Monkey bars, a sandbox, a slide, a track for riding bikes, a garden for adults who competed over who grew the best vegetables. It was meager, nothing fancy, but it was an escape right outside the backdoor. For 30 years, the backyard behind the Thelma Burdick building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side was an oasis …
Proceeds from this Calendar will go towards our goal of establishing a Community Farm in Squamish that will act as an educational space for our youth as well as support emerging and existing farmers. Michalina Hunter Squamish, Canada Indiegogo 2018 Excerpt from fundraising site: Through a few years of working with farmers and community stakeholders …
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of November in 1918, the First World War – ‘The War to End All Wars’ – ended; this day is known as Armistice Day. The 11th of November 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of this day. 18,200 New Zealanders died and 41,300 were wounded. Let’s take this opportunity …
Kaveh Akbar is more of a shepherd than a wolf. The internationally acclaimed Iranian-American poet not only produces amazing thought-provoking poetry, but nurtures other poets to achieve their full potential too. So it was a perfect date for us to be hosting him at Tūranga, the flagship of the future. We are all about helping our …
Mid – to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions By Rhonda Sherman Chelseagreen November 8, 2018 Turning waste into wealth sounds too good to be true, but many worm farmers are finding that vermicomposting is a reliable way to do just that. Vermicast—a biologically active, nutrient-rich mix of earthworm castings and decomposed …
The fourth in a series of posts that looks at the history of the central Christchurch sites on which your new library, Tūranga, has been built. If you were standing in front of the spot now taken up by Tūranga’s Goods Entrance on Gloucester Street on the evening of 36 November 1872 you would have been looking across …
Aquaponic and hydroponic plants in the Farm. Photo: Nikolaj Thaning Rentzmann Down the hall is “the Farm,” where Space10 is experimenting with hydroponic and aquaponic farming. By Hadley Keller Architectural Digest June 27, 2018 They’re currently growing a variety of microgreens, some of which are sold to local restaurants, and have developed an open-source hydroponic …
Rebecca Postle. Picture: Jack Petchey Foundation. A child volunteer has been recognised for her charity work on an urban farm in Stepney. By Alex Shaw East London Advertiser Oct 31, 2018 Rebecca Postle received a £250 Jack Petchey Achievement Award grant on Monday for mucking in at Stepney City Farm. The 12-year-old has taken part …
Christchurch City Libraries blog hosts a series of regular podcasts from specialist human rights radio show Speak up – Kōrerotia. This show is created by Sally Carlton. Guests Rakesh Naidoo (Strategic Advisor Race Relations at the Human Rights Commission), Archna Tandon, and Jane Buckingham (University of Canterbury historian) discuss Indian migration to and settlement in New …
Music lovers, take note! The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s 2018 season concludes with a concert featuring works by Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky at Horncastle Arena on Saturday 17 November. The pieces being performed will be: Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 …