Here is the blue shell in action eating balls. I put a seedling pot in the hole as a temporary fix which worked great until it was removed by a curious George. Photo of before on next page. After Revitalization: What a relief. Much better for us.
MoS Collective: SATURDAY JULY 30th Weeksville Heritage Center hosted the NYFA sponsored project with Laundromat Project and Immigrants Arts event called “Seeding the City”. Miki Katagiri proposed Beneficial Mud Ball bioremediation class. The MoS Collective went along to help her teach: Shig, TIm, Naoko, Keat & DD. People came from a far to learn about […]
Saturday, July 30 2011 11:00-6:30 the Commons Brooklyn 388 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 With hour-long panels to introduce different kinds of medicine. Opening and closing ceremonies on the beautiful rooftop garden. FOOD & NUTRITION Angela Davis-Weston A. Price and Just Food Hannah Springer-Children and Nutrition Jared Koch-Clean Plates (www.cleanplates.com/) Shoshanna Levy-Nutrition Evolution (http://nutritionevolution.net) Jonathan […]
Google Maps and Earth refreshed the mini-golf area. The street view is still old though. There is Phyllis the snail! (The yellow square with the upside down snail shape) Google updated “Figment” Terrace. Go by and try the course! The top hole is broken so I put a pot in it to catch the ball– […]
When: Sat., July 30, 2011 | 12.- 5pm Where: Weeksville Heritage Center, 1698 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11213 Cost: Free Making an Apartment Planter with Household Materials How to Solarize A Toy DIY: Tips on how to make your Home Sustainable Double Digging to Grow More in Less Space Learn the Benefits of Permaculture Learn […]
Complete with Olympic rowing course> >> Flushing Meadows Lakes and Watershed Restoration: http://www.gaiainstituteny.org/ There is no direct link== quoted below. There are more papers attached to this presentation. “The Gaia Institute recently released its ecologically engineered design of the 2,000-meter rowing course to the 2012 Olympic Proposal Committee. Presently, the Twin Lakes of Flushing Meadows […]
I lifted this off their web site because the link just goes to the home page. Very exciting work. Green Wall: Hugo Neu, Hunts Point, Bronx, NY The Gaia Institute, along with Young Environmental, LLC, has developed a stormwater treatment system to store, filter, and evaporate runoff from the Hugo Neu metals recycling facility […]
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 at the garden at the annual MoS Mud Ball Ball and Oyster Shuck. This property is believed to be the first biogeochemical cap and storm water capture parkland in the […]
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 community garden on East 5th Street between Ave C & D (the large garden spanning from 4th to 5th Street) July 16, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm July 23, […]
MoS Collective was invited to offer workshops at Pedal Power Concert by Shira, one of our Brunch Bokahsi and Mud Ball workshop participants! They needed the whole system to be represented. The bike pedaling energy-food waste-soil building-food producing-spiral. The food eating humans make power for their music with bikes, breathing, microbes and fresh water! The […]
A video tour < http://youtu.be/CLXwm8_AkkI > of the Yankee Ferry before the chickens — Photo of the corn field on the dock.
Video Clip Succession is fun throwing Mud Balls + they clean water. Succession is fun throwing Mud Balls + they clean water + they attract sonnets. Succession is fun throwing Mud Balls + they clean water + which attract sonnets + doing “Thunder Bees” + “Sonneting”. NEXT MISSION: Succession is; Mud Balls + the Thunder […]
Expedition Gowanus. Here is a new venture.– a boat — a laboratory and showspace for do-it-yourself sustainability experiments. Moving up and down the Gowanus teaching sustainability. MoS will have to initiate a conversation on EM-1 use and mud balls edu and events. Every boat should use copious amounts of EM-1. Surrounded in a […]
http://vimeo.com/25096579 Words from Andrew Faust from whom several MȯS collaborators received a Permaculture Design Certificate.
