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October/November 2009: Sharifa’s Report
9 Dec 2009, 9:44 pm |
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Meeting to discuss B44 Bus Line improvements
3 Dec 2009, 9:44 pm |
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Flatbush Daffodil Project this weekend!
13 Nov 2009, 12:56 pm |
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Urban Farmer Novella Carpenter reads at Vox Pop
10 Nov 2009, 9:36 pm |
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Flatbush Daffodil Project on 11/14 and 11/15 only
6 Nov 2009, 9:41 pm |
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- Sustainable Flatbush at P.S. 2...
P.S. 217
Thursday, December 17 at 4:30pm - Monthly Volunteer Gathering
Vox Pop Cafe
Tuesday, December 8 at 6:30pm - Project LeafDrop Day 2
1550 Albemarle Road (at Buckingham ...
Saturday, November 21 at 4:15pm - Flatbush Daffodil Project, Day 2
meet at Vox Pop
Sunday, November 15 at 9:45am - Novella Carpenter reads from "...
Vox Pop Cafe/Bookstore
Wednesday, November 11 at 7:00pm - Monthly Volunteer Gathering
Vox Pop Cafe
Tuesday, November 10 at 6:30pm - Project LeafDrop
Flatbush CommUNITY Garden
Sunday, November 8 at 11:00am - Brooklyn Food Coalition - Flat...
Brooklyn College—301 Roosevelt Hall
Wednesday, November 4 at 7:00pm - Fall Foliage Walking Tour
Sacred Vibes Apothecary, 376 Argyle...
Saturday, October 24 at 11:00am - Monthly Volunteer Gathering
Vox Pop Cafe
Tuesday, October 13 at 6:30pm
Sustainable Flatbush Novella Carpenter's day-to-day on the urban farm, including a dive into Rainbow Grocery's dumpster...
www.nytimes.com
Novella Carpenter is a writer, urban farmer and Dumpster diver.
Sustainable Flatbush Another Brooklyn rooftop farm for 2010!
brooklyngrangefarm.com
Just a century ago, much of North Brooklyn was a sprawling agricultural breadbasket that supplied food to the booming population of New York City. As the city expanded, this bucolic setting gave way to industrial development and farm fields disappeared under blocks of factories and warehouses.
Sustainable Flatbush Don't trash that Christmas tree... bring it to Prospect Park to be recycled into fragrant mulch! We'll be volunteering too, join our crew!
www.prospectpark.org
January9 - 10, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.Bring your holiday tree to Prospect Park, where we’ll turn it into mulch for healthy ground cover. Watch your tree go into the chipper and become environment-friendly ...
Sustainable Flatbush Council on the Environment's Holiday Recycling Tips!
cenyc.org
• Sending cards? Try e-cards or look for greetings made with recycled content (the more post-consumer content, the better). Include a note with your cards that they can be donated for reuse by sending to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, where they will be repurposed into greetings for 2010.
Sustainable Flatbush Great Streetfilm about Curitiba's first Pedestrian Street! Contrary to conventional wisdom, this is GOOD for business...
www.streetfilms.org
This is the third installment of videos from Brazil. Demonstrating again how Curitiba Brazil was 35+ years in front of our NYC livable streets curve, this video is about a street transformation.
Sustainable Flatbush What does Southern Brooklyn think about bicycling? News from nearby...
www.streetsblog.org
Livable Streets member Sholom Brody files an interesting report from southern Brooklyn, where volunteers with Transportation Alternatives' Brooklyn Committee recently surveyed subway and bus commuters about their attitudes toward bicycling and bike infrastructure.
Sustainable Flatbush Detroit's Heidelberg Project "uses everyday, discarded objects to create a two block area full of color, symbolism, and intrigue."
artbistro.monster.com
Detroit Artists Use City's Blight as Their Canvas
Sustainable Flatbush Hope to see you this evening at the P.S. 217 Winter Bazaar! Last-minute gift shopping for a good cause!
Art Sale to benefit Sustainable Flatbush!
Location:P.S. 217
Time:4:30PM Thursday, December 17th
Sustainable Flatbush Great Livable Streets lecture by Paul White from TA at TEDxEast. That photo at 5:27 is from OUR Park(ing) Day!
www.youtube.com
Paul White relates how cities like New York have reclaimed urban spaces from the car- and how the battle for clean, livable cities can be waged- and won. About TEDx, x=independently organized event In ...
Sustainable Flatbush MTA board votes *tomorrow* on drastic service cuts. Sign this petition to let them know that New Yorkers oppose the plan:
action.workingfamiliesparty.org
On Wednesday, the MTA will vote on huge service cuts to subways and buses. New Yorkers already paid fare hikes this year so service cuts wouldn't have to happen, and transit experts say much of the MTA's proposed cuts aren't necessary. Sign the petition:
Sustainable Flatbush Come support Sustainable Flatbush! We'll be selling prints of Keka's beautiful iPhone photos of the neighborhood!
Art Sale to benefit Sustainable Flatbush!
Location:P.S. 217
Time:4:30PM Thursday, December 17th
