“Greening Flatbush”!
Rebecca’s container gardening demonstration Last Sunday’s event, “Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are” was a huge success! The Sustainable Flatbush Gardening Committee assembled a stellar program of speakers and demonstrations on topics including Container Gardening, Urban Composting, Street Trees, Permaculture and more. Mela and Sandra talk trees Karla advocates for worm composting We can’t [...]
Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are
The Sustainable Flatbush Gardening Commitee is spearheading this great free community event: On Sunday, February 24, residents and other members of the greater Flatbush community can learn what they can do to beautify and improve the environment of their neighborhood. “Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are” is an afternoon of short lectures, demonstrations, and workshops [...]
Support GreenMap!
Our friends at Green Map System are involved in a fundraising challenge: America’s Giving Challenge will award $50,000 prizes to the eight non-profits that receive the greatest number of unique $10 donations this month. Each donation must come from a different person and a different credit card to count. Anyone in the world can contribute, [...]
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, [...]
Say No to Excessive Packaging!
One big source of trash for those of us who shop online and mail order is excessive packing materials. Some companies are worse offenders than others, and hopefully this instance cited on Organic Picks is not the norm: photo: Organic Picks Yes, the small Pyrex bowl on the left is the purchased item! As the [...]
That’s What I’m Talking About…
According to this NY Times article, Seattle is leading the nation when it comes to recycling. It is among a growing number of cities, particularly on the West Coast, who do curbside collection of food scraps mixed with yard waste; this mixture is delivered to a high-tech composting facility, Cedar Grove Organics, and two months [...]
Taking Out the Trash
Trash is no trivial issue. Last month I attended a conference at Baruch College called A Panel On Long-Term, Sustainable Solutions For Managing New York’s Refuse, sponsored by State Senator Liz Kreuger; this discussion explored many angles of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle mantra. One that came up repeatedly was the importance of composting — and [...]
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 [...]
