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On Monday, June 7th I had the opportunity to attend the monthly meeting of Brooklyn’s Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) at Borough Hall. When Anne sent me an email asking if I could go, she joked about how it would be more interesting than I think. Of course, she was right!

Hello Sustainable Flatbush community! My name is Jeremy Teperman and I am going to be interning with SF for the summer of 2010 under Anne Pope. I am a rising senior at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, studying Geography/Urban Studies and Earth Science. I just got back from a semester abroad in Copenhagen, and I have [...]

Go to the People;
Live among them;
Love them;
Learn from them;
Start from where they are;
Work with them;
Build on what they have.
But of the best leaders,
When the task is accomplished,
The work completed,
The people all remark:
“We have done it ourselves.”
–Lao Tzu

Today I say goodbye to Sustainable Flatbush, and to all of you, dear readers. Thank you all for coming [...]

Come one, come ALL to our second film screening of the year!
The documentary Grown in Detroit, directed by Mascha and Manfred Poppenk, is an award winning documentary featuring urban organic farming efforts.

Hey friends and neighbors!
We’re excited to invite you to another Monthly Volunteer Gathering at Vox Pop Cafe with Sustainable Flatbush! (Our second one, yay!) We’re going to be talking a lot about our next big event of the spring, the Neighborhood Energy Forum on March 20th. We all want to learn about how to make [...]

Hi, My name is Afroza Amin and I’m going to be interning with this great organization for the Spring 2010 semester. I’m an undergraduate junior at Brooklyn College, majoring in psychology and accounting.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve never really thought about sustainability issues as being such a big problem. However, a year ago I went [...]

Books, Coffee, Democracy, and Sustainable Decorations at Vox Pop Cafe!
While we were getting ready for our second annual Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are Event, we had to decide what would make our space look like Sustainable Flatbush was coming through without creating a lot of waste.

Hello, Brooklyn! I’m Dassa, and I’m excited to say that this semester, I’m interning here at Sustainable Flatbush! I’m an undergraduate sophomore at Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College, pursuing a major in psychology, with a couple of fun minors to shake things up.
I’ve been interested in urban sustainability, especially public parks and recycling/composting, since [...]

Hey friends and neighbors!  Get excited for another Monthly Volunteer Gathering at Vox Pop Cafe with Sustainable Flatbush!

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 [...]