Articles tagged “New York”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Brother, Can You Spare 1% for the Planet? By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2011 A media empire called Outside is the latest edition to 1% for the Planet. One percent may seem small, but a little added up to $20 million last year. + READ MORE

Oh, It's Tough Having the Best Internship on Earth By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 30 2011 The Sierra Club has chosen the winner of its Best Internship on Earth. It's not you, unless your name is Kokei Otosi. But fear not, you can share in the experience. + READ MORE

Father/Son Team Traveling from NYC to Portland in 1,000 MPG Vehicle By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 7 2011 Kid leaves the lights on. Father tries to think of a way to convince him to stop. Now they're riding across the country trying to convince others. In a 1,000 mpg human-electric hybrid vehicle. + READ MORE

Top 10 Most Toxic Cities & Top 10 Fittest Cities in the US... Is Your City On the Lists? By Laurel House IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 6 2011 Think you live in a pretty green town? While smog levels, health food stores, and the number of treehuggers might seem like legit indicators of toxicity levels, have you ever broken it down and analyzed its Air quality, Water quality, TRI (the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory- tracking chemicals released in manufacturing), and Superfund sites (abandoned areas that have become overrun by hazardous waste)? No? Not to worry, Forbes Magazine did the dirty work for you and just released their annual Top 10 Most Toxic Cities list. + READ MORE

Meet Fabien Cousteau, Grandson of Jacques & Deep Sea Explorer By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2010 As Blue August begins to cool down, we're highlighting a hot influence on ocean awareness, Fabien Cousteau. Following the legendary footsteps of his grandfather, Jacques Cousteau, Fabien combines his love of deep sea diving with documentary filmmaking including restoration projects like planting one billion sea turtles in the mangroves of El Salvador and one million corals in the Maldives and Florida Keys. + READ MORE

Deposit on Cigarette Butts? Recycling Program Proposed for New York By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect May 26 2010 If a recently-proposed bill passes, New York will soon have a cigarette butt recycling program that would collect a one-cent deposit on every cigarette. + READ MORE

DisneyNature, The Nature Conservancy Partner to Protect Manhattan-Sized Coral Reefs in the Bahamas By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors May 12 2010 DisneyNature partnered with The Nature Conservancy's Adopt a Coral Reef program to protect a chunk of coral reefs the size of Manhattan. + READ MORE

Five Reasons Why the Nissan LEAF's Price Tag Will Help the Electric Car Succeed By Seth Leitman IN Tech & Transport Apr 9 2010 Electric cars have been around for years, in some form or another, but there has yet to be one that really offers all the conveniences of an internal combustion engine, but without the gasoline. That may be ending with the Nissan LEAF, and it's success may depend on the number on the sticker. Here are five reasons that price will help it succeed + READ MORE

TerraCycle Takes A Bite Out Of The Big Apple By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Tech & Transport Apr 1 2010 TerraCycle prevents thousands of tons of waste from going into our landfills. The company's mission to eliminate landfill waste by finding innovative and unique uses for materials that others would deem garbage is coming to New York City. + READ MORE

Free Parking is Actually Pretty Expensive By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Tech & Transport Apr 1 2010 My town has free parking all along Main Street. It's the kind of thing visitors always remark on: "No meters!!" And we smugly say, "Nope, not here!" and pull up right in front of the nearest restaurant or antique store. Yep, life seemed pretty sweet... until I realized that the abundance of free parking meant one thing: I. Drive. Everywhere. + READ MORE

Meet Jessica Schweifel, Founder of Root for Trees By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Mar 11 2010 Here's an organization any nature loving urban dweller can support: Root for Trees. The New York City non-profit uses art and other creative campaigns to raise environmental awareness-through trees. The gorgeously green, oxygen rich gems that are so needed yet so lacking here in the concrete jungle. + READ MORE

Pedestrian Power: Today, Times Square. Tomorrow, the World. By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Feb 19 2010 "A society so reliant on cars is already being revealed as destructive to the planet," says Ken Coughlin, a board member of Transportation Alternatives, "and it will soon become completely unsustainable." + READ MORE

Schools Nationwide Join the Green Cup Challenge to Reduce Energy Use By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jan 19 2010 Students take on the challenge of reducing energy consumption. It's up to students and staff how ambitious they want to get, and how they'll meet their goals. + READ MORE

More New Yorkers Than Ever Are Pledging Green. Now What? By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jan 3 2010 From the Battery to The Bronx, the green message has caught on but (and you knew there'd be a "but")...recycling, outlawing plastics, and growing trees are not gonna do the job alone + READ MORE

New York Takes First Steps To Legalize Beekeeping By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jan 2 2010 digg_url = 'http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/new-york-legalize-beekeeping.html';Urban Beekeeping whizzed into the world of fashionable green back in June. At that time, prospective beekeepers have been fighting to have a ban on urban beekeeping lifted in New York City -- that's right, it was illegal to keep bees in the city. Good news, though: It may not be that way for long + READ MORE

Dropped Greenhouse Gas Initiative a "Slap in the Face" From NYC Mayor By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2009 Bloomberg dropped the "most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions" because building owners said it was too costly. + READ MORE

Meet John Zamurs, Project Manager of Clean Air NY By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Dec 16 2009 it was a breath of fresh air finding out about Clean Air NY, an organization that helps educate the public on practical changes to reduce driving and therefore, the city's climate change-causing carbon emissions. The mastermind behind it is John Zamurs, Clean Air NY's project manager who founded it in 2007. + READ MORE

How to Celebrate a Low Impact Big Apple Holiday By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 6 2009 Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas, you're bound to get bamboozled into giving at least a few gifts each holiday season. So, rather than indulging your inner consumer, why not get creative and stay green? Spreading holiday cheer to the Big Apple denizens on your list is the perfect place to start practicing your DIY eco-skills. + READ MORE

11 Great Day Trips that Begin at Grand Central Station By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 30 2009 Museums, outdoor hiking, indoor climbing, hitting the slopes, perfecting your down dog, and eating locally grown goodness-it's all just a train ride away. + READ MORE

Meditating With Your Hands: Ananda Harvest Feeds Ananda Ashram Sustainably, Affordably By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 25 2009 Yogic philosophy is deeply rooted in a connection to the planet so it's no coincidence that this relationship influenced the establishment of the Ananda Harvest, a project which began in order to grow the food for the Ananda Ashram and then took on a life of its own. For founding farmers Dave Gottlieb and Jerri Chou it all started as an escape from New York City. + READ MORE