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…
Past and Future Come Together In Study of Climate Change and Historic Buildings
With a skyline full of iconic 19th and 20th Century architecture, how does New York both preserve the glories of the past and adapt…
Grow Our Grassroots: February 11 Summit for trees, parks and gardens
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…
Fig Trees in Boston; The USDA Updates Growing Map For Warmer Climate
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…
Homes on Roosevelt Island to be powered by East River
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.org and Deutsche Bank team up to fund green projects in NYC
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…
How the Dutch got their bike paths
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,…
Cleanweb Hackathon Sparks Ingenuity Downtown for Green Data
This weekend developers and designers put their minds to coming up with the best ideas for new apps for sustainability, in the two day…
Brook Park, South Bronx
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,…
Will the next mayor continue PlaNYC?
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…
Bicycle power from Times Up
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: …
Jules Verne in Long Island City
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…
New York by the Numbers; EPA Provides Searchable Map of CO2
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…
A Digital Tree for Times Square
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…
Vote For Best New MTA App
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…
“Cities are making us more human”
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…
Food Stamping the Green Markets
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…
Land Art Generator Initiative partners with NYC Parks
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…