Jan Gehl speaks in NYC tomorrow night!
YES, that would be the very same Jan Gehl mentioned in a post last week! At this lecture he will propose an inspiring vision for New York City’s future, based on his 30-year international career “making neighborhoods lively, diverse and safe”. He also has a great sense of humor!
For starters, Gehl posits that [...]
Town Hall Meeting November 12th!
Sustainable Flatbush is about to enter an exciting new phase of our activities in the neighborhood, and we’d love for YOU to be involved! Please join us:
WHAT: Sustainable Flatbush Town Hall Meeting
WHEN: Monday, November 12th at 7pm
WHERE: 462 Marlborough Road (between Ditmas and Dorchester)
Longtime Flatbush resident Mark Levy has come onboard, bringing [...]
Clif Bar’s 2-Mile Challenge
Based on the idea that “40% of Urban Travel is 2 Miles or Less”, the folks at Clif Bar are challenging us all to “Ride Your Bike to Fight Global Warming”. Type in your address to find out what’s within a 2-mile radius, from grocery stores to bars to parks to banks, and add your [...]
Biking To Kindergarten
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Felixio, originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness].
Another photo from Copenhagen website Cycliciousness:
Transporting kids in Copenhagen is an integral part of our bike culture. As mentioned previously in this blog 36% of [...]
“Car”pooling, Copenhagen style
Why do I find this photo so exciting? Because here is a woman taking a full load of children to their destination, completely human-powered, casually dressed, like it’s the most normal thing in the world.
And in Copenhagen, it is.
photo by Zakkaliciousness
For more of the same, check out my new favorite blog, Cycleiciousness:
With this blog [...]
Sustainability Begins at Home
“What I Did On My Summer Vacation” really was life-changing. It was exhilarating to face the physical challenges of long-distance cycling, camping, and eating vegan food (hehehe!) each day. It was inspiring to see concrete examples of sustainable living, and this made me more determined to move my own life in this direction, here at [...]
Bike Tour Hits the Road
“How I Spent My Summer Vacation” continues, with more photos and anecdotes from the sustainability bicycle tour I went on in August…
Maitreya Eco-village, Eugene, OR
The trip began in Eugene, where we camped for the first few nights at a place called Dharmalaya. This is a privately owned home with land that hosts a yoga [...]
Sustainability Bike Tour
Okay, I can actually say it: by popular demand, the “How-I-Spent-My-Summer-Vacation” thread must go on! A lovely woman named Lisa sent me an email asking about the Oregon bike trip I went on in August, referenced in an earlier post. Thus, I will attempt to describe that experience, from the perspectives of sustainability, bicycling, [...]
Park(ing) Day coverage
Park(ing) Day 2007 in New York was a big success, with more than 20 temporary park installations throughout the city!
Streetfilms has a great piece that shows most of the locations; if I hadn’t been hanging out in the grass at Cortelyou Rd. Park my first choice would have been to spend the day at 1st [...]
Fl@bush Frolic
We interrupt the “What-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation” essay to give a brief report on this week’s activities back in Brooklyn…
The 30th Annual Flatbush Frolic street fair took place last Sunday on Cortelyou Road. Sustainable Flatbush was out promoting recycling and biking, and I acquired my new favorite T-shirt:
photos by Keka
Thanks to Eve Martinez from NYC Department of Sanitation [...]
