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Event Series: Sustainable Living (Greenpoint Library)

Sustainable Living (Greenpoint Library)

Saturday, September 20th, 2025 at 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Join urban farmer Gil Lopez as he shares information about cultivating and growing edible mushrooms, making yogurt, and building a home aquaponics set-up.

Capacity is limited. Come early to grab a spot.

Gil Lopez is an environmental educator, guerrilla gardener and professional composter and tree steward. Gil is passionate about sharing essential skills to live well in the Anthropocene. His practices and knowledge are rooted in land based movements and personal connection to plants, seasonality, soil and the elements.

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Workshop Dates:

Thu, Sep 4, 6:00pm to 7:30pm ~ Sustainable Living: Grow Your Own Mushrooms. A basic mushroom cultivation technique will be taught and the lesson will end with a hands-on mushroom cultivation demo where participants will leave with mushroom material to grow at home.

Sat, Sep 20, 10:30am to 12:00pm ~ Sustainable Living: Yogurt Making.  Join urban farmer Gil Lopez as he shares the ancient tradition of lacto-fermentation to make yogurt. Not only is yogurt a nice treat, useful in cooking, great for your gut health and full of nutrients it is also easy to prepare at home with a few simple kitchen items. Learn the history, benefits and process of making yogurt during this program. Participants will take some yogurt starter culture home to jumpstart your DIY yogurt making journey.

Thu, Nov 6, 6:00pm to 7:30pm ~ Sustainable Living: WindowFarm DIY Home Aquaponics. Join urban farmer Gil Lopez as he offers a skillshare on a low tech aquaponic settup made from affordable materials to grow food in your home year-round. You will walk away with a supply list, skills needed to build your own WindowFarms from reused and affordable materials, plus some appropriate crop seeds to get you started.

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