Tuesday April 28, 2009

the wild lunch

Last weekend we (my bf and I) ventured out into the wilds of Prospect Park to go a-foraging with Leda Meredith. So far this is our third foraging tour, the first time we’ve searched for wild

Categories: blog food/drink outdoors Tags: brooklyn/nyc eating foraging local

Thursday April 23, 2009

go plant a tree!

Did you know that tomorrow is Arbor Day? I hadn’t a clue until I just got this email from MillionTreesNYC. If I didn’t have to work tomorrow, I’d be doing this (boo to work!):

Still looking to

Categories: action blog events holidays Tags: trees volunteer

Wednesday April 22, 2009

earth day events from just food

In keeping with the Earth Day theme today, here are some more ways to get involved – through education – from local food advocacy group Just Food.

Garden Maintenance, Planting Techniques and Growing for Market: April

Categories: agriculture blog events holidays Tags: bees earth day farming gardens

Wednesday April 22, 2009

earth day ideas from the brooklyn green team

Some more ways to get involved this Earth Day (and every other day of the year) from the Brooklyn Green Team:

In honor of Earth Day 2009, the Brooklyn Green Team would like to suggest some ways

Categories: blog events holidays Tags: earth day local shopping

Wednesday April 22, 2009

grand opening: green in brooklyn

Live in Brooklyn and not sure where to get things like biodegradable trash bags or organic linens? Now there’s one shop that carries it all, Green in BKLYN and they’re having an Earth Day grand opening

Categories: blog events home Tags: brooklyn/nyc local shopping

Tuesday April 21, 2009

tomorrow’s earth day

(If the sun hugged a tree you could kiss that tree goodbye… sizzle sizzle. Ok, maybe I’m being too literal.)

Yeah, big deal, tomorrow’s Earth Day. I kind of agree with the sentiment expressed by environmental

Categories: action blog holidays outdoors recycling Tags: earth day volunteer

Tuesday April 21, 2009

rainy day, bright idea

We’re having a string of rainy days here in NYC. Of course we need the rain – the street trees need it, the urban gardens need it, the reservoirs upstate need it. But there’s a phenomenon

Categories: art/craft blog recycling Tags:

Monday April 20, 2009

cosmetics consumption and conflict

There was a time in my life when I wasn’t a terribly conscious consumer. I would compulsively buy things like inexpensive clothing and makeup without really thinking about where it came from or what it was

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Monday April 20, 2009

what do you know for sure?

by Bob Hicok

Some people, told of witness trees,pause in chopping a carrotor loosening a lug nut and ask,witness to what? So while saladis made, or getting from A to Bis repaired, these peoplelisten to the storyof

Categories: art/craft blog Tags: trees

Sunday April 19, 2009

great scott, some good environmental advertising!

Brought to you by Greenpeace

After watching this I decided to take a look at Kimberley Clark’s website to see if they’ve done any cleaning up with regard to their environmental image.

It looks like they’re greening up

Categories: blog environment home Tags: deforestation trees