While the time capsule was getting all the attention (you can read more about her in the preceding posts or in the Greenpoint Gazette), I snuck off with some of the real stars. That’s right.  Below, you can catch the exclusive interview that The Puru managed to snag with the 5th graders from Ms. (Julie)

Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 was a day that will be celebrated by civilizations far into the future.  I expect that President Malia Obama herself will lift a glass on Feb. 11, 2061, when she unveils the time capsule installed 50 years before at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Mark your calendars now; it’s gonna

This past Friday, Feb. 11, your Puru, Shawn Shafner, took many different trains to arrive at the Visitor Center at Newtown Creek in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He, well, me…er, I was there to witness the unveiling of a time capsule interred that morning at the center.  I brought my new camera, with the intention of making

CALLING ALL NEW YORKERS! Brown is soon to become the new green.  Only yesterday, the New York Times ran an article on how New York City will soon be turning its citizens’ waste into a resource.  As it turns out, the city is already making use of the energy sources that can be recaptured through