Come join your humble correspondent for an important fundraiser to benefit the Living Classrooms BUGS program – an innovative after-school initiative for under-served children in Baltimore that provides a safe space to learn and empowers kids by building gardening, entrepreneurial … Continue reading →
Like a pair of urban buffalo warriors, your humble but intrepid correspondent and the lovely and even more intrepid Galadriel “Gigi” Rosen set out to stalk and capture the elusive ghetto palm under the harsh Baltimore sun. Quiet and crafty, we crept … Continue reading →
The Baltimore Green Map is back in one piece thanks to an HTML-assist from ChangingMedia. If you haven’t checked out the Baltimore Green Map, or your greening project isn’t on it, feast your eyes:
A gentleman in the great borough of Brooklyn (their Brooklyn, not our Brooklyn) got it into his head about a decade ago to plant makeshift miniature forests in garbage dumpsters – a whimsical if impractical project he hopes to see … Continue reading →
The Baltimore City health department is encouraging people to get in touch if they’d like to apply for 2012 Subarau Healthy Sprouts Awards, which support greening efforts that educate children about healthy food and the environment. The health department is … Continue reading →
A new law known as the “Community Bill of Rights” has just gone into effect in Baltimore City, empowering community organizations to sue absentee landowners for code violations on their properties. My inquiries suggest that the new law will have … Continue reading →
Hi folks, Apologies for the lack of fresh content today, but your humble correspondent was engaged all weekend in creating bad-ass video content and pressing the flesh at the Baltimore Book Festival. So – I suppose ironically – all that … Continue reading →
Something about the cars rushing by Mahan Rykiel‘s installation at PARKing Day last week made me think of drive-by greening. Why couldn’t we strap ourselves with seed guns or some other greening ballistic device, pile into our low-rider and roll … Continue reading →
So, we goofed. Or Google goofed. Given that one of us is a multi-billion-dollar corporation without a soul or feelings, or the ability to answer back (except with libel actions and cease & desist letters, so maybe this is a … Continue reading →
Voila! ”Volet végétal” from French design team Barreau & Charbonnet turns any window into a drawbridge-style micro-garden. Sort of like walking the plank, but stopping to smell the roses as you do. Check out the Barreau & Charbonnet site for … Continue reading →