Green in BKLYN

New Stuff Right Here Now

Green in BKLYN — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:12:14 +0000

If you’ve been following Green in BKLYN on Twitter & Facebook, you’ll have seen a bunch of new stuff that we’ve gotten into the shop. But for those of you that aren’t checking our feeds daily (shocking!), here’s a brief update in visual form for your edification & enjoyment:

Edible Chalk & Crayons (really)
Love NYC Soaps, Sugar Scrubs, Candles & Lip Balm (made right here in BKLYN)
More Claudia Pearson Kitchen Towels & Totes (handmade in BKLYN)
Refills for the Haven Cleaning Products Line (all natural & all BKLYN)
A ton of New Cards (on recycled paper, of course)

(The dog’s not new or a product. Just shop dog, Lola, getting up in the morning. Coffee, anyone?)…

Quotable Quotes

Green in BKLYN — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:21:01 +0000

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

- Albert Einstein

Green in BKLYN: Brooklyn Review

Green in BKLYN — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:17:02 +0000

Green in BKLYN was featured on Brooklyn Independent Television’s Brooklyn Review for Earth Day! Very exciting & a little like an awesome home movie…

Check it out here: BIT’s Brooklyn Review: Green in BKLYN

Earth Day 2012 @ Green in BKLYN (Sun. 4/22)

Green in BKLYN — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:28:45 +0000

Just around the corner is our favorite holiday… It’s Earth Day, of course! Kind of like Mother’s Day but for your other mother (Earth).

As the eco-friendly shop we are & ‘cuz it’s also the shop’s anniversary (three years this year), we love this day! And in celebration, we’d love you to love it too.

So we’ve scheduled a few things we thought you might like. This year, along with Myrtle Avenue’s Farm to Neighborhood program, we’re focusing on local food sources and ways to make your own (food, that is). Also a big ol’ sale and a raffle! Details are below…

EARTH DAY SCHEDULE (SUNDAY, APRIL 22nd):

12-1:30pm: Farm to Neighborhood
- Community Chef Roisin Wisneski from Myrtle Eats Fresh shares recipes from stuff you can grow at home & hints on how you can do said growing. Think cucumbers, mint & more on rooftops, terraces & in window boxes.
1:30-2pm: Clementine Vegan Bakery
- The folks from Clementine Bakery will be handing out tasty treats & talking about baking without animal products. Good food & animal free. With cinnamon buns to die for!
2-3:30pm: Plovgh CSA
- Plovgh CSA (community supported agriculture) helps farms sell their harvest directly to you. Crops you want, when you want them, from farms you know. Talk to them about getting your “share” – signing up for it or picking it up.
4-5:30pm: Brooklyn Beekeepers Club
- Brooklyn Beekeepers Club President, Michael Hegedus (aka the Naked Beeman), hosts a local honey tasting & talks about how to start your own beehive. His Three Sisters Honey comes from down the block & around the corner straight onto our shelves.
All Day: Pick a Prize…
- Spend $42 or more (for Earth Day’s 42nd year), then pick a prize from our bucket o’ gifties. It’s like a grab bag & raffle all in one!
The Day Before (Saturday 4/21): Pangea
- They’re back! The folks from Pangea Organics Skin Care will pass out more samples & answer questions about your face & their line.
All Month: 42% off Select Treasures
- In Celebration of Earth Day’s 42nd Anniversary & Green in BKLYN’s B-Earth Day (3 years old!) we’ll have all kinds of treasures marked 42% off!

We hope you’ll join us for some (or all) of the fun on Earth Day. We love Earth Day, we love being here & we love you!

Brooklyn Dirt Talk 3: Post-OWS Grass Roots Organizing

Green in BKLYN — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:48:59 +0000

Brooklyn Dirt Talk Three: Post-OWS Grass Roots Organizing takes place this month with advice from experienced Brooklyn leaders on founding, motivating and evaluating for grass roots organizations. Panelists include folks from Sustainable Flatbush as well as Compost for Brooklyn. The event is hosted by Meera Bhat.

Who, What, Where, etc.

Date: Tuesday April 17st, 2012
Time: 8 – 9:30 pm
Location: Downstairs @ Sycamore Bar and Flowershop 21+
Address: 1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn (take the Q train to Cortelyou)
For Facebook: Click HERE.

Sustainable Flatbush brings neighbors together to mobilize, educate and advocate for sustainable living in their Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond and is founded by Anne Pope. For more info: http://sustainableflatbush.org/.

Compost for Brooklyn In March 2010, the corner lot on Newkirk Avenue and East 8th Street was vacant, unused, and full of trash. With no funding and a single shovel, neighbors and friends came together to tackle the project of transforming the space into a community composting project. In 2011, Compost for Brooklyn composted 50,000 pounds of food scraps and yard waste from about 200 households, welcomed 4500 visitors and formed lasting partnerships with numerous organizations from the local level to the international. For more info: http://compostforbrooklyn.org/.

: Post-OWS Grass Roots Organizing

Earth Hour – TODAY 3/31 8:30-9:30pm

Green in BKLYN — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:00:06 +0000

Today from 8:30-9:30pm, Green in BKLYN will shut off our lights and electricity. We’ll be participating in Earth Hour, a world-wide event, and we hope you’ll join in too.

