Groups march to City Hall for fairness in rebuilding
Sandy-affected New Yorkers march to City Hall to put pressure on mayoral candidates to commit to an equitable rebuilding of the city
What is the future of food in New York City? Quinn, DeBlasio, Weiner weigh in
Strategies for building a more integrated and resilient food systems will likely emerge when candidates are pushed and held accountable.
Buses but no bikes: Quinn’s scaled-back transit agenda
According to Quinn, New York City transportation options are in dire need of a serious revamping
14 steps toward a healthier New York
The city’s new SIRR plan looks into the future to keep us safe, as warmer summers and bigger storms may be on the horizon.
Diogenes searches for answers from Google
Public critiques and counter-campaigns have drawn attention to Google’s corporate slogan “Don’t be evil,” pointing out their hypocrisy and subverting the slogan with the protest rally: “Don’t fund evil.”
Essential visit: 5Pointz, the “graffiti mecca” of the world
Make sure to support and visit 5Pointz while you still can!
How an NYC app is helping Philly reclaim its lots
Their vision? To create a land bank that “converts vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent properties into productive use, allowing communities to reclaim, reinvest in and rebuild their neighborhoods.”
What a $10 bag of produce can do for New York
Fresh, healthy, affordable food delivered to your neighborhood; now that’s a step, or a roll, in the right direction.
The future of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
How will the historic site–New York’s largest and oldest industrial facility–look in a year? In ten? We take a look at one new, “green” piece of the industrial fabric.
Who really owns that brand in your shopping cart?
Can this app give you more control over your life?
A better city starts with pedestrian space
In this video, urban strategist & former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa tells us how we can reprioritize road space for people.
Young people mobilizing for climate justice
Climate change mobilizes youth activism in NYC’s most vulnerable communities
Win a grant to improve our city’s public spaces
How will you better public space? Proposals for micro-grants due August 1
Five more days for proposals: My Voice, Our City competition
The proposed projects range from introducing computer programming to low-income communities to providing financial literacy and money management workshops across the five boroughs.
Meet July’s New York Tech Meetup stars
This month’s New York Tech Meetup (NYTM) featured eclectic startups in the fields of news, events, healthy eating, locksmithing, project management, and coding.
Book review: The City and The Coming Climate
New York has persevered through two heat waves so far in summer 2013, including a day that broke the Con Ed record for peak energy use. When will we experience the next heat wave and how bad will it be?
A small experiment for the rest of July
An Australian initiative in avoiding single-use plastics: straws, coffee lids, bottles.
Curtis Ravenel
To really understand how a company is positioned for the future, you have to know how it’s managing its environmental impact.