This week on The Naturalist Bernie and Carol discussed the Superfund Status: a way to use government funds to clean up public areas with environmental significance...as long as they're really, really dirty. They take a look at Newtown Creek, which runs from Brooklyn to Queens, and talk about the sometimes byzantine process of attaining Superfund status. This episode was sponsored by Cain Winery and Vineyards: supporters of the growing movement to change how we think about our planet.

This week on We Dig Plants gets down and dirty with the Gowanus Canal. Joined by Jeff Hutchinson and Erikof the Gowanus Canal Conservancy hosts Alice Marcus-Krieg and Carmen DeVito talk about what the Conservancy is doing to follow their mission to be a "steward for the preservation, restoration and green development of the Gowanus Canal and its environs for the greater good of the community", from their compost project to volunteerism. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

This week Growing Good and host Alessandra-Maria Iavarone revisit an important and urgent issue: the continued push by energy companies to extract natural gas through hydrofracking which has been shown to leeches toxic chemicals into ground and drinking water. With the help of activist and mom Silvia Kolbowski, Growing Good keeps you updated on the action alerts that are going on in NY and the Northeast and how you can do your part to make sure our water is safe. Later, the show lightens up as Eldon Scott, the president of Urban Spaces NYC, joins in the conversation to talk about the famous and festive holiday markets Urban Spaces put on every year at Union Square, Lincoln Center, and the Dekalb Market in Brooklyn. This episode is sponsored Heritage Foods USA.