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Posts tagged “local”

Call to Action: Vote to Make Your Community Greener

While we wait patiently for climate change legislation to move through the halls of the U.S. Congress, it's easy to think there's nothing we can do. But thinking that is wrong! Chances are you've got ...

Contribute 2009: Big Help for Small Businesses

Earlier this year Idaho-based small business, Scentsy, celebrated its 5th Anniversary by giving its employees $100,000 to spend at 40 family-owned businesses nominated by employees. The event was so...

The 3/50 Project: Support and Save Your Local Business

One of our favorite perks of living in the city, is being able to form relationships with our local businesses — we count on them to deliver the coolest flowers, great gifts, and local gardeni...

From Farm To Table: The Local Food Movement
Panel Discussion at The Museum of the City of New York

As fervent locavores, we attended a panel discussion on Tuesday night at The Museum of the City of New York on the local food movement in large cities ("urban locavores"). Farmers' markets, commun...

Green Idea: Local Wood

If you've decided that there might be something to the locavore thing, wouldn't it make sense to practice the same ideas when it comes to building products? North America is fairly rich in wood resou...

NYC: Recycle Your Old Clothes at the Greenmarket

Why not fill your market bag up with old clothes before you head off for the Greenmarket? We just heard that New Yorkers can drop off old clothes with Goodwill at the Greenmarkets in Grand Army Pla...