Wed. Jan. 29 Bronx Parks 125 Part 4: The Planning of The Bronx Through Parks
Friday, January 24th, 2014 Posted in Front Page News, Parks Committee | Comments Off on Wed. Jan. 29 Bronx Parks 125 Part 4: The Planning of The Bronx Through ParksBronx Parks 125-Part 4-ASLA-Pratt-APA-Jan 29 2014 (2) Part 4: The Planning of The Bronx Through Parks 125 Years of Bronx Parks: A Four-Part Lecture Series In honor of the creation of the Bronx Parks system Join us for the fourth part of this dynamic ...
Sat. March 26, Creating a Bridge to Re-Unite Neighbors: Croton Pedestrian Bridge Event
Friday, January 24th, 2014 Posted in CWTP, Front Page News, Parks Committee | Comments Off on Sat. March 26, Creating a Bridge to Re-Unite Neighbors: Croton Pedestrian Bridge EventCreating a Bridge to Re-Unite Neighbors 3.29.14 A Broken Promise that We Will Make Right Let’s Create A Bridge Between Neighbors Croton Pedestrian Bridge event Saturday March 29th 10 a.m. Place TBA You can find an event on the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/724979790855307/ Join the ...
Sat. Feb. 22 Celebrate the 20 years of Speak Up, 11 am to 5 pm
Friday, January 24th, 2014 Posted in Educational Environmentalists, Front Page News, Parks Committee | Comments Off on Sat. Feb. 22 Celebrate the 20 years of Speak Up, 11 am to 5 pmSpeak Up Flyer 2014 updated The 20th Annual Bronx Parks Speak Up! Bronx Parks: A 20/20 Vision Saturday, February 22nd Lehman College Faculty Dining Room 11 am to 5 pm 20/20 Vision Presenters from every Community Board area! Workshops: Creative Solutions: Addressing Park Group Dilemmas Engaging Youth Working Together on a ...
Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland Plants Clean the Harlem River
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 Posted in Front Page News, Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland - first of its kind, Projects, Water Committee | Comments Off on Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland Plants Clean the Harlem RiverPier 5 Pop Up Wetland and Plants Cleans the Water that Runs off the Highway This extraordinarily creative “best management practice” captures stormwater runoff from the elevated Major Deegan Expressway with a “pop-up wetland”. The wetland is filled with ordinary native plants ...
Volunteer opportunity in Park Natural Areas
Monday, October 21st, 2013 Posted in Front Page News, Parks Committee | Comments Off on Volunteer opportunity in Park Natural AreasNatural Areas Volunteers Division of Parks NYC have a number of volunteer projects that we are hosting in the Bronx in November and December. Natural Areas Volunteers is a service program that recruits, trains, and supports volunteers for ecological projects across ...
Mott Haven Herald: River cleanup may point way to new park, 092813
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Low Impact Development | Comments Off on Mott Haven Herald: River cleanup may point way to new park, 092813ENVIRONMENT, PARKS River cleanup may point way to new park By Jenna O’Donnell on September 28, 2013 3:19 pm With pop-up wetland comes new effort to open Harlem shore Pier 5 on the Harlem River just north of 149th Street doesn’t look like much. It’s ...
Fall 2013 Schedule of Meetings and Events
Friday, September 6th, 2013 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group | Comments Off on Fall 2013 Schedule of Meetings and EventsSchedule of Meetings this fall 090613 Come back often for updates to the schedule of activities.
HARLEM RIVER: CLEAN WATER IT, GREENWAY IT, MAINTAIN IT — Sept. 18
Friday, September 6th, 2013 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | Comments Off on HARLEM RIVER: CLEAN WATER IT, GREENWAY IT, MAINTAIN IT — Sept. 18“HARLEM RIVER: CLEAN WATER IT, GREENWAY IT, MAINTAIN IT” ANNUAL BCEQ MEMBERSHIP MEETING & WATER CONFERENCE (September 5, 2013, Bronx NY) The 41st Annual BCEQ Membership Meeting and the 12th Water Conference will be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 from 5-7 ...
City of Water Day in Your Neighborhood Mural of Pier 5 Cleaning Water
Friday, July 26th, 2013 Posted in Front Page News, Greenversations, Harlem River Working Group, Project Green, Projects, Resiliency and Sustainability | Comments Off on City of Water Day in Your Neighborhood Mural of Pier 5 Cleaning Water2012 NYC Green Infrastructure Report
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Front Page News, Water Committee | 1 Comment »As a followup to the first Annual Report in 2011, this second, 2012 Annual Report documents the accomplishments of the past year, in which : • Fully staffed the Offi ce of Green Infrastructure with Engineers and Project Managers; • Awarded $3.4 million ...
