Education
Image via BPL Brooklyn Incubator [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynPublicLibrary/photos/a.10153748528380250.1073741836.8544515249/10153748836055250/?type=3&theater] .Get your vote on — for a student-library outdoor gardening program that needs our help in winning funding! We only have today and tomorrow to register our votes — via Facebook comments
Announcements
Camp Common Ground [http://cgcvt.org/camp] sits on 700 gorgeous acres in the heart of Vermont, and each year many Brooklyn families make the trip (roughly 6 hours) to enjoy this week-long getaway. Photo courtesy of Common Ground CenterA non-profit founded in 1994, the intergenerational family camp is designed
Announcements
Gateway to the Parade Grounds as viewed from the south side of Prospect Park. Some residents are saying that an entrance to the park should be constructed here, along with a crosswalk and stoplight. (Photo: Sarah Crean)Do you think our community has enough access to high-quality open space? One
Announcements
Camp Common Ground [http://cgcvt.org/camp] sits on 700 gorgeous acres in the heart of Vermont, and each year many Brooklyn families make the trip (roughly 6 hours) to enjoy this week-long getaway. Photo courtesy of Common Ground CenterA non-profit founded in 1994, the intergenerational family camp is designed
Central Brooklyn
City Council Member Mathieu Eugene. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)City Council Member Mathieu Eugene has just been ranked one of the worst members of the New York City Council when it comes to performance on environmental issues in 2015, according to an analysis [http://www.nylcv.org/sites/nylcv.civicactions.
Bensonhurst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=336m4dZnglE In the aftermath of Winter Storm Jonas, the Department of Sanitation [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/dsny/index.page] (DSNY) did a kickass job at getting our streets clear and functioning in a timely manner. But where does the snow go when it
green
Photo Credit: Daniel Avila/NYC Parks208 volunteers, fresh pine, and hot chocolate. Members of the Park Slope community gathered in Prospect Park on January 9 and 10 to participate in the 20th annual MulchFest TreeCycle [/blog/events/treecycle-holiday-tree-sponsored/]. This community event is hosted by a partnership between the New York
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Q GardensQ Gardens [/blog/garden/years-organizing-neighborhood-volunteers-debut-q-gardens-inaugural-cleanup/] , the wonderful new community garden on East 18th Street behind the Church Avenue subway station, is looking for an experienced beekeeper to oversee an upcoming bee project for the Spring of 2016. According to Natalia Sucre, “We have tons of beginner interest,
Arts & Culture
Image via BRIC.Congratulations are in order for BRIC Arts | Media House and UrbanGlass, which received LEED Silver certification for their environmentally friendly building! The performance, media, and art studio hub “was designed to minimize the consumption of natural resources in construction, reduce demand for water and electricity, and offer
fort greene
Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks.Mulchfest 2016 was a big success, with 1,107 trees mulched this past weekend at Fort Greene Park! That news is bittersweet, though: it only put us in third place citywide, although we still hold the record — earned last year! — of 1,743 trees
Central Brooklyn
Looking for ways to give back in the new year? Local organization Compost for Brooklyn is looking for new volunteers. Margaret Dunn-Carver, volunteer coordinator, writes, > Give back in the new year by volunteering with us! We have open spots for experienced and new volunteers. The commitment is only 2
Arts & Culture
With help from residents, local artist Amanda Patenaude is crafting a community mosaic of broken glass salvaged from Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)Glass is one of those materials that is endlessly changeable, able to be both beautiful and deadly, a masterpiece or mundane or