Michael Levin's Blog Posts Tagged 'gainesville' (26)

From waste to food. That's Gainesville Compost's motto. Compost is nothing new. So what's it all about?

Chris Cano and Steven Kanner run a new operation called Gainesville Compost in Florida. It's a novel idea where they take bikes fitted with…

Zoma makes some mighty fine kraut! I just bought some and it's good. It has a light, appealing flavor and it's delicious. I got mine at a local (to Gainesville, FL) place called The Community Co-op, which is a community owned store that does its best to offer high quality, locally…

(photo by yours truly)

Wake up, wake up! The coffee's almost ready! 

Birdsongs (click the link to listen!)



The birds are ... well, it's not singing. We have some black…

Trader Joe's is coming to Gainesville, FL. What does that mean to local business?

(Thanks to Nick and…

Birdsongs (click the link to listen!)

Every morning here in Gainesville we wake up to a menagerie of birds. They sing and sing! I know there are some of you out there who either don't have the luxury of having birds…

Some of the finest commercial frames being made are from Soma IMHO

http://www.somafab.com/

They are one of several companies who are bringing back the Mixte frame, which was popular with European bicycle campers back in the 70's and…

Can you imagine a more beautiful sight? I conclude that art imitates life. Smile.

Some of the best graffiti ever. 

Here's a message from Joey and the Church of Holy Colors:

"Hey Michael. We are trying to raise money to get our art across the country via veggie oil bus this summer. Check out the video on this …

Civil rights activist and author Cornel West spoke Friday at the Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville. Read more here. 

Evan Galbicka of the Church of Holy Colors describeshis inspiration for a painting that now hangs in the Zoo. Enjoy, and please contribute - CONTRIBUTE - to the Art Zoo here on Zoobird. That's why we're here. For you! 

Evan tells us about the Church of Holy Colors, Gainesville, FL - do you have art/creativity to share? Check out the Art Zoo, Music Zoo, Writing Zoo, Poetry Zoo, and more here on Zoobird. 

Decent passes of the Space Station over Gainesville Thursday night: The space station will appear over the northwest horizon at 6:34pm, reach about two-thirds up the southwest sky at 6:37pm, and then disappear over the south-southeastern horizon at…

One of my favorite places is the Dudley Historic Farm in Alachua County, Florida. It's so beautiful!

The farm is preserved and looks just like it did years ago when we lived in a more self-sufficient world. You can see in the picture above that the home is surrounded by gardens. There, even today, you'll see live crops of veggies…

(photo from the Florida Payne's Prairie website)

I took a chance and planted sprouts yesterday...

You can read (I like it) or you can go outside and discover a few things yourself. What’s a You Pick farm? It’s a farm where you visit and pick your own fruit. There’s a new

hostel in Gainesville called “The Zen Hostel”. Owner Tobe Terrell gave

me a book…