… yet always room for more! Next time we will have more of everything for more people. Great discussions and muddy hands were cleaned and nourished while building the Mud Ball stock pile for June Figment. Exciting discussion on germs, germination, microbes, bacteria and health. Stay tuned for next dates for Brunch, Bokashi & Mud Balls […]
MoS will be at the New Museum Street Fair NYC. Sat. May 7: 11am- 7 pm We will have 3 tables next to Green Maps table. Workshops in: Bokashi, waterway cleaning mud balls, natural home cleaning products, beauty products. Also all for sale. We will be making custom neighborhood maps to tuned to your lifestyles! […]
Workshop/Brunch: Making Bokashi & Water Cleaning Mud Balls!
Making Bokashi & Water Cleaning Mud Balls!
Part 1. 1:00 – 2:00 pm – Bokashi: making bran for fermenting kitchen scraps for rich soil for growing your own food.
Part 2. 2:30 – 3:00 pm – Role of effective microorganisms in our life: talk.
Part 3. 3:30 – 4:30 pm – Mud ball making for cleaning waterways and Good microbe plans for house and dog run cleaning.
The MoS Collective & Leave a Better Trace! We’re masters of succession: A team of educators and artists at events supporting the global bottom line of clean water, air and soil. As the second year we have time to be more creative.. so join in soon and bring your ideas! Contact : dd (at) moscollective […]
WHOLE SYSTEMS EXPERIENCES SOIL ENCOUNTERS We will bring a party of soilful people to get you into dirt. Send us your soil!. We’d like to get to know diverse soils to display and interact with during our events. COMPOSTING Home systems Worm bins Effective microorganism (EM) fermentation process Thermophilic (hot) bins and piles Cold bins […]
EM-1 Mudball Test Dog-Run Waste Experiment was started on 8/27/10. Waste from a dog run including, sand with urine and feces. “0” = no EM mudball (control) “1” = one EM mudball “2” = two EM mudballs Test by Shig Matsukawa (NYC EM-1), Barbara and Susan at El Sol Brilliante Garden, NYC. The latest observations […]
Sign up for FatCOW hosting and MoS collective gets a commission! No cost to you. We are developing MoS educational free events that will make our watersheds healthier. We could use the funding to buy supplies. I have used this service for 10 years and they just keep getting better. Small, friendly and affordable. Great […]
http://www.riverkeeper.org/get-involved/minimize-your-impact/watershed-pollutants/ According to the EPA, the leading source of pollution in surface drinking water supplies is polluted rainwater runoff. Many pollutants are found in legal, commonly used household products – cleaning chemicals for our homes, oil and gasoline for our vehicles, pesticides and fertilizers for our lawns, and pharmaceuticals for ourselves. Please help protect our […]
Rocket Sewage Stanford Researchers Developing Rocket-Powered Sewage Treatment System The scientists are developing a system that exploits sewage-loving bacteria to produce nitrous oxide, which can be used up by a rocket thruster. The nitrous-powered rocket’s only byproduct is hot, pure air. That is a successive by-product. Meanwhile we should also be concentrating on the source […]
Many more “earth-like” planets in the Milky Way. WOW.. I say. A perception changer just thinking about this. Star Trek here we come. I wonder if the candy bar will feel different when eating it? Seems the news is out a bit early and so far neither Kepler nor NASA researchers have confirmed that they […]
Dog and Cat Urine Smell and Stain Remover Ingredients: OPTIONAL: Spray some Activated EM-1 all purpose cleaner so the microbes can fill up on all the good stuff. (click to make your own) Mix in spray bottle (keep on hand for other uses) – 50% White Vinegar to neutralize the ammonia (Never use ammonia b/c the […]
http://www.spongepark.org/ This is a solution for sustainable Gowanus- in the works now since 2008 at least. It’s getting better all the time. This plan targets the combined sewage overflow issues as well as the overall biodiversity of the area. People and the environment will all benefit in this plan. And developers — higher rents though– […]
They are pulling up a restoration oyster project b/c FDA is worried people might eat them. Understandable, a long shot worth discussion. (This is not where MoS shells from Water Day activity were placed.) If the chance did occur, that someone fished up some of these cleansing oysters, a solution might be to float a […]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-10881080 I have an Animal Shelter Permaculture Plan. The plan includes a Poo Power Program ideally run out of T-square park’s bathroom building near the dog run. Besides promoting the Poo Power Program with branding and bio bags. Some of the poo in the shelter is used for the thermophilic composting system which breaks down the […]
“There is a Chinese proverb that goes, ‘Add humility to intelligence, it becomes wisdom. Add passion or fire to wisdom, it becomes enlightenment,’” Carandang says. “In soil fertility, it’s the same basis, that’s my opinion. It’s the fire that makes the living soil, and the fire is the microorganisms.” Click on photo for more from […]
We are not teaching Sustainability. We are teaching Succession. OFFERINGS at CITY OF WATER DAY: Kids helped us make Mud balls with activated beneficial microbes: They clean the water! We need to make 8 million mud balls! Visitors signed up on the mailing list to be a part of the “1 million Apologies to Mother Earth” […]
CITY OF WATER DAY, Governors Island JULY 24, 2010 * Barbara Augsburger * E. Shig. Matsukawa: fermented bran, Effective Microorganism (EM) Composting:www.recyclefoodwaste.org * Dee Dee Maucher: Eco Product/Business Development, Branding and Creative Media. Whole Systems/Creative Habitats Master Planner. Organizer of the MoS Collective. Permaculture Design Certified. * Marga Snyder: Firefly Concierge: ecologically minded concierge services. Permaculture Design Certified * Carol Crump: Permaculture […]
City of Water Day Coming up! TESTING MUDBALLS at El Sol with Shig COME by us July 24th in the Noland Park Area to: Make EM mudballs to succeed dirty water Make an inscription on an oyster shells. We will hang all the shells for people to read your prayers and wishes. Shells will at the […]
Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13micro.html
MoS ROAMING Educators at Figment: 2011 we will be planning more fun. Please contact us to offer your eco-talents! Entrance off the Ferry IMAGES FROM 2010! – MoS collectors located people with waste in hand. – We offered worm compost bin disposal for their apple core or any raw food intercepted. Seeing the worms was a hit with […]
Recommended article: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/wonder-worm-to-the-rescue/ Article notes: Leonardo da Vinci’s observed 500 years ago that ‘We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot‘ and this still rings true today. Why waste precious funds on discovery of useless planets overhead or new deep-sea species that will be there tomorrow, while vital unrecognized […]
The MoS Collective is a collective of citizens supporting our global bottom line: clean water, air and soil. MoS Collaborators: FIGMENT FESTIVAL, Governors Island JUNE 11-13, 2010 * Dee Dee Maucher: Eco-Product/Business Development, Branding and Creative Media. Whole Systems/Creative Habitats Master Planner. Organizer of the MoS Collective. Permaculture Design Certified. * E. Shig. Matsukawa: fermented bran, Effective Microorganism […]
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