Promoting sustainable living in our Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond.
Park(ing) Day NYC, as part of a larger international movement, supports the conversion of parking spots into people-friendly public spaces for the day.
Dearest supporters of Sustainable Flatbush,
I am a new member of the SF Community, being brought on board as an intern for the fall semester. My name is Elisabeth Deogracias. I come to Flatbush originally from Santa Cruz, California. I am starting my junior year at NYU, majoring in environmental and metropolitan studies. I’m excited to be working with an organization committed to actively engaging the surrounding diverse community around issues and questions of sustainability. I think sustainable environmental and social change has to happen on a local scale for individual and visual impact. Through its community outreach and activism, Sustainable Flatbush embodies the kind of environmental advocacy I am most interested in learning about first-hand.
I am approaching my internship as an opportunity to learn and live through the practical experiences of the concepts we interrogate in the classroom. Already I have had the opportunity to attend a grantwriting workshop and a community education demonstration on composting at the Flatbush Reformed Church, site of SF’s newest community garden project. I am looking forward to participating in the upcoming Park(ing) Day event on September 17, the New New York Green Street Fair, and the ongoing project of the community garden and administrative maintenance of SF as a non-profit.
As I continue with SF through the semester and afterwards, I hope to grow in not only my understanding of sustainability in a situated context but also to grow in relationship with the many individuals, such as yourselves, connected through the SF network. Stay tuned for more updates, reflections, and referrals throughout the season!
Our Traffic Calming Block Party on Sunday was a big success and lots of fun! Thanks to the efforts of the many people who worked on the event, as well as an enthusiastic bunch of local residents
On Wednesday, June 16th, Sustainable Flatbush held the second of two brainstorming sessions for a new community garden to be located on the property of Flatbush Reformed Church.
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! (more…)
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 […]
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 […]
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. (more…)
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 […]