Keep it free for everyone! http://newyork.figmentproject.org/get-involved/donate/ Mention it is for MoS Collective Food Spiral Mini Golf. “The Micro Bug Food Spiral” is in need of repairs due to all the fun on the course and gazziollions of fans. Unprecedented numbers are ravaging the mini-golf this year. The same children from the Willie Wonka were obviously playing […]
The Little League passed by and took some pitches. Watch You Tube Clip. They were playing on Governors Island during Figment Week-end. Impressive form.. we should do an entire workshop with the Little league and clean up the Gowanus. Alas:: it was time for them to play for real when coach walked by and said, […]
More photos later – thanks everyone for coming out on a rainy day! Rain schmain. The little league walked by and pitched! The Shakespeare Anywhere ‘s came by for pitching while spewing sonnets. We created the thunderbee (like the thunderbirds airforce performers turned into be pollinators cleaning the waterways) formation launch sequence. The sonnets joined […]
All ready.. have everything except time to sleep. Time to thank a silent supporter who makes visions happen. Italo Morelli, the Executive Producer for all things MoS. Thank you Italo for helping with Figment and New Museum! He even did a beautiful job sewing the hem arond the banner. Then provided an amazing feast and […]
Super Bazooka Mud Ball Droppers made last night by John Eberenz. With little time to make a propelling bazooka he opted for a simple dropper … to be upgraded for the next event. Italo made a mobilization capability.
Participatory Art Installation “Stockpiles of Beneficial Mud balls” Propel Sat: 6/11 from 10:30-12pm Figment Festival 2011 NYC! Figment is a participatory arts festival; non-commercial, spreading to other cities quickly.) THis will be the first mud balls for cleaning water event in US. We have hundreds of balls ready to toss. Where: On Governors Island […]
MoS Food Spiral Snail is the white square on the Left. (we were not there Sat. This is Friday, Sat Sun Construction and The following Friday opening week end. (it doesn’t include the 4 mid week work days. FIGMENT GO time from Chris Jay on Vimeo.
TIME AGAIN for the fun and frivolous participatory arts project FIGMENT On Governors Island June 10-12! “What are you bringing?” Come Rove with Food Spirals Usurping! JOIN The Masters of Succession Leave a Better Trace cargo trike Food Spiral Usurpers. Lead by MoS Collective! June 11, Sat 10-6! on the Isle of Gov Meet 10:30 – […]
There were 35,000 people on the island the first week end. Estimating at least 10,000 played the minigolf. That was a lot of wear and tear. So we are enduring the toxic resin to bulletproof as much as possible. Our first 2 patches were with fiberglass and that worked well so we will aim to […]
Figment Mini Golf has opened! The the MoS Collective’s Composting Micro Bug Food Spiral! Mini Golf will be in progress changing and refining. Come play! We will be visiting the island and making additions and adjustments. The shell trail is not smoothed out yet. So like the Google logo the course will change everyday. I was […]
http://www.festivalofideasnyc.com/blog More photos of our festive day to come.
Curator: Marga Snyder, of Firefly Conceirge. View Local Abundance NYC Map
Mapping to others for abundance New Museum Festival of Ideas for a New City: Saturday, May 7 Taking care of ourselves, others and as a bi-product we are taking care of the environment. Connecting to Self: Liz of Raganella botanicals will be demonstrating how to make your own body products. Connecting to Others: At the […]
Mapping the watersheds for abundance at the New Museum Festival of Ideas for a New City! Shig Matsukawa will be offering effective microbe workshops at the MoS Collective Tent! ( In the park just below Houston betwn Chrystie and Forsythe) Come by the Masters of Succession: MoS tent to map out where you live in […]
Connecting to the Earth for Abundance Summer Saturdays w Shig ! All Summer! RSVP to make sure it is happening. Recycle Food Waste Workshop For fermenting food into soil WHEN: Saturdays: 2-4pm WHERE: at El Jardin 5th St Between Ave B and Ave C, NY NY RSVP: www.recyclefoodwaste.org to make reservation FREE: donations appreciated but not necessary […]
Connecting to self for abundance Liz of Raganella will be mapping our insides with healthy products that heal ourselves instead of harm. She will be teaching workshops on making your own beauty products and cleaning products. Come by and make some to take home. MoS table Location She has hand-made a really […]