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Help us win a grant to build this Solar PowerBike for the Flatbush community!
Sustainable Flatbush has entered a proposal in National Geographic’s Green Effect environmental grant contest.

Flatbush resident Deb Kapell invites YOU to join her Bike to Work ride this Wednesday!

I was recently contacted by filmmaker Michelle Vey, whose new documentary From Elegance to Earthworms profiles a collection of eco-friendly companies based in the Northeast. These businesses range from Terracycle, who makes all-natural plant fertilizers from worm compost and packages their products in reused soda bottles, to biodynamic growers Hawthorne Farm, to Birdbath Bakery, a [...]

Announcing: Sustainable Flatbush e-Cards!

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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:

We just heard from the organizers of a new CSA in the neighborhood – Flatbush Farm Share:

Just heard about this fun local event (thanks Peter!). The theme seems to be sustainable food topics, beginning with The Real Dirt on Farmer John (January 22nd) and Black Gold (February 26th). Info and schedule follows: