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We are celebrating International Compost Awareness Week
by hosting an open house at NBCP!
Got any questions about compost you never dared to ask?
Sunday, May 12 is your chance to get them answered!
Image via US Composting Council
See below for info about the joint committee meeting – scheduled for May
7, 2012 – about the Demapping on Union Street between Driggs and N
12 Street. As users of this corner of the McCarren Park, it is
important that we are part of the discussion. Our community leaders
don’t always know the details of an area like locals like we do!
Thanks to Christine from the McCarren Park Dog Run for the 411!
October NBCP meeting
Its been a mellow summer at the pile, thanks to the wild success of GrowNYC’s compost program in the Greenmarket…Thanks to funding through IOBY, we were able to partner with a few quality orgs on educational and stewardship programs this summer. Enjoy the vista.
NBCP and the Greenpoint Y's "Greenbeans"
Summer interns visit from the famous Wave Hill, and give McCarren trees some compost love
We work screening compost and doing general repairs on Fridays and Saturdays, 11am to 2pm. FYI available dates are May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 or 28. Send us an email if you plan to show up! northbrooklyncompost@gmail.com
To drop off your organic scraps, visit the orange Greenmarket tent on Saturday 8am till 2pm.
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Saturday & Sunday, Jan 8 & 9 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.Filed under: fun, housekeeping, learnin', membership, policy, press, stewardship
Happy New Year Composters!
Thanks to all of you, The North Brooklyn Compost Project had one of the best years to date!
We composted kitchens scraps from over 400 Greenpoint and Williamsburg households between May and November 2010 — that six months of operations, 55,000 pounds of scraps and a 1,000 volunteer hours contributed by your lovely selves!
In addition to business as usual, we held composting workshops for our neighbors and shared finished compost with the wonderful gardens at the Greenpoint Reformed Soup Kitchen, the Greenpoint Shul and the Automotive High School. We also gave back to McCarren Park by feeding trees and lawn with our black gold and kicking off a leaf collection project in our beloved meadow.
Thanks to you, we raised almost $1,500 through Ioby to repair our back fence, purchase tools and install a new shed! If you haven’t walked past the site recently please do and marvel at our beautiful red shed that will keep all of our supplies nice and dry in the coming years. Also here is a little video of the installation.
We were also acknowledged by ioby as one of the 2010 Heroes in Our Backyards and mentioned in the New York Magazine and the WG News + Arts.
We are now brainstorming about projects and education programs to make NBCP even better and to help spread the word about composting to our neighbors. If you are interested in getting more involved this spring or just have a brilliant idea to share please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We are always in need of builders, graphic designers, writers, educators, coordinators, you name it! The compost site relies on the brain and brawn of all of our members! Those of you who attended our October volunteer get together and/or sent us emails with your volunteer preferences, we will be in touch in February! Get your skills ready!
North Brooklyn Compost Project 