Thursday April 22, 2010

happy pale blue dot day!

An excerpt, via gizmodo:

The spacecraft was a long way from home.

I thought it would be a good idea, just after Saturn, to have them take one last glance homeward. From Saturn, the Earth would appear too

Categories: blog events Tags: holidays

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

Thursday January 28, 2010

will barter for skills

This post is also featured on Greenopolis.

Skillsharing is hot right now. Maybe it’s because most everyone is on a budget or perhaps there’s been a great awakening where people feel compelled to share resources, time, and

Categories: art/craft blog community composting education events food/drink foraging Tags: barter nyc skillshare

Monday January 25, 2010

upcoming events at 388 atlantic

There’s a budding new meeting space in Brooklyn. It’s at 388 Atlantic Avenue (between Hoyt & Bond) and there are some great events happening that I thought you should know about…

388 Atlantic Ave – Brooklyn –

Categories: blog community education events health movies Tags: beekeeping bees ecology transition

Thursday December 3, 2009

enter to win a session with me – tonight!

Tonight at the GreenEdge NYC 3rd birthday bash, they’ll be raffling off a healthy home consulting session with me! And if you buy tickets to the party now, you’ll get 6 raffle tickets – increasing your

Categories: blog events news Tags: brooklyn/nyc fun

Thursday October 22, 2009

international day of climate action

This Saturday, over 4000 events are being planned in over 170 countries to make a loud statement about the importance of action to abate climate change. It may just be the most widespread day of environmental

Categories: action blog events Tags: climate change

Thursday October 1, 2009

give synthetics the boot (bag)

Icebreaker, maker of some of the finest Merino wool activewear around, will be “bagging synthetics” next week.

Starting Monday, October 5, the New Zealand based company will be taking your stinky old synthetic, petroleum-based t-shirts (think polyester)

Categories: blog events fashion Tags: nyc sustainable

Thursday September 24, 2009

stuff for pedal pushers

Despite the fact that I “fell off” my bike last Saturday (I was cut off & spilled off) and bruised my back & neck up pretty good, I’m still gung ho about biking in this fair

Categories: blog community events movies outdoors transport Tags: biking nyc

Monday September 21, 2009

brooklyn skillshare: a day of learning, making, sharing, doing

I just love learning new skills. How ’bout you?

In the last year I’ve taken classes on block-printing, jewelry making, and sewing, and taught myself crochet. I’m also learning about permaculture, and I’ve signed up for a

Categories: art/craft blog community education events food/drink Tags: brooklyn/nyc cooking drinking eating nyc

Thursday September 17, 2009

hop on the waterpod while you still can

Have you caught a glimpse of that fantastic vessel, the one growing squash & tomatoes & chickens? The one that composts, harvests rainwater & sustains its shipmates? Perhaps you have, perhaps you’ve stepped on board. But

Categories: agriculture art/craft blog community education events Tags: art fun gardens nyc permaculture urban agriculture water