A small experiment for the rest of July
An Australian initiative in avoiding single-use plastics: straws, coffee lids, bottles.
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.
Field to Loaf: Workshop On NY Grain Supply for Cayuga Pure Organics
Photo credit: Slow Food NYC Cayuga Pure Organics (CPO) is the major grain supplier for New York. A small farm located near Ithaca, New York,…
Urban foraging: a lost art?
In the world of NYC foraging, appetites, and sometimes tensions, are high. Here’s our guide to the landscape.
What lies beneath
The physical underground of New York City is vast, and as it turns out, very much uncharted. With damage recent and imminent, what is the future of NYC’s infrastructure?
The Road Forward: Putting Resilience Into Action
This convening will provide a an opportunity for conference participants to take a critical look at the various report recommendations, discuss their implementation, and consider what else is needed for a comprehensive resilience strategy for New York.
Beaches are opening? Beaches are opening!
We repeat, so that we ourselves believe it: all beaches (well, except Fort Tilden) will be open for swimming… tomorrow.
Museums for free, every day of the week
A list of museums you can visit for free, or pay-as-you-wish, can be found here.
Whose park? Our park.
There are about 1,700 parks, playgrounds, and recreation facilities across the five boroughs. Do you have a park among these that’s “yours?”
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.”
IDEAS CITY FESTIVAL
IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to the vitality of urban centers,…
The Beloved Earth Community with Bill McKibben of 350.org
The Beloved Earth Community: an event at Riverside Church 490 Riverside Drive, NY, NY No charge to attend Sermon by Bill McKibben, founder, 350.org 10:30…
West Harlem’s CSA offers affordable, fresh produce from local farmers
A sliding membership fee plus four hours of community service in exchange for a bag of fresh produce a week.
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.
Cornell publishes extensive guide to urban farming
Cornell University’s Northeast Beginning Farmers Project has published an extensive guide to urban farming in New York State, and it is available for free online.…
Not-so-sustainable seafood?
Many scientists and environmentalists believe that the certifications are simply “greenwashing”–misleading consumers into thinking they are making a better choice for the environment when they are not. Who is right?
Frack the “Promised Land”?
“Promised Land” does not present any scientific or economic facts about the positive or negative impacts of fracking. However, if you are interested in an easily digestible and entertaining look at both sides of the debate, “Promised Land” is worth a watch.