Sustainable Flatbush News

SF SunBike to Bring Power to the Streets

SF SunBike to Bring Power to the Streets

Solar Power That Is! Sustainable Flatbush is proud to announce a partnership with Con Edison to build the SunBike, a mobile solar electric system that gets around in a retrofitted cargo bike.  

Street Tree Walking Tour on Sunday 10/24/2010!

Street Tree Walking Tour on Sunday 10/24/2010!

After the success of last year’s fall walking tour, this Sunday, October 24th, Sustainable Flatbush will be holding our 2nd Annual Fall Street Tree Walking Tour! This year it has even been listed as a NeighborWoods Month event!

Park(ing) Day is TOMORROW!

Park(ing) Day is TOMORROW!

Join us for Park(ing) Day 2010! Friday, September 17, 2010 from 8am- 6pm, corner of Cortelyou and Argyle Roads On Friday, September 17th, Sustainable Flatbush will once again create Cortelyou Road Park, a temporary green space for all to enjoy.

Street Tree Tour Postponed!

Street Tree Tour Postponed!

Due to the forecast of rainy weather tomorrow, our Street Tree Walking Tour will be postponed until May 2nd (the advertised rain date). Please be sure to join us next Sunday!

Plant Swap at Flatbush Food Co-op on April 24th!

Plant Swap at Flatbush Food Co-op on April 24th!

Get ready to do some sweet swappin’! On Saturday, April 24, Sustainable Flatbush and Flatbush Food Co-op will be hosting a free plant swap!

Street Tree Walking Tour April 25th!

Street Tree Walking Tour April 25th!

What a tree-t! On Sunday, April 25, Sustainable Flatbush will host our fourth Street Tree Walking Tour! Join tour guides Chris Kreussling (better known as Flatbush Gardener) and Tracey Hohman (professional gardener) for a fun, fulfilling and enlightening tour of Brooklyn’s diverse canopy.

Nicole and Maria invite YOU to our Monthly Volunteer Gathering!

Nicole and Maria invite YOU to our Monthly Volunteer Gathering!

Hey friends and neighbors!  Get excited for another Monthly Volunteer Gathering at Vox Pop Cafe with Sustainable Flatbush!

September 2009: Mark's report

September 2009: Mark’s report

When I decided to intern with a non-profit organization I googled, “local sustainable brooklyn,”  and that big wide web introduced me to Sustainable Flatbush. I had already searched a number of groups whose websites seemed too impersonal, too big, too far, or too bureaucratic. Then this delightfully designed web-page revealed itself with an unmistakably local [...]

Welcome Back Bash at Brooklyn College

Where could you have seen a live band, a bearded woman, and Sustainable Flatbush?? At Brooklyn College’s Student Center’s Welcome Back Bash on October 6th, 2009. Campus Road was closed down and filled with tables of student groups and community organizations, games, street performers from Circus Amok, and live music provided by the Pimps of [...]

Introducing Sharifa!

Sharifa Murray, a graduate student at Brooklyn College in the Health and Nutrition Department is working on her Master’s in Public Health. During the fall 2009 semester she is currently interning with Sustainable Flatbush. She received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Studio Art at SUNY Stony Brook. While attending Stony Brook she became interested [...]