Wednesday April 20, 2011

festival of ideas for the new city, streetfest – may 7

Do we need a new city? Is there something wrong with our old city? Sure, there are a lot of things going right in this big urban place we live in – a vast public transportation

Categories: blog news Tags: events nyc permaculture products

Wednesday June 16, 2010

urban permaculture opportunities

I am heartened at the increasing number of offerings and growing interest in permaculture design courses in the city. It tells me that more and more people are becoming mindful of our connection to the earth

Categories: blog education environment Tags: nyc permaculture

Monday April 19, 2010

queens gets its first food co-op

When you’re living near THE infamous food co-op in Brooklyn (you know the one) and around the corner from one of the best farmers markets in town, and new CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture outfits) are popping

Categories: agriculture blog community food/drink Tags: cooperative nyc

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

Sunday February 28, 2010

a new f’ing wilderness

How do you envision urban wilderness? For me, this question brings to mind so many ideas and visions, of what’s wild and alive in the city today, of what was once wild and living in the

Categories: action art blog environment Tags: animals conservation habitat mushrooms nyc volunteer

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

Tuesday November 10, 2009

permaculture design certification in nyc

Learn with the permaculturist who taught me…

Permaculture Design Certification in NYCwith Andrew Faust

March to June 201011 weekend sessions 9am to 5pm

Permaculture provides positive solutions for the social and ecological issues of today. Come be inspired by

Categories: blog education Tags: education nyc permaculture

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

Monday September 28, 2009

how can we improve the air quality of our cities?

Find out on my new post on Aribra.com!
big cities: exhausting and exhilarating

In the big city, on any given day, anything seems possible. Millions of thinkers, dreamers, and doers exchange ideas, creative sparks, and currency. There are

Categories: blog community environment health Tags: air quality clean energy nyc pollution