A Birds’ Eye View in Prospect Park
The Audubon Society runs free birdwatching tours in the Brooklyn park, which is home to some 250 aviary species.
Topic: Environment
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Putting the Hudson River to the Test
Hudson River users are testing the waters for contaminants in the wake of July's sewage treatment plant fire in Harlem.
via Queens West Villager
Salvaging the Art of Recycling
Materials for the Arts – the city's largest non-profit municipal reuse program – offers artists thousands of items that otherwise would have been headed for the trash.
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Dog Waste Could Brighten Parks
An NYU student is applying for grant to put machines into dog parks that would turn animal waste into energy to power lamps.
via New York Daily News
Neighborhood Plagued by Dirty Parks
Parks in a swath of Brooklyn that includes Canarsie and Flatlands have earned the city's lowest cleanliness marks for the last three years, records show.
Listening to the Trees
The New York Botanical Garden has enlisted a band of "citizen scientists" to record changes in trees amid concerns about climate change.
From Upstate Farm to Bronx Streets
Produce raised at the Wassaic Community Farm is sold at farmers markets in the South Bronx.
A Tree Grows in Queens
The city's MillionTreesNYC push is getting some help from the Mckinley Children's Garden in Queens.