Happy Earth Day!!

Happy Earth Day!!  We love our planet and what better way to really show that then to do  everything one can to make life better for our planet.  Well if your in New York, The Lower East Side Ecology Center will teach you how to love our earth with a FREE indoor composting workshop. Learn how to set up and maintain a worm bin in your apartment. You can even get your own full compost bin setup kit for only $55 each (on a first-come, first-serve basis).  So get dirty and show the planet you care!

When:  Wednesday April 22nd  5pm - 6:30pm

Where:  Exit Underground at Exit Art 475 Tenth Ave, New York

LESEC is Calling for new Worm Corps Members!

Worm Corps is a group of compost experts who volunteer to help spread the love of vermicomposting by teaching "wormshops" (worm workshops) to students at schools all over Manhattan as well as tabling with the worms and other info about LESEC programs at environmental fairs and festivals. New members will attend a two-hour training session and then will be contacted when volunteer opportunities become available. Interested? Please contact Carey for more information by calling 212-477-3155 or e-mail info@lesecologycenter.org

End your monday with a little craftin'...etsy style

We all need a good craft night every now and again. Well for all on the east side of things (New York) that feel that inexplicable need to craft regularly, check out etsy lab's monday Craft Night! Craft Night is a wonderful opportunity to not only make something awesome but learn new crafts and meet new people!!



Tonight is open craft night, so bring your most recent work in progress or start a new project (if your just so good that you actually finish one project before moving onto another...). Etsy is always looking for more craft tutorials! If you would like to share an idea or host a craft night just email labs@etsy.com with the subject line "craft night ideas".

When: Tonight & every monday night

Where:  Etsy Labs 325 gold st,  brooklyn 11201

Recycling and Resourcefulness: Quilts of the 1930s

There is a fantastic show going on at New York's American Folk Art Museum, that highlights the relevance of DIY crafts in a struggling economy.  We have seen the DIY community grow increasingly in the last 5 years out of interest and not necessity.  Back in the day, innovative crafts were largely completely because of a necessity or a need to conserve.  As our planet and economy begin to push this "resourcefulness" mentality on us, we should be looking to the past for not only inspiration but also instruction.

"Recycling and Resourcefulness: Quilts of the 1930s"  is an exhibit of 12 quilts made during the Depression ear by reusing clothing, feed sacks and other recycled textiles.  They created these "new" quilts with vibrant patterns, making the absolute best of what little they had and in the process creating amazing works of art.  We can only hope that in our current economic downturn we will be seeing more and more creative means of making ordinary items.

When: Exhibit runs until Sunday March 15th  (hurry or you'll miss it!)

Where:  American Folk Art Museum  2 Lincoln Square,  NY