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Former ‘World’s Largest Dump’ is becoming one of NYC’s Biggest Parks

freshkills park manhattan in distance

Freshkills Park, NYC. Manhattan is visible in the distance. Source: Jimmy Stamp


Right smack dab in the heart of New York City, you’d never expect to find a sprawling 2,200 acre park featuring rolling hills, baseball diamonds, kayaking streams and playgrounds. Even more surprising is the fact Freshkills Park was once the world’s biggest landfill, processing as much as 29,000 tons of garbage per day during its peak operation in 1986-1987. Read More…

New Mobile App Encourages You to Dominate Eco-Friendly Living

joulebug mobile app

Image from JouleBug.com


A brand new mobile app lets you compete against friends and family members to see who’s living a “greener” lifestyle. JouleBug is its name, and its goal is to get you thinking about how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. The makers of the app claim it can help users save about $200 a year by living greener – not bad for a free app! Read More…

How does that Happen?!

man gets head stuck in trash can

Image source: Newsline Scotland, via: Huffington Post


In today’s weird and flat-out bizarre news…a man in Aberdeen, Scotland spent a portion of his evening with his noggin stuck in a public garbage bin. He claims he was doing a little dumpster diving in search of his lost flat-cap, although a witness at scene stated he was in pursuit of a half-smoked cigarette butt a passerby had tossed in the bin…bad move either way! Read More…

What does the World’s most Sustainable City Look Like?

masdar city artist rendering

An artist’s rendering of Masdar City


Smack dab in the middle of the desert is the location of one of the world’s greenest cities. Masdar City is located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The city is actually still in the early stages of being developed, but several buildings are fully operational, including the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. Read More…

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