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 Food on Feb 25th, 2008
Back in December, Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn announced a piece of “Green Cart” legislation that promised to “improve access to fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods with greatest need.”
Today, there were dueling demonstrations at City Hall over the proposal, which Gotham Gazette breaks down nicely:
An hour apart, two demonstrations were held on the steps […]
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.
by amy zimmer / metro new york
FEB 12, 2008
UNION SQUARE. To Amy Franceschini, the empty space in front of the Gandhi statue here could be an urban garden. The windows on buildings could have boxes for herbs and tomatoes. The roofs could have raised beds.
Franceschini, founder of the San Francisco-based design collective Futurefarmers, has convinced her city to plant crops in front of its City Hall as part of a pilot program to turn yards, balconies and unused land into food production areas. […]
Franceschini plans to document their gardens online and help other cities adopt the program. She’s been contacted by several New York groups, she said, including Grow Greenpoint.com, the Conflux festival and Solar One.
“We want our audience to think about the potential for change through participation, but also about the messy politics of implementation”… full article
more on victory gardens: here