New electronics recycling center opens in Brooklyn
The Lower East Side Ecology Center has just opened an E-Waste recycling center in Brooklyn, at 469 President Street (at Nevins Street). Starting today the center will…
The Lower East Side Ecology Center has just opened an E-Waste recycling center in Brooklyn, at 469 President Street (at Nevins Street). Starting today the center will…
With a skyline full of iconic 19th and 20th Century architecture, how does New York both preserve the glories of the past and adapt…
On Saturday, February 11th, the city’s innovative crowd source platform Change By Us will team up with the Parks Department, PlaNYC and Million Trees…
In a low-key acknowledgment of changing climate, the USDA has updated the growing zones for gardeners across America. “WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is hitting…
Verdant Power has been awarded the first US license for a tidal power generation system. Over the next two years, 30 underwater turbines will…
Ioby, the online micro-funding platform for community green projects, will work with Deutsche Bank to provide matching grants aimed at projects led by Community Development…
Sometimes it looks easy when you visit a European city with great urban planning. But that doesn’t mean it was easy — even in Amsterdam,…
This weekend developers and designers put their minds to coming up with the best ideas for new apps for sustainability, in the two day…
They really do want to put the brook back into Brook Park in the South Bronx. For a brief visit to this well-loved local park,…
Since his first term began, ten years ago, Mayor Bloomberg’s presence at the helm has gone on so long and with such assurance that it…
Times Up, the New York-based direct action environmental group, has been steadily perfecting their bicycle generators, shown in a series of videos on YouTube: …
The MTA’s Tunnel Boring Machine broke through to daylight on the day after Christmas, completing Tunnel A of the East Side Access project, which will…
The CO2 guide to NYC; not likely to be first resource a tourist asks for, but contains fascinating data, given our changing planet…as the city…
In response to a contest organized by consulting firm PSFK and the Climate Reality Project, designers at Stark Design have proposed an interactive concept that…
What’s the most useful transit-related app out there? The MTA needs your help to find out. Voting continues through 5 PM Wednesday 1/11 for the best…
Edward Glaeser, economist, Harvard professor, and author of Triumph of the City, interviewed in The European about cities and the future: “I think the most important…
More people are using food stamps at New York City Green Markets, as WNYC reported this morning. While there are different ways to present the…
The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), a visionary project to promote the design and installation of energy-producing artworks around the world, has partnered with the New…