Google Maps goes off-roading
If fear of getting lost in the woods has deterred you from hiking the great outdoors, pretty soon you’ll have no excuse.
Beez in the trap?
From beekeeping to beewatching to sampling local honey, there are many ways to support urban agriculture and the worldwide bee population.
Can people be “LEED” certified?
Can you be “green certified” like the LEED rating system for buildings?
Battery Urban Farm changes landscapes and mindscapes
A mere stone’s throw from the 4/5 Bowling Green station is a small urban farm that yields herbs, vegetables and fertile soil from compost.
Open plans for your cycling summer
Summer has arrived! Soon enough, you’ll be seeing blue. Thousands of blue bicycles.
How to surveil yourself for (y)our own good
Though environmental standards have improved over the past decades, in these muggy days of early summer in New York the quality of our air and…
What happens to your electronics when you take them to be recycled?
After lugging old electronics to safe drop-off points, where do they go next? WNYC provides a peek at the e-waste recycling process.
Build it Green NYC: Over 75 tons of used materials and furniture
Feeling like a DIY project this spring? Build It Green! NYC, a non-profit retail outlet for salvaged and surplus building materials, is a great local resource
Good Reading: The New American Homestead, Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Living in the Country or in the City
Chock full of the essentials, this guide introduces the principles of permaculture and provides handy call-outs featuring resources and more
A renewed push for wind power generation in NYC
(Image via NYTimes) While all those dots in the above image may look like birds traveling north in a V-formation, they are really proposed…
NYC is Lagging in Recycling: Become a recycling leader in your apartment building
One of the ways that we can work to reverse this trend is by participating in the NYC Department of Sanitation’s Apartment Building Recycling Initiative (ABRI).
LAGI: Field Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies
How much do you know about renewable energy? The Field Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies is an amazing new resource developed by Land Art Generator Initiative.
Apply for a Summer Play Street in Your Community
(Image via Transportation Alternatives) Summer Play Streets are community organized times when local streets are officially closed to traffic and open for youth to play…
3 Minute Film: The Landfill
The Landfill is a peek into the operations of a small New York landfill that turns trash into energy. The power plant at the landfill…
Field Guide printed
We put together a field guide to phytoremediation based on our research and experience at La Finca del Sur this summer. It’s a 40+ page…
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