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DiCaprio's new digs Leo's new condo full of green amenities, paparazzi	Sarah van Schagen	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Attention, paparazzi: It's Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour in his current New York abode. He's Departed (or will soon) for a new LEED-certified condo in Manhattan's Battery Park City neighborhood.DiCaprio's new digs are quite the eco-residence, featuring solar panels, a green roof, and units "decked out with locally obtained renewable materials and low- or nonpollutant paints, sealants, and adhesives." Of course, the place also features a 50-foot lap pool, ...
Topics: celebrity, energy, green building, green living, movies, New York, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Rev. Billy at the auto show	David Roberts	24 Mar 2008	Gristmill
This protest/happening at Saturday's N.Y. Auto Show was most amusing: See StreetFilms.org for background.
Topics: green living, cars, public transportation, placemaking, New York (all these topics)

Nice Knowing You, 2007 New-Year-heralding ball will be energy-efficient		31 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 5:04 PM on 31 Dec 2007 As promised, the ball that will drop in Times Square tonight to herald the new year will be dazzling both in its brightness and its energy efficiency. On the 100th anniversary of the tradition, the 1,415-pound ball with a circumference of some 6 feet will glow with more than 9,500 energy-efficient LED lights. Its descent will be viewed by an estimated million people in the square, who will a ...
Topics: green living, holiday, New York, news (all these topics)

They're counting on you To count ... heh	Kate Sheppard	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill
WNYC is calling on New Yorkers to go outside and count the SUVs in their 'hood as part of an experiment in getting citizens involved in the reporting process. Sez their website: This our experiment in 'crowdsourcing,' where we employ you, the listener, in an act of journalism. We're trying to find out just how much gas-guzzling SUV use there is throughout the New York area, with all the talk of environmental sustainability in the city. So you go out and repor ...
Topics: cars, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

Congestion pricing saves more than it costs Bloomberg’s law: Environment equals economic growth	Grist	28 Jul 2007	Gristmill
This guest essay comes from Steven Cohen and Jacob Victor. Steven Cohen is executive director of Columbia University's Earth Institute and director of its Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy at the School of International and Public Affairs. Jacob Victor is an intern at Columbia's Earth Institute. After overcoming numerous obstacles in Albany, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial congestion-pricing plan finally appear ...
Topics: cars, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking, politics, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Share and share a bike NYC puts training wheels on new program	Sarah van Schagen	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill
New York City is putting training wheels on a new bicycle-sharing program to demonstrate to city-dwellers that two-wheelers can be a viable form of alternative transportation. Sponsored by the Forum for Urban Design, a group of architects, designers, and planners, the five-day trial run has made 20 bikes available for free from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. for 30 minutes at a time. Bicycle-sharing programs are already thriving in European cities like Barcelona, Spain, and Lyo ...
Topics: bikes, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

Spitzer and Polish New York governor's mansion gets an eco-facelift		03 May 2007	Daily Grist
Spitzer and Polish New York governor's mansion gets an eco-facelift You know, we've been thinking about eco-remodeling our 39-room mansion, and now New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife Silda Wall Spitzer are providing inspiration. The couple plans to green the governor's residence in Albany, which was built in 1875 and has housed such luminaries as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Nelson A. Ro ...
Topics: energy efficiency, green building, green living, New York, news (all these topics)

We're So Vain, We Think This Party's About Us A dispatch from the launch party for Vanity Fair's green issue	Emily Gertz	19 Apr 2006	Dispatches
reports on environmental issues from her home base in Brooklyn, N.Y. She has written for Grist, BushGreenwatch, The Bear Deluxe, and other independent publications. She contributes to Worldchanging.com, and recently launched OneAtlantic.net. Wednesday, 19 Apr 2006 New York, N.Y. Why was last night different from all other nights on which people have gathered to party for an ...
Topics: Dispatches, green living, magazines, New York (all these topics)

Enthuse Your Curbism Two new nature books for city slickers	Emily Gertz	06 Apr 2006	Arts and Minds
Lately, green is the new black in the American metropolis. Here in New York City, the cabbies are driving hybrids and the fashionistas are wearing organic jeans. Even in my decidedly un-hip Brooklyn neighborhood, the corner deli sells organic milk and cookies. Green is busting out all over. Photo: iStockphoto. Green-tinted consumerism is probably gaining ground in your city too. (Is that a Whole Foods opening ...
Topics: green living, New York, placemaking (all these topics)

The Trend Is Near Swanky New York event heats up the green scene		26 Jan 2006	Dispatches
Emily Gertz is a regular contributor to WorldChanging.com, and an internet content and strategy consultant for nonprofits. She has written on environmental policy for BushGreenwatch, and on the intersections of environment, culture, art, and activism for The Bear Deluxe and other independent alternative publications. Thursday, 26 Jan 2006 New York, N.Y. I have seen the future of the environmental movement, and it isn't street dem ...
Topics: Dispatches, green living, New York (all these topics)

Des Cartes On utility carts	Umbra Fisk	01 Aug 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I live less than a half-mile from a supermarket, and prefer to do my errands by foot. Any thoughts on where I could buy a top-of-the-line utility cart? I'm willing to pay a premium for something lightweight, smooth-rolling, stable, foldable, and durable (or if not durable, then easy to recycle when it breaks!). Something stylish would be a bonus: it might just convince my neighbors to follow suit. Liz Alexandria, Va. Dearest Liz, ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, New York (all these topics)

