Posts tagged NYC

The Beautifying Pushcarts Of Ave C

In April & May look out for 6 pushcarts on Ave C! Initially proposed for the community by Masters of Beneficial Succession MoBSters to help us beautify the avenue.  Debut is sighted for LUNGS Spring Awakening mid April. To partner or help bring this project to light contact us or go to MoS Collective at […]

Accepting Kayak Outing proposals

Instigator at MoS Collective, Dee Dee Maucher and several volunteers of HarborLab have been given the opportunity to  create our own outings when the kayaks are not being used.  DD has an American Canoe Association Certification, Water rescue, CPR and first aid. Send Ideas and proposals that will help create the beneficial succession of air, […]

9/22-9/24: LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival Weekend! with us Sunday!

I’m pleased to announce (updated 9/19)  LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival Weekend! Free in the Loisaida Community Gardens!  9/22-24 Sun. We have 3 Harvest Arts  — stop in!  1. Weaving Willow at The Art of Wellness with Community Acupuncture 2. Garbagia Universe A fashion show depicting a Japanese story of evolution. (Look for the Hydroponic Vortex) […]

The Fall Mud Ball Activity People

Fall Mud Ball List of ACTIVITY PARTICIPANT PEOPLE Involved as of 9/17 The Masters of Succession Collective presents The Ephemeral Piazza & The Fall Beneficial MudBall Beneficial Mud Ball Sunday Oct 5th: A celebration of bioremediation & Symbiosis. FALL BALL INVITE HERE: Participants so far for the #14fallmudball @moscollective – DD Maucher: Executive, Chief, Chair, […]

The Beneficial MudBall Ball Review & Photos 2014

On June 1st The Masters Of Succession Presented: The 3rd BENEFICIAL MUDBALL BENEFICIAL MUD BALL (The MudBall Ball) A Garden Celebration of Bioremediation & Symbiosis. The MoS Collective comes together to Seed Serendipity one Piazza at a time. [http://moscollective.net/WP/the-beneficial-mudball-bal-review-2014] [http://moscollective.net/WP/archives/10300 – old link ] [the SHORT LINK: http://wp.me/p2bm5T-2G8 ]   , What is the MudBall Ball? […]

3/22 Beneficial Mud Ball Workshop LIC

3/22 Sat EM-1 Beneficial Mud Ball Workshop. (Free) For World Water Day 2014 an EM-1 Mud Ball workshop and bioremediation test. Come get dirty soft hands while rolling up mud balls that contain beneficial microorganisms. Long Island City Library (upstairs) 37-44 21st St, New York, NY 11101 http://goo.gl/maps/iiyE7 Sign up on the permaculture nyc Meet-up. […]

Building with Belts: functional fashion?

After having to move and reassemble compost bins a few times gardeners at Smiling Hogshead Ranch had the idea of using belts that would easily untie. (A bag of belts at Goodwill cost around $10.) Making Compost Bin Signs Planting fruit trees on either side of the railroad track Gorgeous original SHR Tenant grandfathered in. […]

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 way an expert on the topic, I used this slide show I found on the internet. http://www.slideshare.net/GreggFlaharty/bio-slide-show-3” I was inspired to offer this presentation after hearing of and scanning […]

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 project is a challenge game for Halloween by seed bomb the coastline created by Anne Apparu. All boroughs get a favorite medicinal plant/flower color. That borough collects the seeds […]

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 music ride. Ride ends at The Mud Ball! Co-hosted by Times-up.org. Meet at Gaia tree Tompkins Square Park. FACEBOOK invite 3 pm – 7 pm The Ball:  at El Jardin Del Paraiso […]

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 what your interests for the cool town of MoS. A virtual everywhere place where the by product of everything we do is good also for the water, air and […]

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 pieces for ‘instant reincarnation” (he is in blue face, feed-bag skirt); DD’s MoS Beneficial Mud Ball Beneficial “Mud Ball Ball Gowns” (hulahoop skirts) with Lisa Shaub compostable paper hats […]

We need your help: Join us in Sandy Relief with EM-1.

