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Neighborhood Solar Forum on July 16th!

Neighborhood Solar Forum on July 16th!

Wondering if you can convert your house to solar?
Come to the…
Neighborhood Solar Forum
for single family homes
sponsored by Sustainable Flatbush
July 16th @ 8pm
Ditmas Workspace
535 East 17th Street (corner of Ditmas)
http://www.ditmasworkspace.com/
Peter Landy will speak about his experience converting his house to solar power.
Chris Neidl of Solar One will speak about current legislation and initiatives to make residential [...]

Scheduling, and Re-Scheduling

IMPORTANT DATE CHANGES:
There will NOT be a meeting for the Flatbush (Comm)Unity Garden tomorrow (July 8th).
Sorry for any confusion and inconvenience!!

The next Sustainable Flatbush monthly meeting
will be held on Tuesday July 22nd… and it’s gonna be a BARBEQUE!
Come out, meet your environmentally-inclined neighbors, and bring something to eat, drink, or toss on the grill.

Newkirk Block Party report!

Newkirk Block Party report!

Pink Maraca (photo by Themis Boaventura)
Saturday’s Newkirk Avenue Block Party was a great day of fun. In addition to a full schedule of live music (courtesy of Make Music New York, and coordinated by Mannix Gordon), we had Solar One, Brooklyn Compost Project, Alive Structures, and Transportation Alternatives represented; plus a paper casting workshop by [...]

I Love Brookln!

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I Love Brookln!, originally uploaded by Sustainable Flatbush.

Yesterday’s Newkirk Avenue Block Party was a great success. More photos and story coming up… but I just couldn’t wait to post this one!

Newkirk Avenue Block Party!

Some months ago Sustainable Flatbush was approached by New York City Streets Renaissance to sponsor a Livable Streets Block Party here in the neighborhood (this request was likely inspired by our success with last year’s Park(ing) Day event). Two weeks from tomorrow, Saturday June 21st, the party is on! We will have live music and [...]

Springtime in Newkirk Plaza

A musician enjoys the sunshine.

P1010421, originally uploaded from Flickr by Sustainable Flatbush.

Spring flowers in front of Almac Hardware.

P1010422, originally uploaded from Flickr by Sustainable Flatbush.