December 26, 2011

Video of Farmers’ Speak Out

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/farmersmarchv/ Nice video of the OWS Farmers’ March, NYC produced by Food Democracy Now! Looking at problems and solutions. More photos by DD’s phone.
December 21, 2011

Food Solidarity Map: Gallery of Problems & Solutions

Photo gallery of some of the cards so far. Send us more and we will post them for you! Questions? Contact
December 15, 2011

Farm Bill Hackathon Projects

  Farm Bill Hackathon Makes Tools to Visualize Broad Set of Food & Ag issues . Over the weekend the Farm Bill Hackathon brought together (in person […]
December 15, 2011

Food Solidarity Map for Farmers & Eaters

Click to view the gallery of card postings from the OWS Food Solidarity Map. This interactive map was started at the Farmers’ March at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, […]
November 17, 2011

Dance Reflects on Rise & Fall of Civilizations

Valerie Green/Dance Entropy Jan. 20-22, 2012: Baruch Performing Arts Center, NYC Rise and Fall choreographic dance work is based on the cycle of a civilization running […]
November 17, 2011

Climate, Mind and Behavior 2/17/2012 Symposium

Good questions on mind and behavior: This is an upcoming symposium presented by the Garrison Institute to discuss insights from the social, behavioral, and cognitive sciences and […]
November 12, 2011

Farm Bill Hackathon Dec 3

Food+Tech Connect and Gojee are bringing together journalists, technologists, designers, policy makers, and food data specialists to develop tools and visualizations that help the public better […]
November 11, 2011

Guerrilla Gardening at OWS

“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 […]
November 9, 2011

Lego at OWS

“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 […]
October 29, 2011

Envisioning the Queens Highline

Envisioning the Queens Highline South Queens Greenway Image by Jennifer Cromie, Newtownards,UK More design ideas on the link.
October 29, 2011

Bike Power Urgent Call

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 […]
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 12, 2011

Permaculture @ OWS

Vimeo video: Link to video Permaculture at OWS There is now an OSW Permaculture group. For those of you who want to participate the second meeting […]
October 11, 2011

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

Churches, Banks, nail salons, hair dressers, bodegas. Does a complete healthy food store have no place in a town center? Since this building was for sale […]
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 30, 2011

Emailed from A friend

  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 […]
September 30, 2011

EcoCities World Summit 2011 and 2013

MoS represented last year at Eco Cities 2011, in Montreal. MoS represented at the Montreal EcoCity World Summit. We went to the conference – viewed panels, […]
September 26, 2011

Clean Water in US No Guarantee

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 […]
September 21, 2011

Sonic Fabric from old Cassettes

September 21, 2011

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

  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  
September 14, 2011

9/15: Andrew Faust Speaking

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 […]
September 11, 2011

Loisida Film Fedtival ’11

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. […]
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 11, 2011

9/17: Films: Dancing with Animals

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
September 1, 2011

Ecocities World Summit 2013 in Nantes, France

The 10th International Ecocity Conference Nantes, France, September 23-27, 2013 http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/what-we-do/intl-conference-series/ The Deputy Mayor of the City was sitting next to the MoS Collective table. I […]
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 17: NYC’s 1st Honey Fest!

HONEY FEST WEB SITE on the Rockaway boardwalk! MoS Collective’s mascots is a formation of 3 flying bees ” The Thunderbees”.  Bees are important to succession. […]
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.   […]