Category Archives: Press

L Magazine covers the sewage beat

From Sydney Brownstone at L Magazine: “There’s lots of enterococcus in the audience tonight,” Tracy Brown, an advocate at Riverkeeper, a local water quality watchdog, joked to a crowd of roughly 60-70 people who had filed onto benches at the Brooklyn Brewery Monday night. She was referring to the gut bacteria that scientists use as a […]

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NCA and Riverkeeper team up for BBOX Radio

Kate Zidar of NCA and Phillip Musegaas of Riverkeeper joined Maxine Margo Rubin on The Many Shades of Green, a BBOX Radio show that delves into topics that affect the environment in Brooklyn and beyond, to discuss Newtown Creek issues. Listen to the show here!

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Students envision a green future for Newtown Creek

From eOculus at the Center for Architecture Foundation: The Queens Paideia School, an independent school that provides after-school programming for area students, culminated its Learning By Design:NY (LBD:NY) semester-long residency with the Center for Architecture Foundation on 12.19.11. The new curriculum, studying the Newtown Creek area, was developed and taught by LBD:NY Director Tim Hayduk […]

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