Brooklyn Skillshare

jayparkinsonmd: Healthy food isn’t necessarily more expensive...

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:31 -0400

Healthy food isn’t necessarily more expensive than junk food, according to a new government report.

Bittman was all over this months ago and I certainly agree.

via the WSJ

NEW CLASS: “How To Run a Business as an...

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:19:28 -0400

NEW CLASS: “How To Run a Business as an Artist”

When: this-coming Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 7:30-8:30pm
Where: Tea Lounge (map)
Description: This is a role playing exercise based class for freelance artists on how to negotiate with clients and get paid for the work you do! FREE
Taught by: Yoshie Okabayashie www.ramenandfriends.com

Thanks again to all who came out our event on Tuesday! Here is...

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:10:43 -0400

Thanks again to all who came out our event on Tuesday! Here is an alternate ending shot for Battle For Brooklyn that was not used.

winesburgohio: Roger That, Garden Project. Building a community...

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:32:23 -0400

winesburgohio:

Roger That, Garden Project. Building a community garden in Crown Heights.

brooklynskillshare: May 1st: Building Community Alternatives to...

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:39:03 -0400

brooklynskillshare:

May 1st: Building Community Alternatives to Capitalism!

What: Mutual Aid Help on May Day: A day without the 99% Day of Action in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. While you don’t have to have an opinion on the movement, you can come out and learn!
When: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Where: LaunchPad (map)

FREE!

Schedule break-down:

CANCELED 11:00AM-12:00PM: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund presents “Know Your Rights - a discussion designed for a facilitated dialogue with participants on what their rights are with regards to interaction with law enforcement”

12:15PM-1:15PM: Brooklyn Yoga Cooperative presents “Starting a Worker Cooperative”

1:30PM-2:30PM: 596 Acres presents “A Vacant Public Land Visioning Session”

2:45PM-3:45PM: Bags for the People Reusable Bag Sewing Workshop

4:00PM-5:00PM: **JUST ADDED!** Bicycle Roots “Bicycle Mechanics 101”

5:15PM-6:15PM: Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union presents “Moving Your Money to a Credit Union - the how’s and why’s”

6:30PM-7:30PM: Crown Heights CSA presents “Breaking free from the food industry ~ Know what it means to own your food and how you can do that in Brooklyn!”

8:00PM-9:45PM: Screening of documentary Battle for Brooklyn which follows the very public and passionate fight waged by residents and business owners of Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Heights neighborhood facing condemnation of their property to make way for the polarizing Atlantic Yards project (the densest real estate development in U.S. history).

While no pre sign-up is necessary, please feel free join our Facebook events page as a reminder: https://www.facebook.com/events/202833903161478/

SEE YOU THERE!

**poster designed by Natalie Rae Good**

May 1st: Building Community Alternatives to...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:18:00 -0400

May 1st: Building Community Alternatives to Capitalism!

What: Mutual Aid Help on May Day: A day without the 99% Day of Action in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. While you don’t have to have an opinion on the movement, you can come out and learn!
When: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Where: LaunchPad (map)

FREE!

Schedule break-down:

CANCELED 11:00AM-12:00PM: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund presents “Know Your Rights - a discussion designed for a facilitated dialogue with participants on what their rights are with regards to interaction with law enforcement”

12:15PM-1:15PM: Brooklyn Yoga Cooperative presents “Starting a Worker Cooperative”

1:30PM-2:30PM: 596 Acres presents “A Vacant Public Land Visioning Session”

2:45PM-3:45PM: Bags for the People Reusable Bag Sewing Workshop

4:00PM-5:00PM: **JUST ADDED!** Bicycle Roots “Bicycle Mechanics 101”

5:15PM-6:15PM: Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union presents “Moving Your Money to a Credit Union - the how’s and why’s”

6:30PM-7:30PM: Crown Heights CSA presents “Breaking free from the food industry ~ Know what it means to own your food and how you can do that in Brooklyn!”

8:00PM-9:45PM: Screening of documentary Battle for Brooklyn which follows the very public and passionate fight waged by residents and business owners of Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Heights neighborhood facing condemnation of their property to make way for the polarizing Atlantic Yards project (the densest real estate development in U.S. history).

While no pre sign-up is necessary, please feel free join our Facebook events page as a reminder: https://www.facebook.com/events/202833903161478/

SEE YOU THERE!

**poster designed by Natalie Rae Good**

The Secret of the Ooze: Two Years After the Spill Al Jazeera has...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:21:30 -0400

The Secret of the Ooze: Two Years After the Spill

Al Jazeera has a frightening, damning, and infuriating report on the ongoing damage to the Gulf of Mexico ecosystems since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It’s been nearly two years since the Macondo well was ruptured, spilling almost 5 million barrels of oil and requiring almost 2 million barrels of dispersants to clean it up.

Fishermen are reporting shrimp catches full of eyeless shrimp, as well as fish and shellfish with oozing sores and black gills. The damage doesn’t seem limited to oil, either. Manganese-heavy drilling mud and dispersant lefotvers are showing up at even higher rates than petroleum.

Head over to Al Jazeera to read the full article. The Gulf has not recovered, and it will likely take most of a lifetime to do so. It’s important that scientists continue to get financial support to monitor the area and that the government keep pressure on BP to do their part. Not just this year, but until the mistake is fixed.

This is one of the most diverse and fruitful ecosystems in America, and we must repair it.

