Urban Greenista

Doing my bit to heal the planet

I'll be posting on the problems to the environment as I understand them and some viable responses, the good we can do by the choices we make and delicious vegan restaurants where we can recharge and enjoy!

the issues

the solutions

vegan on the road

Sherry Fyman

Jan 24
2 min

Some good news for a change! And this news is REALLY good.

Effective March 1, 2020 New York State is banning plastic bags. You will have to bring your own reusable bag or pay for a paper one.

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Sherry Fyman

Jul 11, 2019
3 min

the lordly Hudson

That was how Washington Irving, 19th century writer, described the Hudson River. For over 200 years, writers and artists have captured th...

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Sherry Fyman

Jul 8, 2019
2 min

Plastics Free July - You Can Do It!

We've all heard the horror stories. #Whales washing up dead are found to have ingested 50 lbs of plastic. #plasticproblem Once scenic s...

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Sherry Fyman

Mar 15, 2019
1 min

St. Patrick's Cathedral is going REALLY green.

St. Patrick's Cathedral on New York’s Fifth Avenue is undergoing a $200 million renovation. Part of that upgrade is a new $35 million geo...

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Sherry Fyman

Nov 5, 2018
2 min

Rome Vegan

I will never get tired of Italian food. And now I find that I can even find in #Italy #vegan restaurants, #rawfood restaurants and tradi...

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Sherry Fyman

Aug 1, 2018
2 min

London Vegan. Consider yourself at home.

One of the great pleasures of travel is the element of surprise. And nothing was a bigger surprise than finding a totally traditional, t...

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Sherry Fyman

Jul 25, 2018
2 min

Edinburgh Vegan. Vegan haggis? Whoa... That's different!

Haggis is one of those dishes you simply can't avoid in your cruising around #Edinburgh. Eating haggis and sampling the whiskey are the q...

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Sherry Fyman

Jul 25, 2018
3 min

The best idea ever? Or maybe not.

Just about every Sunday during the summer I ride my bike up Rt. 9W from Manhattan to the small village of #Piermont in #RocklandCounty. I...

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Sherry Fyman

Jun 25, 2018
1 min

NYC Vegan. Wait.. What? Haute chief Jean-George Vongerichen has a vegan friendly restaurant?

And the restaurant is right in my own back yard? That's right! A bit north of Union Square Park and south of the iconic Flatiron Buildi...

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Sherry Fyman

Jun 6, 2018
3 min

About to kill a bug? Doooooon't do it!

Let's talk. Yes, I know. Most of us have a quick almost instinctive reaction to kill any insect that crawls, slithers, flies or general...

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