Last night I attended the opening night of Citysol, a clean-energy-powered festival that aims to inspire interest and support for local sustainability initiatives through, music, interactive art installations, games and workshops, and numerous other elements meant to both entertain and educate. The music 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 also being purchased to account for extra energy expenditures.

In addition to the location being absolutely amazing, and the weather being perfect, I was very excited to see the Garden Electric, a project by Megan MacMurray and Angela Pablo working incredibly well. My daughter thought is was great...or maybe she just liked the light switch:

Either way, the combination of cool projects, veggie wraps and brooklyn beer made for a good night. Tomorrow, my friend Craig and I will return to see Les Savy Fav for free on the solar powered stage at around 8pm.