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The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Make It Right are challenging manufacturers to design a safe and healthy product for the affordable housing market that is created for re-use. Winning products will excel in criteria outlined in the Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Program and align with Make It Right’s mission “To build safe Cradle to Cradle inspired homes, buildings, and communities for people in ... Read More »

NYC BigApps, is New York City’s premier open data software competition, which challenges developers and designers to create apps that help solve key city challenges, or as we like to call them, BigIssues. This year’s NYC BigApps has upped the ante, with a bigger pool of prizes- $150,000 to be exact, data, and problems to solve, than ever before. Additionally, NYC ... Read More »

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) and the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are accepting submissions for the Ephemeral Arts Project, a series of temporary art installations to be on display during June 2013. As part of NoMAA’s 10th Anniversary Uptown Arts Stroll, NYRP will host installations along the bike path at Sherman Creek Park and within Swindler Cove Park ... Read More »

Pop-up gallery project featuring work of local artists and designers. Four shows will run two nights each throughout the week of May 19–26. The gallery is adjacent to Rustik, a local bar and eatery that will offer an exclusive food and drink menu to help support the event. The gallery project will be funded by patrons and will not collect ... Read More »

Help Make the World a Better Place.  How are you helping to create a toxin free generation? Tell us now and you can win fantastic prizes, including a GoPro Camera or Patagonia gift card! Take a look at your daily routine, from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night. Do an inventory ... Read More »

Calling all dreamers and world-changers: Do you have an amazing idea that has the potential to transform lives? GOOD and Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS and the Start Something That Matters Foundation, have teamed up to help budding social entrepreneurs like you launch an idea with the power to change the world for good. Through the Start Something That Matters ... Read More »

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that the public nominating process for the 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal—awarded to living individuals whose creative vision for the urban environment has significantly contributed to the vibrancy and variety of New York City—is now open.  All are invited to submit nominations at www.rockefellerfoundation.org until April 30, 2013. Now in its seventh consecutive year, the Rockefeller ... Read More »

Nominate a community planner for the 2013 Yolanda Garcia Community Planner Award.  Do know someone who has worked on a place-based community plan?  Is self-taught? Uses an inclusive, community-drive approach to effect change? MAS with partner We Stay/Nos Quedamos is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Yolanda Garcia Community Planner Award. This award, which acknowledges the hard-working leaders of grassroots, ... Read More »

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is now accepting applications for the 2013 Environmental Excellence Awards program, Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. This year celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Environmental Excellence Awards program which recognizes and gives visibility to outstanding, innovative and sustainable projects or programs. “This year marks a milestone in environmental innovations for the ... Read More »

More Than 350 New Datasets Available, Integration with Other Government and Private Sector Datasets Now Possible Developers Are Challenged to Address Specific Problems Facing New Yorkers, Compete for $150,000 in Prize Money Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the launch of NYC BigApps 2013, the fourth annual contest for software developers and members of the public to create web or ... Read More »

The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is pleased to seek the nominations of individuals, small businesses and community organizations for the 2013 Neighborhood Achievement Awards. New Yorkers and neighborhood organizations are encouraged to apply and/or nominate others for awards in nine categories: New! The Helping Hand Award The Entrepreneur Award The Norman Buchbinder Placemaking Award The Adaptive Reuse ... Read More »

Top Ideas Will Help Shape Design and Functionality of the Payphone of the Future Renderings of Winning Prototypes Available at www.flickr.com/nycmayorsoffice Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Chief Information and Innovation Officer Rahul N. Merchant and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot announced the winning prototypes from the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge, a competition that engaged hundreds of urban designers, planners, technologists and ... Read More »

We are once again inviting all of New York State’s public and private school children and youth organizations to showcase their artistic talent and their commitment to the environment by participating in the 10th Annual New York Recycles Poster Contest sponsored by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the New York Recycles Steering Committee. This poster contest helps ... Read More »

Core 77 Design Awards is an annual celebration of design excellence, enterprise and intent. Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. In our third year, we present 17 categories of entry, providing designers a unique opportunity to communicate the intent, rigor and passion behind their ... Read More »

Each year, the Buckminster Fuller Institute awards $100,000 to support the development and implementation of a solution that has significant potential to solve one of humanity’s most pressing problems. This prize program is a call to the world’s artists, scientists, designers, architects, engineers, students, and entrepreneurs committed to playing a transformative role in addressing the biggest issues we face today. ... Read More »