a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
From Brooklyn Green Team:
Brooklyn Green Team
& GreenEdge Collaborative NYC
Present
No Take-Out Challenge!*
3 months. 3 meals a day.
Do it for your wallet! Do it for the planet!
PACKAGING STATISTICS: What are we doing?
Almost 1/3 of the waste generated in the US is from packaging! Plastic takes 1,000 years to decompose (and really it just keeps getting smaller and […]
Posted in Community, Food, Health, Parks and Open Space, pollution on May 14th, 2009
The Times has an interesting piece on lead impacting people’s urban gardening efforts:
FRANK MEUSCHKE’S garden, which surrounds the house he rents in Brooklyn, is a bountiful source of tomatoes, snap peas, green beans, peppers, lettuce and multiple varieties of flowers. It is also, as he recently discovered to his dismay, a rich repository of lead. […]
Posted in Climate Change, Events on May 14th, 2009
From 350.org:
Dear 350 supporters in the New York City area,
We’re excited to let you know about an upcoming opportunity to learn about the intersection of faith and climate change. This is something we care a lot about at 350.org, and we have just launched our Interfaith Call for 350.
To kick it off, we are co-hosting an […]
Posted in Events, Livable Streets, Transportation on May 11th, 2009
There’s really no excuse for us not covering Bike Month NYC until the 11th. Except that we really didn’t cover anything in May yet until today. (Long story–we’re working on it. Wanna intern?)
Well you’ve seen the thousands of posters around the city, no doubt. So here’s the link to know everything you possibly could want […]
Posted in Climate Change, Events, activism on May 11th, 2009
From NYPIRG:
Hey NYS Allies,
NYPIRG, RAN, and the Sierra Club are organizing another Coal Kills Rally, the third so far, this time against JP Morgan Chase.
As some of you may know, JP Morgan Chase is one of the largest financiers of coal-fired power plants in the United States. Despite the fact that JP Morgan […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
Food docs galore this month, apparently. Can’t have too many, we thinks. Check out FRESH:
FRESH will be screening in NYC on Wednesday May 27th. FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of […]
Posted in Environmental Justice, Food on May 11th, 2009
Are you passionate about local food, urban gardening and social justice?
Would you like to make
your passion your job?
Come spend a year with Just Food as an
AmeriCorps* VISTA!
Apply to serve as a fulltime AmeriCorps* VISTA member and help build a more just and sustainable food system in New York City.
Just Food and several of […]
New York Solar Energy Society
presents
Solar in the City: Episode II - Financing Solar Systems
Monday, May 18, 2009 • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Columbia University • Altschul Auditorium
The International Affairs building • 420 W. 118th Street • NYC
The first panel of the Solar in the City series explored the extensive scope for solar in an urban setting. […]
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Please join the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC) at its first fundraiser to help support the activities of its Office of Recycling Outreach and Education (OROE) honoring:
Honorable Congressman Michael McMahon
Edward Skyler, NYC Deputy Mayor of Operations
Anthony Pratt, CEO Pratt Industries
Join CENYC aboard the Queen […]