a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Climate Change, Events on May 14th, 2009
From 350.org:
Dear 350 supporters in the New York City area,
We’re excited to let you know about an upcoming opportunity to learn about the intersection of faith and climate change. This is something we care a lot about at 350.org, and we have just launched our Interfaith Call for 350.
To kick it off, we are co-hosting an […]
Posted in Climate Change, Politics on May 7th, 2009
From our friends at Greenpeace. Worth checking out the letter (below the fold) and signing it and sending it. This is pretty important big picture climate stuff, and the moment is now:
Because SustaiNYC signed the National Call to Action on Global Warming, I also wanted to see if you could take a moment today to […]
Posted in Climate Change, Politics on Mar 29th, 2009
Congress will be on recess from April 6-19th. That means they’ll be waiting for us to talk them into voting for strong climate legislation this year. Here’s how to get involved, courtesy of NYPIRG:
Hello NYS Allies,
Last week we hit the coal executives. Our next step is to take our demands for a carbon-free world to […]
Posted in Climate Change, Events on Feb 18th, 2009
Mia MacDonald of Brighter Green and the NYC Sierra Club sends this along. Should be great:
Posted in Climate Change, PlaNYC, Politics on Feb 18th, 2009
Everyone’s abuzz by the report released by the Mayor’s crack team on climate change (technically the New York City Panel on Climate Change). Here’s the breakdown. The Times kicks it off:
New York City must prepare for higher temperatures, more rain and an increased risk of coastal flooding in the coming decades as a result of […]
Posted in Events on Feb 6th, 2009
One of the world’s best climate change reporters talking to some serious polar experts in this Times Talk tomorrow:
Saturday | February 7, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stories from a Changing Planet
Don’t miss this dynamic multimedia presentation of Polar-Palooza, bringing to life the latest research on Earth’s past and future climate from scientists just back from […]
Posted in Climate Change, Events, Lifestyle, Media on Jan 28th, 2009
More still happening in conjunction with the AMNH’s great Climate Change exhibit. First, this Saturday night:
Living in America: Changing Climate, Changing Environment
Saturday, January 31
12:00 pm-5:00 pm
Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Free with Museum admission
This program is supported by funds from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
In conjunction with the Museum’s timely exhibition Climate Change: […]
At the American Museum of Natural History:
Todd Carmichael, La Colombe Torrefaction; Coffee Roasters & Blenders; and Danner Friedman, Rainforest Alliance, discuss growing coffee amid the realities of climate change. Learn how the coffee you purchase can help protect against deforestation, one of the leading causes of carbon dioxide emissions. A coffee cupping will introduce several […]
Posted in Events on Jan 13th, 2009
Times Talk on a subject near and dear to our hearts–the changing arctic:
Saturday | February 7, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stories from a Changing Planet
Don’t miss this dynamic multimedia presentation of Polar-Palooza, bringing to life the latest research on Earth’s past and future climate from scientists just back from the Poles. With Richard Alley, Penn […]
Posted in Business, Energy, Events, finance on Jan 9th, 2009
From the NYC Sierra Club Meetup:
Financing Climate Disaster:
How NYC’s financial institutions are making the next round of bad loans, underwriting global warming, and gambling against President-elect Obama by financing new coal plants
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 6:30 pm
15th Street Friends Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan
(between 15th & 16th Streets, 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
suggested donation $10
After […]