News from the past week:
Arts Education and Graduation Rates (New York Times)
Lanes for Buses Only, and New M.T.A. Chief Means It (New York Times)
Ruling Eases Transgender Name-Change Process (City Room)
Competing visions spark turf war in Longwood Park (Hunts Point Express)
Green Energy Alternatives: The Theme Park — It’s Happening, on Ward’s Island (gbNYC)
Hot for farmer! (New [...]
Solar One, the little environmental awareness center on the edge of the East River, is about to begin construction on a much bigger facility called Solar 2. The new building will be ten times larger than the current facility, and will let them expand their public programs around energy efficiency, renewable energy, green building, and [...]
Today is Blog Action Day, when thousands of bloggers agree to post about the same global issue. This year’s topic is climate change.
Bloggers around NYC are getting in on the action:
A comic strip by N.C. Winters on Freelance Switch
Eco-friendly restaurants at the Directory of New York City
Going beyond green consumer choices by Soilicious: Green Life [...]
In the news recently:
Diversity Diminishes Closer to the Top at NYC Nonprofits and Foundations (New York Nonprofit Press)
Flood Harvesting Housing Brings Tidal Power to New York City (Inhabitat)
Without Cars, a Different Sort of 42nd St. (New York Times)
Poster-Loving Civic Groups Protest Steep Fines (City Room)
Scandal Leaves Lack of Service in Its Wake (City Limits)
The Immigrants [...]
We love this Seeding the City project, which aims to both increase rooftop gardening and build community among environmentalists.
Participants who gather support from their neighbors (and landlords) can receive small (less than four square feet) green roof modules. The first module went to Georgia’s Place (Community Counseling and Mediation) in Crown Heights on October 1. [...]
In the news recently:
To Help the Bronx, They Circled Manhattan by Boat (City Room)
Longer Lines at Food Banks in the Bronx (City Room)
City Admits Lapse in Data Release (City Room)
Lessons from a Large Family (New York Times)
Neighborhood Voices: A friend is gunned down (Hunts Point Express)
Young Local Farmers (Ditmas Park Blog via Brooklyn Green Team)
Proposed: [...]
The Win-Win Campaign sounds to me like it would deliver about four big “wins.” So, who wins?
Youth: The training and internship program equips young people with green job skills, preparing them for work in a growing sector.
Small businesses: Small businesses can cut down on expenses by increasing energy efficiency, and better communicate their greening [...]
News from the past week:
A Brooklyn of Wealth and Needs Gets a Major Charity All Its Own (New York Times)
Walking the Dog to Draw Attention to a Cause (City Room)
Dreaming of Brooklyn: Development Reconsidered (City Limits)
Cool Roofs for the City and the Country (New York Future Initiative)
Interview with Aaron Naparstek: Why ride a bike in [...]
There’s a short article in last week’s New York magazine about city health commissioner Thomas Farley’s initiative to encourage New Yorkers to get exercise by taking the stairs. The article cites some eye-opening statistics:
“Two additional minutes of stair-climbing per day (approximately three floors) can burn more than enough calories to eliminate the average adult’s annual [...]
News from the past week:
Fake New York Post: The Yes Men’s Latest Takes On The Environment (Huffington Post)
Climate Change Is on the Map, and in the Spotlight (City Room)
Primary Results Show Progress for Gay Candidates (City Room)
Concepts Run Wild at Dutch-American Bike Slam (City Room)
Green Taxi Case Heads Toward Showdown (City Limits)
41 Cooper Square: Thom [...]
