Thursday January 12, 2012

don’t miss these workshops

I’m often asked how I got started doing what I do. It’s not always a short answer. When I trace my path back in time, it leads me to several amazing people and ideas. And they’re

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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

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Sunday December 5, 2010

expounding on hot grease

In a shipping container in the backyard of Roberta’s restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn is the home of Heritage Radio Network – an internet radio station dedicated to spreading the good food gospel. My friend Nicole Taylor

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Wednesday July 28, 2010

real help for haiti – UPDATE

There are only 5 days left to reach the goal for Hands That Feed on Kickstarter (read more about the project below). The thing with Kickstarter is, if they don’t make their goal, they don’t get

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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

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Tuesday June 1, 2010

UPDATE! ecological living workshop series

We’re offering this workshop again, mark your calendars! This time, the class includes 30 minutes of asana (yoga). See you there!

I’ll be leading a series of workshops starting in June that focus on ecological living skills,

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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 February 22, 2010

the turning point: a return to community

An industrialized world such as the one we live in has its advantages. Cool computer technology that allows us to communicate instantly with people around the globe; high-speed transport that has the ability to take us

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Wednesday January 13, 2010

evidence of action: check out my fellow permies!

Hey everybody!

Want to learn a little bit more about what this permaculture thing is all about? Check out the presentations put on by my classmates in last year’s permaculture design certification course with Andrew Faust.

You can

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Monday December 7, 2009

obituaries inspire me

Reading the Times this morning, I came across two headlines that grabbed my attention. They were both titles of obituaries, summing up a man’s life in four words. To have seemingly led such a focused life,

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