As they say on the World Wildlife Fund‘s blog site,

“We only have one planet. You can help protect it (by) participating in the world’s largest single campaign for the planet: Earth Hour. It starts by turning off your lights for an hour at 8:30 pm on March 31, 2012 in a collective display of commitment to a better future for the planet.

Think what can be achieved when we all come together for a common cause.”

One hour, one day, all seven continents, thousands of cities, at hundreds of landmarks and with hundreds of millions of people around the world. It’s big, it’s powerful and it’s easy.

Enjoy the dark and the quiet for an hour tonight so we can enjoy each other and the planet for many, many more years.

PS – Wanna do more… Then check out WWF’s I Will If You Will YouTube Challenge.

Celebrate Earth Day (Sunday 4/22) at Green in BKLYN

Green in BKLYN — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:32:03 +0000

Just around the corner is our favorite holiday… It’s Earth Day, of course! Kind of like Mother’s Day but for your other mother (Earth).

As the eco-friendly shop we are & ‘cuz it’s also the shop’s anniversary (three years this year), we love this day! And in celebration, we’d love you to love it too.

So we’ve scheduled a few things we thought you might like.

This year, along with Myrtle Avenue’s Farm to Neighborhood program, we’re focusing on local food sources and ways to make your own (food, that is). Also a big ol’ sale and a raffle! Details are below but if you have questions, let us know.

EARTH DAY SCHEDULE (SUNDAY, APRIL 22nd):

12-1:30pm: Farm to Neighborhood
- Community Chef Roisin Wisneski from Myrtle Eats Fresh shares recipes from stuff you can grow at home. Think cucumbers, mint & more.
1:30-2:00: Clementine Vegan Bakery
- The folks from Clementine will be handing out tasty treats & talking about baking without animal products. Good food & animal free.
2-3:30pm: Plovgh CSA
- Plovgh is a community where farms sell their harvest directly to you. Crops you want, when you want them, from farms you know. Talk to them about getting your “share”.
4-5:30pm: Brooklyn Beekeeper’s Club
- President Michael Hegedus hosts a local honey tasting & talks about how to start your own beehive as well as the wonder of honey & bees.
All Day: Pick a Prize…
- Spend $42 or more (for Earth Day’s 42nd year), then pick a prize from our bucket 0′ gifties. It’s like a grab bag & raffle all in one!
The Day Before (Saturday 4/21): Pangea
- They’re back! The folks from Pangea Organics Skin Care will pass out more samples & answer questions about your face & their line.
All Month: 42% off Select Treasures
- In Celebration of Earth Day’s 42nd Anniversary & Green in BKLYN’s B-Earth Day (3 years old!) we’ll have all kinds of treasures marked 42% off!

We hope you’ll join us for some (or all) of the fun on Earth Day. We love Earth Day, we love being here & we love you!

42% Off All Earth Month Long

Green in BKLYN — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:05:08 +0000

In Celebration of Earth Day’s 42nd Anniversary & Green in BKLYN’s B-Earth Day (3 years old!) we’ll have all kinds of treasures marked 42% off! All month long.

So, starting on April Fool’s Day (4/1) and continuing on till all the good stuff’s gone, we’ll have select treasures marked at 42% off!

You’ll find the sale stuff in the bottoms drawer(s) of our dresser. Check it often, check it carefully – new stuff will be in there all the time & there’s all kinds of treasure. Fun, cheap & green. Yay!

BKLYN’s Very Own Diner Mug

Green in BKLYN — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:53:59 +0000

They just came in… The most lovely BKLYN diner mug that tops all mugs to date!

Designed here in BKLYN & crafted with care in the USA, these beautiful mugs are the quintessential diner coffee/tea/cocoa cache with a serious borough twist!

Plus, their introduction into the shop allowed me to meet two of the loveliest shop owners/designers in BKLYN – Lim & Michael from enamoo (over on Smith Street). Enamoo is filled with their Brooklyn themed designs as well as groovy vintage stuff. Definitely worth a visit.

I hope to add more enamoo designs here at the shop (awesome silkscreens & baseball caps, perhaps?). In the meantime, we’ve got the BKLYN diner mug as long as they’re available. Yay, BKLYN!

New E-Waste Collection Center in BKLYN

Green in BKLYN — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:26:34 +0000

Starting January 31st, there is a new permanent e-waste collection center in Brooklyn!

The Lower East Side Ecology Center is making responsible disposal of working and non-working electronics easier than ever before by collecting them at their NEW E-waste Warehouse in Gowanus (469 President Street at the corner of Nevins Street).

Any New York resident, small business (max. 50 employees) and non-profit organization can drop-off unwanted electronics for free. If the equipment works, let folks at the Warehouse know & they’ll try to give it a second life. They guarantee data security & offer affordable electronic equipment & parts, too.

DROP OFF HOURS:

Tuesday: 10am – 5pm
Wednesday: 12pm – 7pm
Thursday: 10am – 5pm
Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 4pm
CLOSED Sunday & Monday

For more info, check out their website by clicking here.