
- 01/22/2010 - LADACIN Polar Bear Plunge
- 01/21/2010 - Help Haiti Now
- 01/21/2010 - Hospice Evening 2010 with Oscar de la Renta
- 01/21/2010 - UJA-Federation of New York's Generosity Event
- 01/20/2010 - Citymeals-on-Wheels Winter Cocktail Benefit
- 01/20/2010 - The American Antiques Show (TAAS) Benefit Preview Celebrating Texas
- 01/19/2010 - Cocktails for Vital Voices Global Partnership
- 01/14/2010 - Winter Antiques Show Preview Party
- 01/14/2010 - CCE Honors Over the Big Top Chairs at Saks Fifth Avenue
- 01/12/2010 - Zac Posen Fashion Show Featuring Cartier
- 01/12/2010 - Hope For Haiti With The Red Cross
- 01/11/2010 - Young Friends Red Cross Beach Bash
- 01/10/2010 - AICF-American-Israel Cultural Foundation 70th Anniversary Gala and Concer
- 01/07/2010 - Autism Speaks to Young Professionals
- 01/07/2010 - CHIC @ the Ames hotel
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2nd Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala
06/11/2009 - By United Nations Plaza
Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala attracts Celebrities and Industry Leaders
The 2nd annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala (following the IREO renewable Energy Conference) at the UN Headquarters in New York City, NY attracted high profile attendees from around the globe including VIP Guests Master of Ceremony and Good Morning America Weather Anchor Sam Champion, designer Rachel Roy, Award presenters and Actors Tony Goldwyn, Matthew Modine, Carla Ortiz, Gloria Reuben and Billy Zane, Supermodel Masha Rudenko, Actor Chris Lidell, Actor & Producer Shawn Parsons.
The IREO (Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization) founded this annual event as a way to honor those individuals and organizations who choose to lead the way of global advancement in alternative energy solutions. The Renewable Energy Award is an opportunity to recognize those individuals and organizations that challenge conventional wisdom and encourage critical thinking to create positive reform.
IREO is a proponent of clean and efficient energy sources combined with sustainable development and social awareness. The organization started as a partnership initiative launched in response to the Rio Declaration on Environmental and Development, the Kyoto Protocol, the Johannesburg Declaration and the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in New York.
Details are as follows:
WHO: Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO)
IREO Secretary-General Robson Mello
Event Co-Chairs: Sulaiman Al Fahim and Amy Sacco
Host Committee: Rachelle and Ed Begley Jr., Jerry Duplessis, Holger Heims, Wyclef Jean, Goumba Johnny, Zoli Kovacs, Chris Lidell, HE Francis Lorenzo, Lora O'Connor, Chazz and Giana Palminteri, HE Ivan Romero, Emma Snowdon Jones, Ethan Zohn, Michael Zurawin
AWARD RECIPIENTS:
Luiz Marinho, Mayor of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Government Award, dedicated to developing Environmental laws that benefit the health of the people of Sao Paolo.
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Best Government Initiative for Renewable Energy, to recognize its various government initiatives in renewable energy.
HRH Prince Malik ado Ibrahim of Nigeria, Best Practices Award, investor in Solar technology for the developing world.
Sulabh International Social Service Organisaton, NGO Award, Promotes human rights, environmental sanitation, health and hygiene, non-conventional sources of energy, waste management and social reforms through education.
Dynamotive Fuels, Private Sector Award, emerging leaders in converting both biomass residues and energy crops into fuels that are technologically viable and environmentally sound, as well as economically competitive to fossil fuels.
Dr. Arthur J. Nozik, Science and Technology Award, Senior Research Fellow Scientific Director, Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and University of Colorado, Boulder - Winner of 2008 ENI Award.
Dr. Daniel G. Nocera Science and Technology Award, The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Named one of The Time 100 in 2009
Vassilis Keramidas, Science and Technology Award, IEEE Fellow and retired researcher for AT&T Bell Labs and Bellcore Research.
Richard Best, IREO Renewable Energy Certificate of Recognition, Founder of EcoDesign, an architecture and design firm focusing on sustainability.
John Paul DeJoria, Goodwill Ambassador, Owner of Paul Mitchell Systems, Patron, Sun King Solar
Josh Tickell, Goodwill Ambassador, Director of the Sundance award winning film, FUEL
Nikos Spirdakis Jr. Goodwill Ambassador, 11 year old director of Climate Change PSA, SAVE IT
WHAT: 2nd Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala
WHERE: United Nations Plaza
United Nations Delegates Dining Room
New York, NY
WHEN: Thursday, June 11, 2009
About IREO (http://www.ireoigo.org/Home.html)
IREO aims to contribute to the global battle against the environmental challenges posed by the development of human civilization through the implementation of pilot projects designed to educate, promote and expand the use of renewable energies around the globe. IREO's vision is to build long-term partnerships with communities, governments, the United Nations, private sector, NGOs, IGO's, academia and think tanks in order to bring sustainability to communities while creating a better and cleaner world.
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