School may be out for summer, but seize the opportunity to increase your children’s vocabulary and environmental literac…
Recycling
Newspaper Dispensers Turned Into Flower Pots
Here’s a neat idea. Somewhere in Toronto, an artist is taking old newspaper dispensers and reclaiming them into flower p…
Recycle Old Crayons!
When I was growing up, my grandmother would buy me a new box of Crayola 64-count crayons each summer, with the cool shar…
Empire State Building to Slash Energy Consumption
New York City was built up a long, long time ago when energy efficiency wasn’t part of the plan. So nowadays buildings c…
World Tour of Recycling Bins
It’s always weird to see what mundane things like phone booths, parking meters and trash cans look like in other countri…
Washington, D.C. Debates Fee for Paper, Plastic Bags
I eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. So I’m at the supermarket fairly often and I always bring my reusable bags w…
Enough with the Free Labels!
You see that! That’s my giant pile of free address labels. You know, those things you get from all sorts of nonprofits a…
Brooklyn Rooftop Goes Solar
In Brooklyn, an old building, originally constructed in the 1880s and newly renovated into 25 commercial spaces, gets a …
New York Establishes Statewide Recycling Program for Plastic Bags
Governor David Paterson has signed a new law requiring all New York grocers and retailers that offer plastic shopping ba…
