And they thought GBK was cool before the redesign!

Cool In Your Code asked me to do an interview for Earth Day coverage in their Around the Blog section, and I was happy to oblige.

You can read the whole interview here. Also check out posts in the Brooklyn section.

More about the interview and CIYC below the fold…

This past April, the DOT presented their designs to Community Board 8 for a re-designed Vanderbilt Avenue. While the idea of safe bike lanes and greenstreets in their plan was well-meaning, the designs’ plans for on-street bike lanes have struck a chord with residents in the area and bike enthusiasts.

A petition has just started circulating where constituents and NYC residents can make their voice known on the re-development of the bike paths. Here is your chance to help make the streets of Brooklyn safer.

From the petition:

We are gracious that bike lanes were included in the design. However, these are on-street, unprotected bike lanes. In other words, these are dangerous and thus NOT the gold standard.

We, the undersigned, therefore demand a redesign to include protected bike lanes (either on opposite sides of the Avenue, or immediately adjacent to each other, on one side of the street.)

This project is at the point where your voice is needed.

Please sign the petition here: Safer Streets on Vanderbilt Avenue

Full text of the petition and a little back-story after the jump…

Time to grease up those pots and pans — using organic veggie oil of course. The Green Edge Collaborative Supper Club hosts sustainable food author Sherri Brooks Vinton at Rebar this Sunday (4/27, 5pm).

Says Carolyn Gilles — founder and director of Green Edge — about Ms. Brooks Vinton and her book Real Food Revival:

“The book is a personal favorite; Sherri really lays out the ins and outs of eating sustainably - a great resource for getting started with REAL FOOD!”

That is quite an endorsement coming from Ms. Gilles, someone who knows sustainable food!

Details for the event:

Sunday, April 27th
Rebar (147 Front Street)
Check-in: 5-5:30pm
$5 Online RSVP suggested, $8 at the door.

The new-ish sustainable food and community organization Green Edge Collaborative is hosting a great how-to workshop on composting this Sunday in DUMBO!

When
Sunday, March 30th
5-8pm
Check-in 5-5:30pm
(informal “after hours”, 8pm - ?)

Where
reBar
147 Front Street, DUMBO
(F train to York Street, A/C to High Street)

Suggested $5 donation

An Expo the way that only ONLY ‘New York’s first solar powered restaurant’ and Eco-Eatery-extraordinaire can do. Habana Outpost hosts the Earth Day Expo with a celebration of all things green happening right here in Brooklyn.