August 2010
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Looking for people with Skills
bkfreestore:
We are holding a grand opening celebration soon and are looking for people who have a skill they would like to share. Contact us if you would like to do a skillshare at the Free Store grand opening celebration. (freenyc@gmail.com)
All Weather Location Needed
bkfreestore:
Or…at the very least a tarp with less holes. If you have any ideas/suggestions for an indoor location for the free store or if you have a tarp or an idea about where we could get one, email us at Freenyc@gmail.com.
No Impact Man calls the Brooklyn Free Store "pure... →
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Where can I recycle my ________ ? →
tinyparticles:
All you ever wanted to know about recycling and where to take your unwanted items to be recycled…
Brooklyn Free Store in The New York Times →
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Another Really Really Free Market: Sat 8-21 in...
Bring what you don’t need, or take what you want! clothes, housewares, food .. .. .. free childcare at the corner of Linden & Broadway [J or Z to Gates Ave] in the Borough of Brooklyn SATURDAY AUGUST 21 11 AM UNTIL DUSK ALL FREE!
(thanks Arun!)
12 of Michael Pollan's food rules
tinyparticles:
Eat food.
Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.
Avoid food products containing ingredients that no ordinary human would keep in the pantry.
Avoid food products that contain high-fructose corn syrup.
Avoid foods that have some form of sugar (or sweetener) listed among the top three ingredients.
Avoid food products that contain more than five...
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WatchWe are pleased to release the 2nd installment of our Mini Skillz videos to get you excited for the 2010 Brooklyn Skillshare!
Isa Rodrigues, from the Brooklyn Textile Arts Center, will be teaching “How to dye fabric from your grocery bag”
In this class, students will learn and experiment with dyeing fabric and yarn with natural dyes. The focus will be on the use of vegetables,...
Go local. Embrace low-tech. Maximize... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Here’s a snippet of my take over at The Future Well on what the internet means to our health:
We’re still humans with 200,000 years of ingrained behaviors that only changed to a sedentary lifestyle in the past 100 years or so. So we need real human to human interactions to encourage us to fight our modern conveniences, move, and eat food, mostly plants. This isn’t sexy. It’s...
This Sunday, August 15th, is your LAST DAY to...
No previous experience necessary! Just a willingness to share your skills!
Contact us at brooklynskillshare [at] gmail [dot] com
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Help Aubrey open up a free community photo school... →
Sign in at the bottom left of the page, then vote on my idea in the upper left. It takes, literally a second and they don’t email you spam. You can vote daily if you’re feeling cheeky. Help me get $25,00 to open up a community photo/media school in New Orleans for free job training an art relief.
Help Brooklyn+Austin-based photographer, Aubrey Edwards, fund an amazing project:
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WatchCongrats to BKSS 2010 teacher, Jonathan Soma, for getting Ice Cream Club featured on local ABC affiliate channel 7 in here in the NYC!
Council Passes Legislation to Expand City's...
In case you missed it in the news, this past month the NYC Council passed legislation that will greatly improve and expand the City’s residential recycling program.
The passage of these bills, which we expect Mayor Bloomberg to sign into law in the next couple of weeks, represents the first major revision to the City’s residential recycling program since its inception in 1989. ...
Confirmed classes thus far!
Home canning, block printing, felting, screen-printing, homemade ice cream, improv and sketch comedy, how to dye fabric with natural materials, pickling, pain management with massage and other self-care methods, creating your own website, wild edible plants, & reusable bag workshop!
Deadline for class proposals is AUGUST 15th! We’ve got about 10 spots left! Send your ideas to...
Kickstarter - 2010 Brooklyn Skillshare →
We’re 28% funded w/57 days to go on our Kickstarter campaign! Check out the awesome shiz you get for different level donations!
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