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Sep '19

Learn About Organic & California Native Gardening In Next Free Community Workshop By A Living Library On October 12, 2019

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Please join us for our next A Living Library Free Organic Gardening & CA Native Plants Workshop in D11 at the OMI/ Excelsior Living Library & Think Park on Saturday, October 12, 2019. Meet us in Lower Garden, on Oneida Avenue, off San Jose Avenue between Ocean and Geneva Avenues & Denman and San Miguel Schools - Near Balboa BART station.

All Ages are welcome, including seniors! Please share this information with you friends and neighbors.

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Art, Landscape Architecture, & Systemic Design, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park

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Nov '18

Bonnie Ora Sherk: Presentation & Exhibition of Work-In-Progress for Green-Powered Digital Gateways To Interconnect A Living Library Branches

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You are cordially invited to attend a Presentation & Exhibition of Work-In-Progress for Green-Powered Digital Gateways by Bonnie Ora Sherk. A Green-Powered Digital Gateway is a multifunctional, sculptural and ecological element in the landscape that will do many things: draw water forth from the ground as needed, showcase local community resources through diverse digital displays showcasing multimedia archives of the area, and allow for live, interactive broadcast from diverse Branch Living Library & Think Parks – locally and globally. This phase of Green-Powered Digital Gateways development is funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission.

WHERE:

Lower Garden, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park on Oneida Avenue off San Jose Avenue between Ocean and Geneva Avenues adjacent to James Denman Middle School and San Miguel Early Education School.

Take BART to Balboa Station: Walk left on Geneva one block to San Jose Avenue. Make left on San Jose Avenue, walk two blocks, make right on Oneida, On right side of street, mid-block is Lower Garden.

(This is an outdoor space with no exact street address, but it is between 333 Oneida and 241 Oneida, San Francisco, CA 94112).

WHEN:

November 15 ~ Presentation with Bonnie Ora Sherk: 2:30 PM

November 15 ~ Exhibition: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

November 16 ~ Three Presentations with Bonnie Ora Sherk: 10:00 AM | 10:50 AM | 11:50 AM

November 16 ~ Exhibition: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

For more information: info@alivinglibrary.org / 212-242-1700

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Art, Landscape Architecture, & Systemic Design, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park

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Oct '18

Celebrating Fall With Some Wonderful Visitors In Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park, NYC

Fall is here! In Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park - a verdant, blooming, organic garden of flowers, fruit, herbs and vegetables, it is time to enjoy nature's bountiful magic. We have a number of visitors appreciating and enjoying the beauty of the Garden. Please enjoy a few pictures of our wonderful visitors, without whom the Garden would had been incomplete. (more…)

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Sep '18

Develop Your Green Skills With A Living Library’s A.L.L. Green Futures Fall 2018 Paid Internship Program For High School & Middle School Students

Fall is around the corner! Have fun in this season by becoming an A.L.L. Eco-Steward under the A.L.L. Green Futures Paid Fall Internship Program for Middle and High School Students. This is a unique opportunity to engage in gardening, cooking and creative arts while gaining real-world experience in green job skills and sustainable business through integrated hands-on learning program. Learn about native plants, landscaping, building projects, green design, urban agriculture, sustainable practices, green city jobs, resource use and conservation while getting paid! Fill out the DCYF Fall 2018 Green Futures Application today! ALL-Fall-Intership-Flyer_Sep18

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Art, Landscape Architecture, & Systemic Design, Islais Creek Watershed, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park

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Aug '18

Summer Plantings In A Living Library Gardens In New York City & San Francisco

Students from Roosevelt Island Public School

Summer is going to end soon ! Before green leaves turn dry brown and red, here is an update about the work A Living Library accomplished through the summer season in our Gardens in New York and San Francisco.

In the Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park Gardens in New York City, students from Roosevelt Island School Beacon (PS/ IS 217) enjoyed various garden activities while learning about science and ecology during their after-school classes. Here are a few pictures capturing their enthusiasm in the RI Living Library Gardens:

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park, Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park, Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park

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