Friday July 31, 2009

the digital diet: an experiment

When I go on vacation, I don’t check emails, I don’t go online, I barely even answer the phone. On these tech-free holidays I am able to focus, enjoy myself, relax. So I’m going to try

Categories: blog community energy health Tags: clean energy lifestyle

Wednesday July 29, 2009

oooh that smell!

[Image: Lexington, Mass. Town website]

Have you ever walked into an elevator, a subway car, or any other crowded confined space and been smacked in the face by a toxic cologne cloud?

There are times when this overpowering

Categories: beauty/hygiene blog health Tags: air quality pollution

Sunday July 26, 2009

pimp my dump

What happens when a landfill retires? Find out how the city turns buried trash into public treasure — or a park that trumps Central Park in size — in this video from Thirteen’s series, The City

Categories: blog energy outdoors recycling Tags: nyc pollution trash

Friday July 24, 2009

nyc has 48 hours worth of food

What would happen if we were cut off from the US food supply chain? A scary prospect, but NYC has become wholly dependent on outside resources for food. But there’s a growing trend in this city

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink Tags: brooklyn/nyc eating farming gardens nyc organic urban agriculture

Thursday July 23, 2009

simplify, simplify

My mantra for the year. I’ve been decluttering, refocusing, letting go of bad habits and saying hello to new (good) ones. Part of living in a sustainable way is making sure the ol’ noggin’ can sustain

Categories: blog books community health Tags: sustainable yoga

Thursday July 23, 2009

grow your knowledge in an east village garden

Come learn about the latest in sustainable design in a quaint little garden in the East Village. Brought to you by the New York Restoration Project.

Series on Sustainable Design in East Village Garden!Toyota Children’s Learning Garden603

Categories: blog education energy events Tags: clean energy gardens green building green roofs kids solar

Wednesday July 22, 2009

is the gowanus canal really sponge worthy?

The Gowanus Canal Issues, dlandstudio

Most New Yorkers, especially Brooklynites, know the beloved Gowanus Canal is teeming with nasty things: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), petroleum, raw sewage, and even gonorrhea. Since the late 1800s, the canal has been

Categories: action blog environment health outdoors Tags: brooklyn/nyc nyc pollution water

Tuesday July 21, 2009

farm to table guest post

On Sunday, I visited Rooftop Farms, an amazing (as the name suggests) rooftop farm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Read all about it in this guest post I did on Farm to Table, sustainable food blog and reality

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink Tags: biking brooklyn/nyc eating farming gardens green roofs nyc organic permaculture sustainable

Tuesday July 21, 2009

brooklyn food coalition general meeting

Do you like food? Do you like food that’s healthful and sustainably produced? Want to get involved in shaping the way food is produced and distributed locally?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, come

Categories: action agriculture blog events food/drink Tags: brooklyn/nyc eating farming food justice gardens local urban agriculture

Monday July 20, 2009

why i’m a treehugger

Loving a giant cedar, Glacier National Park

Trees are ridiculously important to the continuation of the human species.

This is what trees do for us:

Provide us with oxygen to breathe
Filter pollutants from the air
Filter pollutants from water
Create much-needed

Categories: blog environment Tags: deforestation pollution trees