Announcing EM•1 SANDY Relief: with a Google Group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/em-nyc Join the group and take a leadership role in this process. Contact us to be a leader. We will train you and teach you everything you need to know. It is not a long learning curve and it is a green business! Heal a disaster zone as […]

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 east side. The Masters of Succession is set-up at La Plaza Cultural. The MoS Collective offers the MoS Laboratory Recipes at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden a whirlwind making a mess […]

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: make your own — orange blossom serendipity body lotion, — ginger-experiMINT toothpaste — Koala Wash eucalyptus all purpose surface wash Oh and — Beneficial Mud Balls ofcourse that revitalize […]

EM-1 At Sara D Sustainability Series

08-09-2012 The MoS Collective taught a bokashi and mud ball workshop for the members of the M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden.  It went in to the darkness of the night. The fact that EM•1® microbes co-exist with indigenous microbes is one reason why EM•1® has many varied uses. http://www.mkgarden.org/2012/08/09/sara-d-sustainability-series/ Press:  The Villager http://www.mkgarden.org/2012/08/30/excerpt-from-the-villager/ The Masters of […]

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 up traditional foods in NYC. They have a facebook page with a web site to come.   facebook.com/WAPF.NYC It was at El Jardin Garden in the East Village, NYC. I […]

NYC Permanent E-waste Drop off

Lower East Side Ecology Center has some exciting news: They are opening a permanent drop-off location for electronic waste! Help us fill this warehouse!  Starting January 31st. Dispose of your working and non-working electronics easier than ever before. Bring your unwanted electronics to the Lower East Side Ecology Center’s new permanent e-waste collection center in Gowanus, […]

The Sharing Culture

By The Sustainability Practices Network listserve. A discussion focusing on consumption services. Today people are reassessing the value of our consumer culture and scaling back on purchases. In response, many people are turning to collaborative consumption to save money and build community. Collaborative consumption is an economic model of sharing, swapping, bartering, renting or borrowing […]

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

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 and virtually) 120 designers, data scientists, developers, marketing professionals, food policy experts, and USDA employees, to “hack” one of the most important pieces of legislation in the U.S. – the […]

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, shared time and poignant conversation with the founder Richard Register. Previously we had met him for an interview and tour of the East Village Gardens with Wendy Brawer of […]

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. Firefly Concierge will be there representing our like minded attributes. I’m looking forward to bee keeping at La Plaza eventually. If you want to try beekeeping drop us a […]

NYC Local Abundance Map

Curator:  Marga Snyder, of Firefly Conceirge. View Local Abundance NYC Map

Fest of Ideas: Mapping Local NYC Abundance

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 […]

Fest of Ideas: Shig’s Microbe Workshops!

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 […]

Shig’s Gd Microbe Wkshps Sats at El Jardin!

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 […]

Saturday: MȯS at Festival of Ideas!

The MȯS Collective: Supporting the succession of healthy water, air and soil Indulge in Local Abundance Sat. May 7: 11am- 7 pm The MȯS Collective will be on-site mapping people to themselves, others and the environment. We are curating healthy D.I.Y. workshops, as well as mapping neighbors to local goods, services, and environmental stewardships. We will […]

Annie’s Food Stories at Festival of Ideas

.MAPPING to EACH OTHER and the EARTH NYC, SAT. MAY 7:  Annie Hauck-Lawson at the Masters of Succession table with us! Offering her Brooklyn Mompost! Come by and ask composting questions. She has the magic touch. She will have samples of her compost for your household plants. Your plants will thank you with their beauty. Annie Hauck-Lawson, […]

MȯS’s Figment Mini Golf Hole: Course Donations

The Compost Microbe Bug Food Spiral Mini Golf Hole http://www.indiegogo.com/FIGMENT-2011-Minigolf-Course Donations For MINI GOLF! Please donate! Each mini golf hole budget is $1000 in materials. They all have to be on raised platforms ($500). I suggested a $5 donation. #7 The Composting Micro Bug Food Spiral by Dee Dee Maucher of The MoS Collective http://newyork.figmentproject.org/long-term-exhibitions/2011figment-minigolf/ The multitudinous […]