November 5, 2009
BK Farmyards is a Brooklyn based decentralized farming network providing local food to reduce the city’s reliance on fossil fuels while offering local jobs to boost the economy. They seek partnerships with developers willing to temporarily transform their idle land … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Urban Agriculture
Tags: food justice, local food, sustainability, urban farming, urban farms, urban land-use agreements, urban vegetable gardens
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November 4, 2009
The Lenape Edible Estate in front of the Hudson Guild in Manhattan was created by Fritz Haeg to provide a view back into the lives of the native Lenape people–how they lived off the land from the native edible plants … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Garden Design, Greening, Urban Agriculture
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November 3, 2009
640,329 is a pretty impressive number. It represents the number of jobs that have been created or saved so far through the Recovery Act, according to new numbers reported by the Obama administration on Friday.
But the true significance … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Irrigation, Permaculture, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture
Tags: Brooklyn, carbon emissions, clean energy, climate solutions, global warming, green economy, green jobs, jobs recovery, New York City, recovery act, sustainability
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Chicago freelance photographer Victor Zaveduk shot this panorama photo of the green roof atop Chicago’s City Hall. I spotted the image on a Virtual Reality Photography (VR Photography) site, http://www.panoramas,dk, created by Danish photographer Hans Nyberg. Zaveduk has … Read More...
Category: Uncategorized
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November 2, 2009
The Save Water Brick is a mixture of discarded plastic bottles and dried rotting leaves molded into bricks. Funnels within the brick channel rain water to nearby plants or underground tanks. It collects rainwater for consumption. The bricks are intended … Read More...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Irrigation, Reclaimed & Recycled, Water
Tags: ecological, environment, green, groundwater, rainwater conservation, sustainable products
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November 1, 2009
When I was in Portland, Oregon last year for the Wordstock Festival, I almost didn’t care that it was raining the whole time. I was amazed, not only by the friendliness of the people, but of the friendliness of … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Irrigation, Permaculture
Tags: eco-conscious, eco-friendly, green, sotrmwater runoff, sustainablility, urban gardens, urban irrigation, urban landscaping, Water, watershed
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