a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Art, Environmental Justice, Events, Food on Apr 9th, 2008
St. Francis College will be showcasing a photography exhibition of Meredith Davenport’s photographs of children and their parents who are affected by pesticides in Costa Rica.
The opening reception will be held on Tuesday April 1, in the Callahan Center from 5:30 - 7:30. All are welcome!
On April 21, between 12:30 and 1:30, SFC will […]
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.