http://susty.com Sustainable + Sexy Living Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://susty.com/recycle-a-bicycle-15th-birthday-celebration-celeb-signed-bike-auction/ http://susty.com/recycle-a-bicycle-15th-birthday-celebration-celeb-signed-bike-auction/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:36:10 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8519 A Benefit Auction Featuring the NY400 Batavus Bicycles and Bike-themed Art! Happy 15th Birthday Recycle-A-Bicycle!! With only 200 of its kind in the world, only twelve orange NY400 Batavus Bicycles will be available to the public. Lucky for you, it will be at this party! These bikes have also been endorsed and signed by cycling advocates like David Byrne, Janet Sadik-Kahn, Camiel Eurlings, Matthew Modine, Graham Hill from Planet Green, Bike Snob, Elmo from Sesame Street & more!]]> http://susty.com/recycle-a-bicycle-15th-birthday-celebration-celeb-signed-bike-auction/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/nyfa-swap-meet-holiday-gathering-barter-sale-handicrafts-used-reuse-new-york-foundation-for-the-arts-event/ http://susty.com/nyfa-swap-meet-holiday-gathering-barter-sale-handicrafts-used-reuse-new-york-foundation-for-the-arts-event/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:36:53 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8461 NYFA Fellow, we thought it would be nice to plug the event. All proceeds will go toward keeping NYFA Current, the New York Foundation for the Arts' online arts magazine, a stable, sustainable program. Jeff Hnilicka of FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) will emcee -- check out the sust projects FEAST has been providing financial backing for: Green My Bodega and Underground Library.]]> http://susty.com/nyfa-swap-meet-holiday-gathering-barter-sale-handicrafts-used-reuse-new-york-foundation-for-the-arts-event/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-number-five-recycling-batteries-hazardous-waste-photo/ http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-number-five-recycling-batteries-hazardous-waste-photo/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:33:21 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8392 See the nifty bin and the bummer sign shutting down the battery recycling program (but with a url to where you can go now) after the jump.]]> http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-number-five-recycling-batteries-hazardous-waste-photo/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/recycle-the-city-how-to-recycle-waste-while-moving-in-nyc-disposable-litter/ http://susty.com/recycle-the-city-how-to-recycle-waste-while-moving-in-nyc-disposable-litter/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:11:23 +0000 by Team Susty, Global http://susty.com/?p=8396 "disposable" equals litter and aspires to redefine the community’s understanding of waste.]]> http://susty.com/recycle-the-city-how-to-recycle-waste-while-moving-in-nyc-disposable-litter/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/adrian-grenier-nau-eco-friendly-courier-windshirt-honey-brothers-video/ http://susty.com/adrian-grenier-nau-eco-friendly-courier-windshirt-honey-brothers-video/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:57:09 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8258 Adrian Grenier & Honey Brothers rocked the NAU house on Tuesday night. If you in the NYCity again tonight, GOOD has another line-up at the NAU Pop-Up Shop. And for your video viewing pleasure, here once again is Ian Yolles of NAU on their oh-so-eco-friendly Courier Windshirt.]]> http://susty.com/adrian-grenier-nau-eco-friendly-courier-windshirt-honey-brothers-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/nau-pop-up-store-eco-friendly-clothes-clothing-apparel-holiday-shop-video/ http://susty.com/nau-pop-up-store-eco-friendly-clothes-clothing-apparel-holiday-shop-video/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:05:54 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8185 http://susty.com/nau-pop-up-store-eco-friendly-clothes-clothing-apparel-holiday-shop-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/world-according-to-americans-map-cartoon-humor-drawing-political-satire-culture/ http://susty.com/world-according-to-americans-map-cartoon-humor-drawing-political-satire-culture/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:59:54 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8095 http://susty.com/world-according-to-americans-map-cartoon-humor-drawing-political-satire-culture/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/ny400-batavus-bikes-recycle-a-bicycle-auction-bright-orange-frame-dutch-manufacturing-wheelsspokes-pedals-holland-nyc-usa-netherlands-henry-hudson-400-years-celebration-transportation/ http://susty.com/ny400-batavus-bikes-recycle-a-bicycle-auction-bright-orange-frame-dutch-manufacturing-wheelsspokes-pedals-holland-nyc-usa-netherlands-henry-hudson-400-years-celebration-transportation/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:33 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8548 NY400 Fleet of Dutch bikes will be officially handed over to Recycle-A-Bicycle to further promote bicycle use as a sustainable way of transportation in New York City. Twelve of those bright orange Batavus bikes will be auctioned off on December 14th to raise funds for Recycle-A-Bicycle's educational programming of the NY400 bikes.]]> http://susty.com/ny400-batavus-bikes-recycle-a-bicycle-auction-bright-orange-frame-dutch-manufacturing-wheelsspokes-pedals-holland-nyc-usa-netherlands-henry-hudson-400-years-celebration-transportation/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/ http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:11 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7862 How to Save Tropical Rainforests Research reveals that logging is the largest single factor leading to tropical deforestation, as the cutting and road building associated with the timber industry opens avenues into rainforests. This initiates a chain of destruction that can include more logging, mining, slash-and-burn clearing for cattle grazing and conversion for chemical-intensive industrial agriculture. Most of the resultant products are exported to northern industrialized countries.]]> http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/underground-library-awarded-feast-grant-local-hand-crafted-books-shared-by-network-readers/ http://susty.com/underground-library-awarded-feast-grant-local-hand-crafted-books-shared-by-network-readers/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:15:19 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8448 FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics), a recurring public dinner that provides financial support to emerging artmakers, has awarded a $1000 grant to the project "Underground Library." The funding will be used to purchase book-making supplies for book production, facilitate the creation of an on-line forum, and for launching each underground library publication with public readings by published and un-published members of the community. So this baby is on the opposite side of the spectrum from Kindle.]]> http://susty.com/underground-library-awarded-feast-grant-local-hand-crafted-books-shared-by-network-readers/feed/ 0