Super Duper Green Tuesday - VOTE TUES FEB 5th!

Seeded on Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:32 PM EST (Green Brooklyn)

For the first time in ages, the Presidential Primary election actually matters! 22 states vote TUES, FEB 5th to select the Dem candidate to run for President. Check out Hillary's and Barack's environmental views and votes, then go vote tomorrow!

nyc, elections, democrats, politics, green, environment, vote, government, climate, barack-obama

For New Orleans

Seeded on Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:15 PM EDT (Green Brooklyn)

This one is for New Orleans on this, the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation and negligence that followed. Fly this flag in honor of the Presidential visit to the Crescent City. See post for some powerful photos of Katrina Aftermath.

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¡Nydia And Vito Team Up To Save Brooklyn's La Marqueta!

Seeded on Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:48 PM EDT (Green Brooklyn)

Due to popular demand — and outrage at what was described as the city's "bullying tactics" — La Marqueta de Williamsburg has been SAVED! The city and community will use the next year to explore alternatives to tearing down the 70-year-old market.

business, nyc, market, culture, new-york-city, brooklyn, williamsburg, nydia-velazquez, vito-lopez, la-marqueta

Styrofoam Ban Heads To Albany

Seeded on Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:35 PM EDT (Green Brooklyn)

A bill to ban styrofoam was introduced in July by NY State Senator Liz Krueger and is being carried in the NY State Assembly by Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh. NY would be the first state to ban styrofoam/polystyrene.

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Flatbush Farmer's Market Promotes Good Food, Good Health

Seeded on Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:02 PM EDT (NY1)

"Instead of having to go give your money to all these companies who are giving all these fast foods and all these fatty foods that are killing you quickly, it 's time for you to take the stand and do what you have to do and take a stand for yourself and start to eat right," …

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What Up: Eco-social at Brooklyn's Eco-eatery Habana Outpost

Seeded on Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:14 PM EDT (Green Brooklyn)

Habana Outpost is THE place to be during the summer in Brooklyn.

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Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn E-waste Recycling Drive This Weekend

Seeded on Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:47 PM EDT (Green Brooklyn)

Councilmember de Blasio and the LES Ecology Center are teaming up for the e-waste recycling event this Sat, July 14th - Mon, July 16th. Our last two events together in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens netted over 32,000 pounds of unwanted electronics!

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Massive e-Recycling effort in Brooklyn

Seeded on Fri Apr 6, 2007 3:28 PM EDT (GreenBrooklyn.com)

275+ lbs of plastic, silicon, mercury, copper, glass and more that won't be going to the landfill -- and that was just 3 people! Many thanks to the Lower East Side Ecology Center for this weekend's e-waste drive in Park Slope, Brooklyn! Read on...

technology, landfill, plastic, recycling, brooklyn, e-waste, park-slope

OEM going LEED

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 11:25 AM EST (greenbrooklyn.com)

New York City's official HQ for managing the city's crises was located in 7 World Trade Center -- a building destroyed on 9/11. Woops! The irony. The good news: the new HQ -- moved to Brooklyn -- has received LEED-Silver green building status.

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