Get Your Fill of Good Radio, and Good Food

Obsessed with food and where it comes from? Hungry for a new radio station/podcast to listen to? Tune in to Heritage Radio Network.
Broadcasting from a re-purposed shipping container in the backyard of Roberta’s, a pizza restaurant in Bushwick, HRN is a new internet radio station dedicated to recording and archiving America’s food culture and traditions [...]

After the Feast

I was extremely lucky to be able to attend last week’s Feast Conference. Presented by All Day Buffet, The Feast is billed as a gathering of “the world’s greatest innovators from across industries and society to empower, inspire and engage each other in creating world-shaking change.”
An eclectic mix of speakers and a unique format made [...]

Come Visit Us at Park(ing) Day!

Park(ing) Day is nearly upon us! Tomorrow (Friday, September 18), scores of parking spots around the city will be converted  into temporary parks. The event is intended to  to provide relaxing public spaces for New Yorkers to enjoy while also sparking discussion about public space in the city.
You can visit a meditation garden in Williamsburg, [...]

Reminder: Vote Tomorrow

Tomorrow, September 15, is primary day. Several Democratic primaries will be held, so if you happen to be a registered Democrat, don’t forget to vote. Otherwise, you’ll be able to vote in the general election on November 3.
Check your registration status and find your polling location here.
Three Democratic candidates are vying for the chance to [...]

From Backyard to Farmyard

Did you know there are 10,000 acres of unused land in New York City? What would happen if even a fraction of that was put to use to grow food for New Yorkers?
This is one of the questions that led Stacey Murphy to start bk farmyards, an urban agriculture project that uses a unique model. [...]

We Need Your Help. Pretty Please?

Do you want to help us build a brand new Idealist.org?  We’re looking for Idealist users to help us test new features that we’re developing. Sign up here to help out.
We think user involvement is integral because Idealist exists to serve you, and so we want to be open and responsive to your ideas, [...]

How to Create a Great Street

I recently spotted an event posted on Idealist called Streets as Places, described as a two-day transportation/ placemaking training course, and wondered, “What the heck is placemaking?” Intrigued, I went to the website of the nonprofit giving the training, the Project For Public Spaces, and learned that placemaking is “a place-centered approach to helping citizens [...]

Urban Agriculture: So Hot Right Now

Although the urban agriculture movement has been around for decades, it seems to be picking up steam recently, most notably with the addition of an organic vegetable garden at the White House. New York is no exception, and it seems there are veggies growing everywhere you look—on rooftops from Greenpoint to Jamaica, to an abandoned [...]

Handmade Holiday

Thanksgiving has come and gone. We’ve eaten too much pie, hugged our loved ones and reflected on what we’re thankful for. Now our thoughts turn to… buying stuff, of course! Black Friday seemed particularly dark this year with reports of at least three shopping related deaths including the Wal-Mart employee in Long Island who was [...]

Kicking the Plastic Bag Habit

100 billion. That’s the number of plastic shopping bags that the EPA estimates Americans consume each year. (Incidentally, also the number of stars in our galaxy!)

This is really bad news, especially when you consider that plastic bags are made from petroleum, a non-renewable resource and only 1% of bags are ever recycled. The rest sit [...]