New York City

November 25, 2013

Making Apple Cider for Preserving

11/18 at Earthdance.net We are helping the Ship’s Cook, Jason, make cider for jarring something. It is soooo surprisingly delicious with all those wormy apples. The […]
November 25, 2013

We found a Secret City!

Sunday once a month at Dixon Place, Lower East Side. NYC The Secret City celebrates creative life and community. Part Salon, Part cabaret, super fun and […]
November 24, 2013

Buggin’out @ the Queens Library

By Gil Lopez Sat. 11/23, I presented a workshop on entomophagy entitled “Discover Edible Insects” at the Queens Library at Steinway. Since I am in no […]
November 23, 2013

Male Aphrodisiac: Yellow Gingko Tree Leaves

[Fall2013] The tree of life shelf in herbalist’s, Kate Temple-West, home. She specializes in aphrodisiacs and will be collecting the fall yellow Gingko leaves which are […]
November 9, 2013

Smiling Hogshead Ranch Guerrilla Urban Farm

Early Fall 2013 — A New MoS members! The Smiling Hogshead Ranch is a guerrilla community farm in Long Island City. Ground was broken on this […]
November 9, 2013

PharmaSeed Game

Seedball.us is the growing evolution of this work. http://seedball.us/ for the complete picture. Pre-halloween PharmaSeed making at the 44th/8th Ave Community Garden with Chana! The PharmaSeed […]
November 8, 2013

We love Figment! 2013 photos

June 2013 photos of The MoS Stockpile of Beneficial Mud balls 2013 3rd presence at The NYC Figment Festival! The Peace Parade with Nadette Stasa’s Peace […]
November 8, 2013

Pit Mau, German Expert EM-1 visited

March 2013  A brief report. Vandra of The Vokashi food waste pick up service in NYC invited Pit Mau, EM-1 Expert from Germany, to see the […]
October 5, 2013

Gowanus EPA Clean-Up + EM-1

In the Gowanus clean up EM-1 potentially could help everywhere in the plan. It may be in the details of the plan or it may not […]
September 11, 2013

Hudson Rising: Mud Ball Photos

Photos from Hudson Rising YONKERS! A food Karma event with Hudson Rising. We taught Boakshi Composting and How to make beneficial Mud balls with the EM-1 […]
September 1, 2013

1613 Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign 2013

MoS Collective’s Commissioner, Tim Paulson, is working with a Dutch historian, Hubert de Leeuw, to write a book and produce a documentary of the Two Row […]
July 29, 2013

Photos: 2nd Beneficial Mud Ball ’13

The May 2013 Bioremediation Celebration The Mud Ball Beneficial Mud Ball! This was super fun..  Thank you for everyone who helped! Next year there will be […]
July 20, 2013

As the EM-1 microbes: Together is Better

“Together is better,” she said, adding that building mutually beneficial relationships will ultimately result in surplus, not scarcity.  How can the city work like an ecosystem?” […]
July 8, 2013

[Shig] How many mud balls would it take to remediate the Gowanus?

A student at Columbia asked us after a TEd X Dumbo presentation in 2012, “How many mud balls would it take to clean the Gowanus and […]
June 12, 2013

6/30 Hudson Rising Water Fest!

Learn to make Beneficial Mud Balls with MoS Collective at this festival. We will make some with you and  have some dry to throw which will […]
June 3, 2013

6/9 Figment NY: 3rd yr for The Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls

This year the stockpile of mud balls will be located at the same spot — water east side of Castle Williams on Governors Island. The balls of Effective […]
April 16, 2013

5/26 The Beneficial Mud Ball Beneficial Ball!

Sunday A Bioremediation Participation Celebration!! with raw oysters and local beers, mud balls, seed bombs, the sound/cargo bike and bokashi. 1:30-2:30 The ride: Seed ball throwing […]
March 29, 2013

4/14 2pm 1st Lower East Side Wellness Circle

Sunday LES Wellness Circle! First of the series! Sunday April 14, 2-5 RSVP incase rain or cancellation. La Plaza Cultural Community Garden 9 St at Ave C […]
March 29, 2013

Be a MoSTownian!

Be creative n’ active w MoS. Become a MoStownie! Participate and add your creativity, idea, projects to the town. To get started send an email with […]
March 26, 2013

3/27 & 3/28 EM Expert, Pit Mau, from Germany visiting NYC

Learn more about Effective Microorganisms (EM) from the editor of the EM Journal and about EM in Germany. Pit Mau is the managing director of EM […]
March 19, 2013

Sunday with Green Map, Times-up! and Siempre Verde Garden

The day started with a tour around the edges of the Lower East Side with Green Map and Wendy Brawer and Ben Shepard of Times-up! The tour […]
March 4, 2013

New Co-op for Women Rag Pickers in Dehli!

  Rolando Politi (aka: Kappo Kappino on Facebook) has started a women’s co-op in India. Rolando conjured up genius recycled art for the MoS contributions to […]
March 4, 2013

About MoS Direct Action Fashion

The MoS costumes seek to use materials that benefit the air, water and soil. The event was orchestrated brilliantly by The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space. […]
February 11, 2013

MoS’s Contributions to MoRUS Direct Action Fashion

Great, fun SHOW!!! MoS’s Fashion collaborations descriptions for The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space: The Masters of Succession included collaborations from Kappo Kappino: Taer & Ware […]
February 9, 2013

2/9 MORUS DIRECT ACTION FASHION SHOW

WIth Masters Of Succession Costumes… come see. Sat Feb 9 at 7 pm.  155 Ave C between 9th and 10th St. NYC 10009 Post show photos […]
January 9, 2013

1/11: Charting the Road to Resilience–From the Ground Up

Friday, January 11 and continuing with a day-long conference on Saturday, January 12 at the New School. The event is free, but registration is required. Register now. […]
November 6, 2012

Lower East Side Gardens Harvest Festival! The MoS LaborAtoRy Arts!

The LUNGs Harvest Arts Festival Every Fall! The lower East Side Garden Arts Festival. There were amazing offerings of art making at 25 gardens throughout the lower […]
September 26, 2012

9/5 & 6 & 7: MoS @ Harvest Arts Fest! NYC EV

The 25 Garden Harvest Arts Festival!! Come to la plaza community garden this Sat/Sun 1-4 as a part of the Harvest Arts Festival to MoS LaborAtOry: […]
September 26, 2012

They are HERE! Mamma-Chari Dutch Bikes

www.times-up.org just received the 1000 used Dutch bikes in good condition which they are also fixing-up. 160$ each. (includes membership to Times-up for free bike repair workshops!) […]
September 18, 2012

S21-22-23: Side-Shift à la carte NYC-update

Update: Monday 9/24: wonderful weekend. If anyone wants to put something together like this I can help you. (mixing site specific dance/contact /biking/ somatic studies/urban sustainability/arts) […]