Tri-state Food Not Lawns was founded to help bring Permaculture practice and philosophy into the urban and suburban communities of the New York metropolitan area. We seek to provide the local community with opportunities for hands-on experience, training, and a variety of targeted seminars and workshops covering the many important skills necessary for the successful Permaculture designer.

2009 – The Year of Awareness & Action

I hear it all the time, from many quarters, that magic word “hope.” Indeed, we stand at the brink of a new administration in Washington, one that explicitly promotes hope along side another favorite buzzword, change. “Hope” was even in the title of our new president’s book, “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.” But an even stronger word hovers just out of range, barely below the surface, but suggested so forcefully by that very title. That word is denial.

Future Visions - A Film Series

Dear Friends:

Public awareness about global warming has surged since the release of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” – but we have a long way to go. Many climate scientists tell us that we must reduce carbon emissions by 2% each year - or 80% by 2050. Others tell us we need to reduce carbon emissions 80% or 90% within 10 years. If we do not begin immediately reducing our carbon emissions (our energy use), we’re headed for runaway accelerating climate change. Continuing to do business as usual will lead us off a cliff.

Addicted to Grass: The Lawn and Short of It

Everyone enjoys a little romp with a favorite pet on a well kept lawn or perhaps relaxing on a lovely day with a good book or picnic spread. But few are aware that lawns got their start in pre-industrial Britain and France with the aristocratic classes desiring to show off their excess acreage by growing grass and ornamentals. At that time, having these elegantly manicured expanses was a sign of stature and wealth because it meant the owner didn’t need to use all his land for the cultivation of food.

Welcome to Tristate Food Not Lawns

Permaculture is a design system for sustainable living and for land use. It is an empowering response to environmental and social crisis.

Green Screens at Lincoln Center - Climate Refugees

07/29/2010 - 6:30pm
07/29/2010 - 9:00pm
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Green Screens presents:

Climate Refugees

Thursday, July 29 at 6:30pm

Amtrak’s West Side Rail Line, Manhattan’s great underused transportation resource

08/24/2010 - 6:00pm
08/24/2010 - 8:00pm
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Auto-Free NY
Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. (IRUM)

Auto-Free NY walking tour - rain or shine

Tuesday, August 24, 6-8 pm

Amtrak’s West Side Rail Line, Manhattan’s great underused transportation resource
Meet promptly at 6 pm, NW corner of 11th Avenue & 59th Street, Manhattan

No reservations needed.

For more information, call (212) 475-3394
www.auto-free.org
www.vision42.org

Long Island City business district - cutting car chaos

07/27/2010 - 6:00pm
07/27/2010 - 8:00pm
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Auto-Free NY
Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. (IRUM)

Auto-Free NY walking tour - rain or shine

Tuesday, July 27, 6-8 pm
Long Island City business district – cutting car chaos
Meet promptly at 6 pm at western end of Queens Plaza subway station, in front of 24 hour token booth (FMR trains)

No reservations needed.

For more information, call (212) 475-3394
www.auto-free.org
www.vision42.org

NYC Streets - top-down, bottom-up, DOT commissioner Sadik-Khan

07/28/2010 - 4:00pm
07/28/2010 - 7:00pm
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28 July 2010

New York City Streets: Top-Down, Bottom-Up New York, New York, United States

July 28, 2010, 4-7 pm

A discussion with NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
NY, NY 10012
(212) 683-0023 x, 117

Sierra Club Community Event: Making Your Roof Cool - NYC's White Roof Painting Program

08/03/2010 - 6:30pm
08/03/2010 - 8:00pm
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Sierra Club Community Event: Making Your Roof Cool
NYC's White Roof Painting Program
Tues., August 3, 6:30 - 8 PM

Sierra Club Office, 1350 Broadway, Suite 201, New York, NY 10018 (Herald Square).

Gardening Day on the Lower East Side

07/24/2010 - 9:00am
07/24/2010 - 1:00pm
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Gardening Day on the Lower East Side
Sat., July 24, 9 AM - 1 PM
Rain date: Sun., July 25

El Jardin Community Garden
10th Street at Avenue A