FFW Questions: “I now have several buckets of FFW [fermented food waste] and lots of questions. 1. Do any of you know of a compost place that would welcome some FFW to feed their worms? and maybe even on the other side give me back some FFW-fed worm compost? 2. If I find some barren soil and bury my FFW there, do I mix the FFW into the soil when I reclaim the FFW-treated soil? 3. Can you send me to a good website so I can learn more? – Grateful & eager, Maureen”

January 24th, 2014 | Tags: 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, Beneficial Microbes, bioremediation, community garden, compost, fermentation, microbes, Succession | Category: 1. Beneficial Microbes/Mud Balls, 1. MoS Participatory, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on [Shig:FFW] Fermented Food Waste Drop-off & Trenching

“How do I use my fermented food waste around trees?” Shig replies: For trees, bury at least 3 feet away, and likely you’ll have to dig pits instead of a trench because of the tree roots (for some trees, the roots may go out as far as 3 times its height). Make sure to keep […]

January 15th, 2014 | Tags: Ag & Ecology, Beneficial Microbes, bokashi, Bokashi fermented food waste trees nyc, Commons, community garden, compost, Permaculture, Succession, sustainability | Category: 1. Beneficial Microbes/Mud Balls, 3. Resources, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on [Shig:FFW] Fermented Food Waste around Trees

A student at Columbia asked us after a TEd X Dumbo presentation in 2012, “How many mud balls would it take to clean the Gowanus and how much would that cost?”. The best answer would take careful study with pros who have remediated other large systems. However, Shig took the time to create an answer. […]

July 8th, 2013 | Tags: Ag & Ecology, Beneficial Microbes, beneficial mud balls, bioremediation, bokashi, Cost of bioremediation, Crowd Source Participation (new), Ecological, EM-1 Mud balls, Gowanus Canal, microbes, MoS Collective, Shig, Succession, sustainability, Ted X Dumbo, water | Category: 1. Beneficial Microbes/Mud Balls, 1. MoS Participatory, 2. Food & Recipes (new), 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on [Shig] How many mud balls would it take to remediate the Gowanus?

  Rolando Politi (aka: Kappo Kappino on Facebook) has started a women’s co-op in India. Rolando conjured up genius recycled art for the MoS contributions to the MoRUS fashion show and now he is on to DEHLI to start a very small factory as a first step for women rag pickers. The women will be […]

March 4th, 2013 | Tags: Crowd Source Participation (new), Culture & Art, dehli, Economy, green job skills, kappo kappino, micro enterprise, Permaculture, rag pickers, recycling, rolando politi, Succession, sustainability, untapped capital. Delhi, women | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Products, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on New Co-op for Women Rag Pickers in Dehli!

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 […]

November 14th, 2012 | Tags: 1. MoS Participatory, Ecological, Economy, EM-1 flooding sandy relief disaster, fermentation, microbes, MoS Collective, natural cleaning, NYC, Permaculture, Succession, sustainability, water | Category: 1. Beneficial Microbes/Mud Balls, 1. MoS Participatory, 4. Everything, Workshops | Comments Off on We need your help: Join us in Sandy Relief with EM-1.

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 […]

November 6th, 2012 | Tags: 1. MoS Participatory, Beneficial Microbes, Culture & Art, DIY, fun, Harvest Arts Festival, la plaza cultural, Loisida gardens, LUNGS, Masters of Succession, Mud Balls, New York City, NYC, participatory, Permaculture, Place & space design, Succession, sustainability, water | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 2. Food & Recipes (new), 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Lower East Side Gardens Harvest Festival! The MoS LaborAtoRy Arts!

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 […]

September 26th, 2012 | Tags: 1. MoS Participatory, 4. Everything, Beneficial Microbes, Culture & Art, Des Colores, East Village, El Jardin, El Sol Brilliente, fermentation, Festival, fun, gardens, la plaza cultural, local, MoS Collective, natural cleaning, New York City, NYC, participatory, Performance, Permaculture, Place & space design, Public Space, Succession, sustainability | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 2. Food & Recipes (new), 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on 9/5 & 6 & 7: MoS @ Harvest Arts Fest! NYC EV

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 […]

