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Gotham Green Guide
Miscellaneous & Unsorted Resources

• The Council on the Environment of New York City <CENYC.org> -
  web site excerpts: "he Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC), founded in 1970, is a privately funded citizens organization in the Mayor's Office. CENYC promotes environmental awareness and solutions to environmental problems. Our programs: Open Space Greening; Greenmarket; Environmental Education and Waste Prevention and Recycling and other special projects make a positive and discernible difference in the lives and communities of New Yorkers - from waste prevention by office employees, to water conservation and park cleanups by students, Greenmarket in over 20 neighborhoods, and neighborhood open spaces resplendent with trees and flowers. CENYC reaches out to the public with information on noise pollution and abatement, alternatives to hazardous household products, and other issues........The Council provides free or nominally priced publications which cover health and environmental topics. Grants and contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations support the work of the Council on the Environment and are gratefully received."
  The Council on the Environment of New York City,
  51 Chambers Street, Room 228, New York NY 10007
  (212) 788-7900
  
  
• Earth Day New York <EarthDayNY.org> -
  
  
• The Green Map System <GreenMap.org> - social-ecological maps for many cities worldwide, including NYC.
  web site excerpts: "From its beginning in 1995, the Green Map System was inspired by a desire to: help urban dwellers of all ages represent and share the ecological and cultural resources in their cities; promote good greening efforts underway in communities across the globe, build inclusive networks that extend community capacity and expedite progress toward sustainability, employ the info-web in service of the web-of-life celebrate and learn from the beauty, brilliance and diversity of nature, and together, make our hometowns better, healthier places. The spark that brought all these ideas together was the response to the original Green Map, NYC's Green Apple Map, which was created by Modern World Design in 1991"
  Green Map System, Inc.
  157 Ludlow St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10002
  (212) 674-1631
  
  
• Green Apple Festival <---> - a musical event.
  
  
• Green Party of New York <GPNYS.org> -
  
  
• Hudson River Sloop Clearwater <ClearWater.org> -
  web site excerpts: "The non-profit organization Hudson RIver Sloop Clearwater was created to defend and restore the Hudson River, one of the great and historic rivers of this nation."
  hq Pouhgkeepsie, NY (84 driving miles upstream from NYC)
  (note: Gotham Green Guide normally does not list entities outside NYC unless they have a strong relavence to NYC itself.)
  
  
• The New York Restoration Project <NYRP.org> -
  web site excerpts: "New York Restoration Project works to uncover, reclaim and clean neglected public spaces. It strives to protect these vital public resources and identify the problems associated with their neglect and with their restoration to revitalize communities."
  
  
• The Noiseways Project <Noiseways.org> - This site offers aural and visual samples from many of New York City's noisy spots.
  web site excerpts: "The negative effects of noise are well established by scientific research. Noise has been shown to cause stress and disrupt work, sleep, and other activities....... A number of studies have calculated the costs of noise in residential, work, and recreational settings. Roughly speaking, these studies estimate how much people would pay to make noise go away....... The Noiseways project intends to complement such studies by letting visitors to this Internet site experience the effects of noise through the use of pictures and sound recordings. Instead of presenting data,...... Noiseways shows that aural tranquility is just as important as visual beauty in determining the quality of a place. It shows how noise degrades the quality of nationally-known recreational sites—such as Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge—that symbolize escape from the maelstrom of city life. Noiseways also shows how traffic noise compounds stress for those who use bikeways and walkways beside major roadways. When planning greenways and other public facilities, the costs of this stress should be considered. In terms of noise, expressway medians are a lousy choice for the siting of transit, bicycle, and pedestrian corridors."
  (no snail mail address posted)
  
  
• Riverkeeper <Riverkeeper.org> -
  web site excerpts: "Our mission is to safeguard the ecological integrity of the Hudson River, its tributaries and the watershed of New York City (protecting the city's drinking water supply) by tracking down and stopping polluters."
  Tarrytown, NY 10591
  (800) 21-RIVER (toll free)
  
  
• S'Nice <NO WEB SITE FOUND> - Vegetarian cafe in Greenwich Village and also at 315 Fifth Ave (Third Street), Park Slope, Brooklyn
  phone: (718) 788-2121
  (Info obtained from NYTimes, 2008Mr26We edition, page D2)
  
• Tree Branch Network <TreeBranch.com> - "New York City's Internet portal to environmental and urban quality-of-life issues"

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