Fixing a Fence for Fresh Food Fundraiser
2018 has given me wonderful opportunities to expand my adventures with food and garden based education. In addition to working with Mount Kisco Child Care Center and their Feed Me Fresh program, I’ve...
View ArticleRed Wrigglers in the Shark Tank
As a long time master composter and red wriggler worm evangelist, I couldn’t be more proud of a group of Fox Lane High School students right now. The group, who calls themselves the Worm Warriors, are...
View ArticleAnother Type of Fast for Good Health
Years ago, I used Dr. Andrew Weil’s book, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health as a framework for many group classes that I facilitated at Gilda’s Club in White Plains, private schools and other groups near...
View ArticleExtinction Rebellion Comes to America
For many years, I’ve been involved in one way or another with environmentally focused non-violent direct action, a form of peaceful protest. My first arrest for non violent civil disobedience was back...
View ArticleLost in the Supermarket
I’m all lost in the supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer A guaranteed personality The Clash, 1979 Have you ever felt lost in the supermarket, pushing an...
View ArticleMy New Food Zine
To get a copy of my new Food Zine, you won’t find it online or in your email box. It is not downloadable and you definitely won’t find it on Amazon. You will find if on Patreon, a platform for artists...
View ArticleA Green Magic Wand
Someone recently asked me what I would do if I had a green magic wand. I could wave that wand and big green groups would take on 5 campaigns that might better our odds at surviving the future. If...
View ArticleQuestions About Compost Programs
I’ve been asking some questions about a new compost project that seems to be quite popular in my town and others. I’m a huge advocate of composting and consider zero waste to be a very important...
View ArticleRethinking Fashion with Extinction in Mind
Here is something creative and fun that you can do to help significantly cut carbon emissions. Join a 1-YEAR boycott of new clothing. Extinction Rebellion protest against “disposable fashion” in London...
View ArticleDedicating 2021 to the Legacy of Linda Zhang
In July 2020, in the middle of the Covid pandemic, a young high school graduate in my town took her life because of climate despair. Linda Zhang was her name, I never met her but I wish I had. In...
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