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may is bike month in NYC
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so hop on a two-wheeler & do your part in keeping NYC greener this summer.
kickass transportation alternatives has teamed up with the department of transportation to bring you Bike Month NYC, a month of cycling celebration for our city’s growing bicycle community–ridership is up 35% from last year. crazy!
click on the easy-to-use calendar and [...]
the inner life of farm animals
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big-time animal advocate, mary max & her husband peter, are hosting a low-key shindig tonight honoring the new book, The Inner World of Farm Animals, by amy hatkoff.
with a foreword by jane goodall and an afterword by wayne pacelle, the book combines scientific research with touching stories and beautiful photographs to bring the emotions, personalities, [...]
lights out: earth hour
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hope everyone enjoys a good snuggle tonight during earth hour. it’s lights out from 8:30 - 9:30!
from the website…
On March 28 at 8:30 PM, individuals and businesses across the five boroughs of New York City will join millions of people around the world to make a dramatic statement of concern about climate change by [...]
petition: NYC compost project
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my friend cal patch sent over this petition about the state of composting in NYC.
as you know, i am very excited about the LESEC’s compost collection at union square market days. and while that project continues to grow & gain momentum, some of our government sponsored programs are being kicked to the curb.
east new york [...]
new yorkers for a green new york: stewart+brown & yogaworks
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spring is definitely teasing us. the promise of open-toe shoes & sundresses aches my heart, as i am dying to get out of winter’s cold grip and frolic outside.
my sweet friend–annie churchill–and founder of new yorkers for a green new york*, has just the fix for anyone chomping at the bit to shed some [...]
green guerillas annual meeting
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in 1973 liz christy, a lower east side artist, gathered her friends & neighbors together to clean out a vacant lot on the corner of bowery & houston streets. calling themselves the green guerillas, these visionaries created a vibrant community garden and sparked the modern community gardening movement in NYC.
the green guerillas tapped the time, [...]
redwood creek greater outdoors project
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lots of companies talk a good game.
they like for you to think they’re doing something good & wonderful for the environment in order to snag your great green dollar. it’s beyond depressing the ways they sneakily lull you into submission.
fortunately, some companies are doing the right thing and they are worth noting. like, [...]
vilsack establishes the people’s garden project?
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wow. i may have to start eating my words.
maybe.
i’ve dissed vilsack and his questionable coziness with the biotech industry before–i supported the petition against his nomination as agriculture secretary because of it.
but maybe, just maybe, he’s changing his tune?
it’s happened before — he 180′d his ideas about human cloning. so maybe dude [...]
cards with a purpose
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lucky 15’s goal is to promote vintage/re•cycled paper crafts–i love that, so obviously, i love these cards that also promote a social agenda we can all get down with.
these cards rock, even beyond valentine’s day so stock up & support & love all year ’round.
best way to get your green on…
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literally!
featured etsy artist, adorn jewelry has already graced the pages of better home & garden (as well as countless gardening blogs) so i’m not blowing doors here. i just wanted to show the love–as it ’tis the season for such things–and spotlight a super cute idea.
while it is faux moss, the spirit of [...]
