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Creating Jobs by Revitalizing Local Manufacturing
Shareable | August 24, 2011
"This is a very important time for America to look for homegrown solutions for the jobs crisis."- Bill Clinton, recognizing the Urban Manufacturing Alliance on behalf of the Clinton Global
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An Interview with Liza De Guia: Food Curator
Daily BR!NK | August 22, 2011
Most of the time food and stories come together in the form of table fellowship: sit-down meals featuring long conversations and lots of love.
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Salvaged Stagecraft: Paper Mache Monkey Changes the Scenery
Scott Ballum | August 11, 2011
Every year, the theaters on Broadway in New York City create tons upon tons of trash.
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An Interview With Laena McCarthy: Jam Anarchist
Daily BR!NK | July 18, 2011
Let it be said: Laena McCarthy is an anarchist. Not the kind that advocates for a stateless society or that is violently belligerent.
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An Interview With Jeff and Heather Rush: Vegan Bar Owners
Daily BR!NK | June 29, 2011
Combine a punk rock sensibility with an old casket factory designed with sustainable materials.
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Britta Riley Wants to Crowd-Source Your Kitchen Window
Scott Ballum | December 17, 2010
For the past few years, something has been growing in Britta Riley’s kitchen window. As co-founder and current CEO of The Windowfarms Project, Britta is a fully hands-on member of the research and development team. In fact, so is everyone else involved in the company – including the customers. As if developing ways for city-dwellers to grow some portion of their own food, in their own apartment, isn’t innovative enough, Britta and her team also built the open-source wiki-style business and product plans.
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The Brooklyn Makers at Greenlight
Scott Ballum | November 14, 2010
This September, Scott hosted a panel disc
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3rd Ward Builds a Space for Urban Creative Professionals to Work, Learn, and Play
Scott Ballum | June 28, 2010
Nestled in between vacant warehouses and bustling industrial yards, 3rd Ward offers both a playground and a serious workshop for creative professionals
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Alive Structures: A Green Roof Grows in Brooklyn
Scott Ballum | June 15, 2010
Alive Structures is a unique landscape design firm, grown out of the recent interest in increasing green spaces in urban environments and the long-term benefits of green roofs. We talked with the business owner, Marni Majorelle, about seeing an opportunity to contribute to her city, hiring her first employee, and the determination to make it all work.Video not loading correctly? Watch it here on the Sheepless.org Vimeo Channel.
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Celebrating New York Local Businesses
Scott Ballum | May 12, 2010
On Monday, May 10, Sheepless.org hosted a reception and video screening at Green Spaces in Tribeca, NY, honoring the small businesses and organizations we've profiled over the past year, and introducing the Sheepless editorial and creative team. This project sought to bring our online community, offline. We were thrilled to have so many cool people doing interesting things all in one room!