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Fill Your Tires With Nitrogen!
The nitrogen molecule is more stable and larger than that of oxygen; it takes 3 to 4 times longer for it to escape through porous rubber tires. Nitrogen fill increases safety, reduces tire wear, improves handling, minimizes blowouts and its environmentally friendly. Nitrogen-fill is not new. It’s been used by NASCAR, in airplane tires and […]
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Types of Fuel Oil in NYC
There are three grades of fuel oil being used in NYC. No. 6 and No. 4 are the cheapest and dirtiest type of oil being used. No. 2 fuel oil burns much cleaner than the other two and natural gas is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels. Last year, a New York State law […]
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It’s Better on a Bike!
According to the NYC Department of Transportation, in 2000, only 11% of New Yorkers rode a bicycle to work, while 25% drove and 53% took public transportation. While this number is steadily increasing, cyclists are still a minority here in NYC. Why do so few New Yorkers ride a bike? No doubt many potential bike […]
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Urban Composting
Cities have an abundance of food. Thousands of restaurants, caterers, grocery stores, bodegas and households comprise the network of establishments that thrive on food’s production and consumption in NYC. It is easy to think of each of these places that receives and redistributes food as stops along a path to one final human consumer. However, […]
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Stockholm, Sweden: Swop Art
In Stockholm, Sweden, a store called Swop Art that aims to declutter all that junk and turn it into a zero-waste business. Green City Challenge interviewed Swop Art founder Mariam Nordmark about starting her business.
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