http://susty.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 http://susty.com/seven-green-sins-city-ben-jervey-ny-daily-news-help-earth/ http://susty.com/seven-green-sins-city-ben-jervey-ny-daily-news-help-earth/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:00:26 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=5966 It IS easy being green! Seven simple tips Eco-consultant and author Ben Jervey (The Big Green Apple: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Living in New York City ) offers some eco-friendly suggestions to the New York Daily News. While we don't see anyone's current missteps as sins, we do heartily encourage taking any next green steps that one possibly can.]]> http://susty.com/seven-green-sins-city-ben-jervey-ny-daily-news-help-earth/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/newtown-pippin-apple-new-york-city-forgotten-fruit/ http://susty.com/newtown-pippin-apple-new-york-city-forgotten-fruit/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:50:55 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6165 Newtown Pippin apple designated the official apple of the Big Apple. ]]> http://susty.com/newtown-pippin-apple-new-york-city-forgotten-fruit/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/daily-show-swedish-pop-star-eco-apartment-video/ http://susty.com/daily-show-swedish-pop-star-eco-apartment-video/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:19:07 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6219 The Stockholm Syndrome Wyatt Cenac travels to Sweden to wake them up from their socialist nightmare and finds that Sweden's biggest pop star, fresh from her tour with Madonna, lives sparingly and even *gasp* recycles!]]> http://susty.com/daily-show-swedish-pop-star-eco-apartment-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/biobag-best-buy-how-to-find-eco-friendly-plastic-bags-lowest-price/ http://susty.com/biobag-best-buy-how-to-find-eco-friendly-plastic-bags-lowest-price/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:16:48 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=4787 three-gallon BioBag; this ceramic "compost bin" is great because the heavy lid keeps the ever-piling compost firmly packed and lid seriously sealed unlike, say, a metal pot and lid. ]]> http://susty.com/biobag-best-buy-how-to-find-eco-friendly-plastic-bags-lowest-price/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/ces-gadgets-usb-plant-sensor-easy-bloom-easybloom-gizmo-video/ http://susty.com/ces-gadgets-usb-plant-sensor-easy-bloom-easybloom-gizmo-video/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:52:13 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=3455 contrapposto beneath windows facing Park Avenue South. For folks interested in potted aphrodisiacs or simply peeps with a bum green thumb, a new gizmo debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show may be just the thing for you -- or should we say just the thing for the loving plants in your life. Easy Bloom's plant sensor device can tell you what will grow best in your home or garden and diagnose problems on the Web. What we can tell you right now is that it's also a good idea before a big date to hide the dirty socks under the bed... But for more on the EasyBloom, watch the video after the jump and read on. ]]> http://susty.com/ces-gadgets-usb-plant-sensor-easy-bloom-easybloom-gizmo-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/one-outlet-surge-protector-slays-vampire-power/ http://susty.com/one-outlet-surge-protector-slays-vampire-power/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:14:25 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=3027 GE One-Outlet In-Wall Surge 327 Joules The replacement for the Handy Switch. Still allows you to slay Vampire Power all-be-it without that conclusive, comforting sound of that analogue "click."]]> http://susty.com/one-outlet-surge-protector-slays-vampire-power/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/eco-cardboard-empire-state-building-flat-pack-nyc-ikea-brooklyn-photo-gallery/ http://susty.com/eco-cardboard-empire-state-building-flat-pack-nyc-ikea-brooklyn-photo-gallery/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:31:01 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=5421 opening of Ikea's Red Hook store ushering in Brooklyn's largest waterfront park and shared with you our little photo show of the grounds of said Ikea Red Hook waterfront park. We also noted the eco-ish ad campaign dreamed up by Deutsch (the agency for which I edited my first television commercial back in the day) that deployed iconic New York City structures built from hundreds of IKEA-branded flat-pack boxes. Now we bring you photos of the remnants of that ad campaign courtesy of the old iPhone camera]]> http://susty.com/eco-cardboard-empire-state-building-flat-pack-nyc-ikea-brooklyn-photo-gallery/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/ikea-waterfront-park-red-hook-brooklyn-open-photo-gallery/ http://susty.com/ikea-waterfront-park-red-hook-brooklyn-open-photo-gallery/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:37:25 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=5443 opening of Ikea's Red Hook store ushering in Brooklyn's largest waterfront park and shared with you the eco-ish ad campaign dreamed up by Deutsch that deployed iconic New York City structures built from hundreds of IKEA-branded flat-pack boxes. Now we bring you our little photo show of the grounds of said Ikea Red Hook waterfront park.]]> http://susty.com/ikea-waterfront-park-red-hook-brooklyn-open-photo-gallery/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/asian-elephant-art-conservation-project-non-profit-organization-image-gallery-pachyderm-paintings-art-gifts/ http://susty.com/asian-elephant-art-conservation-project-non-profit-organization-image-gallery-pachyderm-paintings-art-gifts/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:32:01 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=1156 elephants wielding a paintbrushes with their trunks. Most paintings are acrylic on paper (or more rarely canvass) and some of these animal artists actually use dung paper -- so yes folks that's art from both ends of the elephant. Each painting is priced from $350 to $450 for abstract works, while coveted representational pieces (such as trees, still-lifes, flowers, bouquets,) or these pachyderm self-portraits painted by Hong, go for about $750. And leave it to the handlers of the lone participating elephant in the United States to encourage Renee to super-size things with a 9′ x 10′ canvas priced at $12,000. ]]> http://susty.com/asian-elephant-art-conservation-project-non-profit-organization-image-gallery-pachyderm-paintings-art-gifts/feed/ 4 http://susty.com/asian-elephant-art-conservation-project-non-profit-organization-image-gallery-pachyderm-paintings-art-gifts-part-2/ http://susty.com/asian-elephant-art-conservation-project-non-profit-organization-image-gallery-pachyderm-paintings-art-gifts-part-2/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:57:26 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=1238 elephants wielding a paintbrushes with their trunks. Most paintings are acrylic on paper (or more rarely canvass) and some of these animal artists actually use dung paper -- so yes folks that's art from both ends of the elephant. Each painting is priced from $350 to $450 for abstract works, while coveted representational pieces (such as trees, still-lifes, flowers, bouquets,) or these pachyderm self-portraits painted by Hong, go for about $750. And leave it to the handlers of the lone participating elephant in the United States to encourage Renee to super-size things with a 9′ x 10′ canvas priced at $12,000.]]> http://susty.com/asian-elephant-art-conservation-project-non-profit-organization-image-gallery-pachyderm-paintings-art-gifts-part-2/feed/ 0