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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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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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Microplastic Wastes in Our Oceans
Most of the attention given to threats on sea life is focused on plastic wastes that we can see. But another peril to the oceans eco-system comes in a much smaller form. The amount of microscopic plastic particles in the ocean has tripled since the 1960’s. All of the plastic ever made is still on…
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Ten Tips to Clean Living in a Toxic World
It is common knowledge that we are polluting our environment at an alarming rate. But since we are actually one of the species on the planet we are also polluting ourselves.  Hundreds of chemicals are inside each of us. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) tested hundreds of people through its bio-monitoring program and found small amounts of chemical…
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Field Trip to Queens Botanical Garden
Does Spring Fever have you ready to get outside and enjoy the sunshine, smell the flowers and feel the grass between your city toes? Are you itching to get away from the honking taxis, screeching subways and blaring sirens? Some of us here at GCC decided we couldn’t resist the itch any longer, and took…
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