November 6, 2009
According to a piece in NY1 news, the Yankees are going green with their victory parade:
Atlas Materials in Red Hook, Brooklyn is donating recycled confetti strips for the Yankees parade down the “Canyon of Heroes” in NY’s financial district. They say parades these days are much more environmentally friendly than ticker-tapes of the past.
“What we’re doing here today is taking 1,200 pounds of shredded, recycled paper to be delivered to the buildings of Lower Manhattan to start the process of what kind of paper should be thrown from the windows tomorrow. It will all be cleaned up by the sanitation department and recycled yet again. So this is going to be a green parade,” said John Cioffi of Atlas Materials.
From the looks of this pic, lots of New Yorkers will be emptying their waste baskets as well. Wonder if that stuff will be recycled too. All in all, good news, but small consolation for Phils fans. Next year, if the Phillies win, there would be no ticker tape parade in NY at all, just a good ol’ fashioned Philadelphia parade. Now that would be the most environmentally friendly thing of all. So, wait ’till next year!
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recycling | Tagged: confetti, phillies, recycling, yankees |
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Posted by James Moché
October 27, 2009
PhillyEcoCity has covered the activities of West Trenton based Terracycle Inc. several times, most recently in this post: Terracycle or How to Turn your Trash into Gold
Until now, Terracycle has been selling its products from kites made of Oreo cookie wrapping material to school bags made out of drink pouches and wall clocks made out of vinyl records through major national retail chains such as Target and Wall Mart and more recently through its website.
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October 7, 2009
Katherine Gajewski, Philadelphia’s New Director of Sustainability speaks in West Mt. Airy in Northwest Philly. She reveals five tactics as to how she will implement Mayor Nutter’s Greenworks Plan to turn Philadelphia into America’s Greenest City – including the appointment of a community Outreach Coordinator.
“Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim. [S]He’s the neighborhood bully. (Bob Dylan, Neighborhood Bully)
Though certainly not a “neighborhood bully” in the conventional sense of the term, Katherine Gajewski is one focused agent of change. In speaking to West Mt Airy Neighbors’ (WMAN) monthly gathering of just a few committed folks in Northwest Philly, Gajewski demonstrated a key strategy towards realizing Philly’s dream of becoming America’s “greenest city”: going from community to community and from ‘hood to ‘hood to coordinate the city’s ambitious (overly ambitious?) 15-point plan. I don’t think Philadelphia can become green without this kind of synchronous, systemic action. To that end, she told us that she intends to appoint a dedicated Outreach Coordinator to connect with each locality’s sustainability efforts.
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Posted by James Moché
October 7, 2009
On a hot night in late August, West Mt. Airy Neighbors (WMAN) held its Quality of Life meeting on the greening of Mt Airy. The NorthWest Philadelphia neighborhood of Mount Airy is one of the neighborhoods at the edge of the Wissahickon which is part of the Fairmont Park System. The future of Fairmount Park is of concern to the residents of the neighborhood. The meeting opened with a presentation that represents the kind of broad thinking about sustainability I hope that other sustainability councils and local greening committees will take to heart.

Fall in The Wissahickon Forest
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Urban Forest | Tagged: Global Warming, Substainability, Urban Forest |
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Posted by James Moché