Marshall Saunders
Citizens Climate Lobby aims to price carbon, solve climate change, and to do it in a way that crosses American political barriers. Founded by a Texan, after the creek behind his childhood home dried up.
How can global finance…help the globe?
Can global finance rapidly shift gears to trigger a new wave of sustainable investing?
An alternative to cap and trade for the Clean Power Plan
Tomorrow Obama will announce a new plan to reduce greenhouse gases. One way that states might meet their expected emission limits is to implement fee-and-dividend policies.
Citywide, stronger business case for green buildings
The belief that business and the environment cannot thrive together is challenged by the success of several green residential developments in NYC.
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.
Eric Sanderson on oil, cars and suburbs
Eric Sanderson charts a way out of our environmental crisis through smart use of taxes, money, and the occasional ego boost.
Breaking the use-and-discard cycle, one repair at a time
“As a nation we’ve begun to rethink our relationship with food — now is the time to rethink our relationship with consumer objects as well.”
Future of civilization envisioned at NY Times “Energy” talk
Some views on sustainability presented at a recent New York Times conference
New Yorkers forge ahead with rooftop farming
New York has never settled for second place, and the city already has the largest rooftop farms in the world.
An automaker takes a creative approach to renewable energy
Audi’s e-gas initiative makes use of surplus wind power to synthesize fuel from waste CO2 — theoretically, a ‘win-win.’
O Christmas tree
It’s officially the time of year when we can walk up Broadway and not smell that mystery subway smoke or car exhaust, when we can…
Eds, meds, and environmental friendliness
New construction and renovation plans aplenty in NYC’s health and education sectors, but will the planners keep their promises for sustainable development?
“Greening up” public housing
Simple, cost-effective environmental retrofitting of public housing is well within the realm of possibility.
The people behind a new community supported fishery
What can these two new New Yorkers (and their fish) bring to the sustainable seafood movement–and you?
Parks get greener
We should not automatically view parks as being environmentally friendly by their nature…
Urban sustainability – not just green technology
Expanding our definition of sustainability to include not only environmental but also economic and societal issues.
Apps step in to fill the mass transit void in Apple’s iOS 6
The new operating software for Apple‘s iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad was released on Wednesday, September 19th in close conjunction with the release of the…
Home on the Grange: Brooklyn’s biggest rooftop farm
Brooklyn’s largest rooftop farm poised to produce 20,000 pounds of food by the end of the year.