a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Energy on Jul 29th, 2008
Well, it’s can’t miss if you’re huge energy dorks like we are. So if you’re the type to slam the bar with your fist during heated discussions of electricity infrastructure and the like, this City Council public forum is essential. If you’re not that wonky, rest assured knowing that some very, very bright people are […]
Posted in Environmental Justice, Green Building on Jul 26th, 2008
Jonathan Rose breaks down the importance of getting cities right. His company was chosen to develop the pioneering, biophilic Via Verde affordable green housing project up in the Bronx. Pretty inspiring stuff. Here’s cooltownstudios talking about it last year:
One of the most concrete ways of providing sustainable/green, affordable living in NYC is to develop such […]
Posted in Miscellany on Jul 25th, 2008
Couple of items to bring you into the weekend…
NYLCVs talks about the potential of net metering and real time pricing in Con Ed’s voluntary time-of-use electricity program.
Ethan at Green Brooklyn on the recent heat wave and the city’s energy/blackout woes.
Paterson will sign the latest brownfields redevelopment bill.
Susty profiles the keepers of our Hudson River.
The Mayor’s […]
Posted in Community, Events, Livable Streets on Jul 25th, 2008
It’s Block Party season. Streetfilms shows us what they’re like. Find a Block Party near you (or sign up to plan one) with this nice tool courtesy of Transportation Alternatives, NYC Streets Renaissance, and the Open Planning Project.
Posted in Events on Jul 24th, 2008
From the Waterfront Alliance:
CITY OF WATER DAY
Celebrate the Waterfront and Waterways!
Saturday, July 26, 2008* - from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Governors Island
On July 26th, paddlers, sailors, mariners and many others from around the region will converge on Governors Island to eat, drink and have fun.
Highlights of the day will include:
• A symbolic and inspirational […]
Posted in Community, Livable Streets on Jul 22nd, 2008
A great piece about the inaugural Williamsburg Walks car-free day of glory on Bedford Avenue, put together by Clarence Eckerson at Streetfilms (it’s getting harder to remember a NYC livable streets movement without their blessed souls). Every week it feels like our city is changing into something even greater.
Next Saturday will again be car free. […]
Posted in Livable Streets on Jul 18th, 2008
Apparently SF is a little bit better to walk around. We’d disagree, but it’s tough to argue with this sort of cartography.
Streetsblog, of course, has something to say about this as well.
They just came out with a souped-up new version that is very cool yet somehow manages to rank San Francisco the #1 most walkable […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Jul 17th, 2008
For anyone who spends any time on a bike in this town, this video will summon familiar feelings of outrage.
Bike-Lane Emergency from Nicholas Whitaker on Vimeo.
Posted in Events, Green Building on Jul 16th, 2008
Tonight! A GreenHomeNYC forum:
July Green Building Forum: Delivering on the Promise of Green Collar Jobs: Challenges & Opportunities
When: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Where: Pratt Manhattan
144 W 14th St., Rm. 213 (see below for map)
RSVP@GreenHomeNYC.org
Speakers: Kris Reed, Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation (Moderator); Emmaia Gelman, Center for Working Families;
Rob Crauderueff, Policy Director of Sustainable […]
We’ve covered Dr. Despommier’s vertical farm concept before, but today the Times gets into it:
…what if skyscrapers grew off the grid, as verdant, self-sustaining towers where city slickers cultivated their own food?
Dickson Despommier, a professor of public health at Columbia University, hopes to make these zucchini-in-the-sky visions a reality. Dr. Despommier’s pet project is the […]