We are happy to announce that the Flatbush CommUNITY Garden, founded in 2008 by Susan Siegel and incubated by Sustainable Flatbush through two very successful seasons, has now evolved into an autonomous garden made up of community residents, and is no longer under our sponsorship.
Sustainable Flatbush
Promoting sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood.
“Grown In Detroit” film screening May 26th!
Come one, come ALL to our second film screening of the year!
The documentary Grown in Detroit, directed by Mascha and Manfred Poppenk, is an award winning documentary featuring urban organic farming efforts.
Green is the stuff you DO in buildings
First Steps to Energy Efficiency in Flatbush at the Neighborhood Energy Forum on March 20
“How many members of Sustainable Flatbush does it take to change a light bulb?” asked State Senator Kevin Parker during his remarks at our Neighborhood Energy Forum last month, riffing on the perennial joke.
“None, because you already changed your incandescent bulbs [...]
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!
What a Wonderful Day! The BCPA Earth Day Celebration
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Brooklyn Center of the Performing Arts Earth Day celebration on April 11th! The event was so crowded and energized, it was a great way to kick off the Earth Day festivities going on all spring!
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!
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.
Earth Day film screening of NO IMPACT MAN on April 21st!
Dear guests, potential guests, those who might knock into their senses and decide to drop by last minute…
Sustainable Flatbush, Flatbush Food Co-op, and Ditmas Park West Neighborhood Association present a special Earth Day film screening of NO IMPACT MAN.
This movie is all about taking a new look at the way we impact [...]
Campus Road Garden Town Hall Meeting
You can’t miss it. At the corner of Campus Road and Avenue H rests a haven, a green paradise, a joy to behold — the Campus Road Community Garden. The garden has been growing at its current location since 1997!
- Community Garden Potluck August 1st!
- Block Party Report
- Garden Visioning Brainstorm Ideas
- Traffic Calming party this Sunday July 18th!
- Garden Visioning Session report
- Flatbush Avenue Congested Corridors public meeting
- SWAB this!
- Summer Intern: Jeremy!
- So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu: Goodbye SF!
- New Community Garden at Flatbush Reformed Church!
- Environmental film/discussion series!
- Monthly Volunteer Night at Vox Pop!
- Welcome Back Bash at Brooklyn College
- More on NYC’s Electronics Recycling Bill(s)
- Recife, Brazil: Public Recycling
- Public Recycling: It’s Working!
- U.N. checks out urban agriculture in Brooklyn!
- Flatbush Arts!
- Street Tree Walking Tour, Saturday 4/25/09!
- Support the BBB (Bigger Better Bottle BillBi
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- Added Value Farm
- Apartment Therapy – Green
- ARROW
- Bed-Stuy Blog
- Best Green Blogs
- Brick City Urban Farms
- Brit in Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Based
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Brooklyn By Bike
- Brooklyn Green – Ellen Honigstock
- Brooklyn Junction
- Brookyn Green Team
- Bucolic Bushwick
- Can I Compost It?
- CENYC – Recycling
- City Dirt
- Clean Air NY
- Clinton Hill Chill Blog
- Co-op America
- Community Board 14
- Conscious Consumer Marketplace
- Crown Heights CSA
- Cycleiciousness
- Ditmas Park Blog
- Earth Matter NY
- Educating Tomorrow
- Energy Matters
- EnergyStar
- Everyday Trash
- Fading Ad Blog
- Flatbush Development Corporation
- Flatbush Farm Share CSA
- Flatbush Gardener
- Flatbush Pigeon
- Food Bank NYC blog
- Frugal Environmentalism
- Garden Girl TV
- Get Energy Smart
- Getcha Grub On
- Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
- Go Verde Ahora
- Gotham Gazette Sustainability Watch
- Gowanus Lounge
- Green Brooklyn
- Green Edge Collaborative
- Green Fork Blog
- Green Roof Growers
- Green Schools Alliance
- GreenHome NYC
- GreenMap NYC
- Grow Indie
- Growing Chefs
- Grown Up Permaculture
- HabitatMap
- Home Energy Saver
- I’m Seeing Green
- Inside Urban Green
- Just Food
- Kensington (Brooklyn)
- Kensington/Windsor Terrace CSA
- Leda’s Urban Homestead
- Living Green Below Your Means
- Living In Victorian Flatbush
- Lose the Lawn
- Lower East Side Ecology Center
- Neighborhood Energy Network
- New York City Garden
- New York League of Conservation Voters
- No Impact Project
- Not Eating Out in NY
- NY Coalition for Healthy School Food
- NYC Climate Coalition
- NYC Compost Project
- NYC Council on the Environment
- NYC Wa$teLess
- NYC’s Waste Stream (Dept. of Sanitation)
- Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn
- Park Slope Food Coop Environmental Blog
- Ride the City
- Riverkeeper
- Small Planet Institute
- Solar One
- Stoopsales.com
- Street Films
- StreetsBlog
- Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance
- Super Forest
- Super Vegan
- Sustainable Cities blog
- Take A Bite Out Of Climate Change
- The Old Farmer's Almanac
- The Plot Thickens: Brooklyn Garden Blog
- Third Root Health Clinic
- Transportation Alternatives
- Urban Botany
- Utility Cycling
- Vox Pop Cafe
- Water Resources Group
- WorldChanging
- Wyckoff Community Garden
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