A chance meeting with Earth Matter supporters Gayle Raskin and Udo Dresser at the East Village cafe hub “Ciao for Now” one morning, ended up bringing together New York Times writer David Itzkoff, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater’s Alex Sidtis and Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation” TV star), Patrick Nash and Harriet Spear – sign makers for Earth Matter’s Compost Learning Center on Governors Island, and Earth Matter’s newest compost workers – 54 chicks.
To make a long story short, Gayle and Udo started a series of connections between a comedy skit, and the cute fuzzy Earth Matter chicks that has led to Earth Matter becoming the lucky recipient of a beautiful sign that will adorn the chicks’ new 26′ wide x 15′ long x 13′ high green house home.
The public is welcome to visit the chicks (and the sign) at Earth Matter’s Compost Learning Center 12-4 pm, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting Memorial Day weekend, 2011. The hot chicks sign will be posted above the green house entrance where these free grazing chickens will feast on food waste generated on Governors Island, and contribute nitrogen, in the form of poop, which is one of the ingredients Earth Matter uses in making compost.
Earth Matter volunteers will assemble this hoop house in May 2011. We will post times for these community construction work days in the upcoming weeks. Volunteers are welcome to join us.
Pictured here are David Ikzkoff (orange shirt), Alex Sidtis (blue shirt), Patrick Nash, (with drill), Amy Poehler (black shirt), and several well wishers.
Read more about the hot chicks saga.