February 12, 2008 4:46 PM
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In its latest issue the satiric (and long-running)
Onion online "newspaper" has a great send-up of urban revitalization: "
3'-By-4' Plot Of Green Space Rejuvenates Neighborhood." From the completely fictional article:
"[The neighborhood's] incredible transformation began early Monday morning when city officials laid down the yard-wide strip of sod. Two days later, dozens of boarded-up businesses were suddenly bustling with customers, and streets once littered with hypodermic needles were instead plastered with colorful murals.
"It all happened so quickly," said resident Jeffrey Huza, who watched the sliver of lawn single-handedly attract tourism, reduce air pollution, and bring a sense of peace and tranquility to the area. "I always knew a little green would do our neighborhood good, but I never thought we'd benefit this much."The
whole piece is very well done, and
The Dirt firmly believes that you know you've arrived when they take the time to make fun of you on
The Onion.
January 1, 2007 12:44 PM
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The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation once again gives
a more environmental alternative to city dwellers faced with tree disposal. Instead of having to watch their overpriced conifer quite literally rot in the gutter, residents can keep the memory alive by changing its form to useful mulch.
Who better than
Treehugger to track this down.
The Dirt also wonders how many dog parks the Rockefeller Center tree could cover if turned to mulch. Any guesses?
December 21, 2006 10:18 PM
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While most families recycle their Christmas tree ornaments every year until they disintegrate,
in the event that you might need to replace one,
Treehugger suggests using other recyclable materials. Energy-saving illumination and decorations are also available.
November 21, 2006 10:09 AM
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RIP, my plastic-fantastic friends.
Jenny Price, author of
Flight Maps: Adventures With Nature in Modern America, writes in a
New York Times op-ed that
Union Products, the original makers of the pink flamingo lawn ornament, has shuttered its operations, citing the rising costs of electricity and plastic resins. Price mourns the loss of this flightless bird and tracks its history from 1950s working-class lawn ornament to 1990s ironic hipster icon, to its current state of post-twentieth-century lameness. "The members of this YouTube generation will find their own conventions to challenge, but they will also have to find their own objects with which to do it," she writes. "My generation is beginning to retire, and our plastic flamingo has met its demise — officially the victim of oil prices, but really the inevitable victim of its own legitimacy."
September 22, 2006 12:14 PM
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