a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Events, Nature, Parks and Open Space on Apr 7th, 2009
New York Academy of Science is putting on this lecture tomorrow night:
Field Guide to New York City
Thanks to its three islands (Manhattan, Staten, and Long), its position at the mouth of a 300 mile-long river, and its location directly under the Atlantic migratory flyway, New York City is one of the most naturally biologically diverse […]
Posted in Events, Nature, Parks and Open Space on Feb 12th, 2009
The Bronx River Alliance sends along this wonderful round-up of events. Not exclusively for Bronx River enthusiasts. No excuse for sitting at home bored the next couple of weeks:
February 12, 2009 (5:30 - 7:30 p.m.) Bronx River Alliance Winter Assembly - “I Love the Bronx River”
Harding Park Homeowners & Environmental Center, 1820 Gildersleeve Avenue
Whether you have […]
Posted in Nature, Parks and Open Space, Water on Jan 30th, 2009
Lost in the (justifiably, we suppose) higher profile coverage of city fiscal meltdown, we do have this nice news coming out of the PlaNYC offices:
MAYOR BLOOMBERG RELEASES PLANYC REPORT ON PROTECTING NEW YORK CITY WETLANDS
The Report - New York City Wetlands: Regulatory Gaps and Other Threats - Fulfills […]
Posted in Community, Conservation-Preservation, Environmental Justice, Nature, Parks and Open Space on Dec 15th, 2008
From the Bronx River Alliance:
Bronx River Rising: A Bronx River Alliance - StoryCorps Partnership
The Bronx River Alliance, with the support of StoryCorps (www.storycorps.net), has begun an oral history project to capture the oral stories of those that have touched or been touched by the river. To date six people, including Ruth Anderberg, founder of Bronx […]
Posted in Conservation-Preservation, Nature, Parks and Open Space, Water on Jun 30th, 2008
[Photo from greenbuildingsNYC]
greenbuildingsNYC has a rather startling post on NYC’s only national park, and how it’s fragile ecosystem is under seige from, of all things, shipwrecks. Stephen del Percio explains:
Jamaica Bay has become the dumping ground for derelict yachts, boats, and even barges according to a recent report on MSNBC.com. Despite its protection as […]
Posted in Conservation-Preservation, Nature on Jun 22nd, 2008
[Photo from gbNYC]
From Andy Revkin’s dot earth:
Lemurs roared and screamed. A young fossa, resembling a stretched-out mash-up of a cat and a mongoose, stalked along a branch. A hundred thousand hissing cockroaches prepared to invade a hollow tree. All of these creatures are from Madagascar, the giant island east of Africa that has spawned […]
[Photo from the Nature Calendar]
Nice things to do in the out of doors from the new WildWire:
Happy Solstice! Summer is here, and life is booming. Make sure you head down to Jamaica Bay to see cacti, horseshoe crabs, and diamondback terrapin turtles! Or get lost in a world of wildflowers and butterflies in Pelham Bay Park. […]
Posted in Nature, Parks and Open Space on Jun 22nd, 2008
Cranford Rose Garden Timelapse at Brooklyn Botanic Garden from Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Vimeo.The Brooklyn Botanical Garden reminds us that nature keeps a calendar even here in the five boroughs. Beautiful time lapse video of the Cranford Rose Garden. A couple months back they made one of these for the Cherry Blossom bloom […]
Posted in Community, Conservation-Preservation, Environmental Justice, Nature, Parks and Open Space, Water on Jun 17th, 2008
[Photograph by Adam Spangler, Vanity Fair.]
Not sure how we missed this a couple months back, but Vanity Fair (oh, that’s how) had a really nice piece by Adam Spangler about ecological–and community–restoration along the Bronx River, and a canoe trip. It’s really quite an inspiring read.
…here I am in a canoe, paddling down an […]
Posted in Conservation-Preservation, Nature on Jun 4th, 2008
[Photo by kptyson on flickr]
The Times’ City Room blog hosts another in a worthy series of Q&As with experts of interesting issues, many with at least a tangentially sustainability tilt. This week, Ned Sullivan of Scenic Hudson discusses development and preservation on the Hudson waterfront.
Representative Q:
On both sides of the Hudson, from the […]