3. Resources

July 20, 2012

[MoS Arch-Duke Mankiewicz] Is Gowanus Doable?

July 7 2012 Gowanus is doable? [meaning it can be cleaned-up partly with EM-1] PSM in a quick email… “Yes, compared to the biological capacity of […]
July 18, 2012

My Activated EM-1 Smells like Vomit

Okay, but it  is still good maybe? YES! depends on your nose. It is the Pediococcus that has gotten inside somehow. A naturally occuring bacteria. It is […]
June 28, 2012

6/24: The Spread! at the Traditional Food Pot Luck

Claudia Keel, nutritionist herbalist, is the chapter head for the Westen A Price Foundation — NYC Chapter. She coordinates opportunities to buy on line and pick […]
June 28, 2012

February 2013: Help Green Haiti Tour

Haiti Post Earthquake Reconstruction and Cultural Preservation Tour February 2013, Date: TBD Workshops | Composting | Aquaponics | Beekeeping | Entrepreneurship Reposting, download PDF. Please share. My NYC Permaculture friend, Ki Ki, is […]
June 14, 2012
Human Microbiome Project Decodes our 100 Trillion Good Bacteria http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/health/human-microbiome-project-decodes-our-100-trillion-good-bacteria.html?pagewanted=2
June 14, 2012

Japanese composting may be new food waste solution

By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgFGzyoPMhDX-6vrhR4mgCypVcEg?docId=981a2a956b5c4078a8eacc63d80aaa56
June 7, 2012

A Hat to Help You & Our Waterways!

Hi world, New Successive Hat!! Buy an authentic Miki Katagiri Super Sun Shade Hat. It IS GOOD FOR YOU: This wide brim hat you will protect […]
June 5, 2012

Can Beneficial Mud Balls Clean the Gowanus Canal?

Yes, Mud Balls have been proven to do clean polluted waterways, ocean bays. lakes and rivers around the world. Large bays like Panang Bay was cleaned […]
June 5, 2012

Seedlings Thrive with Bokashi Layer in Pots

Early this season I took a bucket of finagled bokashi fermented Food waste to sandwich in the terrace planters. Then I put in the seeds. I […]
May 8, 2012

The Trail of Tears Black Bean Seeds

From the seed exchange circle at the OWS Farmers Solidarity celebration event and march I was given hand picked black bean seeds from the Trail of […]
March 25, 2012

Defrosting Utopia: Raising Reston: Documentary

In this film research we are defrosting 1960’s Reston to see if there is anything there we can learn to help the next generation build places […]
March 25, 2012

What is Terra Preta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terra preta (literally “black earth” in Portuguese) is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin. Terra preta owes […]
March 7, 2012

4/21 Seed Celebration At Old Stone House

6th Annual Spring free SEED CELEBRATION Saturday, April 21, 201211am – 3pm The Old Stone House in Washington Park, Park Slope, BK (btwn 3rd & 4th St and 4th […]
February 2, 2012

The Gowanus Conservancy

A friend of the Gowanus Conservancy took me to this hidden spot on the canal. We walked from The Old Stone House educational museum I’n Brooklyn […]
October 20, 2011

EM-1 Uses

This is a good overall resource for using the beneficial bacteria EM-1. This was sent out as a response for settlement use at Occupy 2011. Also […]
October 4, 2011

Beneficial Mud Balls: healthier in one year.

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 […]
September 11, 2011

Canning: Winter Treats!

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 […]
September 1, 2011

YUM: A Cob Oven Vacation

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? […]
September 1, 2011

Swimming in the Hudson? Check your water here.

We have pretty good water..  just make sure  you do NOT go in after a rain event! HUGE difference! Check it out inside pdf below.  Great […]
September 1, 2011

Sept 10: Shiitake Logs: grow your own!

http://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/events/ Neat class Sept 10th at the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm. I have had success with a mushroom chunk “patch” from fungi Perfecti which grows shiitake. […]
August 14, 2011

New Town Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant Tour

The East Side Manhattan waste water goes to The New Town Creek Treatment Plant.   Then the cleaned products goes to the river and farms.   […]
August 14, 2011

A.EM-1 Cleaned this Paint Brush

I didn’t think this was going to be such a big deal so I didn’t take a before photo. A large paint brush I used to […]
August 14, 2011

Get Bokashi Starter for Food Waste Fermentation

It’s ready! Make a donation and receive The MoS Fermented Starter. We made bokashi for workshop participants requesting it.  Click “read more” to get some bokashi, […]
August 10, 2011

Trenching Bokashi for Soil Fertilization

I saved up 2 1/2 containers of food waste before I had time to trench it. With compost I would have had to put it in […]
August 5, 2011

Are we filtering the wrong microbes?

Jessica Green: Are we filtering the wrong microbes?
August 5, 2011

Effective Microorganisms Reduce Radiation

Note from Shig Matsukawa: ” I think this is important since radioactive materials (fallout) are being detected throughout the world. this is Higa’s monthly message at […]
July 14, 2011

Biogeochemical Cap At El Jardin

ABOUT EL JARDIN del  PARAISO El Jardin plan: GaiaInstituteNY.org We visited El Jardin during permaculture certification with the wetlands expert, Bill Young. Paul Mankeiwicz explains this process […]
July 14, 2011

Next Shig Workshops: No Stink composting! El Jardin

Next Bokashi “Fermenting food Scrap” Workshops!! Saturdays in July 2011 Great for apt! Easier than composting. No Smell, no rotting, no flies. at El Jardin del Paraiso […]
May 10, 2011

Abundance Cards & Map!

Map your abundant selves on the Local Abundance map. Grow our new economy and communities by learning about each other and then connecting to each other. […]
May 1, 2011

Eric Lancaster on EM-1

  Eric is the distributor for EM-1 in North America. He has produced many products with EM — even a delicious beer! He talks of a […]