Subscribe to blog
Earth Blog
Individuals can help us by telling others, by being involved in the Earth Blog, by sharing your ideas with us and by forwarding your support to companies who you think should get involved!
Viewing entries tagged New York
Posted by Samina Cabral
Samina Cabral
Samina Cabral is a native Southern Californian who now resides on the shores of
User is currently offline
on Friday, 13 April 2012
in Earth Blog
At the end of March, greenhouse developer BrightFarms announced what could prove to be their most 
ambitious and biggest project to date: a state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse that will span across 100,000 square feet on the roof of a building that used to be property of the United States military.
Located in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York the greenhouse is part of the redevelopment plans for an old Navy warehouse that has been vacant since 2000 according to the New York Times.
Posted by Samina Cabral
Samina Cabral
Samina Cabral is a native Southern Californian who now resides on the shores of
User is currently offline
on Friday, 13 April 2012
in Mother Nature's Vegetation
"We've been working on this for a long time and are looking at many genes. One particular gene has
become my favorite," said Dr. William Powell,"And over the years it has convinced me that this gene is going to do the trick."
What trick is this gene set to perform? It’s going to detoxify the oxalic acid produced by the pathogen that causes blight in chestnut trees.
Powell is a plant biotechnology expert from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, New York, and with assistance from The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) they have been working on bringing chestnut trees back to the eastern United States.
Posted by Samina Cabral
Samina Cabral
Samina Cabral is a native Southern Californian who now resides on the shores of
User is currently offline
on Tuesday, 21 February 2012
in Clean Fun
Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, whom you might remember from such 90’s hits as “Wonder” and 
“Jealousy,” is the latest celebrity to speak out against hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Last year a group of actors including Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo, and Zoe Saldana appeared in a video called “I Love My New York Water” which was made by Clean Water Not Dirty Drilling.
Merchant has chosen to work with The Finger Lakes CleanWaters Initiatives, another non-profit that is also concerned with eradicating fracking. She will headline with her band in a benefit concert to support a ban in her home state of New York.
“Hydrofracking poses the greatest threat to clean drinking water in New York and Pennsylvania right now. Our opposition to this threat is imperative. I hope people can come to the concert to show their concern," says Merchant.
