Green Blog has news, commentaries and posts on all things green.
Welcome! Login Signup

Browse our Archives

Posts Tagged ‘New York’

Hurricane Sandy

Seizing the hurricane Sandy moment to tell it like it is

4 November, 2012

This is my Sandy statement. It is told in the Up with Chris Hayes video shared below, and I encourage you to see it, share it, and make it yours as well. It speaks of the perplexing and, as Sandy … Continue reading

bike-lane-crash

Watch: The dangers of only riding in the bike lane in a car-centric world

15 June, 2011

Meet Casey Neistat, a male bicyclist in New York, who got fined $50 for not riding in the bike lane by a police officer. Casey tried to convince the officer that many times it was more safe to ride on … Continue reading

European cities sign climate change agreement, pledges to go beyond the 20% agreement

11 March, 2009

Mayors from 400 cities around Europe have signed the Covenant of Mayors agreement and promised to go beyond EU’s 20% by 2020 energy and climate goals. The whole idea with the Covenant of Mayors pact is to “go beyond” EU’s … Continue reading

Is It Easy Being Verde?

7 January, 2009

Photo credit: Mossaiq Where you live determines many things about who you are. Whether it is your quality of education, cultural awareness or general health, it’s all about location location location. Being green is no exception. Currently I am visiting … Continue reading

Apple Doesn’t Like the Big Apple

25 April, 2008

New York has decided to become greener and reduce their emissions by 30% by year 2030. The city has started an environmental campaign called GreeNYC to get the people engaged and active. So far so good. But now the campaign … Continue reading

Lady Liberty dismisses Mr. Car Fetish and marries Mr. Transit

25 March, 2008

At the car-fetishes altar of happiness, the NY International Auto Show at the Javits Center, this year experienced a rather special protest from the people behind StreetFilms. Thousands of people flocked to the NY International Auto Show at the Javits … Continue reading

Ford Transit Connect Taxi Concept

21 March, 2008

There are currently around 12000 traditional “yellow cabs” in New York today. They are big and gas-guzzling. Now Ford wants to replace them all with their new Ford Transit Connect Taxi Concept. The new Ford Transit Connect is smaller and … Continue reading

This is Green Blog

Green Blog is a multi-author environment blog. We have daily updates and posts from authors around the world. We also host a growing green forum. Learn more about Green Blog.

Subscribe to Green Blog

Get our latest posts, commentaries and articles by RSS-feed or by subscribing to our newsletter. You can also follow Green Blog on Twitter and add us on Google+.

Contribute content

Green Blog is always looking for new authors and contributors. If you want to become a guest author or a regular contributor please see this page for more information.