News from the past week:
A Manhattan Sequoia, Not So Giant (City Room)
For Youth Leaving Care, a Way to Stay Connected (City Limits)
Dreams day-by-day (The Indypendent via Voices That Must Be Heard)
Latino bilingual website for teachers to debut (Bronx Latino)
Eating Better and Locally With CSAs (Bed-Stuy Banana)
You Are Here: Christened (Clinton Hill Blog)
Green Buildings from the [...]
CUNY’s Graduate Center is hosting a “Pre-Valentine’s Day Blood Drive” this week. The drive will take place Wednesday, February 11 from 10:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. in the CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, Manhattan).
Details from the event website:
Call 212-817-8234 to make an appointment to donate blood at the Graduate Center or stop by [...]
What’s the best thing to do with an empty plastic bottle? Make a lampshade? A pair of earrings that look like sea glass? An herb garden? If you’ve got a fresh answer, you could win a solar-powered backpack and the Keep the Bottle Contest crown.
Tap’dNY, a New York-based water bottling company that sources local tap [...]
Just in time for a new school year, we’re launching Generation Idealist: a resource center for a new generation of community leaders and world changers. Bursting with tips and ideas for teens, college students, and budding nonprofit professionals, this collection will help you (or your younger friends) identify ways to build a better world; take [...]
“We’re a nation of consumers. And there’s nothing wrong with that.” Those are the first lines of a new Discover card commercial called “Brighter.” When I first heard those words, I choked on my lemonade. It seemed like a joke for a second or two, but it quickly became clear that the the commercial was [...]
With the Straphanger’s release of their State of the Subways report, we thought it would be timely to have a transportation update. Since there are so many ways people travel around the city, this update is divided into two parts.This one covers trains and buses which, despite the recent fare hike, are experiencing record ridership.
Commuter [...]
An interesting Q&A is going on over at the NYT Freakonomics blog. A lawyer-to-be essentially asks if the best way to “maximize your charity” is to work for a nonprofit or get rich and give away your money.
Stephen J. Dubner and many of the commenters seem to favor the latter. I disagree with this stance [...]
I’ve never been to the Deitch Project’s Art Parade but I’m going to try my darndest to make it this year. It’s been an institution the past few years, marking the end of summer and usually involving crazy costumes, loud music, performances and lots of interesting art. It’s not unusual to find a marching band [...]
Looking for something to do this week?
Thursday, August 14th
Are you a woman who wants to learn more about online and offline networking opportunities? Join NOW-NYC for their Techs and the City networking party.
For everything about renting green in New York check out workshops at the Brooklyn Center for Urban Environment.
Friday, August 15th
Ever wanted to [...]
I posted this at GBK and thought Idealist in NYC readers would be interested to know about an e-advocacy action in NYC:
A new law by the NYC City Council went into effect last week mandating that stores of 5,000 square feet or more or chains of five stores or more must collect and recycle plastic [...]
