2nd Second Annual Bronx Solar Economic Development Conference
In an effort to introduce solar energy to the Bronx, the 2nd annual Bronx Solar Economic Development Conference will be held Saturday, August 10th, 2013…
MTA to roll out interactive subway maps
By the end of the year, the MTA has announced it will install interactive, touch-screen maps for helping travelers and commuters navigate the city’s latticework…
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.
Unveiling the genius phone
Today, the Popular Choice Award will be awarded to one of six contestants in the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge
“A New Alignment:” the secret success story of regional rail
Train travel has increased in popularity more than any other mode of domestic transportation, outpacing both aviation and automobiles; in 2011, Amtrak reached an all-time record of 31 million passengers.
Millennials choose computers and phones over cars
Does the survey reveal a conscious millennial step toward smaller carbon footprints?
Twitter map reveals NYC’s lingual diversity
The map’s English tweets are almost indistinguishable from a road map, creating a grid of New York’s busiest streets. Altogether, 22 languages were identified.
PlowNYC: the city’s online snowplow map gets put to use
New York City’s commitment to information technology continues to reap benefits, as now GPS-equipped sanitation trucks plowing the city streets can be followed online. PlowNYC, the…
Looking forward to light at LUMEN
Attracting both local and international artists, LUMEN is a recurring, free event visited by hundreds of curious New Yorkers for the past three years.
Times Square Valentines heart will be made of Sandy-salvaged materials
A giant, glowing, red heart — with room inside for curious visitors and romantic couples — will be installed in Times Square for Valentine’s Day. The…
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.’
Is “solutionism” getting us nowhere?
It has become all-too-sexy to throw a few apps at a societal problem and hope that it goes away. But how do we make the jump from knowledge to real solutions?
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?
Discussing climate change at the dinner table; it’s possible!
Don’t let climate change be a dinner table taboo. Thanksgiving is the perfect time to spread the word and come to a productive consensus.
“Greening up” public housing
Simple, cost-effective environmental retrofitting of public housing is well within the realm of possibility.
A new cost-benefit analysis for storm protection
With powerful storm surges costing the New York Metropolitan Area more and more each year, it is clear that a new flood protection system is necessary. Has it now become economically responsible from a cost-benefit standpoint?
Arts and energy: a 100% wind powered Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center is now fully wind-powered, showing once again that the art world can be a leader in the movement towards sustainability.
Parks get greener
We should not automatically view parks as being environmentally friendly by their nature…