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!

Neighborhood Energy Forum on March 20th, 2010!

Neighborhood Energy Forum on March 20th, 2010!

Exciting things are happening this spring at Sustainable Flatbush! We are assembling a Neighborhood Energy Forum to take place on Saturday, March 20th, 2010.

Spring 2010 Intern: Maria!

Spring 2010 Intern: Maria!

Hi! My name is Maria Bergenhem. I am currently an undergraduate junior at New York University in the Environmental Studies Program focusing on environmental science.
I spent last summer working for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Connecticut as a biological intern on Falkner’s Island, in Long Island sound. As part of the field team, I [...]

Spring 2010 Intern: Nicole!

Spring 2010 Intern: Nicole!

Hi, Sustainable Flatbush community!  My name is Nicole Abene and I’m interning with Sustainable Flatbush during this Spring, 2010.  I’m majoring in Environmental Studies at New York University and minoring in History.
Growing up by the beach in New Jersey, I quickly fell in love with the outdoors and began to wonder about the relationship people [...]

Flatbush Food Film Forum starts on January 27th!

Flatbush Food Film Forum starts on January 27th!

Flatbush Food Film Forum features FRESH on Wednesday, January 27th at 7 PM!

October/November 2009: Sharifa's Report

October/November 2009: Sharifa’s Report

In my internship class the professor asked who wanted to do an environmental internship with Sustainable Flatbush and my hand shot up. After reading Sustainable Flatbush’s initiatives and looking through the vibrant website, I knew wanted to try to get an internship with this organization. So that night I went home and the first thing [...]

Meeting to discuss B44 Bus Line improvements

Meeting to discuss B44 Bus Line improvements

Do you depend on the B44 Nostrand Avenue bus to get around Brooklyn? Do you wish you could? Come to the Department of Transportation’s Community Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday December 8th!

Flatbush Daffodil Project this weekend!

Flatbush Daffodil Project this weekend!

Join Sustainable Flatbush and your fellow urban gardeners to beautify neighborhood tree beds by planting daffodil bulbs!

Urban Farmer Novella Carpenter reads at Vox Pop

Tales of Squatting, Dumpster Diving, and other Urban Farming Pursuits: A Night with Novella Carpenter
Novella Carpenter raises pigs, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, and goats on squatted land in downtown Oakland. Her hilarious memoir, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, tells the real story of what it takes to grow your own food in a [...]

Flatbush Daffodil Project on 11/14 and 11/15 only

Flatbush Daffodil Project will take place on Saturday November 14th and Sunday November 15th only. The November 7th and 8th planting dates have been cancelled.
Meeting place and planting locations TBA. Please stay tuned, and please join us for Leaf Composting this Sunday November 8th!