May 2015: Frederick Phillips

May 2015: Frederick Phillips

Frederick Phillips is Barbados-born, which is a place where life is, largely lived out-of-doors. There were plants and trees in his front yard, back yard and on both sides of his home, and Frederick and his siblings climbed and reaped fruits from most of them. After...
April 2015: Milo Kotis and Ayun Halliday

April 2015: Milo Kotis and Ayun Halliday

Milo, son, and Ayun, mom, happened to wander by the Compost Outpost one summer day in 2013, and by the following season they were regular volunteers at Earth Matter’s Friday work days. They brought with them smiles to light up a cloudy midnight sky! Milo immediately...
March 2015: Emmie Campbell and Lori Nelson

March 2015: Emmie Campbell and Lori Nelson

The first time Emmie Campbell, a high school sophomore, showed up at Earth Matter’s Center was on a Friday volunteer day, near the end of summer 2013, introduced to us by her mom, Lori Nelson. Lori has an intimacy with GI as a core member of one of our Island Partners...
December 2014:  Leslie Nowinski and Alison Simko

December 2014: Leslie Nowinski and Alison Simko

Leslie Nowinski and Alison Simko are friends who live in Battery Park City. Three years ago they came to Earth Matter to assist in our animal care, and are now the regular chicken caregivers every Thursday. During the growing season they also maintain their Soil Start...
October 2014: The Schor Family

October 2014: The Schor Family

The Schror family—William, Sanae, and their son, Haruki—have been helping out at Earth Matter’s Compost Learning Center for the past three years. In the summer, they delight in spending time with the goats and taking them for walks around the Center. Haruki, a...