Tuesday March 30, 2010

riffing on an already improvised recipe

Waking up to the pitter-patter of raindrops on my window, slowly getting out of bed, looking out to see the dark day – I knew this was a day for muffins.

What kind of muffins was the

Categories: blog food/drink Tags: local organic recipes vegan

Friday March 26, 2010

sun in bloom eco-eatery

I just came from Sun In Bloom, my friend Aimee’s new holistic eco-eatery on the border of Park Slope and Prospect Heights, where I had a delicious live vegan burrito made with sunflower seeds, yummy spices,

Categories: blog food/drink Tags: brooklyn organic raw food vegan

Thursday March 25, 2010

no wars & no cars: an evening with richard register

Is New York primed to become an ecocity? How do you imagine life in such a place? Richard Register has some ideas…

SPECIAL EVENT

No wars and no cars: Ecocities according to Richard Register
A talk and discussion
Wednesday, March

Categories: blog events Tags: ecocities green building permaculture regional economy transition

Monday March 22, 2010

recreating wilderness with reclaimed materials

This past weekend, I participated in Urban Wilderness Action Day, part of Eyebeam’s ElectroSmog Festival. My friend Kris & her hubby Pascal put together this little video recapping my role in the day.

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Categories: action art/craft blog Tags: nyc trees

Monday March 15, 2010

urban wilderness action day – this saturday!

It’s been quiet on this little blog for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been hard at work on a project. An urban wilderness intervention project to be exact. It all goes down this Saturday, March

Categories: action art/craft blog Tags: fun nyc wilderness

Wednesday March 3, 2010

big river, big dead zone

What happens when loads of nitrogen from chemical fertilizers get washed from commodity crop farms down the Mississippi and into the Gulf of Mexico? A big fat dead zone is what happens. A dead zone roughly

Categories: blog environment food/drink movies Tags: agriculture oceans wildlife