SNAP Gardens: Food Stamps Grow Gardens
New Yorkers can use food stamps to buy plants and seeds.Source: www.snapgardens.org, via City Atlas
TreeKIT.org
TreeKIT provides the tools you need to take care of trees in your neighborhood.Source: treekit.org, via City Atlas
The Good Guide – a resource for finding safe, healthy, green & ethical products based on scientific ratings
GoodGuide provides green product ratings.
10 Ways to Re-purpose Old Tech
Here are our top 10 ways you can take the retired gadgets you’ve already got and turn them into something that has a solid place in the future.
Sustainable Food News
Sustainable Food News is the leading source of daily, online news and market information for the organic, sustainable and natural food industries.
Request a Street Tree : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets/street_tree_info.html
9 Tips for Tenants Who Want to Be Green
10 Tips for Tenants (we only counted 9, but it’s still a good list) Live in NYC. Dense, urban living is the most sustainable, resource and energy…
Community Supported Agriculture – a guide by Just Food
WHAT IS CSA? | Just Food CSA allows city residents to have direct access to high quality, fresh produce grown locally by regional farmers. When…
Good Tips for Beginner Cyclists
7 Tips For New Cyclists Who Want To Stay Safe: Gothamist More New Yorkers are commuting by bicycle than ever before, and if you’ve been…
The NYC Compost Project: a comprehensive resource from NYCWasteLess
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/html/compost/compostproj.shtml
Green roofs get property owners a tax break
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/property/property_tax_reduc_individual.shtml#green
Great guide for reducing energy usage from Con Edison – The Power of Green
http://www.coned.com/thepowerofgreen/tips/001.asp
Free Con Edison Energy Efficiency Resources for Small Businesses
http://www.coned.com/energyefficiency/businessdirect.asp
New York City Hurricane Irene news roundup – reports, maps, science, advice
How to Prepare for Hurricane Irene via Nbcnewyork New York City hurricane evacuation zones via WNYC (interactive map) hurricane evacuation zones via Nyc Hurricane Tracker via Nytimes Urban Ocean Observatory Hurricane Irene Scientific…
DIY resource Skillshare.com has classes to learn anything from anyone
Learn Teach New Features! Sign up Login Learn anything from anyone. Skillshare is a community marketplace for offline classes.Learn more… Join our Community Read about us… New York Times Mashable Forbes TechCrunch The Huffington Post …