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NYC Rooftop Sustainable Flatbush was officially launched in 2007, and it was a very productive year (recap coming soon)… plans for 2008 are quickly taking shape!

Are you expecting a new iPod or DVD player or computer from Santa? Don’t throw the old one in the garbage — save it for Sustainable Flatbush’s Post-Holiday E-Waste Recycling event! If the stars align correctly, we will make some local pickups with a cargo bike! Sustainable Flatbush Cortelyou Road E-Waste Recycling Event, Summer 2007 [...]

Marlborough and Newkirk, artist’s storefront Okay, you know you’re a Bad Blogger when other blogs write about your projects before YOU do. A few weeks ago I set up an online group called Flatbush Arts, and promptly notified a few local blogs. Brooklyn Junction jumped on this piece of local news and posted about it [...]

Tonight is the second of four community visioning meetings for Imagine Flatbush 2030, to be held at Brooklyn College’s new Conference Center. Everyone is invited. Local blog Brooklyn Junction provides the perfect summary of why this process is so important: Come out to the meeting tonight and I think you’ll see why I, and a [...]

In case the print is too small to read, I’ll repeat it here: Come and participate in a special dialogue about the future of Flatbush. The Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) and the Municipal Art Society (MAS) are inviting you to take part in Imagine Flatbush 2030 — a community visioning and dialogue process — designed [...]

Next Sustainable Flatbush monthly meeting: Monday December 3rd, 7pm 462 Marlborough Road (between Ditmas and Dorchester) Committees will report on their activities and plans, including: R3 Committee Post-Holiday Electronics Recycling Event January 5 and 6, 2008 Livable Streets Committee Central Brooklyn Transportation Conference to be held at Brooklyn College, early February 2008 Gardening Committee Neighborhood [...]

First snow of the season here in Brooklyn. photo by Keka

The next monthly meeting will be Monday December 3rd. WHAT: Sustainable Flatbush Monthly Meeting WHEN: Monday, December 3rd at 7pm WHERE: 462 Marlborough Road (between Ditmas and Dorchester) WHY: • Hear report and future plans from Gardening Committee Kickoff Meeting • Plan for December 8th holiday event at Newkirk Plaza and Post-Holiday Electronics Recycling • [...]

The kickoff meeting for Sustainable Flatbush’s Gardening Committee will be held this coming Monday, November 26th. All details available on Flatbush Gardener’s blog. photo by Flatbush Gardener (Did I mention that Flatbush Gardener was recently #3 in the Top 100 list of Gardening sites?)

(Imagine Flatbush logo by Imani Aegedoy) Last night was the first meeting of Imagine Flatbush 2030, a “community visioning project” sponsored by the Municipal Arts Society and Flatbush Development Corporation. The project’s purpose is to engage neighborhood stakeholders (to my delight, I was asked to be on the Advisory Committee… guess that makes me a [...]