by Content | Oct 6, 2014 | Previous Featured Article
This year we celebrate our 5-year anniversary as the Earth Matter Compost Learning Center. Our new location at the Governors Island Urban Farm has been a dream come true! Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from the past five years: 2009: City of Water...
by Content | Jun 13, 2014 | Previous Featured Article
Come celebrate Governors Island’s treasures: Common terns and oysters! Common terns have recently colonized several decommissioned piers on Governors Island’s waterfront; last summer we counted 181 nests and banded 100 chicks. Festival activities will include: –...
by Content | Jun 13, 2014 | Rot Stars
One August day in 2013, Gilmore family stumbled upon the Compost Leaning Center Outpost. They had planned to just stop by and meet the animals. They were instantly hooked by every aspect of Earth Matter and have volunteered as animal caretakers ever since....
by Content | Jun 13, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
In the Buttermilk Channel, the small tidal strait between Governors Island and Brooklyn, and in the surrounding habitat, terns feed on small fish, such as Summer Flounder. Like most fish, Summer Flounder (also known as Fluke or Paralichtys dentatus) hatch with an eye...
by Content | May 12, 2014 | Media
Valery Rizzo and Nancy Matsumoto stopped by our center and wrote a piece about us. This features one of our star volunteers, Meredith Hill and her students. Read the article and see the photos.
