• Discovery High School; Growing Vegetables and Character

    Discovery High School; Growing Vegetables and Character

    In a community struggling with endemic poverty, unequal access to healthy food and environmental blight, Discovery High School’s Living Environment class has become the unlikely vanguard of an urban gardening movement. Started by Steve Ritz, the program’s teacher and enthusiastic Bronx activist, Discovery is creating positive change, one pound of vegetables at a time. Discovery’s […]

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  • Green City Challenge 2012

    Watch out for the GCC 2012 coming on October 14th!  We are busy preparing the next challenge and we have a new twist for you this year.  It will be held at La Plaza Cultural in the East Village.  If you saw last year’s event, we’ve got plenty of  surprises in store for you this […]

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  • About Bottled Water

    About Bottled Water

    Tap water is so yesterday. Today’s consumer has so many better options for their busy, active lifestyle that tap water has been all but forgotten. You can choose from distilled, filtered, purified, reverse osmosis, spring water, and mineral water. You can even buy bottled tap water! You can buy water from France, Denmark, Switzerland, South […]

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  • Why Eat Organic? The Dirty Dozen List

    The simple fact is that eating organic is not only healthier for you; it’s healthier for the planet.  Aside from contributing to a number of childhood diseases and ADD, artificial fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides seep into ground water.   These chemicals eventually pollute and destroy wetlands and rivers.  Even our off shore coral reefs are dying […]

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  • EcoChi For Interior Design

    EcoChi For Interior Design

    Every space has a life of its own, and impacts us as we go about our lives. Our actions, energy and thoughts, as well as our physical well-being, are all profoundly influenced by our surroundings. The design, color scheme, textures, light, furnishings, accessories and placement of each item in our indoor environments impact our senses […]

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