Sustainable South Bronx

The South Bronx Gets Serious About Green

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York


The Point community center held the South Bronx Food and Film Expo on a rainy Saturday in early December, and packed the room with activists while pro...

Habitat for Humanity's First Green Roof

ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green


ThienVinh Nguyen

If every building in the city had green roofs, the sewer system would probably be controlled and we could swim in the rivers, Costello said.

No Impact Man and the Pursuit of Happiness

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green


Jerusha Klemperer

I liked watching these two regular people play around with change, with having less and discarding less, and with what it means to take individual action towards a global goal.

The Bronx: Making News Again... This Time in Science Education with GreenFab

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green


Linda Cronin-Gross

Today, Kenny Nava, Cathy Jones, Jorge Flores, Samantha Bonilla and about 70 other Bronx high school students will "graduate" from a new, innovative sc...

Dear Obama, Enact a 'Greed to Need' Tax This April.

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


Cameron Sinclair

Ok, now we are getting carried away. I checked twitter this morning to see a page full of cheeky agreement to Sen. Grassley's comments that AIG execut...

I Support "Green Jobs, Not Jails" & Why You Should Read The Green Collar Economy, Too

Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green


Anastasia Kousakis

What if there were a way to save the Earth and strengthen the economy at the same time?

What One Tree Can Do For ADD, Crime And Stress

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living


Majora Carter

If a tree grows in a city and nobody is there to assess its ancillary benefits to society, is it worth anything? We can all agree that green, living ...

What The Greatest Generation Can Teach Us

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living


Majora Carter

Gasoline and food rationing, domestic production mandates, a military draft! Sounds like a totalitarian nightmare, but it stopped global fascism. As ...

Saving the World (Starting With the South Bronx)

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living


Majora Carter

When people ask me what I do for a living, my short answer is, "I'm working to save the world, starting in the South Bronx." Yes, the South Bronx is...

Making Cities Sustainable

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living


Majora Carter

Why aren't we trying to build monuments to hope and possibility, rather than tributes to our collective failures?