Posts tagged parks

Video “This is My Home” An Elder Story

This Is My Home from Mark on Vimeo. (click link if not embedding well on blog) Listening to elders. What is their role in community? Are we herding elders off to gated zones .. separating them form people because it s easier and more cost efficient? Can planners integrate them and can neighbors step up […]

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 Wall Street and showed us how to plant and sow seeds anywhere where there is soil. Grow winter greens and beets right in the parks flower beds. They spoke […]

Envisioning the Queens Highline

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

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 […]

Abundance Cards & Map!

Map your abundant selves on the Local Abundance map. Grow our new economy and communities by learning about each other and then connecting to each other. Go to:  Local Abundance NYC Map Please volunteer to help with this map. We have these cards filled out and many to input. We are a bit back-logged. Please […]

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 […]

Sat. July 24: Be Successive with the MoS!

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 […]

City of Water Day! _ July 24, Governors Island

http://www.cityofwaterday.org/ On the Water, For the Water Saturday, July 24, 2010 10am to 4pm Governors Island, NYC Liberty State Park, NJ Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC Atlantic Basin, NYC City of Water Day is a FREE day of entertainment, education & adventure for the whole family celebrating the potential of our waterfront! From the upper Hudson […]