Composting has been on my mind, partly because it’s in the green news.  My awareness of how much of my garbage is vegetable and fruit refuse–the nuts and bolts of compostables–has been heightened and so I wonder as a city dweller about how to not be lazy and messy and cart my stuff to the [...]

Last week, at a panel at VII in Dumbo featuring acclaimed photographer Ron Haviv and human rights activist John Prendergast, I learned that the atrocities happening in The Democratic Republic of Congo are perhaps to the world’s voracious appetite for electronic devices.  Our cell phones, computers, games, all of it, are derived from ores mined [...]

I have had a fascination with Llamas since I was little and saw a pet Llama on Sesame Street.  The girl walked down the street singing, “Me and my Llama” and went all over the city with it, including the dentist.  I have joked recently that I’d like to buy a llama at the Dutchess [...]