(via meredithmo: jtotheizzoe)

A 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:35:40 -0400

A 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store is about to have the best day of his life. Help Caine’s Scholarship Fund: http://CainesArcade.com

Caine’s Arcade online:
http://twitter.com/cainesarcade
http://facebook.com/cainesarcade

Credits:
Directed by Nirvan Mullick:
http://twitter.com/nirvan
http://www.nirvan.com

How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:30:35 -0400

How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds!

courtneylewis:

Shake the dickens out of it!

photojojo: DIY: Make Photo Prints from Plants! Sooo, did you...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:29:43 -0400

photojojo:

DIY: Make Photo Prints from Plants!

Sooo, did you know plants are light sensitive? When you think about photosynthesis, it totally makes sense.

We made our photo prints using spinach, but you can use anything from strawberries to daisies!

Check out our guide for how to get the best print from the plant matter you choose.

Love this pallet repurposed as a bike rack! (via apartment...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:48:49 -0400

Love this pallet repurposed as a bike rack!

(via apartment therapy)

thecreatorsproject: This house plays music when it rains.

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:30:08 -0400

thecreatorsproject:

This house plays music when it rains.

Check out our hot new website makeover!

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:34:07 -0400

Check out our hot new website makeover!

596 Acres is going to be teaching with Brooklyn Skillshare on...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:25:36 -0400

596 Acres is going to be teaching with Brooklyn Skillshare on May 1st for our “Building Community Alternatives to Capitalism” day in solidarity with the Occupy Movement. Stay tuned for more details!

totes:

Starting to help document reclaimed abandoned lots in Brooklyn for 596acres.org. Such an awesome project! Check out more photos and stay tuned for more over on my photo site.

596 Acres is a public education project aimed at making communities aware of the land resources around them. 596 acres is how much vacant public land existed in Brooklyn alone as of April 2010.

How to make your own tape loop (via flavorpill)

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:20:21 -0400

How to make your own tape loop

(via flavorpill)

winesburgohio: Walk Your City: a civic-minded project to create...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:30:05 -0400

winesburgohio:

Walk Your City: a civic-minded project to create an open-sourced, online resource so citizens can create + print their own guerrilla wayfinding signs. Our cities are walkable! Let’s traverse them.

herosquad: A Loft Filled with Dirt, the Man Who’s Cared for it...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:30:05 -0400

herosquad:

A Loft Filled with Dirt, the Man Who’s Cared for it for 19 Years by wnycradio

Today is the day my coworker told me about New York Earth Room. An 1977 art installation consisting of a room full of dirt. I was really curious about the worker that looks after Earth Room and I’m excited to see WNYC put together a short documentary about him.

jayparkinsonmd: The Future of Primary Care. Let’s consider a...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:30:05 -0400

jayparkinsonmd:

The Future of Primary Care.

Let’s consider a few facts:

Only about 5% of graduating medical residents chose primary care as a profession for the past decade or so

Primary care doctors earn $3.5 million less over their careers than specialists

About 70% of primary care visits get referred to specialists

About 60% of traditional primary care visits can be done over the phone or over the internet

The average primary care visit is less than 8 minutes

Patients forget 85% of the information told to them in an 8 minute visit

Primary care office visits are possibly the worst tool imaginable to fix lifestyle and behavior problems

Nobody is going into primary care because the pay sucks and the traditional old-school notion of office-based primary care is the wrong tool for the problems that plague our culture.

The future of primary care is a completely different process. Primary care is about communication (90% via messaging, 10% via phone), problem-solving, and triaging to match the individual up with the right professional at the right time. Primary care must have real time access to available local resources. For example, when we get a call from a patient with a cut finger, we need to go to our group of professionals who can stitch that up and see their real time availability. It’s communication and coordination and matching up local demand and local supply. Primary care needs a “God-view” dashboard of ER wait times, ER availability, specialty centers, specialists, urgent care centers, etc. It also needs technology that functions more like a CRM like Highrise mixed with a customer service system more like Zendesk, but of course, designed for medical care.

Problems need to be triaged. We’re finding that about 50% of the problems coming in to Sherpaa can be handled without a doctor. Those problems that need a doctor are then sent to our dedicated virtual Primary Care Physician— a doctor available 24/7 via email or phone to solve the clinical problems that can be handled without a physical visit. And, for the rest of the issues that absolutely need a physical visit, we triage to exactly the right available expert who is best suited to solving the problem at hand. For Sherpaa, it looks a lot like this:

The primary care doctors have different roles— they emphasize communication and virtual problem solving rather than maximizing revenue from 8 minute office visits. Think of it like 311 for healthcare, but manned by local doctors with local connections to available resources. This is the future of primary care. It’s a whole different process. It’s a whole different experience. In fact, for patients, it’s a markedly better experience. Just give 311 a call. You can talk to a human in seconds. Imagine a system where you can talk to a local, super well-connected doctor in no time, exactly when you need it. Sounds wonderful doesn’t it?

Photo from Eugene Smith’s Country Doctor series

hahamagartconnect: Before I Die “It’s easy to get caught up in...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:30:06 -0400

hahamagartconnect:

Before I Die

“It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget what really matters to you.”

Candy Chang
Creator of Before I Die

Before I Die is an interactive public art project that invites people to share their hopes and dreams in public space. Painted with chalkboard paint and stenciled with the sentence “Before I die I want to _______”, the wall becomes a space where we could learn the hopes and dreams of the people around us.

DIY: How to Make a Wine Bottle Torch (via awelltraveledwoman)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:30:05 -0400

DIY: How to Make a Wine Bottle Torch

(via awelltraveledwoman)