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Environment
Troubled Waters: Inside the Clean-Up of the Gowanus Canal
The Gowanus canal has been polluted for decades, but now the clean-up process is starting.
Education
Formerly Homeless Student Starts Nonprofit to Help His Peers Get to College
19-year-old student Orayne Williams got his first home when he went to college. Now he's working to get other homeless teens there, too.
Culture
Check Out Brooklyn's Fresh New Shipping Container Radio Station
BBox is Brooklyn's upstart community radio station coming direct from a farmers' market. They're looking for fresh DJs and hosts.
Cities
That Fresh City Air: NYC Plans Giant Urban Campground
The Big Apple is set to build an enormous campground in the middle of the concrete jungle. What does this mean for urban camping across the country?
Education
What If the Notorious B.I.G. Hadn't Dropped Out of High School?
Rapper Christoper Wallace was murdered 14 years ago today. He dropped out of school in 1989, and his Brooklyn high school is still a dropout factory.
Business
Help Design Brooklyn's New Public Market
Dekalb Market will be a sustainable, community hub for art, food, farming, and small business. Submit your pitches for stalls now and win free rent.
Education
The Last Free Speech: Street Art at Manual Arts High School
World renowned artists are heading to South Los Angeles to collaborate with students and visually give voice to social and political issues.
Culture
Hipsters Can't Resist Camel's "Williamsburg Cigarettes"
Initially derided as "stupid" by Williamsburg locals, the packs are now flying out of New York City bodegas.
Education
Does New York City Give Preferential Treatment to White Schools Chancellor Candidates?
Since 2000, chancellors lacking the credentials to run New York City's schools have been granted waivers. Critics say that's because they're white.
Cities
The Daily Clean: Brooklynite Cleans the Streets and Takes Pictures
The guy who maintains the blog The Daily Clean spends an hour each day cleaning a corner of Brooklyn and then publishes before and after photos.
Cities
Brooklyn's Finest: Winners of the Brooklyn Do Gooder Awards Announced
The Brooklyn Do Gooder Awards celebrate the altruism and commitment of the borough's most dedicated citizens. See who are truly Brooklyn's finest.
Culture
Simple, Effective Public Art About Military Suicides
Last year, more soldiers committed suicide than were killed in Iraq. Artist Sebastian Errazuriz wanted to tell people about it.
Culture
Intermission: DUMBO Underwater
A new art installation in Brooklyn, by Eric Corriel, imagines what it would be like if New York flooded.
Lifestyle
Brooklyn's Habana Outpost is a Mecca of Food and Sustainability
From solar panels to a bike-powered blender, this Fort Greene eatery packs a delicious and environmentally-friendly punch.
Cities
Know a Do Gooder in Brooklyn?
Are you or do you know an exceptional Brooklynite? Nominate him or her for a Brooklyn Do Gooder Award today.
Education
School of the Future: Announcing Infinite Enrollment
Soon to be internationally renowned as one of the leading and most innovative portable centers for study of information through performing and...
Design
Alpha One Labs: Where Creativity Mothers Inventions
One disadvantage of being an adult is you have fewer chances to sit around in rooms inventing strange gadgets. One advantage is that, should you...
Education
School of the Future: Unschooling Education
What do you want to learn? School of the Future is a project about what a school can be. This un-school will facilitate a model of...
