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 […]
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 […]
Posted in Efficiently, Waste, Water on May 7th, 2009
Paterson Orders Agencies to Switch From Bottled Water to Tap [New York Times]
The E.P.A. is considering designating the Gowanus Canal as a superfund site. WNYC interviews David Yassky:
The federal Environmental Protection Agency wants to find out. It’s proposing putting the industrial waterway in Brooklyn on its Superfund site. Councilman David Yassky, whose district includes the nearly two-mile long canal, says this is good news.
YASSKY: The Gowanus Canal, […]
NYCWastele$$:
2009 Golden Apple Awards for Schools in NYC
Show us your school recycling program!
Demonstrate how your school reduces waste!
Brag about your school’s beautification projects!
Enter your efforts in one (or all three) of the contests associated with the 2009 Golden Apple Awards:
TrashMasters! Super Recyclers
TrashMasters! Reduce & Reuse Challenge
TrashMasters! […]
Posted in Waste on Mar 18th, 2009
Improve recycling in your apartment building by signing up with NYC’s Apartment Building Recycling Initiative:
Do you live in, or manage, an apartment building?
Would you like to see recycling improved in your building?
Do you want to help tenants and staff learn more about waste prevention, reuse, and recycling?
Are you interested in making NYC cleaner and greener?
Participate in the […]
Posted in Waste on Mar 16th, 2009
Not sure how I missed this, but Steve Cohen has a great piece about how New York City is actually producing less trash than it was just years ago. We’re “down” to 51,250 tons per week, from 54,205 tons/wk in 2005. This while the city’s population grows. Long way to go, but it’s a start.
Posted in Miscellany, Waste on Mar 3rd, 2009
Ok, so there’s not much reason to run this other than post this great photo of friends Justin and Harvey, of the great Build It Green! NYC. But, seriously, if you go to BIG NYC, like yesterday, you could probably bring home some of Conan’s old set.
Posted in Waste on Jan 9th, 2009
Recycle em.
Posted in Waste on Dec 31st, 2008
at Mulchfest!
Give More, Waste Less….
MULCHFEST
Recycle Your Tree!
Saturday, January 10, 2009 and Sunday, January 11, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city! Remember to remove all lights and ornaments before bringing the tree to a Mulchfest site.
Want Mulch?
You […]