I’ve been accused of being one many a time, but now there can be no more doubt: Treehugger.com just ran a great article on the BioBus.
Still hugging tree in the cold but sunny NYC winter!
Archive for February, 2010
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Friday, February 26th, 2010Goodness
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Could someone please add a comment that the BioBus uses waste vegetable oil, which is definitely good?
Beat It!
Saturday, February 20th, 2010BioBus spent the day at the Beczak Environmental Center yesterday. The center is on the banks of the Hudson River, where you can gaze across the frigid, brackish waters to the ice covered cliffs of the Palisades across the way. The center focuses on the ecology and geology of the Hudson River, and they have a set of super cool hands-on activities that allow students to explore and learn about the environment.
They invited the BioBus there to work with two of their student groups, and we had a lot of fun checking out various crustaceans and protists. Check out one of the movies the students made of a paramecium, where you can see lots of beating cilia and chunky organelles inside:
And if you have time, please join us later today (Saturday, Feb 20) at the Williamsburg Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The BioBus will be there from 12-1:30 putting on a special program for Green Apple Kids, but people of all ages are welcome to stop by!
Big BioBus News!
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Do good things come in three? Evidence in favor of this hypothesis:
1) Scientific American today published a glowing article about how the BioBus narrows the science achievement gap
2) BioBus approved Wednesday as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity by the IRS
3) On Tuesday, the transmission dropped its top 2 gears, but only five miles away from the garage, and U.S. Coach was able to fix it easily. Something to do with a piece of Bakelite in the governor cracking.
Do I have to choose?