Sunday February 28, 2010

a new f’ing wilderness

How do you envision urban wilderness? For me, this question brings to mind so many ideas and visions, of what’s wild and alive in the city today, of what was once wild and living in the

Categories: action art blog environment Tags: animals conservation habitat mushrooms nyc volunteer

Friday May 15, 2009

milliontrees nyc announces volunteer opps

[Tree and me]
Just the other day as I stared out my apartment window, I thought about how lovely it was that the trees back there have grown closer our building. The lush green branches and perching

Categories: blog events Tags: nyc trees volunteer

Friday May 15, 2009

rally to stop coal plant financing

Join Dozens of activists with the Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, and New York Public Interest Research Group this coming Tuesday – May 19 – to rally against the financing of dirty coal by JPMorgan Chase.

Categories: action blog energy volunteer Tags: clean energy coal volunteer

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

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

Wednesday March 11, 2009

spreading love in the form of flowers in bed stuy

I’ve been wanting to throw some seed bombs since I wrote about Green Guerrillas last summer (and maybe even before that). Well now I’m going to have the chance to live the dream, and you can

Categories: action blog outdoors Tags: brooklyn/nyc fun gardens volunteer

Wednesday January 14, 2009

5 actions you can take right now

A message from Michelle Obama

1. Get involved in bettering your community and country: organize or join a National Day of Service event (with the Sierra Club)President-elect Obama is calling on all Americans to participate in service

Categories: action blog Tags: volunteer