30×30 says Bloomberg
On Sunday, April 22nd, New York City’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg will announce PlaNYC 2030 – one of the more advanced 25-year climate action plans put forth to date. After six months of work, the NYC team put together a plan that will reduce the city’s total emissions 30 percent by…
Step It Up 2007 and Sea of People
Feeling like you just can’t curb your carbon emissions much more, and wondering what else YOU can do about global warming? The next step is getting the government on the bandwagon, and Step It Up 2007 is doing just that, through public action: This April 14th, tens of thousands of…
Bush Misses the Boat
By Guest-Blogger Brian Howard In his 2007 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush told Congress and the country that “nothing is more important at this moment in our history than for America to succeed in the Middle East, to succeed in Iraq and to spare the American…
How Modern is 2Modern?
I just came across a really cool web store today called 2Modern. While not all of their products are eco-friendly, they do have a few designated earth friendly collections for the home and small office. Most of the products found on this site are exclusive and only available through 2Modern’s…
Another Eco-Chick in New York
I’m in New York City, for the first time ever this week. I think my new favorite thing to do is to just go around taking random photos, landing at my friends house and photo shopping the hell out of them. Anyway, I have to say I’m impressed with how…
That Herman Sure Knows How to Do it!
New York City has a new first! Interior Design Magazine just announced today that the Herman Miller National Design Center is the city’s first LEED Gold Facility in the Commercial Interiors sector. The commendable space was designed by Krueck and Sexton, a Chicago based architectural studio. If you are lucky…
Get Out of the House!
Don’t start hibernating yet, there are a ton of great green events coming up! Swap-0-Rama-Rama When: October 8th, from 1pm to 8PM Where: 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave. Brooklyn What’s Swap-o-rama-rama? Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through the…
five and a half. handmade, recollected
five and half‘s recycled handmade journals are by far my favorite journals. Made of interesting, recollected papers, the journals are a really great and inspiring twist on the traditional journal/sketchbook while also being environmentally friendly. five and a half was started by eco-chick, Judy in Brooklyn and has since taken…
Nukes 'R'nt Us
Model and Environmentalist Betcee May, and tireless Environmental Activist Remy Chevalier want to pull the plug on Indian Point, followed by Vermont Yankee and Millstone. If you’ve been following Eco Chick for awhile, you will know that we are anti-nuclear power, even though there are some environmentalists who think that…
From the Left and the Right: Meeting in the Green
I may not agree with Greg on every issue, but I love the fact that his explanation for “Why I’m Green” is just a photo essay of him in beautiful surroundings like the above shot. The Republican party was not always the go-to group when it came to environmental armageddon (not…
