A green stimulus package for your eyes, ears and mind…

• Congratulations, and Happy Birthday Number Two to Raz and Eco-Libris!  Continuing to grow, they’ve planted over 45,000 trees this year!
• Taste and feel the difference with Orgasmic Organics @ Eco Salon
• Our favorite new place to relax in NYC that’s free and easy, the High Line – more info @ highline.org
• For sustainable fun in the sun, catch today’s free day of music, 1p-10p, thanks to Solar1.org
• Second season of “Going Places, Doing Stuff,” artist-led road trips coordinated by Flux Factory.  Sign up for a tour, get a ticket to ride (on a veggie oil-powered school bus) — and be taken on a “surprise” adventure.
• In Tribeca, ACEFEST 2-day film fest – ends today, only $10.
• Classic films and views, Thursday Nights syfy (previously, scifi) presents Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movie with a View (Maltese Falcon on 7/16); bike valet available for free-wheelers.
• Get real — see how every bite on your plate impacts greenhouse gas emissions – Low Carb Diet from Sierra Club Green Home and Bon Appetit.
• Food, Inc. Love your body, feed your head. (more…)

These sneaker aren’t totally green but they’re getting pretty darn close.

New Balance is taking steps to get greener with the launch of its new, ECO-PREFERRED collection. The new collection features shoes that utilize environmentally preferred materials, constructions and manufacturing processes.

The first shoe in New Balance’s eco-preferred collection, the New Balance 70, is developed for consumers who factor the environment into their buying decision. Seventy-five percent (more…)