Tag Archives: Sustainable South Bronx
South Bronx celebrates Earth Day in the rain
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Daniel Rosenblum.
Hundreds streamed into St. Mary’s Park for the fourth annual South Bronx Earth Fest on April 16 for music, dancing and educational events, but one thing was clear: the environment was center stage. Green-themed games abounded, such as a Butterfly Project table, where kids crawled around while learning about butterfly habitats, and Materials for the [...]
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In the news, July 12-18
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
A new initiative hopes to bring the Bronx into the Internet age, providing high speed Internet access to 400,000 households in the borough. The Bronx lags the other boroughs in broadband access to the web, and poor neighborhoods lag wealthier ones. Only 58 percent of Bronx residents have a computer at home compared to more [...]
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In the news, June 13-20
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
Friends of Brook Park is looking for volunteers to check on the new street trees it has planted in Mott Haven and Port Morris. Hip-hop and Afro-Latin dance are on the agenda of St. Mary’s Park, with performances on June 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. and a family day celebration at noon on June [...]
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Earth Fest reaches out with music and games
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Nicholas Loomis.
The Bronx throws a party for Earth Day’s 40th birthday Legendary emcee Grandmaster Caz has been packing parties in the South Bronx since 1974, but none quite like the one at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven for this year’s Earth Day on April 24. . Soundslide by Nick Loomis By noon on the [...]
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Grant promises unemployed 300 'green jobs'
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris will find jobs under a new training program for “green” jobs. The Consortium for Worker Education will use the money to establish a Center for Environmental Workforce Training to teach both [...]
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Federal stimulus funds will open Randall’s Island to Bronxites
Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.
But a controversial proposal could keep playing fields off-limits By Lindsay Lazarski lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com Elected officials and the Parks Department describe Randall’s Island as an invaluable resource, and boast that its waterfront pathways provide scenic views and “increased access” to recreation “for the neighboring communities of East Harlem and the South Bronx.” But the island, only [...]
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‘Bronx Swamp’ endangers health
Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.
Mosquitoes swarming from a garbage-filled, four-block long stretch of stagnant water plague residents of nearby apartments all summer By Lindsay Lazarski lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com Gloria Hidalgo likes living in her quiet building on 142nd Street. The rent is reasonable; her neighbors are hard-working people, her sister and two nieces live three floors below her and Hostos Community [...]
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South Bronx Greenway will open waterfront
Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
A plan to build a recreational trail connecting a series of parks on the East River waterfront has gotten a major boost from the economic downturn. Federal stimulus money will be used to build the South Bronx Greenway and open it to the public within three years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in March. The greenway [...]
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Education Dept. vetoes school for green jobs
Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
The city Department of Education has rejected a proposal to create a high school based on the ideas of the founder of Sustainable South Bronx and devoted to training students for jobs that can improve the environment.
