a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Miscellany on Jul 12th, 2008
Too much piling up on the backlog. Time to digest it all. Highlights from an undercovered couple of days.
Hundreds (or even thousands!) of bikes to be a part of broad new bike share program.
Brooklyn Heights named America’s most fuel efficient neighborhood. (Though we really can’t figure out how they came up with those numbers.)
Another long […]
Posted in Events on Jun 22nd, 2008
[Photo from Erik Baard at Nature Calendar]
As thousands gather up north of the city for the annual Great Hudson River Revival that is the Clearwater Festival, Erik Baard at Nature Calendar floats the idea of hosting a sister happening on Randalls Island.
Thousands of people gather on the Croton Point Park grounds each June for a […]
Posted in Events on Jun 3rd, 2008
Wednesday, June 3rd, Gotham Gazette is hosting a live online chat about growth and sustainability. From the source:
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. Gotham Gazette and Hunter College’s Center for Community Planning & Development will hold a live on-line chat to discuss the city’s plans to accommodate 1 million more New Yorkers while creating a more […]
Posted in Politics on Apr 28th, 2008
Get the report here. [PDF]
From NYLCV:
New York City has made leaps and bounds toward sustainability thanks to PlaNYC, but the administration should prioritize legislation and broaden its efforts, our report notes.
“Building a Greener Future: A Progress Report on New York City’s Sustainability Initiatives,” also serves as a roadmap to expand the city’s environmental efforts beyond […]
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Energy, Green Building, Health, Livable Streets, Politics, Transportation, Urban Environment, Waste, Water on Apr 22nd, 2008
From the Mayor’s Office:
MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES UPDATE ON PLANYC INITIATIVES AND ISSUES THE 2008 PLANYC PROGRESS REPORT
Detailed […]
We’re slow getting to this (call it the post-CP slump), but not a day after Shelly Silver shamefully and cowardly neglected to bring Congestion Pricing to a vote, our refocused mayor turned his attention to solar, noting that CP was but a plank in the broader PlaNYC platform.
Chris Neidl at Solar One breaks it down […]
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Nature, Parks and Open Space on Mar 28th, 2008
Photo: Department of City Planning
This is as good a way as any to start. From the Times’ City Room blog:
I think that I shall never see a zoning text amendment lovely as a tree. But the new Section 26-41 of the Zoning Resolution, which was approved on Monday by the City Planning Commission, no […]