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Songs of Peace, Love, and Global Warming. The debut album from our friend, XB Cold Fingers - available on CDBaby.com and coming soon to iTunes and Amazon.
Rock Hackshaw’s Blog on The Daily Gotham- COUNCIL MEMBERS DARLENE MEALY AND TISH JAMES SLAM MTA AT PUBLIC HEARING IN BROOKLYN.Don’t ever say that some of the female members of Brooklyn’s city council delegation are soft: they aren’t. There was a raucous public hearing last Wednesday evening at the Brooklyn Museum (near Grand Army Plaza), that was aimed at getting the general view on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposed service cuts in the next fiscal year; at this e […]
- OF WORLD CLASS CHESS AND BROOKLYN’S POLITICS.I should really make this title: “OF DREAMS AND DRIVES AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT”, since it highlights the importance of parental involvement in young children’s lives. This column deals with two black female attorneys and their two kids; and in both instances these kids were raised in single-parent households. Too often these types of situations are frowned […]
- OH! THOSE BLACK AND HISPANIC ELECTEDS FROM NEW YORK!I guess it was just too much for me to hope that the quality of black and Hispanic electeds will get better in a post-Obama USA. After all, there was really nothing to base that on. And after years of frustration with the quality emerging from New York, I guess I was just grasping at straws, in hope that we could elect people, who are not only intellectually […]
- COUNCIL MEMBERS DARLENE MEALY AND TISH JAMES SLAM MTA AT PUBLIC HEARING IN BROOKLYN.
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- Neighborhood Energy Forum – Saturday March 20thEnergy Efficiency and Affordability Where We Live! All I can talk about lately is that 95% (or so) of buildings that will be standing in NYC in 2030 are already built! That and the fact that 86% of NYC's energy use comes from those buildings. What this tells me that reducing energy consumption in our ... […]
- Obama Announces Details of “Cash for Caulkers” TodayPresident Obama announced the details of the Homestar Program today. Rebates would be sent directly to Homeowners. There are 2 categories for rebates: Silver Star and Gold Star. Silver Star rebates would reimburse 50% up to $1,500 to make simple efficiency upgrades such as insulation, duct sealing, water heaters, HVAC units, windows, roofing ... […]
- March 7th – Come to Parents for Climate Protection Event in Park SlopeJoin Parents for Climate Protection and Beth Elohim Environmental Committee for our 4th Annual Family Gathering (free and open to the public) in support of climate protection. We have planned exciting activities for children, teens and grown-ups. For young children: Tiffany Threadgould of RePlayGround will show kids how to turn ... […]
- Have you been wanting to see The Greening of Southie?If you have always wanted to see the movie The Greening of Southie, now's your chance. I'm moderating a post-movie discussion on March 5th at the Park Slope United Methodist Church - 6th Ave and 8th Street at 8pm. Come for the potluck dinner beforehand at 7! I haven't seen ... […]
- Seeding the CityWe're participating an a public art project called Seeding the City. The project aims to install tiny green roof modules (about 4 square feet each) on a large number of city roofs and mark them with flags so they can be visually linked to one another. These links come from neighbor ... […]
- More about bringing your bike to work.An article in The Brooklyn Paper has more in depth information about the actual process involved with being allowed to bring your bike up to your office. […]
- Bicycles are required to be allowed in office buildings in NYCThis week is green buildings policy week at the Toeprint Project! Yesterday, the City Council passed the Greener Greater Buildings Plan including 4 new laws requiring Energy Audits and Retrocommissioning for buildings over 50,000 SF, Benchmarking, the creation of a NYC Energy Code and new requirement about lighting upgrades and submetering. More ... […]
- If you prefer your invitation to the Chelsea event in comic format…Check out the latest version of Green Queen! Click here for a .pdf format. Details are: October 14th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm One Jackson Square 122 Greenwich Avenue, NYC $10 at the door to cover costs. Thanks to our sponsor, Susan Singer, SVP, The Corcoran Group, NYC's first Eco-Broker. www.susansingerspaces.com. Green Queen - Chapter ... […]
- Toeprint Project’s Residential Sustainability Teach-in is coming to CHELSEA on October 14th!Want to make your home more environmentally responsible? Come to a Teach-In on October 14th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at One Jackson Square (122 Greenwich Avenue, NYC) about sustainable strategies you can implement in your home. Our goal is to have New York City be a model in sustainability as well ... […]
- Ellen speaking about Energy Efficient Design on Monday, September 21st.On Monday, September 21st at 3:30 Ellen is giving a talk with Matt Bendix, PE entitled "Energy Code Design for Residential Buildings". The event will be hosted by HOK Architects at 620 Avenue of the Americas #6, NYC. This session is part of the NYC Department of Buildings - Hosted Seminars in ... […]
- Neighborhood Energy Forum – Saturday March 20th
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- Neo IntegrityMarch 12-30, you can see our neighborhood folks taking part in this exhibition at MoCCA: Neointegrity: Comics Edition is an exhibition curated by artist Keith Mayerson that includes over 210 cartoonists, illustrators, animators, and fine artists who work with the spirit and power of iconographic languages. With creators young and old, ... […]
- Landmarking DelaysLooks like Ditmas Park West and Beverly Square West will have to wait for parts of Park Slope to be landmarked first, the Daily News reports: The LPC [Landmarks Preservation Commission] quietly revealed in a January letter to a preservationist group that it would delay granting landmark status for the ... […]
- photo of the day.Traffic Control, Church Ave, originally uploaded by flatbushnelson. […]
- Verizon FIOS coming to 616 E18th616 E18th Street, a co-op, reports: Verizon Fios Installation Has Begun Verizon Fios installed some conduit from a man-hole at Foster and East 18th under the street and our sidewalk to the south side of our building. While this is the first step to have fiber-optic cable directly into our ... […]
- Neo Integrity