a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
From CENYC:
Did you know that 5.7% of NYC’s residential waste is textiles yet they are 100% Recyclable! Recycle your unwanted textile materials at the Union Square Greenmarket every Monday 8AM - 6PM through December 2008!
Textiles are collected EVERY Monday from 8 A.M to 6 P.M. on Union Square West near 15th Street. Acceptable donations […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Parks and Open Space, Transportation on Jun 25th, 2008
Hot on the heels of the big Summer Streets announcement, a group in Williamsburg is planning a similar–if slightly less ambitious–car-free street experiment. Called Williamsburg Walks, for four saturdays (that’s one more than Summer Streets! take that Manhattan!) parts of Bedford Avenue, of course, will be closed off to cars, creating a safe haven for […]
Posted in Events on Jun 25th, 2008
Can’t believe we havn’t mentioned this yet–truly unforgivable on our part, particularly as we’ve helped organize this event for the past three years. From Solar One:
Our annual Citysol festival returns for its 4th year, starting this Thursday, June 26th. We’ve got a great lineup of music, comedy, workshops and much more than we could possibly […]
Posted in Green Building on Jun 25th, 2008
[Photo from Grene Brooklyn]
Friend and colleague Ethan at Green Brooklyn took a trip to the Green Buildings New York conference last week. His take:
Anyone attending last week’s Green Buildings New York green building conference and convention at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, would be hard-pressed to call green building in New York City a […]
Posted in Conservation-Preservation, Energy on Jun 25th, 2008
A fascinating site launched recently that lets New Yorkers see what–if any–their connection to mountaintop removal coal mining is. NYLOVESMOUNTAINS is the locally targeted branch of the broader I Love Mountains campaign that draws very direct connections between electricity customers and the Appalachian communities that are effected by mountaintop coal removal.
The site invites you to […]
Posted in Transportation on Jun 22nd, 2008
[Photo from Gothamist’s coverage]
We’ve been thinking quite a bit about trains lately. So we were excited to here about Bloomberg’s support for a new high-speed (like proper, Euro-styel high-speed) train from NYC to DC. From the Times:
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Friday that he strongly supported the idea of two-hour train service between New York […]
Posted in Energy on Jun 22nd, 2008
Great piece by Ashwin Seshagiri in Triple Pundit about the waste of air conditioned stores leaving their doors open.
As we mark the official start of summer this weekend, like in years past, many storefronts from Rodeo Drive to Fifth Avenue to London’s West End will open up their doors, offering cool, air-conditioned oases from […]
Posted in Conservation-Preservation, Nature on Jun 22nd, 2008
[Photo from gbNYC]
From Andy Revkin’s dot earth:
Lemurs roared and screamed. A young fossa, resembling a stretched-out mash-up of a cat and a mongoose, stalked along a branch. A hundred thousand hissing cockroaches prepared to invade a hollow tree. All of these creatures are from Madagascar, the giant island east of Africa that has spawned […]
Posted in Events on Jun 22nd, 2008
From the Upper Green Side meetup list:
The City of New York Manhattan Community Board 8 Housing Committee,Environment & Sanitation Committee & Health, Seniors, Social Services Committee
presents:
Your Home: Making Your Indoor Environment Healthier
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:30PM
Hunter School of Social Work
129 E. 79th Street, Room 1010,
KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION
HON. MICAH Z. KELLNER
NY STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, […]
[Photo from the Nature Calendar]
Nice things to do in the out of doors from the new WildWire:
Happy Solstice! Summer is here, and life is booming. Make sure you head down to Jamaica Bay to see cacti, horseshoe crabs, and diamondback terrapin turtles! Or get lost in a world of wildflowers and butterflies in Pelham Bay Park. […]