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As a preface: by linking & quoting the below I am not suggesting that all conservatives I know are brainwashed cultists or that all radical progressives are uncivilized primitives. My intents are non-partisan, though the subject matter isn’t. Particularly, I find the below enlightening with respect to the 30% phenomenon.
First, a review of [...]

Via my assistance with Upper Green Side, I’ve become acquainted with the Green Restaurant Association. In fact, one of Upper Green Side’s new projects is to encourage restaurants on the Upper East Side to become certified green.
The Massachusetts-based GRA works with restaurants to find ways they can become more sustainable. And they know [...]

The New York Mayor’s newly approved waste management plan (much pooh-poohed here on the Upper East Side for its inclusion of a marine transfer station in the neighborhood) has some good elements to increase recycling and composting (use dailykos’ login to access the full article). It includes an independent office of recycling, to be [...]

I was almost excited to discover that Joel Hodgson of MST3K fame has a Kevin Bacon number of infinity. But obviously it’s simply a data error when you find that Michael J. Nelson has a Bacon number of 4. So Joel must at least have a Bacon number of 5, if not 4 [...]

Yesterday the NYC Council approved the Mayor’s waste plan which includes a highly-opposed marine transfer station here on the Upper East Side. Personally, I agree with this assessment. This will actually reduce the transit of garbage through the city’s streets by funneling Manhattan’s garbage to a couple of stations where they will be [...]