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Seattle Food Forest!

Jenni published on February 26, 2012 in build and food. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
Full seven acre proposal to be built over the next few years.

Full seven acre proposal to be built over the next few years.

My awesome friend Evan sent me this lovely link!

A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into the city’s first food forest.

Via Take Part

What a great use of permaculture! The article goes on to say:

What started as a group project for a permaculture design course ended up as a textbook example of community outreach gone right.

Via Take Part

For more information you can also read this article and of course, visit the Beacon Food Forest Website!

Also, I found this movie through their website! Yay plants! Plant power!

Tap’d NY: The Anti-Bottled Water, Bottled Water

niki published on October 23, 2008 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

Good Morning all!

I had heard about this company a while back, but the great SwissMiss reminded me this morning about Tap’d.

“Tap’dNY is a New York City bottled water company with a local twist and knack for honesty. We don’t travel the world from Fiji to France seeking water or offer the usual bottled water gimmicks. We work with NYC’s public water system to source the world’s best tasting tap water, purify it through reverse osmosis and bottle it locally, leaving out ludicrous transportation miles.”

Of course, at the beginning this sounded a little cookoo to me, but there are times when you are on the go and realize you have forgotten your Sigg Bottle and your dying for a drink. So, in times like that…go local!


Here’s a link to their manifesto.
Here’s a link to the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) NY Water Quality Report.
And here’s a link to the Wiki for the Ashokan Reservoir. It is in the beautiful Catskills and is one of the 19 reservoirs and 3 lakes that supply NYC with water.

I’m thirsty!

Niki

EcoSystems – Furniture for Environmental Harmony (Right in Brooklyn!)

jackson published on September 15, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Hello All!

I was recently lucky enough to make the acquaintance of SuperForester Matt Tyson. Matt happens to run and co-own a very cool company out in Brooklyn called EcoSystems.

I checked out their site, and EcoSystems has it going on.

Looky:

“Bamba’s seat, back and arms are cut from the sides that support the chair. This nearly eliminates production waste for the structure of the chair. Utilizing the same Alpha collection hardware, it is a snap to put together, no tools required. It also packs into itself for shipping, minimizing both the material needed and the size of the package.”


Their Bamba chairs are made out of bamboo, with easily recycled aluminum hardware and natural latex cushions. Triple smart!

EcoSystems is a smart young company. If you need some furniture, or an entire room scheme, get in touch with these cats and tell ‘em that SuperForest sent ya!

You’ll be doing everyone a world of good.

Out and about in beautiful Brooklyn? Stop by EcoSystems.

EcoSystems
33 Flatbush Avenue
7th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217

718.383.6404

Industrial Revolution, in Brooklyn!

niki published on September 4, 2008 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

Hey!

There was a great article in Time Out NY last week about 2 companies that are focusing on producing their products as close to home, as possible.

One, we’ve mentioned before on SF, is Mast Brothers Chocolate. They are a great, small chocolate company, started by 2 brothers in Brooklyn that has gone from making 300 bars a week in their Williamsburg apartment to making 1,000 bars a week in their new Greenpoint factory.

“We could have opened somewhere cheaper,” Rick says, “but that would be doing what everybody else has been doing. We want to be connecting to the community.”

If you live in NY, they are opening what they refer to as a “chocolaterie and laboratory” in October in Greenpoint. It is the only bean to chocolate bar making factory in NYC. Check it out.

The other company mentioned is one in Red Hook. Mark Snyder is opening Snyders Winery in Red Hook which will be made using only grapes from Long Island. They will crush, ferment, and age the grapes on-site. Red Hook is an amazing industrial neighborhood that has slowly become the home to larger chain stores like Ikea and Fairway. It is great that it can retain some of it’s history.

Thanks to TimeOut for the great article and enthusiasm for local industries. Hopefully, other companies will be inspired to produce their products locally.

Support local manufacturing!

Niki

Solar Beach Tote!

niki published on May 15, 2008 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

Hey!

Just saw this over at 3R Living (the local brooklyn “future friendly” shop!).

Charge your phone, camera or Ipod while basking in the sun! It’s pretty pricey, but having unlimited music time at the beach: priceless!
Enjoy the sun!
Niki