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Earth Day

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Whole Foods Fish Ban Angers Fishermen

    Starting yesterday on Earth Day, Whole Foods stopped selling overfished seafood in its stores throughout the country. Not everyone is happy about this new policy: According to the New York Times, some New England fishermen have expressed anger over Whole Foods' move, which they think has threatened ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2012

    Scientology Sunday Funnies: Jake and Elwood Want Your Cash!

    Scientologists don't really have a Sunday service. They like to say that they do, because they crave mainstream acceptance. But unless Xenu rested after six days and L. Ron Hubbard just forgot to mention it, there's no reason for Scientologists to treat Sunday any differently than every other day of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2012

    Mother Nature Celebrates NYC Earth Day With a Flood Alert

    If you haven't noticed yet (or have been in doors all day), it's been raining cats and dogs all afternoon. But what better way to celebrate Earth Day than with an absolute wash-out?In the midst of a city-wide flood alert that will run its course until the end of tomorrow, New York com ... More >>

  • Film

    April 18, 2012

    Chimpanzee

    If you haven't noticed yet (or have been in doors all day), it's been raining cats and dogs all afternoon. But what better way to celebrate Earth Day than with an absolute wash-out?In the midst of a city-wide flood alert that will run its course until the end of tomorrow, New York com ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 11, 2012

    EAT IT UP

    Alison Knowles invites 
you to taste her art

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2012

    Lights Off for Earth Hour? Rightbloggers Leave Lights On, Declare Victory Over So-Called "Environment"

    Conservatism is making a big comeback, folks. The proof? The tremendous success of Human Achievement Hour on Saturday. What, you never heard of it? Well, you've heard of Earth Hour, right? That thing where all the stupid hippies turned their lights off for an hour to celebrate their precious, so-ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Whole Foods Is Clearing Out Its Fish Counter

    Don't expect to see any octopus, gray sole, skate, Atlantic halibut, or Atlantic cod gracing the icy shelves of the Whole Foods fish counter after April 22. The company has decided to stop selling seafood caught through unsustainable methods, according to the Associated Press.

  • Art

    December 14, 2011

    2011's Best Comics and Graphic Novels

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  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Nick Zinner To Lead 41 Strings, A Slightly Late Earth Day Event, Next Week

    ​Fresh off providing his guitar to the Santigold-featuring-Karen O track "Go", Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner will on Wednesday (May 11) lead 41 Strings, an event to celebrate the 41st anniversary of Earth Day (and yes, the organizers probably know that Earth Day was last month). Also l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Today in El Diario: Earth In a Bad Way on Earth Day, but Green Jobs are Booming

    ​Environment tanks, green jobs take off For many, Earth Day -- which is today -- could not come at a worse time, the Spanish-language daily reports. Though indiscriminate deforestation, water contamination, and nuclear disaster in Japan are just some of today's environmental crises, green ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    The Week in Food Blogs: Stoner Foods, Easter Sunday, Green Restaurants

    This week in food blogs... Eater rounded up its 15 best stoner foods in the city. Mac 'n' cheese pancakes, anyone? Grub Street mapped out where to celebrate Easter Sunday. (Because dinner at Grandma's is lame, right?) Diner's Journal offered advice on what to do when your friends torture you with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Happy Earth Day From America's Sexiest Trees

    Super sexy tree via Walt Stoneburner​Earth Day has the misfortune of landing on Good Friday this year, but that's not going to take away any attention from what this day's all about: hot, sexy trees. We've compiled a list of the country's sexiest, and they're sure to get your heart pounding. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    BP Pays $100 Million Forward on Earth Day

    ​Just in time for Earth Day 2011, BP has announced they will give $100 million to five of the Gulf States following last year's Deepwater Horizon explosion. As part of their agreement to put $1 billion toward Gulf restoration projects, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida will r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Rightbloggers on Atlas Shrugged: It's the Feel-Good, Piece-of-Crap Movie of the Year!

    When best-selling books like The DaVinci Code or the Twilight series become movies, their fans take to the internet to share their excitement. They argue over the film's fidelity to their favorite characters and scenes, and revel in their love-object's moment in the cinematic sun. So too it has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Looking for Something to Do? How About the "Do Something Reel" Film Festival

    ​Dinner and a movie are a prescription for a fun time, but sometimes a movie about dinner is even better. Which is why the Whole Foods-sponsored "Do Something Reel" Film Festival at City Cinemas Village East next week is shaping up to be a great event.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Kurt Vonnegut Tries to Spoil Earth Day

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 30, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 18 Vonnegut & Earth Day by Anna Mayo It was the night before Earth Day. Kurt Vonnegut, set off by the ambience of the Algonquin Hotel, looked more like Mark Twain than Hal Holbrook. He was talking about th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Whole Foods Cops Out on Fork in the Road's Challenge to Stop Selling Severely Endangered Seafood Immediately

    ​The confusing Whole Foods "dot" identification system for seafood. In a press release that just hit our email box at Fork in the Road, Whole Foods announces the chain-wide implementation of their color coding system for identifying fish according to sustainability, as certified by the Blue O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    That Oil Spill in the Gulf Really Isn't Helping Anyone

    ​Usually when something bad happens, at least you have the look-on-the-bright-side quality of being able to say, hey, at least we learned from this, and we sure won't do it again next time, or some such. Not so, it seems, with the oil spill in the Gulf. Sure, it's killed innocent animals and p ... More >>

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    April 25, 2006

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    NY Mirror

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