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Discover the Smallest Area with the Most Green Buildings in the U.S. September 12th, 2008
After 9-11, Battery Park City, NY, Is Coming Back Green and Strong
In a small area in downtown New York, 92 acres, close to the Finanical District, you'll find more green buildings per square foot than anywhere else in the US. As you look at this modern...more
Visit Silvercup Movie Studios: Largest Green Roof in NYC August 29th, 2008
Simple Solution Can Lower Rooftop Temps by 100 Degrees!
Come take a look behind-the-scenes (or above them) at what one of the biggest movie studios east of Hollywood has done to its roof. SIlvercup Studios has built a no-frills green roof atop its Long...more
Hi-Tech Urban Farming -- Discover How Food of the Future Is Being Grown Now! July 11th, 2008
Visit the Science Barge -- Experiments to Make Food Local and Luscious
Did you know that there is enough flat, rooftop space in New York City to grow vegetables for 15 million people? We haven't even begun to tap our potential for sustainable agriculture. But that...more
What's in a Name? May 20th, 2008
Book revisiting Love Canal eco-disaster sheds light on historical impact
I don't remember the Love Canal fiasco that occurred in Niagara Falls, N.Y., in 1978, but the horror of this eco-disaster is just as gripping 30 years later to me as it surely was for...more
City Farmers Cash In May 16th, 2008
Urban Ag Makes A Profit
Gardens are popping up where you’d least expect them—under elevated train tracks, in partially torn-down factories, on balconies, and behind rows of apartment buildings. And, these aren’t just home gardeners growing tomatoes for the occasional...more
New York - Recycling Magazines is Excellent! March 3rd, 2008
I was in New York today, and I saw in one of the subway stations a big ad for a recycling initiative for magazines and catalogs that was recently launched in New York by Mayor...more
Meet the Salad King -- He Grows 35 DIfferent Shades of Green February 13th, 2008
Chris Regan, Green Farmer Extraordinaire
Chris Regan was schooled as a painter, but the palette he uses nowadays is various shades of greens. He’s the brains behind Sky Farm near Millerton in upstate New York. With his small crew he...more
Zeno's Paradox January 29th, 2008
How My Dual Life Began
If you want to know how my split life began, I suppose you have to start with Zeno’s Paradox. Zeno, you may recall from High School philosophy class, was perhaps the first person to realize...more
No Cars Go January 24th, 2008
Why you should drop everything and ride a bike already!
If you haven’t gotten the memo yet, bikes are taking the world by storm. And not just ‘cause they’re an environmentally-friendly, efficient way to get around town. They’re also cool. Really cool. Bicycles have not...more
The Gingerbread House Contest January 17th, 2008
The Gingerbread House Contest and Auction is a big deal up in Columbia. It’s a fundraiser for the local school--contestants donate their houses so they can be auctioned off. But it’s also a competition to...more
