Irene Boland, the co-author of Wind the World Over, works in the sustainability office of the EPA. Her office covers Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) helps people pursue green living through their built environment. You can find out more about her office at the EPA on their website. Irene resides in Brooklyn, "under the BQE." How did you and your co-author, Vanessa Kellogg come up with the......

The weather this weekend will be pleasant, so we recommend going to the Science Barge from New York Sun Works. The barge produces vegetables using "recirculating hydroponics" and is powered by solar panels, wind turbines and a bio-fueled generator. Or, as the website explains, "We grow food in the city with no carbon emissions, no water use, and no waste stream." The Sun Works' managing director Emily Waff told Metro, “We’ve done the calculations: There’s......

The Statue of Liberty won't need to worry about Con Ed having another blackout and dousing the light in her torch: The General Services Administration will get power from wind turbines. The Post reported that the GSA signed a three year contract for wind power to light the statue, plus Ellis Island, from upstate and other states, so no freaking out there the government will be putting huge windmills on Ellis Island - we're guessing......

While the actual Freedom Tower is years away, people can get a glimpse of a newly constructed one: Legoland out in Carlsbad, CA has updated their Miniland New York by constructing the new WTC site. Legoland explains the work:Starting in December 2004, LEGOLAND California’s Master Model Designer, William Webb, in collaboration with a fellow Master Model Builder from Denmark, began sketching the design and creating a 3D computer model of the Freedom Tower using published......

With the announcement that New York is still in the running to host the 2012 Olympics, more details about the proposed Jets Stadium on the West Side were revealed. The new stadium will "feature wind turbines and solar collector tubes to generate much of its own electricity and hot water," situated between 11th and 12th Avenues, between 30th and 33rd Streets. Architect William Pedersen, of Kohn Pedersen Fox, said of the stadium's grid design, which......