sustainability
A New Tiny Forest of 1,000 Trees is Coming to NYC
A forest of 1,000 trees will be packed into a tiny plot on Roosevelt Island to help fight the effects of climate change!
Goats Return to Work at NYC’s Riverside Park
Why hire a human professional when nature’s greatest weeding team accepts payment in leaves? In order to further plans
Inside One Bryant Park’s Co-Generation Power Plant
One Bryant Park, the first high-rise building to reach LEED Platinum certification ever, is a tower of fun facts. The
Go Behind the Scenes on the Javits Center Green Roof
The 760,000 square-foot Jacob K. Javits Center is not just the busiest convention center in the United States, it
Go Behind the Scenes on the Green Roof of the Javits Center
Did you know that the Javits Center has a 6.75 acre green roof, hiding atop the building? On this
Join a Walking Tour of a Hidden Recycling Hub With Local Recyclers
The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility processes roughly 18,000 tons of the city’s recyclables every month, but the
5 of NYC’s Largest Solar Energy Projects
Solar generated energy is becoming one of the most common means of heat and electricity production throughout the country. Not
Urban Environmentalists Bring Carnivalesque Procession to NYC’s Lower East Side
Artists, educators, and community activists crowded into a meeting room on the ground floor of the Loisaida Center in Alphabet
Amtrak Debuts a Fresh, New Look For Its Northeast Train Route Interiors
Amtrak’s newly refreshed seating areas. Image via Amtrak If you’re traveling via Amtrak sometime in the next few
Zero Waste Design Guidelines: Towards A More Sustainable NYC
Yesterday, Open House New York concluded its year-long series, Getting to Zero exploring New York City’s waste management system.
Food Foraging Tours with the “Wildman” Steve Brill in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
We’ve eaten in parks before but eating with “Wildman” Steve Brill is a slightly different experience. The self-titled “Wildman”
New Documentary “Growing Cities” Plants a Platform for Urban Architecture
The next harvest in the future of agriculture won’t be found in sweeping fields of the Great Plains, but
