Lessons from Cuba: Urban Sustainability
Meet Roberto Perez in person! Saturday, August 17th, 6 – 8 pm The Commons: 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Suggested donation: $15 – $20…
Group Structure Workshop– Citizens Committee for NYC
Neighborhood Leadership Institute: Group Structure Saturday, October 19 | 11:00am-2:00pm Downtown Manhattan Build and maintain an effective neighborhood association or community group. Workshops are for…
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
Essential visit: 5Pointz, the “graffiti mecca” of the world
Make sure to support and visit 5Pointz while you still can!
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.
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?
History Tour: A Key to the Continent
Explore the role of the Brooklyn waterfront in making New York City and its environs a strategic hub in both the American Revolution and the Civil War.
Washington Square Park Music Festival: Music Of East Africa
Featuring Nepo Soteri: a guitarist, singer and composer who survived the Rwandan civil war. His music is directly influenced by the raw rhythms and stylized sounds unique to such African countries as Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, from which spring the roots of American jazz.
Political, economic repercussions of Obama’s climate change plan
The president wants everyone to be a climate change communicator.
Incredible green roof on P.S. 41
Kids at P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village now have a green roof to use as a learning lab — and the school saves energy too.
Watch midtown Manhattan’s explosive growth (and hear about it from Paul Newman)
Cube Cities traces the lifetime of midtown Manhattan through growth animation
Bike tickets on the rise in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Citibikes lead to more tickets. For safety or for quotas?
Book review: Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs
Cheap oil built the modern American landscape. Now what? Eric Sanderson has some ideas.
Human Impacts Institute’s Tree Care Tuesdays
Clean, aerate, and mulch tree beds to beautify, clean air, and promote green spaces in our neighborhoods! Every week, members of the Human Impacts Institute…
Urban foraging: a lost art?
In the world of NYC foraging, appetites, and sometimes tensions, are high. Here’s our guide to the landscape.
The latest climate analysis for NYC: what’s it mean for us?
How can we adapt and rebuild responsibly?
Solar State of Play: Innovative Models that are Driving the Market Forward
Solar One and NYC ACRE are bringing solar professionals, upstart financiers, and venture capitalists together in a panel discussion about solar energy and its future…