Guerrilla Gardening at OWS

Guerrilla Gardening at OWS

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“Guerrilla gardening is the occupation of ill-used land to support the communities and ecosystems.” guerrillagardening.org. Vimeo:  Students from Sterling College in Vermont came down to Occupy Wall Street and showed us how to plant and sow seeds anywhere where...

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Lego at OWS

Lego at OWS

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“Legos are expensive” donation box. Apparently some Occupy activists are having good results by requesting donations for needs. This one, very nice person, was not interested in free Legos from Lego. He is independent. The Occupy Arts offered him something...

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Envisioning the Queens Highline

Envisioning the Queens Highline

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Envisioning the Queens Highline South Queens Greenway Image by Jennifer Cromie, Newtownards,UK More design ideas on the link.

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Bike Power Urgent Call

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Thursday early 10/27 all the generators were removed from OWS. An urgent call went out for more bike power by sundown. There was not enough time to receive the ones on order. Boston Occupy offered 5 bikes. At 2pm...

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Permaculture @ OWS

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Vimeo video: Link to video Permaculture at OWS There is now an OSW Permaculture group. Fir those of you who want to participate the second meeting is Thursday 13, 5:30 at the red cube which is a private space where...

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Permie’s “Food Co-op Space” sells to Church

Permie’s “Food Co-op Space” sells to Church

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Churches, Banks, nail salons, hair dressers: That is where people put their economic energy. Does a food store have no place in a town center? Since this building was for sale — over a year or 2...

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Beneficial Mud Balls: healthier in one year.

Beneficial Mud Balls: healthier in one year.

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As we ramp up for a presentation to start Mud Balls in NYC Schools… this article by Dr.Teruo Higa is sent to me by Shig. Read about the results of “A million Apologies to Mother Earth”...

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Emailed from A friend

Emailed from A friend

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  I am not sure where this is or from. It’s not permaculture but it’s the ground work of what could become more efficient and less work with more serendipitous treats. Though the trick would be to make it...

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Clean Water in US No Guarantee

Clean Water in US No Guarantee

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Here is an article “Clean Water in US is No Guarantee” by Susan F. 2010 YaleGlobal Online via EpochTimes. I was searching through the site called Epoch Times because they are asking to interview the MoS Collective....

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Sonic Fabric from old Cassettes

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10/1/11: New New York St Fair Wythe/11th Willamsburg

10/1/11: New New York St Fair Wythe/11th Willamsburg

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  Click on image for video of last years event. I’d like to meet this boat. A Green Street Fair put on by GreenHOME NYC.org  

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9/15: Andrew Faust Speaking

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Andrew Faust who introduced a few of MoS Collectives to Permaculture is speaking FOR FREE tomorrow: La Plaza Cultural Garden Thursday, at 6:30pm- 7:30pm. Between B and C on 9th St.  NYC Faust, NYC’s long time Permaculture scholar, brings...

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Loisida Film Fedtival ’11

Loisida Film Fedtival ’11

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La Plaza Cultural is the location for the annual Loisida Latin Film Festival. My first attendance. Really nice short films. High quality, well done and interesting. Serendipity: I ran into two old friend from college days. Earlier I helped...

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Canning: Winter Treats!

Canning: Winter Treats!

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Great fun outside today Sunday 9-11-11: canning– jarring. We learned the basics in canning food. A nice way to commemorate 9-11. The jars we made are visually beautiful. We also tasted delicious dilly beans previously made by Molly. Amazingly delicious!...

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9/17: Films: Dancing with Animals

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Beautiful: Dancing with Dolphins And Dancing with Horses Showing CRS nyc Sept 17, 2011 http://www.crsny.org/110801/filmvideo-show-tell-dancing-animals?utm_source=CRS&utm_campaign=110917+Dancing+with+Animals&utm_medium=email

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Ecocities World Summit 2013 in Nantes, France

Ecocities World Summit 2013 in Nantes, France

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You are invited! The 10th International Ecocity Conference will be hosted in Nantes, France September 23-27, 2013 No web site yet. So email Nantes for more information: ecocity2013@lacite-nantes.fr The Deputy Mayor of the City was sitting next...

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YUM: A Cob Oven Vacation

YUM: A Cob Oven Vacation

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Here is our friend Michelle this summer making a cob oven on her vacation at Metta Earth in Vermont. Why not have your own cob oven? It doesn’t last as long as a masonry oven but who needs...

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Swimming in the Hudson? Check your water here.

Swimming in the Hudson? Check your water here.

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We have pretty good water..  just make sure  you do NOT go in after a rain evnet! HUGE difference! Check it out inside pdf below.  Great Charts. BTW: Albany’s Hudson River water is worse than...

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