a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Education, Urban Environment on Jun 30th, 2008
From the New School’s website:
Beginning in fall 2008, pending approval from the New York State Department of Education, The New School will offer two new programs of study focusing on the environment, a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies.
This innovative new program, administered by the Tishman Environment and Design Center, […]
Posted in Parks and Open Space on Jun 30th, 2008
[Image via Friends of the High Line]
Last week, Friends of the High Line unveiled some new images of what we can soon expect on that long derelict site. Curbed has all the coverage:
Phase One of The High Line runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 20th Street. We’ve seen some renderings from […]
Posted in Conservation-Preservation, Nature, Parks and Open Space, Water on Jun 30th, 2008
[Photo from greenbuildingsNYC]
greenbuildingsNYC has a rather startling post on NYC’s only national park, and how it’s fragile ecosystem is under seige from, of all things, shipwrecks. Stephen del Percio explains:
Jamaica Bay has become the dumping ground for derelict yachts, boats, and even barges according to a recent report on MSNBC.com. Despite its protection as […]
From the NYLCV’s ecopolitics daily:
Next spring, 490 acres of polluted mud will be dredged out of a stretch of the Hudson River so toxic that fish are considered unfit for consumption, according to the Buffalo Times.
To kick off the six-year project, General Electric is building a wharf, processing facility, and rail yard to remove […]
Posted in Climate Change on Jun 30th, 2008
This doesn’t have immediate or specific local relevance, but anytime one of the world’s best science writers talks interviews the world’s preeminent climate scientist–and they’re both based here in NYC!–it’s worth tuning in to. Learn something.
Posted in Events on Jun 29th, 2008
Tonight!
Sunday, June 29th - Supper Club: Urban Forager and Committed Locavore, Leda Meredith
5pm potluck dinner, 6:30pm speaker. @ reBar: 147 Front Street, first A/C and F train stop in Brooklyn.
$5 early RSVP or pay via our website, or $8 at the door
Leda Meredith, educator, activist and savvy local food expert, will be inspiring us with […]
Posted in Waste on Jun 27th, 2008
Lots of discussion and debate about the Mayor’s now-approved plan to open a new waste transfer station in Manhattan. While nobody is really thrilled about having the station break up Hudson River Park, the Mayor and environmental advocates point to the efficiency and air quality improvements of moving all the recyclables by barge direct from […]
Posted in Food on Jun 27th, 2008
The Times has an interesting piece on two local food markets duking it out for dominance of the Fulton Fish Market space:
In one corner, the underdog: the New Amsterdam Public, a one-day market, with more than 60 handpicked regional food vendors, whose organizers hope to make it permanent. It will include New York chefs and […]
Posted in Water on Jun 26th, 2008
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA) go regularly to great lengths to remind us that this is a city of water. Now they’ve got a new website to help make the point. From their new newsletter:
MWA’s City of Water Day will be Saturday, July 26th from 10 AM to 4 PM on Governors Island. We will be […]
Posted in Community, Lifestyle, Livable Streets, Waste on Jun 25th, 2008
George Spyros at Susty.tv clearly has bikes on the mind this week. First, he’s got a profile of Bikes New York, a great organization that launched and runs the Five Boro Bike Tour. Then he’s got a profile and video about Recycle-A-Bicycle, another cool local bike-org that rescues abandoned bikes from around the city (or […]