In the middle of January, on my way to the subway, I was surprised to see an organic farm market at Union Square. Turns out this is a weekly occurrence, through the GreenMarketprogram, operated since 1976 by the Council on the Environment of New York City. Almost 200 local farmers, fishers and bakers  sell what they grow, raise, [...]

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If you take the R train from Manhattan south to Union station in Brooklyn, you emerge in a streetscape that looks somewhat less than eco-friendly. But a few brownstone-lined blocks over, on a charming street of shops, you’ll find 3R Living, a tidy boutique of recycled, re-thought and refreshing lifestyle products. The store is the brainchild [...]

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A main reason for my recent visit to New York was to meet with sustainability marketing pioneer Jacquelyn Ottman, a passionate and much accredited innovator, author, strategist and public speaker who has been helping businesses, government agencies, and not-for-profit groups meet consumer needs more sustainably for nearly 20 years. Listening to Jacquie talk about her Getting [...]

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Imagine living in a utopian environmentalist community, enjoying a very small living space with no pesticide-drenched lawn or greenhouse gas-emitting car. Grocery shopping is done on foot and public transportation used almost exclusively. That utopian community is Manhattan.
I recently traveled to New York to see just what the self-proclaimed ‘Capital of The World’ had to [...]

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