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Columbia Street Waterfront District

April 19, 2013

Worms Wiggle to First Festival for Columbia Street Children's Garden

The South Brooklyn Children's Garden is hosting their first worm festival, April 20.

Crown Heights

April 19, 2013

Bodega Bicycle the Vehicle of Choice for Crown Heights Food Waste Crusaders

The artists of Excess NYC and their brightly-colored bicycle aim to make composting cool in Brooklyn.

Fort Greene

April 11, 2013

Bike-Blended Smoothies, Free Earth Expo Herald Habana Outpost Reopening

Solar-powered Habana Outpost in Fort Greene reopens Saturday for the spring and summer.

Long Island City

March 22, 2013

Solar-Powered Composting System Helps Long Island City Farm Flourish

The compost will be used to enrich the soil at Brooklyn Grange's roof farm on Northern Blvd. in Queens.

Astoria

February 27, 2013

New Program Allows Commuters to Drop Off Compost at Subway Stop

Build It Green is collecting food scraps for composting every Tuesday near the Broadway N/Q train stop.

Lower East Side

January 03, 2013

$1M Wetland Proposed for East River Park

The Lower East Side Ecology Center would include a wetland area to shelter birds and produce clean water.

Governors Island

June 15, 2012

Governors Island's Baby Goats Named Browser and Pearl

Governors Island's baby goats now have names, Browser and Pearl.

Carnegie Hill

June 04, 2012

Upper East Siders Save Scraps for Weekly Composting

Greenmarkets at East 82nd and 92nd streets will have regular compost drop-off sites for food scraps.

Downtown

June 22, 2011

Sugarcane Cafeteria Trays Help Battery Park City School Go Green

P.S. 89 has cut its lunchtime waste by more than half since switching to the sugarcane trays.

Manhattan

March 22, 2011

Creative Composters Earn Prizes Across Manhattan

Prize money will be used to fund projects including a "solar powered compost-fueled tea brewer."

Manhattan

February 08, 2011

Greenmarkets Will Offer Composting Bins Beginning in March

Manhattan residents will get three more chances to recycle food scraps as a pilot composting program launches in March.