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Your chance to navigate the toxic waters of a superfund site is coming up this Saturday, June 14 from 10am-2pm, when the Gowanus Challenge [http://www.gowanuscanal.org/race/] returns for its second year [/blog/events/up-close-and-personal-with-the-gowanus-canal] on the canal. Hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club [http://www.gowanuscanal.
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Have you seen the new piece of trash — ahem — art made from recycled umbrella frames and soda bottles that’s floating in the Gowanus Canal? Harvest Dome 2.0 [http://sloarchitecture.com/03_Work/Harvest%20Dome%202.0/havest%20dome%202.html] was built by SLO Architecture and was recently
Environmental Protection Agency
From the banks of the Gowanus Canal Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency [http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/gowanus/] announced its $506 million plan to clean up the Superfund site, one of the most polluted waterways in our country. “What this cleanup plan will do is require the removal
Dive In Gowanus
This Friday, August 16, you can eat something delicious and know that you’re helping the Gowanus Canal. The Gowanus Canal Conservancy [http://www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org/] has teamed up with several restaurants for Dive In Gowanus [http://www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org/ee/index.php/gcc_news/gcc_news?id=153], an
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A gigantic round of applause is in order for the teachers and kids at MS 88, Peter Rouget Middle School [http://insideschools.org/middle/browse/school/669]. Out of over 1,500 entries, the school was chosen as one of five grand prize winners in the 2013 Samsung Solve for
Gowanus Alliance
The Gowanus Alliance is hosting an emergency relief workshop for businesses [http://www.gowanusalliance.org/blog/2012/11/09/important-info-for-gowanus-business-community/] tomorrow, Wednesday, November 14 at 3pm at Build It Green NYC, 69 9th Street. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Community Board 6, the Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation, and representatives
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photo via GbD [http://gowanusbydesign.org/] Here’s the question: > Can a new community center and retention facility on a heavily contaminated urban site be designed so that it strengthens the surrounding infrastructure and educates the community about the precious value of water and the environmental challenges facing the