August 23rd, 2012 | Tags: 1. MoS Participatory, 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, Beneficial Microbes, bioremediation, bokashi, community garden, EM Mud Balls, fermentation, Mud Balls, New York City, NYC, Public Space, Succession | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 4. Everything, New York City, Workshops | Comments Off on EM-1 At Sara D Sustainability Series

Human Microbiome Project Decodes our 100 Trillion Good Bacteria http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/health/human-microbiome-project-decodes-our-100-trillion-good-bacteria.html?pagewanted=2

June 14th, 2012 | Tags: Beneficial Microbes, bioremediation, bokashi, Ecological, microbes, Mud Balls, natural cleaning, Succession | Category: 1. Beneficial Microbes/Mud Balls, 4. Everything, Non-MoS news | Comments Off on NYT: Human Microbiome Project Decodes our 100 Trillion Good Bacteria

Figment 2012, June 9 & 10!   Figment Project 2012 SATURDAY 6/9 (SUN if there are any left) ON THE FIGMENT MAP  C9 :  that is along the waterfront before Castle William as your are coming off the ferry. http://newyork.figmentproject.org/figment-nyc-2012/figment-nyc-2012-artists-projects/ scroll to the S’s.   At Figment: The second official throw event in the USA! (That is […]

April 10th, 2012 | Tags: 3. Figment Project, Beneficial Microbes, bioremediation, Governors' Island, microbes, Mud Balls, Permaculture, Succession, sustainability | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 3. Figment Project, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on June 9: FIGMENT: Stockpile of Beneficial Mud Balls!

Here is the Permaculture Design Plan for Lake Anne Village. I 2009 All rights reserved DD Maucher. Republish for education and non for profit only. Background: The county and place of Reston gas been for yard trying to regenerate economy in this village center. Once big box and lots of shopping choices moved the money […]

March 26th, 2012 | Tags: added value, green tech, micro enterprise, Place making Food urban design permaculture watershed bioremediation urban farming, regenerative, Succession | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 2. MoS TOWN, 4. Everything, Ecological City, Ecological City, Ephemeral Piazzas, Lifestyle, Living Systems Designs, Projects & Initiatives | Comments Off on Lake Anne Permaculture Design Plan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terra preta (literally “black earth” in Portuguese) is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin. Terra preta owes its name to its very high charcoal content, and was indeed made by adding a mixture of charcoal, bone, and manure to the otherwise relatively infertile Amazonian soil over many […]

March 25th, 2012 | Tags: brazil, Composting, farming, food justice, growing food, soil, Soil building, Succession | Category: 1. Beneficial Microbes/Mud Balls, 4. Everything, Non-MoS news | Comments Off on What is Terra Preta

” We will explore the spiritual, ethical and moral aspects of practicing a deep appreciation for the Earth, and the spiritual relationship between human beings and our ecology. Ecological crisis is interrelated with spiritual crisis and comes from an absence of a sense of the sacred and from a lack of awareness that our own […]

July 26th, 2010 | Tags: 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, Ecological, Human habitat design, New York City, Permaculture, sense of sacred, Succession, sustainability | Category: 4. Everything, New York City | Comments (1)

The Masters of Succession were situated at the entrance of Noland Park next to EarthMatter‘s  lessons on composting and soil building.  Perfect combination of  soil succession and water revitalization. The Masters of Succession this time was orchestrated by Shig, Barbara, Marga, Carol and Dee Dee. The OYSTER SHELLS were consumed by last week’s patrons of Jimmy’s No. […]

July 25th, 2010 | Tags: Art, Bio-remediation, Ecological, educational activities, Governors' Island, natural cleaning, Oyster shell beds, Succession, Uncategorized, water, waterfront | Category: 4. Everything | Comments Off on MoS collects Oyster Shell Messages

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 […]

July 23rd, 2010 | Tags: 4. Everything, adventure, Beneficial Microbes, Bio-remediation, boating, Ecological, EM mudballs, Governors' Island, Hudson River, music, natural cleaning, New York City, Oyster shell beds, parks, Succession, Uncategorized, water, waterfront | Category: 1. MoS Participatory, 4. Everything, New York City | Comments Off on Sat. July 24: Be Successive with the MoS!

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 […]

June 30th, 2010 | Tags: adventure, boating, Ecological, fun, Governors' Island, Hudson River, music, New York City, parks, Succession, water, waterfront | Category: New York City | Comments Off on City of Water Day! _ July 24, Governors Island