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In addition to picking up the regular goodies at tomorrow’s Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/cortelyougreenmarket], you can sign up for their Winter Warriors program. Just check in at the info tent, pick up a program card, attend 10 weeks worth of Greenmarkets, and receive some sweet coupons
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A little something to add to your weekend checklist if you missed the last few tree giveaways: the New York Restoration Project [http://www.nyrp.org] is bringing the Million Trees NYC [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml] effort to TD Bank [http://treegiveaways.com/tdbank] by Brooklyn
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Hope the baby is home getting watered. Photo by amberala [http://instagram.com/p/dRgL1fTStP/]. Seen any plants in diapers lately, or kids in pots? Share with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on
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The Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest [/blog/events/stuff-your-face-at-the-cortelyou-greenmarket-strawberry-shortcake-eating-contest] at this week’s Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket-site/brooklyn/cortelyou-greenmarket] will round out, as manager Tali says, an overall Strawberry Bonanza! The market will have an extra farmer on hand selling exclusively strawberries, as well as strawberry recipes and
Education
The construction of a new building [/blog/events/ps-133-open-house-and-info-session-tomorrow] for PS 133 [http://ps133brooklyn.org/the-new-building/] on 4th Avenue between Baltic and Butler has been chugging along. This morning, Brooklyn Spoke [http://brooklynspoke.com/] noticed that the temporary construction barriers along the sidewalk on 4th Ave were finally removed [https:
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The Cortelyou Greenmarket will be open tomorrow! Food Scrap collection is available once again. Bring your food scraps between 8 am and 1 pm. Textiles from 8 am to 2 pm. Remember: Come to the info tent to use your Debit, Credit or EBT Cards. Please support Cortelyou Greenmarket by
Central Brooklyn
There’s a new 30,000-square-foot ice skating rink coming to Prospect Park as part of a major green restoration project. Wollman Rink changed the face of the Prospect Park’s lake 60 years ago by destroying islands and altering or obliterating the lake’s shoreline. A $74 million Lakeside
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A big thanks to Maria Newsom Fahey and her crew of young volunteers for doing a tree pit cleanup on East 9th Street at Foster! Your work makes the street look much nicer, and the whole neighborhood appreciates it. Donald Loggins sends these photos of the volunteers at work.
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Beth-Israel Medical Center at 3201 Kings Highway took a leap into green tech last Wednesday. A 12-ton clean energy co-generation system was hoisted by crane onto the roof of the Kings Highway Division [http://www.wehealny.org/patients/BI_home/BI_KHD.html]. The center expects to save $455,000
eco living
A few weeks ago we told you about the Waterpod [/sustainable-living-floats-into-sheepshea/], a sea-based experiment in sustainable living. Back then, the Waterpod had just sailed in to Sheepshead Bay. It was new – one of its first stops – and we were wide-eyed with excitement over a cool eco-project in our bay. Well,