a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
O2NYC has set up this nice event (and, as outspoken critics of Earth Day, we particularly love their last line):
Small, local, open and connected
An Evening with Ezio Manzini
Where: The Cherry Lane Theater
38 Commerce Street
West Village, NY City
When: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Tickets: $20
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I think I’ve made it to four of the first six years of BKLYN DESIGNS, and every year it has felt like it’s been filled out more and more with eco-conscious, future-friendly materials, products, and designs. It looks like this year they’ll be honing in even more, with an overt focus on sustainability. The official […]
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 […]
Posted in Design, Media, Politics, Urban Environment on May 4th, 2008
When I was working in Cuba, Castro used to talk for 11, 12 hours. When I am happy, I have a bit of the Cuban spirit. And tonight I am happy.
So this isn’t about NYC specifically–but it might as well be. And we’ve spent time in Curitiba, back when we were discovering that environmentalism […]
Posted in Design, Green Building on Apr 9th, 2008
[We would’ve put a pic of Leo here, but we think the building is a little sexier. Image: Riverhouse.]
We generally don’t care much about what celebrities are doing (do you? let us know), but will pick up on this item since it involves one we actually respect a bunch and also a building that we’re […]
Posted in Design, Events, Green Building on Mar 19th, 2008
From Eyebeam:
March 29: Sustainability + Architecture: A Feedback event
Sustainability + Architecture: A Feedback event
Saturday, March 29
3 – 6PM
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC
Cost: Free
The Living (architects David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang) lead a review of projects by graduate students in their Columbia University class, with guest critics including Chris Garvin, AIA LEED AP of […]
Posted in Business, Climate Change, Community, Design, Energy, Environmental Justice, Food, Green Building, Health, Lifestyle, Livable Streets, Parks and Open Space, Politics, Technology, Transportation, Waste, Water on Feb 13th, 2008
Popular Science ranks the country’s 50 Greenest Cities in its latest issue and New York comes in at a respectable #20, despite being beaten out by Boston and Chicago. The magazine used raw data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Geographic Society’s Green Guide, which collected government statics and survey data across 30 different sustainability categories. Pop Sci then distributed these statistics across four broad categories: electricity, transportation, green living, and recycling and green perspective. Cities earned points for items such as their number of LEED-certified buildings, how much energy they draw from renewable sources, how many commuters use public transportation or carpool, and how much land they devote to public green space.
Posted in Design on Jan 17th, 2008
The city’s pre-eminent design show is now calling for exhibitors at the 2008 event. BKLYN DESIGNS 2008 is set to take place May 9-11 in and around DUMBO and other Brooklyn ‘hoods.
Prospective exhibitors can download the application here.
In addition to showcasing the next wave of juried contemporary indoor and outdoor furnishings, lighting, and accessories, BKLYN DESIGNS 2008 once again will feature BKLYN DESIGNS +: the cash and carry market for small home accessories, which premiered at the fifth anniversary show. Interested exhibitors must submit an application, and indicate that they will be offering product that is made and/or designed in Brooklyn.
Submissions will be juried by a panel of shelter magazine editors and design professionals – this will include executives from our presenting sponsor, Target. Please note Target staff will be at the show throughout the weekend and will be on the lookout for exceptional designs possibly to be put into production.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008
H/t to our buds at ReclaimedHome.com.
Posted in Design, Technology on Jan 11th, 2008
Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St. (between 10th Ave. and 11th Ave.), NYC
At a public reception at Eyebeam Saturday, December 15, Executive Director Amanda McDonald Crowley announced the winners of Eyebeam’s two-part, online Eco-Vis Challenge competition. Oz Etzioni’s Unrecyclable Icon was awarded a $2000 grand prize in the Eco-Icons category, and the Studio for Urban Projects’ In Popular Terms, the Evolving Language of Ecology was awarded a $2000 grand prize in the Eco-Visualization category. The winning projects will be previewed during the month of January, and exhibited as part of Eyebeam’s Feedback show in March 2008.