Good News Notes: “For those interested in composting food in Sioux Falls, there hasn’t been an opportunity to do so outside of their home. That is, until SoDak Compost came along. When Deirdre Appel moved to Sioux Falls last summer, she immediately began looking for ways to compost her food scraps while living in an apartment complex…
Tag: Brooklyn
Cuyahoga County announces $950,000 in awards to plant 3,400 trees in urban areas
Good News Notes: “Cuyahoga County has announced $950,000 in awards to fund 27 tree-planting projects this year as part of the county’s Healthy Urban Tree Canopy Grant Program. The projects, two of which are funded by the Cleveland Tree Coalition, will result in the the addition of more than 3,400 trees, bringing the total from the grant…
BlocPower gets big infusion from Microsoft to convert old buildings to green energy
Good News Notes: “In a four-story apartment building in Brooklyn, New York, a very small company is implementing a very big idea: Electrify every building in the United States by leasing landlords the necessary equipment to make the transition. BlocPower is a Brooklyn-based start-up that has “greened” more than 1,200 buildings in New York City…
These entrepreneurs want consumers to reuse wine bottles
Good News Notes: “Americans aren’t the biggest wine sippers in the world — imbibing a mere 3.2 gallons per person in 2020 versus the 16 gallons guzzled by Portuguese residents, according to estimates from the industry’s primary source of stats. But the habit still translates into a whole lot of single-use bottles: About 4.3 billion of…
Why Upcycling Clothes Is The Hottest Trend You Can Do This Summer
Good News Notes: “‘Sustainability‘ is, without question, the biggest buzzword in fashion at the moment. But with the threat of ‘greenwashing’ – using eco and sustainable terminology without doing the work to ensure verifiable benefit to the planet – on the rise, consumers are having to become more savvy about interrogating their purchases. Upcycling clothes that already exist is…
This cleaning product refill service eliminates single-use plastic
Good News Notes: “Inside a laundromat in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn, it’s now possible to buy standard cleaning products like Pine-Sol without having to buy a whole new container. Instead you’ll be able to bring your old container back, and refill it yourself. The location is one of the first to pilot a new system from…
Actor Jeffrey Wright’s Brooklyn charity gets big $$ from AT&T & WarnerMedia
Good News Notes: “Renowned actor and Brooklynite Jeffrey Wright started his Brooklyn for Life! initiative in mid-March to help first responders and healthcare workers. The initiative will now be able to expand further supporting more restaurants and delivering approximately 30,000 more meals to frontline healthcare workers, with a newly announced $250,000 donation from AT&T and its sister company…
Injured hawk rescued by cops on Brooklyn sidewalk
https://nypost.com/2019/06/13/injured-hawk-rescued-by-cops-on-brooklyn-sidewalk/
12-Year-Old Saved From Brooklyn Subway Tracks By Hero MTA Conductor
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/04/04/boy-saved-brooklyn-subway-tracks/amp/
Feeling Sheepish
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/ny-sheep-found-in-brooklyn-20190322-wnttab6bqbef7kihhch5v54neu-story.html?outputType=amp