NYC waste-trivia-fact: New Yorkers throw away about 386 million pounds of textiles every year. That seems like an awful lot of stuff that can probably still be put to good use, right? Right. Fortunate for us, there is a company, Wearable Collections, that works to make good with what we no longer want/need/can use and [...]
Back for the 2011 season, the CISC Summer Internship Program is now accepting applications! This summer, interns will again have the opportunity to work with CISC directors and staff on a variety of programs exploring sustainability in New York City. If you are a student, no matter field you’re studying, this is a wonderful opportunity [...]
A great piece in Yale Environment 360 by Christian Schwägerl, reports on the transformation of the 870 mile long corridor along the Berlin wall, into one of the world’s most unique sites of ecological conservation. The piece is great itself, but the concept of course-and the site’s existence–is beyond uplifting. Perhaps a true testament to [...]
Last month, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis made an exciting announcement from Central Park. As part of President Obama’s Great Outdoors initiative, these two federal offices will be working closely with the New York City Parks Department to expand outdoor activity opportunities, with a specific focus on [...]
This past Saturday, I returned home from a two week trip studying urban food production in Cuba with the Hunter College Urban Affairs and Planning Program. Urban agriculture in Cuba took off in the early 1990s- known as the Special Period- after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The loss of its dominant trading partner [...]
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