Sustainable Flatbush: Promoting sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood.

Street Tree Walking Tour, Saturday 4/25/09!

Street-Tree Walking Tour this Saturday, April 25th!
Join us in our second year of celebrating Arbor Day and the magnificent street trees of Brooklyn’s Victorian Flatbush.

FreeMeet in Park Slope this Saturday, April 18th!

Spring Cleaning? Don’t Throw It Away—-Bring it to the Freecycle™ NYC FreeMeet!

Bottle Bill passed!

Great news on the Bigger Better Bottle Bill from Environmental Advocates of New York:

Environmental film/discussion series!

Future Visions film discussion series comes to Brooklyn!
Presented by Sustainable Flatbush
Co-sponsored by Ditmas Park West Neighborhood Association and Flatbush Food Coop

The Future Visions Film/Discussion Series was created by Sierra Club NYC Group, Neighborhood Energy Network, Beyond Oil NYC, and Tri-State Food Not Lawns as a vehicle to educate and then engage people in discussion about [...]

R.I.P. (Brooklyn) Center for the Urban Environment

To the shock and dismay of the environmental community, Center for the Urban Environment (formerly known as Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment) has abruptly shut down operations.
Many questions still remain, but here is their press release which answers at least a few:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Aisha Glover at formerCUEstaff@gmail.com
April 6, 2009- The staff [...]

Bigger Better Bottle Bill update

Good news on the Bigger Better Bottle bill, via our friends at Educating Tomorrow:

Green Collar Job Career Fair at Flatbush YMCA

On Friday, April 3, State Senator Kevin Parker is hosting the 2nd Annual Green Collar Job Fair at the YMCA in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Earth Hour, tomorrow night, Saturday March 28th 2009!

Tomorrow night, Saturday March 28th from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, is Earth Hour. Participants in this international demonstration will turn off their lights for one hour as an environmental statement.

Sustainable Flatbush at Patagonia store in Soho!

Sustainable Flatbush was recently selected to receive a 2009 environmental grant from Patagonia Clothing & Gear. Thanks, Patagonia!
We are grateful and proud to be recognized by a company with high environmental standards that supports grassroots activism: “Our definition of quality includes a mandate for building products and working with processes that cause the least harm [...]

Contact Kevin Parker about Transit Cuts

I just received an email from a neighbor providing details on how to contact State Senator Kevin Parker if you live in his district and support funding public transit with minimal tolls on the East River bridges:

Sustainable Flatbush

Promoting sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood.