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Wednesday, September 25, 7pm An Evening with Wangari Maathai

The best strategy to deal with climate change is to make the rest of the world as rich as New York, argues Bjoern Lomborg, the Danish political scientist and author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist". In his opinion, what we need to do is to ensure

Psst, hey kid, want some of our finest garbage? Yeah, you only WISH we were kidding. Uncannily enterprising artist—or batshit crazy, same difference—Justin Gignac takes the second of the three Rs to a whole new level of trashiness by plucking garbage

The nation's largest mass-transit system is looking at ways it could become more environmentally friendly. Rooftop gardens on bus depots and windmills at rail yards are just a couple of the ideas being batted around by a member

Brooklyn-based designer Sarah Cihat scours garage sales and thrift shops, looking for ceramics that she can give a second life to. She takes the discarded dishware and reglazes it, turning old and frumpy cast-offs into fun, funky, artful dishes. Fond

Ride-sharing gets up close and local for New Yorkers with RideAmigos, a new money- and planet-saving service that launched earlier this month.

Getting to Randall's Island, New York City for Farm Aid 2007: A Homegrown Festival wasn't as nerve-wrecking as we'd thought. Event buses regularly ran to and from the site, ferrying the waiting hordes at 125th St. and Lexington Ave. And we do mean

Are you going to Farm Aid? We're about to hop on a train and then a bus to Randall's Island, New York City to nosh on local, organic farm-fresh fare and listen to Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil

Blurring the line between art and furniture, Brooklyn-based Michael Whitney Studio has created a clever collection of furniture, clocks, lamps and mirrors from rather disparate reclaimed items that probably wouldn't be mated up otherwise. Side view

"Global warming" or "carbon neutrality" aren't usually the first words that pop to mind when you say "silver jewelry," but that's what the BE CARBON NEUTRAL collection of special edition jewelry is going for. Mentioned by TH pal Summer Rayne Oakes on a

TreeHugger is a fan of smart use of a compact space, making a lot from a little and creating function from a previously unused area. You get all of that from this handy little kitchen cart from Muji. The erstwhile "Japanese IKEA" has managed to nearly

TreeHugger is a fan of Farm Aid, the annual concert put on by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews and more; the festival's mission has become increasingly TreeHugger-oriented over the years, as

A tree grows in Brooklyn—and more than a half a million more on the streets of New York City; that's 20 percent more trees than there were a decade ago.

According to a new study released yesterday, the saltwater marsh islands located near the John F. Kennedy airport in New York City could vanish within the next five years due to environmental degradation caused by the increased dumping of treated

Comedian and filmmaker Mark Malkoff was a man on a mission. His goal: To visit every Starbucks outlet in Manhattan in 24 hours—all 171 of them.

The contents of your bag reveal more about you than you might think, but what about your choice of bag itself? District Cotton, a New York City-based company dedicated to fashion with a conscience, has a couple of sturdy options that are as socially

In June, some crafty types from Etsy.com—one of our favorite online addictions (and productivity killers, but don't tell Graham)—banded together to promote handmade goods made from salvaged and repurposed materials. Comprising more than 70 artists

According to survey results released yesterday by the New York City Health Department, a surprising one in every four adult New Yorkers' blood is too high in mercury — an increase closely linked to fish consumption. The survey found that Asians and