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

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Tuesday August 11, 2009

digital diet digest

Aaaah, that felt good. Six straight days of no internet and no email. The best diet I’ve ever been on (well, perhaps the only one).

I get so tangled up in the web these days – emailing,

Categories: blog food/drink health Tags: animals biking drinking foraging lifestyle local raw food

Tuesday July 21, 2009

farm to table guest post

On Sunday, I visited Rooftop Farms, an amazing (as the name suggests) rooftop farm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Read all about it in this guest post I did on Farm to Table, sustainable food blog and reality

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink Tags: biking brooklyn/nyc eating farming gardens green roofs nyc organic permaculture sustainable

Thursday May 28, 2009

a whole lotta stuff going on this weekend

Oh man, this is what I live for. Stuff swapping, supporting local arts, enjoying the great outdoors of the urban jungle. Unfortunately I won’t be around for the fun this weekend. Hopefully you’ll get to enjoy

Categories: blog events recycling Tags: biking brooklyn/nyc entertainment fun shopping

Thursday May 21, 2009

events for memorial day weekend and beyond

No plans yet this Memorial Day weekend? Here are a few eco-minded events for the holiday and beyond.

Saturday, May 23

Flatbush Supper Club Compost PotluckGet your hands dirty digging in compost and enjoy a lovely (vegetarian or

Categories: blog community events food/drink Tags: biking brooklyn/nyc eating fun green building

Monday May 18, 2009

my weekend in pictures

Saturday

The bluebell hyacinths were in full bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Chris Roddick, Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s chief arborist, teaches us how to plant companions for street trees in the Trees NY Citizen Pruner course. This clematis will

Categories: blog outdoors Tags: biking green building green roofs trees

Monday March 16, 2009

vote for green edge nyc!

Okay, I know just a few days ago I was telling you to vote for the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, and here I am telling you to vote for GreenEdge (the NYC-based sustainable-living social networking site). The

Categories: action blog climate change community Tags: biking brooklyn/nyc climate change nyc

Monday March 16, 2009

more support for the brooklyn greenway – tonight!

Just thought I’d alert you all to the latest action regarding the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative. There’s a community board meeting tonight if you want to get involved. More about the Greenway here and here.

CB6 Mtg re:

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Thursday March 12, 2009

vote for the brooklyn greenway initiative

[Image: Josh Haner/The New York Times. Residents have criticized the Kent Avenue bike lanes in Williamsburg, the first step in the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative to create a 14-mile bicycle and pedestrian path.]

In a city where air

Categories: action blog Tags: biking brooklyn/nyc nyc

Tuesday January 13, 2009

brooklyn greenway initiative needs support – tonight!

UPDATE: Impressive turnout of Kent-Ave-bike-lanes supporters at Community Board Meeting. Read more at Streetsblog.

Live in NYC and care about transportation alternatives, like biking? Now’s your chance to get involved. This just in from the Brooklyn Greenway

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