Promoting sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond.
Based on the idea that “40% of Urban Travel is 2 Miles or Less”, the folks at Clif Bar are challenging us all to “Ride Your Bike to Fight Global Warming”. Type in your address to find out what’s within a 2-mile radius, from grocery […]
Felixio, originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness]. Another photo from Copenhagen website Cycliciousness: Transporting kids in Copenhagen is an integral part of our bike culture. As mentioned previously in this blog 36% of Copenhageners ride their bike each day on average. This figure is bumped up to […]
Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment does great work educating children and adults about the built and natural environments of New York City. Their activities range from walking tours of Brooklyn neighborhoods to canoing the Gowanus Canal to a bicycle tour of Newtown Creek, and they have sponsored the Green Brooklyn Conference, — “Brooklyn’s largest showcase of green and sustainability issues, programs, and products” — at Borough Hall for the past three years. They also work with NYC public schools to educate children about science and ecology, and have partnered in the creation of environmental leadership programs in three Brooklyn high schools located in Bushwick and Williamsburg: the Academy for Urban Planning, the Green School/Academy for Environmental Careers, and the Academy for Environmental Leadership.
So it’s fantastic news that we can support both environmental education in Brooklyn and green businesses by shopping at shopbcue.org, where up to 25% of the purchase price will help fund BCUE’s programs:
Clicking through shopbcue.org allows you to:
- Limit the environmental impact of your purchases
- Demonstrate your support for green businesses and manufacturers
- Inform companies of the issues that are important to you as a consumer
- Donate up to 25% of your purchase to Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment
The list of vendors includes companies that demonstrate environmentally or socially conscious principles in their products or practices, including:
3R Living
Alternative Energy Store
Apple iTunes
Aubrey Organics
Audible
Bag, Borrow or Steal
Design Public
eBay
Evogear
GAIAM
Gardens Alive!
Global Exchange
Green Batteries
Green Nest
Greenfeet
Greenloop
Native Remedies
NOVICA
Office Depot
Only Natural Pet Store
Organic Bouquet
Our Green House
ParkSeed
Staples
Taraluna
The Green Office
TreeGivers
VivaTerra
Vivavi
WindowBox
While many of these are businesses I would expect to see in a partnership like this (go 3R Living!), it’s particularly nice to see iTunes and ebay on the list.
I’ll admit it: I find the Freegan movement fascinating. The mainstream media has also been flirting with this particular manifestation of environmentalism lately, though i suspect that relationship will be short-lived. Freeganism has been a featured topic in the New York Times, the L.A. Times, […]
Science Barge – Powered By Nature!, originally uploaded by Sustainable Flatbush. Finally visited the Science Barge during GreenHome NYC’s Green Buildings Open House. The Science Barge is a sustainable urban farm. It demonstrates renewable energy supporting sustainable food production in New York City. The Science […]
Some of you may have participated in the Step It Up rallies held back in April of this year, when people all over the country gathered in iconic locations, calling on Congress to “Cut Carbon 80% by 2050”. Next weekend will be the next phase of events, and Brooklyn is hosting a big one:
On November 3rd the Green Guide for Kids will join with thousands of others across the country in calling on our politicians and candidates to take steps to meet the goal set on April 14th. We will gather at Grand Army Plaza and work together to create a banner that will ask politicians and candidates: Who Is A Leader? A photograph taken of all participants with the banner will be sent to Congress and candidates running for president one year to the date before the federal elections.
Thanks to Deirdre Gill of the Green Guide for Kids for this tip. Check out her blog, “an online resource for kids [and adults!] to find ideas, information, and inspiration to go green”!
One big source of trash for those of us who shop online and mail order is excessive packing materials. Some companies are worse offenders than others, and hopefully this instance cited on Organic Picks is not the norm: photo: Organic Picks Yes, the small Pyrex […]
We represent Fl@tbush, originally uploaded by Flatbush Frolic.
For all those fans of the Fl@bush t-shirt featured in posts on this blog and others (watch the film and you’ll see it!), credit where credit is due:
Gerald Dumay, designer of the Fl@tbush logo and t-shirts smiles alongside Shaundelle Moore, a stellar FDC Frolic volunteer .
(from the Flatbush Frolic’s Flickr page)
Hey Gerald, thanks for the cool design!
According to this NY Times article, Seattle is leading the nation when it comes to recycling. It is among a growing number of cities, particularly on the West Coast, who do curbside collection of food scraps mixed with yard waste; this mixture is delivered to […]
