Special event all about gas drilling and water safety:
Special event tonight on Gas Drilling and Water Safety
7:30pm at the Park Slope United Methodist Church, 410 Sixth Avenue at 8th St.
Panel discussion with
Albert Appleton, former NYC DEP Commissioner, Senior Fellow - Regional Plan Association
James Brennan, NYS Assembly member
Joe Levine, co-founder, Damascus Citizens […]
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
Biggest NYC Livable Streets News Ever
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Feb 26th, 2009
Let’s go staight to Streetsblog for Bloomberg and Sadik-Khan’s “bold, transformative new vision for Broadway”:
New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled plans to pedestrianize a large swath of Broadway in Midtown Manhattan at a small briefing in City Hall this morning. Intended to improve motor vehicle traffic flow, enhance safety and provide more and […]
Green Buildings for All
Posted in Environmental Justice, Green Building on Feb 25th, 2009
Two articles last week about a couple of wonderful projects providing healthy, green buildings for less priliged New Yorkers. First there’s the Times CityRoom on Dinkins Gardens, which “will split its units roughly between formerly incarcerated homeless people and moderate-income families. Among the features the building will offer: free Wi-Fi, roof gardens that will channel […]
Reminder: The I Heart PV party is tomorow at Southpaw. Be there:
WHEN: Tuesday, February 24th, 7:30pm - 11:00pm
WHERE: Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave (at Sterling Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn
CONTACT/RSVP: neidl@solar1.org; 212 505 6050.
This Tuesday, February 24th Solar One’s I Heart PV campaign will host its second Party for a Solar Powered New York at Brooklyn’s premier […]
From the folks at Greenmarket:
Be an Educated Eater - join urban ag pioneers for a lively discussion on farming in the city!
Did you know there are eggs and wheatgrass from Brooklyn, rooftop beehives in the Bronx, a thriving 2.5 acre community farm in Red Hook, and livestock roaming on 47 acres in Queens? These are […]
CORRECTION: Registration won’t open until March.
Registration is now open for the Brooklyn Food Conference:
Brooklyn Food Conference: Local Action for Global Change
A grassroots event for a just, sustainable, healthy and delicious food system
~ Saturday, May 2, 2009 ~ 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. ~
Free and Open to the Public
~ PS 321 & John Jay High School, […]
Posted in Efficiently on Feb 18th, 2009
The New Amsterdam Market is back again.
Posted in Efficiently on Feb 18th, 2009
The Times gets yucky and covers urban composting.
This summer, the Cloud Institute is going to teach teachers how to teach sustainability. (I think I’ve got that right.) Here are the deets:
The Cloud Institute’s Advanced Summer Institute: EfS Curriculum Design Studio
Learn how to incorporate EfS into your curriculum. In this 5 day workshop participants will have the time and space they crave, and […]
Posted in Climate Change, Events on Feb 18th, 2009
Mia MacDonald of Brighter Green and the NYC Sierra Club sends this along. Should be great: