Monday October 20, 2008

red hook harvest

This past Saturday my friend Anne and I hopped on our bikes (after the helpful guys at Bicycle Station put Anne’s bike chain back on) and headed down to the Red Hook Harvest Festival hosted by

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Friday October 17, 2008

apple day, this sunday

Eat some apples in the big apple while learning simple ways to go green, this Sunday on the Lower East Side. It’s New York City Apple Day!

Sunday, October 1911am to 4:30pmOrchard St btwn Broome and Grand

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Thursday October 16, 2008

Dr. Michael Oppenheimer on the Colbert Report

Okay, it’s from February of last year. But it’s just as relevant today.

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Thursday October 16, 2008

learning events @ AMNH

Some great opportunities to learn more about the world that’s changing around us are coming up at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), in conjunction with the new Climate Change exhibit.

Future events @ AMNH

The museum

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Thursday October 16, 2008

climate change exhibit @ AMNH

This past Tuesday, I had the opportunity to get a sneak preview of the new exhibit Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future that opens this Saturday, October 18th, at the American

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Wednesday September 24, 2008

pete seeger, this saturday at BBG

[Image: Annie Liebovitz]

Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer, activist, and lover of everyone on the planet, is headlining the Chile Pepper Fiesta this Saturday (9/27) at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He’ll be accompanied by his son, Tao

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Monday September 22, 2008

brooklyn harvest

It’s the first day of Fall and it’s already feeling a bit cooler. The kids are back in school, people are already donning boots and sweaters, and some are gearing up for harvest.

For those of us

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Thursday September 18, 2008

new free rice games

I just donated 11,000 grains of rice testing out my Italian language skills. Yep, they added some new games to the mix at freerice.com. Now, in addition to the original free rice vocabulary game, you can

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Friday September 12, 2008

farm aid 2008

What’s wrong with our farm system? It’s unsustainable, unsupportive to family farmers, and unhealthy to us all. But for over 20 years, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young (and since 2001, Dave Matthews) have been

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Sunday September 7, 2008

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