by Shoko | May 2, 2012 | Home and Garden, Transportation
The High Line’s Latest Development Last weekend, I had brunch at the Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District in NYC and had a chance to walk on the High Line afterward. I was pleasantly surprised by the huge crowd at the High Line, which was originally a...
by Shoko | Apr 26, 2012 | Business
In the corporate world, perception is reality and, perhaps, everything. More than ever, employees, investors and consumers are looking to the companies from which they buy, invest in, and work for to join them in addressing the critical social issues of the day in a...
by Shoko | Apr 19, 2012 | Business
Have you ever wondered how to be cool but conscious? Or, are you an eco-conscious consumer but find it hard to be the same when it comes to fashion? If you do, you are not alone, dear readers! I, too, have a hard time finding organic or recycled fashion very...
by Shoko | Apr 13, 2012 | Home and Garden
Walking down NYC’s tree-lined 18th Street, my street, I was thinking how grateful I am for how the street is. Grateful for being a part of this beautiful Gramercy community. Grateful for trees on the street. Grateful for trees entertaining my eyes with blooming...
by Shoko | Apr 6, 2012 | Collaborative Consumption
Happy Easter and Passover, readers! It’s a time of rebirth. Everything taking a form will have a chance to be reborn, and its spirit will continue passing on to the next purpose. Previously, I discussed letting go of things that no longer deliver value to us and...
by Shoko | Apr 1, 2012 | Food and Health
Do you feel the heaviness of your body as the weather gets warmer? As matter of fact, in some surveys, we gain, on average, about five pounds in the winter. Now spring has arrived, and our senses are slowly wakening up. Why not take it as an opportunity to switch...
by Shoko | Apr 1, 2012 | Home and Garden
Did you know the average New Yorker tosses 46 pounds of clothing and textiles in the trash each year? And, all together, New Yorkers discard 193,000 tons of textiles every year — accounting for 6% of the entire residential waste stream of NYC. Are you surprised...
by Shoko | Mar 17, 2012 | Business, Home and Garden
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, readers! This morning as I was strolling down to Union Square, my neighborhood in NYC, for food shopping at a green market, I saw many people wearing green for the occasion. Here at Ampleen, we are also all about celebrating green...
by Shoko | Mar 11, 2012 | Home and Garden
Have you ever heard the term “parklets”? Parklets are small urban pocket parks, and they have transformed parking lots into public places in cities such as San Francisco, Vancouver and Philadelphia. They’re designed to provide outdoor space for residents...
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