I was rather amazed that the price here in Brooklyn was lower than in Seattle or Minneapolis...

Apparently Bus Rapid Transit was proposed in Berkeley (on Telegraph Ave leading up to the campus) and resoundingly killed off. Even in this town that is so self-congratulatory about its record on p...

i think there is a semantics issue here: when you describe the green benefits of "rental housing" what you are actually describing is the density (apartments/townhouses vs. single-family homes on l...

i found one on the street last year, in front of the shop!

we actually do have some public recycling bins in NYC, they are part of a pilot project by the Department of Sanitation. there are bins for both paper and metal/glass/plastic at Union Square, Brook...

plants!

Ditmas Park in the house!

i imagine the bleach would rule out the possibility of using that water for anything around the garden, though...

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) is a huge problem in New York City, where we do have combined sewers/storm drains. Riverkeeper has an excellent summary on this topic:

for straight-up reheating, 90 seconds in the microwave beats 15 minutes in the oven any day. especially when the electricity comes from the local utility's "green power" option. but f...

one of the best water- and energy-saving devices i've seen for handwashing is a faucet aerator with an on-off switch: http://www.g...

the toxins in the electronics products themselves are what they should focus on. when manufacturers agree to accept their own products for safe recycling after the user is done with them, then we c...

my canvas shower curtain (touted as not needing a liner) has mold stains that i can't get out. bummer. glad to hear about nylon as an alternative.

NYC has the same "bottle and jug" rule described above. other #1 and #2 plastic are NOT recyclable here. unfortunately most people don't know this... i was quite surprised to learn it myself when i...

i recently bought a microwave for heating stuff up as it seemed more environmentally friendly to use 90 seconds of wind-generated electricity than 20 minutes in the gas oven!

there are faucet aerators with an on/off lever available for under ten dollars... i ordered mine from gaiam.com but they must be available elsewhere too. this is a really fantastic, easy, and cheap...

i met someone who owns one and says it is already falling apart after a few weeks. oh well...

overheated buildings in the winter are a BIG waste of energy and money. often people open their windows as a means to regulate the temperature... the boiler computers and thermostatic valves mentio...

re-using plastic shopping bags for trash seems like a good thing to me (must be why i do it!), though i have a small step-can for this purpose. hanging it on the doorknob is not the most attractiv...

two of my favorites are: "hope's edge" by francis moore lappe and anna lappe. chronicles many examples of locally-based sustainable microenterprises throughout the world and thei...