With thanks to the Lower East Side Recycling Center, Grow NYC and NYC.gov, we bring you a slew of tips for Greening Your Holidays… Sending cards? Try e-cards or look for greetings made with recycled content (we’ve got them at … More →

In partnership with the Parks Department, the Fort Greene Park Conservancy is proud to host the fifth annual MulchFest.  Join their volunteer team & have your holiday tree chipped for future use in your Parks! What: MulchFest 2012 Where: Washington … More →

Green in BKLYN now carries Dancing Man Knives & Ulus from Alaska & they are beautiful! The knife maker, Maynard Linder, makes the handles from naturally shed caribou antler & the blades from antique steel saw blades (handsaws, crosscut saws … More →

We have a new crew of Fobots at Green in BKLYN made by amazingly talented, awfully funny & extremely awesome Amy Flynn… & we are so proud!  Have you ever seen a cuter family?!

Here at Green in BKLYN, we receive bunches of emails, phone calls & drop ins from our customers asking about getting rid of unwanted electronics.  Our friends over at the The Lower East Side Ecology Center have scheduled their Annual … More →

We’re collecting food, toys & coats at Green in BKLYN to deliver them to local pantries & organizations for distribution to our neighbors in need. “Close the Loop” was developed by the Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Community Food Council & is … More →

With the holidays upon us (Merry Chrismahanakwansakah everyone!), many people are stopping in the shop asking for gift suggestions.  And though we know the holidays are more than the sum of the booty you get under the tree, menorah or … More →

On Saturday, November 5th from 2-4pm, Green in BKLYN hosts a book signing & recipe tasting with Jane Gish, author of the Bananarchist Cookbook. The Bananarchist Cookbook is organized like many cookbooks but is  interspersed with anarchist trivia, jokes, useful … More →

I met Brenda Neville, Director of the Neville Dance Theatre, early on when Green in BKLYN first opened.  She introduced herself, told me about her dance company & invited me to her concerts.  We got on each other’s mailing lists.  … More →

Tropical Storms Irene and Lee caused widespread damage throughout upstate communities, especially in the Upper Catskills.  With damaged roads and bridges, lack of access to supermarkets, inadequate transportation and high gas prices, many residents are going to face critical food and supply shortages … More →