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“I met him first in the winter of 2005-06. I’m involved very heavily with an organization that is one of the biggest developers of affordable housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, and it’s an organization that has contributed a lot to developing housing policy. So we often will have sessions with new senators and stuff [...]

In the pool of celebrity runners for the 2009 NYC Marathon yesterday, Edward Norton finished on top. The 40-year-old actor completed the grueling 26.2 mile race in three hours, 48 minutes and one second. “You know you are going to hit tough spots,” he said post-marathon, “in a weird way mine came early in the [...]

The Barack Obama documentary that Edward Norton and his production company have been working on for the past several years finally has a trailer. Called “By The People: The Election of Barack Obama”, the movie offers a fascinating look at the behind-the-scenes drama of American politics — and the rise of Obama from relative obscurity [...]

Edward Norton is really driving support for his marathon run to benefit the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. The actor is taking on the 26.2 mile challenge to raise awareness and cash for the organization — which promotes sustainable development while protecting the east African grasslands that the Maasai tribe calls home. Using a slick website [...]

Edward Norton has become the latest celebrity to tie up the laces and start training for the New York City Marathon. Beyond personal fitness, Norton is taking on the 26.2 mile-long challenge to benefit the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust — an organization working to promote sustainable development while protecting the east African grasslands that the [...]

Since the High Line “Park in the Sky” project opened earlier this summer, it’s been an incredible draw for people looking to enjoy a new green space. According to organizers, nearly 20,000 visit on the weekends, with 6-8K during the week — nearly four times more than what was predicted before its opening. All this [...]

“These ideas were all inspiring to read and it was difficult to choose between them. I was particularly glad to see that so many focused on how to educate and engage young people in changing our basic approach to how we live and on training people to think sustainably so they will carry the [...]

In May we posted that SunChips and National Geographic were teaming up to present The Green Effect, a contest asking people how they would make their communities greener in the hopes of giving away $20,000 to each of five selected winners. There are currently ten finalists and the public is being asked to vote for [...]

As many other green sites are noting today, New York City’s newest park is celebrating its grand opening today. But this isn’t your normal piece of green set aside for public use — the High Line Park is actually set in the sky on top of the bones of an abandoned old rail line. What [...]