An Offer: They Can't Dump E-Refuse NYC considers tough e-waste bill		26 May 2005	Daily Grist
An Offer: They Can't Dump E-Refuse NYC considers tough e-waste bill One of the toughest electronic-waste bills in the U.S. was introduced in the New York City Council yesterday. It would require producers of electronic equipment like computers and televisions to collect and recycle those devices -- that is, if they want to maintain selling rights within the city. City officials like council me ...
Topics: green living, New York, news, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

DestiNY's Child Mega-mall in upstate New York could give birth to a clean-energy awakening	Amanda Griscom Little	20 May 2005	Muckraker
Could a mall mogul's dream project give a big boost to renewables? Image: DestiNY USA. As the Senate deliberates over the Bush-backed energy bill and enviros send out another round of distress signals over America's obdurate fossil-fuel dependency, who would believe that the next big thing in renewable energy is being driven by a tenacious commercial developer with stro ...
Topics: green living, Muckraker, New York, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Too Crunchy for My Shirt, So Crunchy It Hurts New York fashion show highlights eco-friendly garb		21 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Too Crunchy for My Shirt, So Crunchy It Hurts New York fashion show highlights eco-friendly garb Green may soon be the new black, some fashionistas say. Case in point: the FutureFashion runway show last month during New York's Fashion Week. Everything worn in the show -- including clothes by high-profile designers Oscar de la Renta and Proenza Schouler -- was made with eco-friendly fibers such as bamboo, corn, and organic cott ...
Topics: green living, New York, news (all these topics)

I Like Mike New York City mayor signs long-term recycling contract		15 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
I Like Mike New York City mayor signs long-term recycling contract The debate over whether recycling is economically "worth it" continues, but one famously tight-fisted municipal leader has made up his mind. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) announced that the city will sign a 20-year contract with one of the nation's largest recycling companies, Hugo Neu Corp., which will build a ...
Topics: green living, New York, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

Lofty Ambitions An abandoned Brooklyn warehouse heralds the onset of hipster environmentalism	Amanda Griscom	25 Jun 2004	Powers That Be
Thinking outside the loft. Catch the aboveground S train in Brooklyn and you'll whiz through the neighborhood of Crown Heights, an industrial pocket of warehouses and factories that once stored and manufactured everything from artillery to pickle jars. These days, the buildings you pass appear to be abandoned relics in a bleak concrete landscape. But then, just as T.S. Elio ...
Topics: green living, New York (all these topics)

The Big Apple of Our Eye World Trade Center Reconstruction Will Set New Eco-Friendly Standard		20 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Big Apple of Our Eye World Trade Center Reconstruction Will Set New Eco-Friendly Standard Reconstruction of New York City's World Trade Center area -- site of the 2001 terrorist attacks -- is set to make a green splash as one of the largest eco-friendly building projects ever undertaken. Under environmental guidelines expected to be released today for public comment, new structures on the massive site (w ...
Topics: green living, New York, placemaking, recycling (all these topics)

Paper Promises A review of Bronx Ecology and Tilting at Mills	William Shutkin	14 May 2003	Arts and Minds
These are tough times for environmentalists, what with the Bush administration's frontal assault on environmental policy, drastic funding cuts and layoffs in state environmental programs, and the aftermath of a war in Iraq fought, in the opinion of many, over our nation's undying addiction to oil. It's thus fitting, if somewhat disheartening, that along come two books whose central message is that it's n ...
Topics: business, green living, New York, NRDC, recycling (all these topics)

Global Village		18 Feb 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, Iraq, Middle East, New York, New Zealand, United Nations (all these topics)

Letters, Oh We've Got Letters		17 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: energy, green living, Massachusetts, New York, placemaking, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Great Build		16 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Great Build It's not clear if the problem is one of economics or one of spin, but either way, environmentally conscious building design is a concept that hasn't quite caught on. The technology and expertise to build "green" structures have been around for decades; now, a movement is underway to sell developers on the economic benefits of green building. In an ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, green living, New York, placemaking (all these topics)

Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous, and Recycled		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous, and Recycled Having dispensed with the good news, we can now move on to the goofy news: Danny Seo, the young fashion guru who has been featured in Grist's pages before as the Martha Stewart of the environmental movement, is packing up his New York life and moving to Los Angeles to position himself as an "environmental lifestyle consultant" to the stars. In that unlike ...
Topics: California, green living, New York, recycling (all these topics)

Empire State Green Building		17 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Empire State Green Building A landmark sustainable building project in lower Manhattan is back on track after being delayed due to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Construction resumed recently on 20 River Terrace, one of the world's first green residential skyscrapers, which will be located in Battery Park City a stone's throw from Ground Zero. The 27-story tower, which will include solar panels, purified air, super-insulated wall ...
Topics: green living, New York (all these topics)

Talkin' Trash		01 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
Talkin' Trash What do you do with 11,000 tons of garbage per day? That's the problem -- well, one of the problems -- plaguing New York City, whose trash disposal system is becoming a political, logistical, and financial headache for the beleaguered metropolis. A $6 billion long-term garbage-management plan devised by the Giuliani administration is stalled and may fail entirely, and a s ...
Topics: green living, New York, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics)

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