2012 Green Infrastructure Pilot Monitoring Report
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Front Page News, Water Committee | 1 Comment »Monitoring analyses through 2012 have demonstrated that all pilot source control types are providing effective stormwater management, particularly for storms with depths of one-inch or less. In many cases, the performance of controls between 2011 and 2012 was similar. The ...
Climate Central: Hurricane Sandy’s Untold Filthy Legacy: Sewage
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Front Page News, In the News, Water Committee | 1 Comment »Hurricane Sandy was one of the largest storms to hit the northeast U.S. in recorded history, killing 159, knocking out power to millions, and causing $70 billion in damage in eight states. Sandy also put the vulnerability of critical infrastructure ...
USGS Hurricane Sandy Storm Tide mapper
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Front Page News, Water Committee | 1 Comment »Click HERE to see the surge http://54.243.149.253/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c07fae08c20c4117bdb8e92e3239837e
East Bronx Coastal Working Group
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in East Bronx Coastal Working Group, Front Page News | 3 Comments »The Goals of the EBCWG are to Advocate for the development of greenway routes to and along the Hutchinson River, Westchester & Pugsley Creeks, with a goal of developing a continuous multi-use (walk, sit, bike, skate, access points) path along the ...
4/23 CURES Panel – Superstorm Sandy: Six Months After
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Posted in Educational Environmentalists, Front Page News, Resiliency and Sustainability, Water Committee | Comments Off on 4/23 CURES Panel – Superstorm Sandy: Six Months AfterThe Center for Urban Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (CURES) is holding a panel discussion that BCEQ Director, Dart Westphal will be participating in. Join CURES to discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and New York City coastline resilience with a panel of outside experts ...
BCEQ 04-11-13 Resolution letter on BxCB10 Traffic Management Plan
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Posted in Board Meetings, Educational Environmentalists, Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Water Committee | Comments Off on BCEQ 04-11-13 Resolution letter on BxCB10 Traffic Management PlanAt the Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Board of Directors meeting of the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, we reviewed the presentation titled: “Bronx Community Board 10 Traffic Management Plan: Interim Progress Report” developed by the Fund for the City of ...
BCEQ RESOLUTION ON RAOUL WALLENBERG PARK 4-10-2013
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Posted in Board Meetings, Educational Environmentalists, Front Page News, Parks Committee | Comments Off on BCEQ RESOLUTION ON RAOUL WALLENBERG PARK 4-10-2013BCEQ RESOLUTION ON RAOUL WALLENBERG PARK Whereas, the New York City Council passed a resolution[1] creating the designation of the “Raoul Wallenberg Park”, the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality wished to re-establish the original name and coordinate the placement of corresponding ...
5/8 Committee meetings to follow MC presention
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Posted in Communications Committee Work, Education, Front Page News, Membership Committee, Parks Committee, Water Committee | Comments Off on 5/8 Committee meetings to follow MC presentionTo the BCEQ Board of Directors, and particularly the Committees of the BCEQ Board, This is an official joint BCEQ committees meeting to discuss the necessary work of the committees. Dart's Manhattan College Sustainability Plan Urban Flyer 2013) students will begin the ...
Wednesday, May 8th at 6:15pm – Manhattan College Sustainability Plan
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Posted in Communications Committee Work, Educational Environmentalists, Front Page News, Water Committee | Comments Off on Wednesday, May 8th at 6:15pm – Manhattan College Sustainability PlanWe welcome you to join the 2013 URBAN 301: Environmental Development & Sustainability Class in presenting the new: Manhattan College Sustainability Plan (M.C.S.P) When: Wednesday, May 8th at 6:15pm Where: Scala Room 215- Leo Hall The Manhattan College Sustainability Plan provides a foundation for a ...
May 19 at 3 pm BCEQ Sunday at the Movies: a Preview of “Elemental”
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Posted in Committees, Communications Committee Work, Educational Environmentalists, Front Page News, Membership Committee | Comments Off on May 19 at 3 pm BCEQ Sunday at the Movies: a Preview of “Elemental”On Sunday May 19th at 3 pm, some BCEQ folks are going to a session and will have the opportunity to work with the filmmaker on Q&A at the theatre. It should be a fun time. Let me know. rsvp@bceq.org Can ...
