Due to the popularity of the screening of the new DisneyEarth film “Earth” on April 18th at the Green Schools NYC conference, the event has been filled! Thanks to all who registered, the movie is awesome!

 From the Green Schools Alliance event website:

To kick off the day, join us for a special advance screening of Disneynature’s first film, EARTH, only in theatres starting Earth Day, April 22. The screening will begin at 10:00am at the AMC Loews 84th Street Theatre. To RSVP, either indicate you want to attend the screening on our registration form (tickets above) OR email your name, daytime phone number, school, and the number of people in your party to earthscreening@gmail.com. Disneynature has generously made this event free of charge. SOLD OUT!

 Don’t forget, there’s still time to register for the conference on April 18th! Sign up at http://greenschoolsnyc2009.eventbrite.com/

Last spring CENIC members worked with Environmental Defense general council Jim Tripp to write a petition to Mayor Bloomberg and the Taxi and Limousine Commission asking for higher fuel efficiency standards for the city’s 13,000 taxis. CENIC members amassed a total of 1,600 signatures from students, parents, faculty and even outside pedestrians.Shortly after we sent our petition, Mayor Bloomberg pledged to raise the taxi fleet’s fuel efficiency standards, and in December the Taxi and Limousine Commission officially adopted a comprehensive plan nearly identical to the one proposed in our petition.  Details here: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/12/12/green.taxis.ap/